Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22041143
Permit Number 22041143
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2022-07-05 10:39:55WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION
 SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION
 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. REVISION: 22041143
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 21051228
 ADD: 424 PRK PLACE
 CONT: HEDRICK BROTHERS
 TEL: 561-578-1602
 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.
  
 PERMIT: 21051228 SHEET G0.04 CODE DATA:
 AREA LIMITATIONS: A-2 OCCUPANCY, TYPE VB CONSTRUCTION,
 FIRE SPRINKLERED
 BUILDING OCCUPANCIES: A-2 RESTAURANT, M MERCANTILE, B
 BUSINESS & S-2 BACK OF HOUSE STORAGE
  
 3RD REVIEW REVISION: 22041143 TENANT BUILDOUT
 DATE: TUES. JULY 05TH/ 2022
 ACTION: DENIED
  
  
  
 1) SHEET G1-01 LIFE SAFETY PLAN:
 1A) 3RD ROUND OF COMMENTS!!!!! TENANT SPACE # 6 SHOWS
 ALL OF THE TENANTS EXITING OUT OF THIS SPACE INTO
 CORRIDOR # 17. THE OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THIS MERCANTILE
 OCCUPANCY IS 98 OCCUPANTS, PLUS ? (57) OCCUPANTS OF THE
 OCCUPANT LOAD FROM TENANT SPACE 5 IS ALSO EXITING
 THROUGH TENANT SPACE 6 THE WAY THE EXIT DIRECTIONAL
 LIGHTSARE POSITONED AND DOOR SWING. 2010 FBC-B SECTION
 1006.2.1 & TABLE 1006.2.1. WHEN A OCCUPANT LOAD OF MORE
 THAN 49 IS REACHED 2 MEANS OF EGRESS ARE REQUIRED, YOU
 CAN NOT USE THE ONE CORRIDOR FOR ALL OF THE OCCUPANTS.
 PLEASE NOTE IN THE ORIGINAL BUILDING SHELL DESIGN NONE
 OF THE TENANTS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BUILDING HAD A
 OCCUPANT LOAD GREATER THAN 49.
  
 1B) 3RD REQUEST. THE LIFE SAFETY SHEET DOES NOT PROVIDE
 DIMENSIONS FOR EITHER PORTION OF CORRIDOR # 17. SHEET
 A1-01 DIMENSIONS FROM THE EXTERIOR WALL TO THE INSIDE
 (TENANT SIDE) OF THE CORRIDOR WALL TO DETERMINE CODE
 COMPLIANCE FOR SIZING MEANS OF EGRESS. 2010
 FBC-BUILDING SECTIONS 1005.3.1 & 1005.3.2. WE ARE
 LOOKING WORST CASE SCENARIO AN A2 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY
 FOR TENANT SPACES 4, 5AND 6.. * TENANT SPACE MAY CHANGE
 PER FUTURE TENANT BUILDOUT OF SPACE.
  
 1C) 3RD REQUEST. THE CORRIDOR # 17 SERVES AS THE MEANS
 OF EGRESS AS SHOWN FOR TENANT 4 (1/2 OF OCC. LOAD),
 TENANT 5 (1/2 OF OCCUPANT LOAD) ALL OF TENANT 6 NEEDS
 TO CHANGE AND ALL OF TENANT 7, PROVIDE THE TOTAL
 OCCUPANT LOAD AND REQUIRED SIZING FOR THE CORRIDOR
 WIDTH AND STAIR WIDTH. PLEASE BE AWARE THE PROPOSED
 PLAN NOW SHOWS ONLY TENANT 5 AS AN A-2 OCCUPANCY. IF
 TENANTS 4,5, & 6 ALL CHANGE TO AN A2 OCCUPANCY THE
 EXITING FOR THIS PORTION OF THE BUILDING WILL
 DRASTICALLY CHANGE, WORST CASE SCENARIO!!!!!. * TENANT
 SPACE MAY CHANGE PER FUTURE TENANT BUILDOUT OF SPACE.
  
 1D) 3RD REQUEST. DEPENDING ON THE ABOVE CALCULATIONS
 THE DOUBLE DOORS 03-B & 05-C MAY NEED TO BE RECESSED
 BACK INTO THE TENANT SPACE TO NOT ENCROACH INTO THE
 MEANS OF EGRESS SEE SECTION 1005.7.1 OF THE 2020
 FBC-BUILDING CODE. WORST CASE SCENARIO A-2 ASSEMBLY @
 15 SQ. FT./ OCCUPANT. * TENANT SPACE MAY CHANGE PER
 FUTURE TENANT BUILDOUT OF SPACE.
  
