Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22110652
Permit Number 22110652
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2023-01-11 11:28:13WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION
 SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION
 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 22110652
 ADD: 777 S FLAGLER DR. # 150
 CONT: TBD/ TO BE DETERMINED
 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.
  
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: WED. JAN. 11/23
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) COVERSHEET:
 1A) UNDER THE HEADING PROJECT INFORMATION: NOTE 7
 STATES THE OCCUPANCY TYPES THAT WILL OCCUR UNDER THIS
 PERMIT ARE A-2 & F-2. PLEASE PROVIDE WHAT TYPE OF
 FACTORY, INDUSTRIAL USES ARE GOING TO OCCUR THESE USES
 INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO FABRICATION OR MANUFACTURING
 OF NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS THAT DURING FINISHING,
 PACKING OR PROCESSING DO NOT INVOLVE A SIGNIFICANT FIRE
 HAZARD. 2020 FBC-BUILDING CODE SECTION 306.3. NOTE F-1
 OCCUPANCIES CAN BE KITCHENS, FOOD PROCESSING NOT
 ASSOCIATED WITH RESTAURANTS. SECTION 306.2.
  
 1B) ACCESSIBILITY NOTE EATING & DRINKING
 ESTABLISHMENTS, KNEE SPACE AT TABLES STATES AT LEAST27
 INCHES HIGH, 30 INCHES WIDE, AND 19 INCHES WIDE. WHERE
 DOES THE 19 INCHES WIDE COME FROM. IN THE 2020
 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION902.2 (DINING) REFERS YOU
 TO 306 FOR KNEE & TOE SPACES. PLEASE REVIEW SECTIONS
 306.3.2 & 306.3.3 MAXIMUM & MINIMUM REQUIRED DEPTH.
  
 2) SHEET A-061:
 2A) FIRST FLOOR LIFE SAFETY SHEET HAS 2 DIFFERENT WAYS
 OF FIGURING OCCUPANT LOADS (1ST) BASED ON AREA WITH
 OCCUPANT LOAD OF 444, THE (2ND) BASED ON THE ACTUAL
 SEATING OF 287. PLEASE NOTE OCCUPANT LOADS FOR MEANS OF
 EGRESS ARE FIGURED ON THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO. WHEN
 FIGURING THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES
 WITH OCCUPANT LOADS OVER 300 THE STRUCTURES HAVE A RISK
 CATEGORY OF III. TABLE 1604.5/ FIGURE 1609.3.2, 180
 VULT WIND SPEED (NEW CONSTRUCTION). CODE DATA STATES
 CLASSIFICATION OF WORK RENOVATION OF EXISTING
 COMMERCIAL SPACE, THE PLAN DOES NOT INDICATE WHAT TYPE
 OF OCCUPANCY WAS IN THE SPACE TO BE REMODELED. NO
 REFERENCE TO THE 2020 EXISTING BUILDING CODE, AND
 CLASSIFICATION OF WORK CHAPTER 5. 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.
 ALTERATIONS COMPLIANCE METHOD. MISSING THE REFERENCE TO
 THE 2020 FLORIDA EXISTING BUILDING CODE 7TH EDITION YOU
 ALSO HAVEN???T INDICATED TO WHAT CLASSIFICATION THE
 PLANS WERE DESIGNED TO SEE 2020 FBC-EXISTING BUILDING
 CODE CHAPTER 5 501.1. THE DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT
 INDICATED TO WHICH METHOD THE PLANS WERE DEVELOPED,
 COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 6 THROUGH 13
 OR WITH ONE OF THE ALTERNATE PROVISIONS IN SECTION
 301.1.
  
 2B) LIFE SAFETY PLAN, OCCUPANT LOADS TAKEN FOR 36-INCH
 AND 48-INCH SWING DOORS ARE TAKING THE FULL DOOR WIDTH,
 NOT THE CLEAR WIDTH OF THE DOOR. 2020 FBC-B 1010.1.1.
 SIZE OF DOORS. CLEAR WIDTH. CLEAR OPENINGS OF DOORWAYS
 WITH SWINGING DOORS SHALL BE MEASURED BETWEEN THE FACE
 OF THE DOOR AND THE STOP, WITH THE DOOR OPEN AT 90
 DEGREES.
  
