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2018-12-03 09:21:37 | PETER E VALENTI |
| BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
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| FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 6TH EDITION (2017) |
| FBC B = FBC BUILDING |
| FBC EB = FBC EXISTING BUILDING |
| FBC A = FBC ACCESSIBILITY |
| FBC EC = FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION |
| FBC R = FBC RESIDENTIAL |
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| APPROVED WITH PROVISO: |
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| IN THE EVENT THAT ANY WINDOW TYPES ARE CHANGED FROM THE |
| SUBMITTED LAYOUT, PLEASE PROVIDE UPDATED LAYOUT SHEET. |
2018-11-30 08:03:35 | 1. PLEASE, PROVIDE STATEMENT THAT WINDOWS WILL BE LIKE |
| FOR LIKE. IF OPENINGS ARE ALTERED, PROVIDE FRAMING PLAN |
| PER FBCR CHAPTER 6. |
| 702.4WINDOW OPENING CONTROL DEVICES. |
| IN GROUP R-2 OR R-3 BUILDINGS CONTAINING DWELLING UNITS |
| AND ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWNHOUSES |
| REGULATED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, RESIDENTIAL, |
| WINDOW OPENING CONTROL DEVICES COMPLYING WITH ASTM |
| F2090 SHALL BE INSTALLED WHERE AN EXISTING WINDOW IS |
| REPLACED AND WHERE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO THE |
| REPLACEMENT WINDOW: |
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| 1.THE WINDOW IS OPERABLE; |
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| 2. THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT INCLUDES REPLACEMENT OF THE |
| SASH AND THE FRAME; |
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| 3.ONE OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES: |
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| 3.1.IN GROUP R-2 OR R-3 BUILDINGS CONTAINING DWELLING |
| UNITS, THE TOP OF THE SILL OF THE WINDOW OPENING IS AT |
| A HEIGHT LESS THAN 36 INCHES (915 MM) ABOVE THE |
| FINISHED FLOOR; OR |
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| 3.2. IN ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWNHOUSES |
| REGULATED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, RESIDENTIAL, |
| THE TOP SILL OF THE WINDOW OPENING IS AT A HEIGHT LESS |
| THAN 24 INCHES (610 MM) ABOVE THE FINISHED FLOOR; |
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| 4.THE WINDOW WILL PERMIT OPENINGS THAT WILL ALLOW |
| PASSAGE OF A 4-INCH-DIAMETER (102 MM) SPHERE WHEN THE |
| WINDOW IS IN ITS LARGEST OPENED POSITION; AND |
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| 5.THE VERTICAL DISTANCE FROM THE TOP OF THE SILL OF THE |
| WINDOW OPENING TO THE FINISHED GRADE OR OTHER SURFACE |
| BELOW, ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, IS GREATER THAN |
| 72 INCHES (1829 MM). |
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| THE WINDOW OPENING CONTROL DEVICE, AFTER OPERATION TO |
| RELEASE THE CONTROL DEVICE ALLOWING THE WINDOW TO FULLY |
| OPEN, SHALL NOT REDUCE THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING |
| AREA OF THE WINDOW UNIT TO LESS THAN THE AREA REQUIRED |
| BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING. |
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| EXCEPTIONS: |
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| 1.OPERABLE WINDOWS WHERE THE TOP OF THE SILL OF THE |
| WINDOW OPENING IS LOCATED MORE THAN 75 FEET (22 860 MM) |
| ABOVE THE FINISHED GRADE OR OTHER SURFACE BELOW, ON THE |
| EXTERIOR OF THE ROOM, SPACE OR BUILDING, AND THAT ARE |
| PROVIDED WITH WINDOW FALL PREVENTION DEVICES THAT |
| COMPLY WITH ASTM F2006. |
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| 2.OPERABLE WINDOWS WITH OPENINGS THAT ARE PROVIDED WITH |
| WINDOW FALL PREVENTION DEVICES THAT COMPLY WITH ASTM |
| F2090. |