Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20010663
Permit Number 20010663
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-02-03 08:49:292017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 20010663
 ADD: 1551 N. FLAGLER DR. SUITE: 815
 CONT: MEKA USA
 TEL: 561-756-4810
 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: MON. FEB. 03/2020
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) THE A-002 DEMOLITION NOTE 1 INDICATES THE PLANS WERE
 DESIGNED TO THE 2017 RESIDENTIAL CODE. THE FLORIDA
 RESIDENTIAL CODE IS FOR ONE & TWO FAMILY CONSTRUCTION
 FOR R-3 CONSTRUCTION. PLEASE NOTE CONDOMINIUM UNITS AND
 APARTMENTS ARE OCCUPANCY TYPE R-2 AND DESIGNED UNDER
 THE 2017 FBC-B SECTION 420 AND HIGHRISE UNDER
 SECTION403 NOT THE 1 & 2 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CODE.
  
 2) SHEET A-002 NOTE 13 INDICATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR
 IMPACT INSULATION UNDERLAYMENT REQUIREMENT OF 50 IIC
 MIN. 2017 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1.
 W.P.B. ADMINISTRATIVE CODE/2017 DRAWINGS &
 SPECIFICATIONS SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION, IN THE FORM
 OF NOTES OR OTHERWISE, AS TO THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS,
 WHERE QUALITY IS ESSENTIAL TO CONFORMITY WITH THE
 TECHNICAL CODES. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE SPECIFIC TO
 THE TECHNICAL CODES "THE CODE SHALL NOT BE CITED AS A
 WHOLE OR IN PART, NOR THE TERM "LEGAL" OR ITS
 EQUIVALENT BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR SPECIFIC
 INFORMATION". CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SHALL BE
 SUFFICIENT CLARITY TO INDICATE THE LOCATION, NATURE AND
 EXTENT OF THE WORK PROPOSED AND SHOW IN DETAIL THAT IT
 WILL CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE AND
 RELEVANT LAWS, ORDINANCES, RULES AND REGULATIONS, AS
 DETERMINED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
  
 BLDG TYPE: TYPE I/ TYPE II FLOOR INSULATION (FBC-B
 2017) WHAT TYPE OF FLOOR FINISH IS GOING TO BE
 INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE UNIT? IS THE FLOOR FINISH
 MATERIAL GOING TO BE THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE
 CONDOMINIUM OR DIFFERENT SUCH AS TILE IN THE BATHROOMS
 BUT WOOD LAMINATE IN ALL OTHER ROOMS. THE NWE NEED THE
 TEST REPORTS FOR EACH FLOORING TYPE WITH UNDERLATMENT.
  
 FOR TILE, STONE, MARBLE, VINYL AND WOOD FLOORING ALL
 NEED TO HAVE HAD THE SOUND UNDERLAYMENT TESTED FLOOR
 ASSEMBLIES TO THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS AND MEET THE
 QUALIFICATIONS LISTED UNDER EACH OF THE STANDARDS FOR A
 6 INCH CONCRETE FLOOR ASSEMBLY/ NO DROPPED CEILING:
 PLEASE PROVIDE TEST REPORTS (NOT SALES BROCHURES)
 SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL 3 REQUIREMENTS:
  
 2A) FBC-B 2017 1207.3 STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUND.
 FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES BETWEEN DWELLING UNITS OR
 BETWEEN A DWELLING UNIT AND A PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREA
 WITHIN THE STRUCTURE SHALL HAVE AN IMPACT INSULATION
 CLASS (IIC) RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD
 TESTED) WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 492.SHEET
  
 2B) FBC-B 2017 1207.2 AIR-BORNE SOUND.
 WALLS, PARTITIONS AND FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES
 SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS FROM EACH OTHER OR FROM
 PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREAS SHALL HAVE A SOUND TRANSMISSION
 CLASS (STC) OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD TESTED)
 FOR AIR-BORNE NOISE WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM
 E 90.
  
 2C) FLAME SPREAD- FBC-B 2017 603.1. EXCEPTION 2.
 INSULATION INSTALLED BETWEEN A FINISHED FLOOR AND SOLID
 DECKING WITHOUT INTERVENING AIRSPACE SHALL BE ALLOWED
 TO HAVE A FLAME SPREAD INDEX OF NOT MORE THAN 200.
 FLAME SPREAD INDEX. A COMPARATIVE MEASURE, EXPRESSED AS
 A DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER, DERIVED FROM VISUAL
 MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPREAD OF FLAME VERSUS TIME FOR A
 MATERIAL TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 OR UL 723.
  
  
 3) 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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