 1E) 3RD REQUEST. SINCE TENANT 6 ALL OF THE OCCUPANT
 LOAD NOW ENTERS INTO THE CORRIDOR 17, AND 2 MEANS OF
 EGRESS OVER 1/3RD THE OVERALL DIAGONAL DISTANCE OF THE
 TENANT SPACE AND THEY DO NOT CONVERGE ANOTHER MEANS OF
 EGRESS IS REQUIRED (1007.1.1). THE DOORS ON THE RIGHT
 SIDE OF THE PAGE WILL NEED TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF
 EGRESS TRAVEL 1010.1.2.1 DIRECTION OF SWING, 2020
 FBC-BUILDING.
  
 1F) 3RD REQUEST. COMMON DOORS BETWEEN TENANT # 6 AND
 TENANT # 5, DOORS, 03-A, 04-A, 04-B, 05-A 05-B WILL
 NEED TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL AND
 WILL NEED TO BE RECESSED INTO THE TENANT SPACE TO
 MAINTAIN THE 44 INCH EGRESS PATH AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN.
 CURRENTLY THE EGRESS PATH OF 44 INCHES(MERCANTILE) DOES
 NOT NEED TO BE INCREASED, 44/ 0.2=220 OCCUPANTS. *
 TENANT SPACE MAY CHANGE PER FUTURE TENANT BUILDOUT OF
 SPACE.
  
 1G) 3RD REQUEST. WEST SIDE OF TENANT SPACE DOOR 04-C
 WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE REVERSED TO SWING IN THE
 DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL AND MAY NEED TO BE RECESSED
 DEPENDING ON THE CALCULATIONS FROM COMMENT 1C.
 1010.1.2.1 DIRECTION OF SWING, 2020 FBC-BUILDING. *
 TENANT SPACE MAY CHANGE PER FUTURE TENANT BUILDOUT OF
 SPACE.
  
 1H) THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH THE OCCUPANT LOADS GOING
 THROUGH DOORS 02-A & 02-B THE NEW OCCUPANT LOAD THAT
 WILL BE GOING THROUGH THESE DOORS AS THE PLANS ARE
 PROPOSED NOW WITH ONLY ONE A2 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY TENANT
 SPACE 5. IF TENANT 4 & 6 BECOME AN A2 OCCUPANCY THE
 OCCUPANT LOAD QUADRUPLES, THE TOTAL OCCUPANT LOAD FOR
 SPACES 4, 5, 6 ALONE WOULD BE 881 OCCUPANTS REQUIRING A
 3RD EXIT AND THE CORRIDOR 17 WOULD NOT BE WIDE ENOUGH,
 PLEASE BE AWARE OF ISSUE ISSUES!!!! . * TENANT SPACE
 MAY CHANGE PER FUTURE TENANT BUILDOUT OF SPACE.
  
 1I) 3RD REQUEST. PLEASE UPDATE THE OCCUPANT LOADS THAT
 WILL BE EXITING THE BUILDING WITH THE REQUIRED CHANGES
 WHERE TENANT 6, 5 & 4 WILL BE HAVING OF THEIR OCCUPANT
 LOAD GOING DOWN THE STAIRS. * TENANT SPACE MAY CHANGE
 PER FUTURE TENANT BUILDOUT OF SPACE.
 2020 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1. 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.
  
 1J) 3RD REQUEST. THE PROPOSED LIFE SAFETY SHEET NOR
 A1-01 SHOW WHERE A GREASE TRAP IS TO BE LOCATED FOR THE
 FUTURE KITCHEN. WHEN SPEAKING WITH MR. GATHRIGHT ASST.
 B. O. WHEN FIRST MEETINGS WITH THE DESIGN TEAM IT WAS
 ANNOUNCED THE GREASE TRAP COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN THE
 CORRIDOR 17. 1003.4 FLOOR SURFACE.
  
 2) 3RD REQUEST. THE CODE CAN NOT GIVE SECTIONS FOR ALL
 SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR IN A BUILDING, WE USE THE
 TERMINATION ROOM THAT IS MOST LIKE YOUR DESIGN. LIFE
 SAFETY PLAN, A1-01, A0-01 ALL SHOW THE TRASH
 TERMINATION ROOM AND ACCESS ROOM FOR TRASH DISPOSAL.
 NONE OF THE PLANS SHOW THE TRASH TERMINATION ROOM AND
 ACCESS ROOM WITH FIRE RATED WALLS SEPARATING THE
 CORRIDOR 17 FROM THE TRASH TERMINATION ROOM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 713.4 ONE HOUR ENCLOSURE WITH OPENING
 PROTECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE 716.5.
  
 3) A TRANSMITTAL LETTER / NARRATIVE 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.
  
  
 MY WORK HOURS ARE USUALLY TUES. & WED. 7:30 AM- 4:30 PM
 PART-TIME/ SEMI-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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