  
 3) THIS ALTERATION IS IN A 20-STORY BUILDING MAKING THE
 BUILDING BY DEFINITION A THRESHOLD BUILDING. THRESHOLD
 BUILDING / FL S. S. 553.71(7) ???THRESHOLD BUILDING"
 MEANING ANY BUILDING WHICH IS GREATER THAN (3) STORIES
 OR 50 FT. IN HEIGHT, OR WHICH HAS AN ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION AS DENIED IN THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
 WHICH EXCEEDS 5,000 SQ. FT. IN AREA AND AN OCCUPANT
 CONTENT OF GREATER THAN 500 PERSONS.
  
 3A) 109.3.6.1 THRESHOLD INSPECTION PLAN. THE ENFORCING
 AGENCY SHALL REQUIRE A (WRITTEN/ TYPED) SPECIAL
 INSPECTOR TO PERFORM STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS ON A
 THRESHOLD BUILDING PURSUANT TO A STRUCTURAL INSPECTION
 PLAN PREPARED BY THE ENGINEER OF RECORD. THE STRUCTURAL
 INSPECTION PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE ENFORCING
 AGENCY PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT FOR
 THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THRESHOLD BUILDING. THE PURPOSE
 OF THE STRUCTURAL INSPECTION PLAN IS TO PROVIDE
 SPECIFIC INSPECTION PROCEDURES AND SCHEDULES SO THAT
 THE BUILDING CAN BE ADEQUATELY INSPECTED FOR COMPLIANCE
 WITH THE PERMITTED DOCUMENTS.
  
 3B) THRESHOLD INSPECTOR: WPB AMENDMENT 109.3.6.2 W.P.B.
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR THRESHOLD
 BUILDINGS A SPECIAL INSPECTOR AS REQUIRED BY FL S S
 553.79(5) FLORIDA STATUTES TO THE MINIMUM INSPECTIONS
 REQUIRED BY THIS CODE. THE THRESHOLD INSPECTION FORMS
 ARE REQUIRED TO BE FILED OUT BY ALL PARTIES WITH
 INTEREST, NOTARIZED AND RETURNED TO THIS OFFICE, AND
 REVIEWED AND APPROVED BEFORE PERMIT ISSUANCE WILL TAKE
 PLACE.
  
 3C) THRESHOLD BLDG., REQUIRED STATEMENT: W.P.B.
 AMENDMENT 110.3.7.4.4 ALL PLANS FOR THE BUILDING WHICH
 ARE REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED AND SEALED BY THE ARCHITECT
 OR ENGINEER OF RECORD CONTAIN A STATEMENT THAT, TO THE
 BEST OF THE ARCHITECT'S OR ENGINEER'S KNOWLEDGE, THE
 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE
 FIRE-SAFETY STANDARDS AS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL
 AUTHORITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION AND 633
 FLORIDA STATUTE.
  
 3D) FOR THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR PLEASE PROVIDE A RESUME'
 OF INSPECTION EXPERIENCE ON PREVIOUS PROJECT. THE
 RESUME' MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY ALL CERTIFICATES AS
 SPECIFIED HEREIN. THE BUILDING OFFICIAL OR HIS DESIGNEE
 WILL REVIEW THE RESUME'. AFTER THE RESUME' IS REVIEWED,
 AN INTERVIEW WILL BE SCHEDULED. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
 WILL AN INSPECTOR BE INTERVIEWED FOR WORK WITHOUT FIRST
 MEETING THE ABOVE CRITERIA.
  
 3E) THE CONTRACTOR WILL PRODUCE A JOB SUMMARY OR
 HISTORY FOR THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION.
  
