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2018-11-21 14:33:12 | RESIDENTIAL (R3) SECOND BUILDING REVIEW CHECKLIST. |
| CODE: FBC 6TH EDITION (2017) AND CITY AMENDMENTS. |
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| ORIGINAL COMMENT: |
| 1-CLEARLY SPECIFY TYPE AND SIZE OF EXISTING WINDOWS AND |
| TYPE AND SIZE OF PROPOSED WINDOWS TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE |
| WITH THE EGRESS REQUIREMENTS OF SEC. 702.5 FBC-EXISTING |
| BUILDING. |
| NOTE: CLEARLY IDENTIFY IN FLOOR PLAN ALL ROOMS |
| (SPECIALLY ALL THE BEDROOMS). |
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| RESPONSE: |
| SKETCH SUBMITTED IS NOT CLEAR. IT DOESN'T SPECIFY TYPE |
| AND SIZE OF EXISTING WINDOW. IT ONLY SPECIFIES THE |
| PROPOSED WINDOWS. UNABLE TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE |
| BEDROOMS EGRESS REQUIREMENTS AS REQUIRED BY SEC. 702.5 |
| FBC-EXISTING BUILDING. |
| NOTE: NEED TO VERIFY MANUFACTURER'S LARGEST STANDARD |
| SIZE WINDOW THAT WILL FIT WITHIN THE EXISTING FRAME OR |
| EXISTING ROUGH OPENING AND THAT WILL NOT REDUCE THE |
| EGRESS SIZE OPENING OF EXISTING WINDOW AS REQUIRED BY |
| SEC. 702.5. |
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| 702.5 EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS. |
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| WHERE WINDOWS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY ESCAPE |
| AND RESCUE OPENINGS IN GROUP R-2 AND R-3 OCCUPANCIES |
| AND ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWNHOUSES |
| REGULATED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, RESIDENTIAL, |
| REPLACEMENT WINDOWS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 1030.2, 1030.3 AND 1030.5 OF |
| THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING AND SECTIONS |
| R310.21 AND R310.2.3 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, |
| RESIDENTIAL ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDED THE REPLACEMENT |
| WINDOW IS THE MANUFACTURER'S LARGEST STANDARD SIZE |
| WINDOW THAT WILL FIT WITHIN THE EXISTING FRAME OR |
| EXISTING ROUGH OPENING. THE REPLACEMENT WINDOW SHALL BE |
| PERMITTED TO BE OF THE SAME OPERATING STYLE AS THE |
| EXISTING WINDOW OR A STYLE THAT PROVIDES FOR AN EQUAL |
| OR GREATER WINDOW OPENING AREA THAN THE EXISTING |
| WINDOW. |
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| ORIGINAL COMMENT: |
| 2- PROVIDE FLORIDA PRODUCT APPROVAL COVER PAGE (2 |
| COPIES) THAT CORRESPOND TO SINGLE HUNG DRAWINGS NO |
| 08-02545 SUBMITTED. NOTE: NEED PRODUCT APPROVAL FOR |
| CURRENT 2017 CODE VERSION. |
| FAC 61G20-3.001. |
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| RESPONSE: |
| NOT ADDRESSED AT ALL. |
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| IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT |
| JULIO GOMEZ |
| COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT |
| BUILDING DIVISION |
| (561)805-6712 |
| [email protected] |
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