Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19110320
Permit Number 19110320
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2019-11-19 15:04:302017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 19110320
 ADD: 534 DATURA ST.
 CONT: LEGACY BROTHERS, LLC
 TEL: 912-484-0721
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2017 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION.
  
 2017 EXISTING BUILDING CODE. 801.3 COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW
 CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS, AND SPACES
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
  
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: TUES. NOV. 19/2019
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) WITHIN THIS PERMIT PACKAGE THERE ARE FORMS FOR
 PRIVATE PROVIDER PLAN REVIEW COMPLIANCE AFFIDAVIT.
 PLEASE BE AWARE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS NOT
 RECEIVED NOTICE TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL FROM THE OWNER
 OR CONTRACTOR REQUESTING THE USE OF A PRIVATE PROVIDER
 FOR EITHER PLAN REVIEW OR INSPECTIONS. PROPER
 NOTIFICATION MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF WEST PALM
 BEACH IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 553.791 (2), (3) (4)
 AND (5).
  
 2) ASBESTOS COMMERCIAL. PLEASE PROVIDE A SIGNED
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE CONTRACTOR, ON LETTERHEAD,
 STATING THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE WEBSITE OF
 ASBESTOS PROGRAM COORDINATOR, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL BE FOLLOWED AND THAT
 NOTIFICATION WILL BE GIVEN TIMELY. ADDITIONAL
 INFORMATION REGARDING ASBESTOS REQUIREMENTS CAN BE
 FOUND ON THEIR WEBSITE:
  
 HTTP://PALMBEACH.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/PROGRAMS-AND-SERVICE
 S/ENVIRONMENTAL-HEALTH/AIR-QUALITY/ASBESTOS-DEMOLITION-
 RENOVATION.HTML
  
 THE CONTRACTOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CAN BE SENT VIA EMAIL TO
 [email protected]. THE INFORMATION SHOULD BE IN PDF
 FORMAT AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE EMAIL. PLEASE INCLUDE
 THE PERMIT NUMBER AND ?ASBESTOS? IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
  
 3) SHEET A-0 THE COVERSHEET:
 3A) THE COVERSHEET UNDER THE HEADING OF PROJECT INFO,
 INDICATES THE OCCUPANCY TO BE AN R-4 ASSISTED LIVING
 FACILITY. THERE IS ALSO A LETTER WITHIN THE PERMIT
 PACKAGE FROM ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING SERVICES STATING
 THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION IS AN EXISTING 45,000 SQUARE
 FOOT, FOUR STORY BUILDING BUILT IN 1926. THE USE IS AN
 ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WITH APPROXIMATELY 200 BEDS.
 PLEASE REVIEW THE 2017 FBC-B SECTION 310.6 RESIDENTIAL
 GROUP R-4. RESIDENTIAL GROUP R-4 OCCUPANCY SHALL
 INCLUDE BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES OR PORTIONS THEREOF FOR
 MORE THAN FIVE BUT NOT MORE THAN 16 PERSONS, EXCLUDING
 STAFF, WHO RESIDE ON A 24-HOUR BASIS IN A SUPERVISED
 RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT AND RECEIVE CUSTODIAL CARE.
 THE CORRECT OCCUPANCY TYPE IS: I-2 / CONDITION 2. 308.4
 INSTITUTIONAL GROUP I-2. INSTITUTIONAL GROUP I-2
 OCCUPANCY SHALL INCLUDE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES USED
 FOR MEDICAL CARE ON A 24-HOUR BASIS FOR MORE THAN FIVE
 PERSONS WHO ARE INCAPABLE OF SELF-PRESERVATION. THIS
 GROUP SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE
 FOLLOWING:
  
 NURSING HOMES
 PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
 FOSTER CARE FACILITIES
 DETOXIFICATION FACILITIES
 HOSPITALS
  
 308.4.1.2 CONDITION 2. THIS OCCUPANCY CONDITION SHALL
 INCLUDE FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE NURSING AND MEDICAL
 CARE AND COULD PROVIDE EMERGENCY CARE, SURGERY,
 OBSTETRICS OR IN-PATIENT STABILIZATION UNITS FOR
 PSYCHIATRIC OR DETOXIFICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO HOSPITALS.
  
 3B) THE COVERSHEET UNDER THE HEADING OF PROJECT INFO,
 ALSO INDICATES THE CONSTRUCTION TYPE AS TYPE: V. THE
 PLAN DOES NOT INDICATE IF THE BUILDING IS FIRE
 SPRINKLERED AND WHAT TYPE? PLEASE REVIEW THE 2017 FBC-B
 TABLE 504.4 LIST THE MINIMUM CONSTRUCTION TYPE AS TYPE
 I-B NON-SPRINKLERED BUILDING FOR A 4 STORY BUILDING.
 FOOTNOTE (D) THE NS VALUE IS ONLY FOR USE IN EVALUATION
 OF EXISTING BUILDING HEIGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, EXISTING BUILDING.
 FOOTNOTE (F) NEW AND EXISTING GROUP I-2 OCCUPANCIES ARE
 REQUIRED TO BE PROTECTED BY AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER
 SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 903.2.6 AND THE
 FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE. WHEN THE BUILDING IS FIRE
 SPRINKLERED THEY GIVE YOU THE EXTRA STORY IN HEIGHT TO
 A 5 STORY / I-2 OCCUPANCY GROUP.
  