 3F) 110.8.4.3 ALL SHORING AND RESHORING PROCEDURES,
 PLANS AND DETAILS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCY FOR RECORDKEEPING. EACH SHORING AND RESHORING
 INSTALLATION SHALL BE SUPERVISED, INSPECTED AND
 CERTIFIED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SHORING
 DOCUMENTS BY THE CONTRACTOR.
  
 3G) PLEASE CALL THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH???S
 AUTOMATED TELEPHONE INSPECTIONS LINE (561) 805-6700)
 FOR ALL BUILDING INSPECTIONS FOR AUDITING OF JOBSITE
 INSPECTIONS WITHOUT THIS THE PERMIT EXPIRES IN 6
 MONTHS, ABANDONMENT OF JOB, NO INSPECTION ACTIVITY.
  
 3H) 109.3.6 THRESHOLD BUILDINGS, OPERATING GUIDELINES
 FOR THRESHOLD INSPECTORS #26. ASSURE THAT THE DESIGNER
 HAS REQUIRED ON THE PLANS OR SPECIFICATIONS ONE
 MATERIAL, APPROVED FOR FIRE STOPPING PENETRATIONS, FOR
 FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS.
  
 4) SHEET 131-S-0.01:
 4A) DESIGN LOADS, THIS REVIEW THE RISK CATEGORY: II /
 170 VULT MPH. SEE COMMENT (2A) WITH OCCUPANT LOADS FOR
 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY OVER 300, RISK CATEGORY III. TABLE
 1604.5/ FIGURE 1609.3.2, 180 VULT WIND SPEED (NEW
 CONSTRUCTION). CODE DATA STATES CLASSIFICATION OF WORK
 RENOVATION OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE, THE PLAN DOES
 NOT INDICATE WHAT TYPE OF OCCUPANCY WAS IN THE SPACE TO
 BE REMODELED. NO REFERENCE TO THE 2020 EXISTING
 BUILDING CODE, AND CLASSIFICATION OF WORK CHAPTER 5.
 THE 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.
  
 4B) DESIGN LOADS, MEAN ROOF HEIGHT IS GIVEN AS 40 FEET.
 THIS IS A 20 STORY HIGHRISE. COMPONENTS & CLADDING.
 NEGATIVE PRESSURES ARE TO BE TAKEN FROM THE ROOF;
 POSITIVE PRESSURES TAKEN FROM CLADDING LOCATION ABOVE
 GRADE. THE BUILDING COMPONENTS AND CLADDING CHART WILL
 NEED TO BE UPDATED ONCE ALL DESIGN ISSUES ARE CLEARED
 UP.
  
 4C) PLEASE PROVIDE A DIGITALLY SIGNED AND SEALED SOILS
 REPORT, ARDAMAN & ASSOCIATES (FILE NO. 21-1637) DATED
 MY 10TH, 2021. 61G15-23.004 PROCEDURES FOR SIGNING AND
 SEALING ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED PLANS (DIGITAL
 SIGNATURES), SPECIFICATIONS, REPORTS OR OTHER
 DOCUMENTS, REQUIRE 3RD PARTY VERIFICATION.
  
 5) SHEET 134-S-1.03 UTILITY PROVISIONS. NEW FPL VAULT.
 THE PLANS DO NOT PROVIDE THE HOURLY RATING FOR THE FPL
 VAULT WALLS AND STRUCTURAL CEILING NOR (2) SETS OF
 DOUBLE DOORS. 2017 NEC 450.42. THE UTILITY PLAN DOES
 NOT PROVIDE HOW THE FEEDERS ARE GOING INTO THE VAULT
 NOR ONCE THROUGH THE TRANSFORMER HOW THEY ARE GOING TO
 THE FUTURE ELECTRICAL ROOM, WILL THE FLOOR SLABS BE
 CUT, PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS. 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. 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.
  
