Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 21091150
Permit Number 21091150
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2022-03-01 14:03:36WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION
 SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION
 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT:21091150
 ADD: 651 OKEECHOBEE BLVD. # 1110
 CONT: TBD/ TO BE DETERMINED
 TEL: 561-644-3503
 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. MARCH 01/2022
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) 2ND REVIEW. SHEET 02 IS SIGNED AND SEALED BY ENG.
 GEORGE FREIJO BUT THE ORIGINAL SHEET 01 IS NOT SIGNED
 AND SEALED BY A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL, ONCE A DESIGN
 PROFESSIONAL IS INVOLVED THEY TAKE OVER THE WHOLE
 PROJECT BOTH SHEETS NEED THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL
 ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND SEAL.
  
 1ST ROUND COMMENTS. THE SUBMITTED FLOOR PLAN SHEET # 01
 WAS NOT DESIGNED BY A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL, EITHER AN
 ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER. SINCE THE FLOOR PLAN WAS NOT
 DESIGNED BY A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL THE CONTRACTOR MUST
 TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PLAN. 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.
 107.3.4.3 CERTIFICATION BY CONTRACTOR. PLEASE NOTE THE
 EXCEPTION TO ENGINEERED PLANS UNDER 471.003(H)
 ELECTRICAL/ PLUMBING/ MECHANICAL, 481.229(1)(C)
 (BUILDING) REQUIRES THE CONTRACTOR FOR THAT TRADE THAT
 WILL BE LICENSED IN THAT TRADE, WILL ALSO BE THE
 CONTRACTOR THAT DESIGNS THE SYSTEM UNDER THAT TRADE.
 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.
 FOR EACH TRADE THE CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
 DESIGN UNDER THE TRADE LICENSED IN MUST PRINT THEIR
 NAME, SIGN THEIR NAME AND LICENSE NUMBER, NOTE THESE
 PLANS APPEAR TO BE DRAWN BY ONE INDUVIAL, THEY WOULD
 HAVE TO BE LICENSED AS A BUILDING, ELECTRICAL AND
 PLUMBING CONTRACTOR TO SUBMIT ALL THESE TRADES UNDER
 ONE SHEET.
  
 2) 2ND REVIEW SHEET 01 NOT REVISED. 2020 FBC-B 2509.2
 BASE FOR TILE. MATERIALS USED AS A BASE FOR WALL TILE
 IN TUB AND SHOWER AREAS AND WALLS AND CEILING PANELS IN
 SHOWER AREAS SHALL BE OF MATERIALS LISTED IN TABLE
 2509.2 AND INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURERS
 RECOMMENDATIONS. WATER RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING BOARD
 SHALL BE USED AS A BASE FOR TILE IN WATER CLOSET
 COMPARTMENT WALLS WHEN INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 GA-216 OR ASTM C840 AND THE MANUFACTURERS
 RECOMMENDATIONS.
  
 3) 2ND REQUEST, SHEET 01 NOT REVISED. 2020 FBC-B
 SHOWERS & TUBS 1210.3. SHOWER COMPARTMENTS AND BATHTUBS
 WITH INSTALLED SHOWER HEADS SHALL BE FINISHED WITH A
 NONABSORBENT SURFACE TO A HEIGHT NOT LESS THAN 72
 INCHES ABOVE THE DRAIN INLET.
  
 4-5) COMPLIED.
  
 6) TUB ENCLOSURE WALLS AND OR SHOWER WALLS. TUB
 ENCLOSURE WALLS AND OR SHOWER WALLS WHICH ARE ALSO
 TENANT SEPARATION WALL WHICH WILL ALSO NEED TO SHOW
 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 420.2 SEPARATION WALLS AND FIRE
 PARTITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 708 OF THE 2020
 FBC-BUILDING CODE.
  
 7) 2ND REQUEST. THE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS FOR FLOOR
 UNDERLAYMENT DOES NOT MATCH, (2) DOCUMENTS WERE
 SUBMITTED FOR WHISPER MAT CS (FOR TILE AND OR MARBLE)
 AND A 3RD DOCUMENT FOR WHISERPAD FOR LAMINATE FLOORING.
  
 2020 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1. 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, NO DISCREPANCIES.
  
 THE FLOOR PLAN STATES TO REPLACE THE EXISTING FLOOR W/
 NEW TILE OVER THIN SET. FLOOR INSULATION/ UNDERLAYMENT
 (FBC-B 2020) FOR TILE, STONE, MARBLE, VINYL LAMINATE
 FLOORING 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 ALL THREE TEST REPORTS FOR TYPE I AND OR
 TYPE II BUILDINGS SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH:
  
 7A) 2ND REQUEST. FBC-B 2020 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.
  
 7B) 2ND REQUEST. FBC-B 2020 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.
  
 7C) 2ND REQUEST. FLAME SPREAD- FBC-B 2020 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.
  
 8) 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.
  
 PLEASE NOTE WITH THE LACK OF INFORMATION FOR THIS
 REVIEW, SUBSEQUENT REMARKS MAYBE MADE IN THE NEXT
 REVIEW CYCLE.
  
  
 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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