 3C) THE COVERSHEET UNDER THE HEADING OF PROJECT INFO
 LIST THE 2017 EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND A LEVEL II
 ALTERATION. PLEASE REVIEW IN THE 2017 FBC-B SECTION
 450.1.3 THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, EXISTING BUILDING,
 SECTION 101.2, SCOPE EXEMPTS STATE LICENSED FACILITIES
 SUCH AS NURSING HOMES FROM COMPLIANCE WITH THAT CODE.
 ANY REPAIR, ALTERATION, CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY, ADDITION
 OR RELOCATION OF AN EXISTING STATE LICENSED NURSING
 HOME SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS CODE AND THIS SECTION. WHICH MEANS WE ONLY USE THE
 2017 FBC-B AS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
  
 PLEASE SEE OTHER CODES AND AGENCY REQUIREMENTS THAT
 WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
  
  
 3D) 2017 FBC-B 450.1.4 FOR PROJECT SUBMISSION AND FEE
 REQUIREMENTS, AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE, LICENSURE, AND
 PROGRAMMATIC PROVISIONS FOR NURSING HOMES, SEE AGENCY
 FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (AHCA) CHAPTER 59A-4
 FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND CHAPTER 400 PART II,
 FLORIDA STATUTES.
  
 3E) 2017 FBC-B 450.1.5 FOR STATE LICENSURE PURPOSES,
 THESE CODES AND STANDARDS SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO THE
 PROJECT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CODE AT THE TIME
 OF STAGE II PRELIMINARY PLAN APPROVAL BY THE AGENCY FOR
 HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (THE AGENCY) AS DESCRIBED IN
 CHAPTER 59A-4 FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OR AT THE
 FIRST STAGE III CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT REVIEW IF THERE
 HAS BEEN NO PREVIOUS STAGE II PRELIMINARY PLAN APPROVAL
 FOR THAT PROJECT.
  
 3F) 2017 FBC-B 450.2 ADDITIONAL CODES AND STANDARDS FOR
 THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF NURSING HOMES.
 IN ADDITION TO THE MINIMUM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
 STANDARDS REQUIRED BY SECTION 450 OF THIS CODE, CHAPTER
 59A-4, MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR NURSING HOMES, FLORIDA
 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OR BY CHAPTER 400 PART II, FLORIDA
 STATUTES, THE FOLLOWING CODES AND STANDARDS SHALL ALSO
 BE MET ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CODE AS DESCRIBED
 IN SECTION 450.1.5 OF THIS CODE.
  
 3G) 2017 FBC-B 450.2.1. THE FIRE CODES DESCRIBED IN
 CHAPTER 69A-53, UNIFORM FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS FOR
 HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE
 CODE.
  
  
  
 3H) 450.2.2 THE GUIDELINES FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
 OF RESIDENTIAL HEALTH, CARE, AND SUPPORT FACILITIES
 (THE GUIDELINES), INCLUDING CHAPTER 3.2 SPECIFIC
 REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSING HOMES AS REFERENCED IN CHAPTER
 35 OF THIS CODE.
  
 3I) 2017 FBC-B 450.3 ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL PLANT
 REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSING HOMES. IN ADDITION TO THE
 CODES AND STANDARDS REFERENCED IN SECTION 450.2 THE
 FOLLOWING MINIMUM STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION AND
 SPECIFIED MINIMUM ESSENTIAL FACILITIES SHALL APPLY TO
 ALL NEW NURSING HOMES, AND ALL ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS
 OR RENOVATIONS TO AN EXISTING LICENSED NURSING HOME, AS
 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 450.1 AND LISTED IN THIS SECTION.
  
 4) A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE PLANS COULD NOT HAPPEN
 SINCE THERE WAS A GREAT DEFICIENCY IN PLANS AND
 REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION. WITH THE NEXT PLAN REVIEW CYCLE
 THERE MAYBE ADDITIONAL REVIEW COMMENTS BECAUSE OF NEW
 PLANS AND INFORMATION LACKING UNDER THE PRIOR REVIEW.
  
 5) WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE THE REVISION
 & REMOVE ANY VOIDED SHEETS & REPLACE ANY PAGES AS
 NECESSARY. A TRANSMITTAL LETTER LISTING THE ORIGINAL
 REVIEW COMMENT NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE
 REVISION MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICATION
 PAGE WHERE THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL HELP TO
 EXPEDITE YOUR PERMIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED
 COOPERATION.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER BN, PX, CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 BUILDING DIVISION / DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
 401 CLEMATIS ST. WEST PALM BEACH. FL 33402
 TEL: 561-805-6717
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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