Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 21080115
Permit Number 21080115
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2021-10-05 08:21:28 
 WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION
 SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION
 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 21080603
 ADD: 400 N FLAGLER DR. PH-A6
 CONT: SHUTTER UP INDUSTRIES
 TEL: ???
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 2020 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2020 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION
  
 2020 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.
  
 2ND REVIEW
 DATE: TUES. OCT. 05TH/ 2021
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1-2) COMPLIED.
  
 3) 2ND REQUEST. THE ENGINEERING EXPRESS CHART SUBMITTED
 DOES HAVE AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE BUT IT IS FOR THE
 WRONG WIND EXPOSURE CATEGORY ( C ). 2020 FBC-BUILDING
 1609.4.3. EXPOSURE CATEGORIES, EXPOSURE D.
 EXPOSURE D SHALL APPLY WHERE THE GROUND SURFACE
 ROUGHNESS, AS DEFINED BY SURFACE ROUGHNESS D, PREVAILS
 IN THE UPWARD DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST
 5,000 FEET OR 20 TIMES THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING,
 WHICHEVER IS GREATER. EXPOSURE SHALL ALSO APPLY WHERE
 THE GROUND SURFACE ROUGHNESS IMMEDIATELY UPWIND OF THE
 SITE IS B OR C , AND THE SITE IS WITHIN A DISTANCE OF
 600 FEET OR 20 TIMES THE BUILDING HEIGHT, WHICHEVER IS
 GREATER, FROM AN EXPOSURE D CONDITION AS DEFINED IN THE
 PREVIOUS SENTENCE.
  
  
 1ST ROUND OF COMMENTS. THE DESIGN PRESSURE SHEET HAS
 BEEN COMPLETED BY THE CONTRACTOR. CONTRACTORS CAN ONLY
 DESIGN SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS FROM TABLE 301.2(2).
 ENGINEERS ARE TO PROVIDE PRESSURES FOR COMMERCIAL WORK.
 THE LOCATION OF THIS BUILDING IS CONSIDERED A D
 EXPOSURE. CERTIFICATION BY CONTRACTOR. 107.3.4.3. THE
 CONTRACTOR (QUALIFIER) THAT CREATED / DREW THE SET OF
 PLANS WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS THE AUTHOR OF
 THE PLANS. PLEASE PRINT YOUR NAME, SIGN YOUR NAME AND
 LICENSE NUMBER FOR THE TRADE YOU ARE LICENSED IN AND
 PLANS DRAWN.
  
 4) SEMI-COMPLIED. ENGINEERING EXPRESS SHEET INDICATES
 THE MINIMUM BUILDING DIMENSION OF 35 FEET AND AN END
 ZONE OF 3.5 FEET. THE BUILDING SHOWN ON THE FLOOR PLAN
 IS ONLY ? OF THE LEAST BUILDING WIDTH.
 1ST ROUND COMMENTS. BUILDING END ZONES (5). THE FLOOR
 PLAN LAYOUT INDICATES THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER
 THIS PERMIT IS A CORNER UNIT OF A HIGHRISE BUILDING.
 THE WIND LOAD CHART UNDER NOTES STATES WHAT IS
 CONSIDERED AN END ZONE 10% OF THE LEAST HORIZONTAL
 DISTANCE OF THE BUILDING OR 40% OF THE MRH, BUT NOT
 LESS THAN 4% OF THE LEAST HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OR 3 FT.
 THE CONTRACTOR HAS NOT IDENTIFIED WHAT THE LEAST
 HORIZONTAL DISTANCE IS FOR THE BUILDING NOR THE
 LOCATION OF THE UNIT IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE BUILDING
 AND THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY. EXAMPLE ONLY. IF THE
 BUILDING HEIGHT IS APPROXIMATELY 180 FT. (MRH.) X 0.40=
 72 FEET. THIS WOULD PUT ALL OPENINGS IN WIND ZONE 5 OR
 10% OF THE LEAST HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF THE BUILDING,
 ALSO UNKNOWN.
  
 5-6) COMPLIED.
  
 MONDAY AUGUST 02ND/ 2021 ALL PLANS EXAMINERS WILL BE
 WORKING FROM CITY HALL.
 MY WORK HOURS ARE USUALLY TUES. & WED. 7:30 AM- 4:30 PM
 PART-TIME/ RETIRED.
  
 IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK WITH A PLANS EXAMINER BEFORE I GET
 BACK INTO THE OFFICE CALL
 (561)805-6700 AND ASK FOR THE PLANS EXAMINER ON-CALL.
 THANK YOU.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER BN, PX, SFP, CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 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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