 6A) SHEETS 022 A-072 & 027 A-112.00 BOTH SHOW NEW
 FOOTINGS AND COLUMNS TO A NEW MECHANICAL MEZZANINE /
 EQUIPMENT PLATFORM. SHEET 133 S-1.02 SHOWS A
 SECOND-FLOOR AREA. PLEASE PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS HOW THIS
 AREA IS TO BE USED, AS A MEZZANINE, EQUIPMENT PLATFORM
 OR A TRUE 2ND FLOOR. MEZZANINE, 2020 FBC-BUILDING
 505.2.1.EXCEPTION 1 IS FOR TYPE I OR II CONSTRUCTION,
 SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL, 2/3RDS OF THE ROOM IT IS LOCATED,
 505.3.1 EQUIPMENT PLATFORMS AREA PLATFORMS ALSO HAS A
 2/3RDS OF THE ROOM IT IS LOCATED, THE EQUIPMENT
 PLATFORM IS LARGER THAN 2/3RDS OF THE ROOM IT IS
 LOCATED AND IF A 2ND FLOOR THEN THE FLOOR, ALL WALLS
 AND DUCTS WOULD NEED TO BE FIRE RATED AND FIRE DAMPERS.
  
 6B) SHEET 133 S-1.02 SHOWS DASHED WALL LINES (HIDDEN
 WALLS) WHERE ARE THESE WALLS LOCATED, THEY ARE NOT
 LOCATED BENEATH IN THE KITCHEN? 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.
  
 6C) THE PLANS ARE SILENT AS TO HOW ONE GAINS ACCESS TO
 THIS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AREA. SECTION 505.3 EQUIPMENT
 PLATFORMS AND WALKWAYS, STAIRWAYS, ALTERNATING TREAD
 DEVICES AND LADDERS PROVIDING ACCESS TO AN EQUIPMENT
 PLATFORM SHALL NOT SERVE AS A PART OF THE MEANS OF
 EGRESS FROM THE BUILDING.
  
 7) SHEET 056 A-503.33 ENLARGE DETAIL 6 SHOWS A SERIES
 OF STOREFRONT SLIDING GLASS DOORS SIMILAR TO FLEETWOOD
 3070-HI SERIES. WITH THE RECESSED TRACK IN THE FLOOR
 HOW IS A WHEELCHAIR TO NAVIGATE OVER THIS RECESS?
 PLEASE REVIEW THE 2020 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION
 302.3 OPENINGS.
  
 8) SHEET 132 S-1.01 CANOPY COLUMNS BY OTHERS, ARE THE
 CANOPIES PART OF THIS PERMIT, IF SO WILL THE SAME WIND
 DESIGN BE USED FOR THE CANOPIES? SHEET 056 A-503.00
 SHOWS AWNING RAFTERS & NOTE FOR A RETRACTABLE/ FIXED
 ROOF SURFACE.
 8A) DELEGATED ENGINEERING. 61G15-30.003 ENGINEERING
 DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION. FL 61G-15-30.006 (3) THE
 DELEGATED ENGINEER SHALL FORWARD THE DELEGATED
 ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS TO THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR
 REVIEW.
  
 8B) 107.3.4.2 DEFERRED SUBMITTALS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ARE DEFINED AS THOSE
 PORTIONS OF THE DESIGN THAT ARE NOT SUBMITTED AT THE
 TIME OF THE APPLICATION AND THAT ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO
 THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD.
 DEFERRAL OF ANY SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL HAVE THE PRIOR
 APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. THE REGISTERED
 DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE SHALL LIST
 THE DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
 FOR REVIEW BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
  
 DOCUMENTS FOR DEFERRED SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL BE
 SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN
 RESPONSIBLE CHARGE WHO SHALL REVIEW THEM AND FORWARD
 THEM TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH A NOTATION
 INDICATING THAT THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE
 BEEN REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE IN GENERAL CONFORMANCE TO
 THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL
 ITEMS SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED UNTIL THE DEFERRED
 SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BUILDING
 OFFICIAL.
 8C) NO MENTION OF MATERIAL FOR FRAMEWORK OR RETRACTABLE
 ROOFING MATERIAL. FABRIC USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
 AWNINGS SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF 3104.3.4 2020
 FBC-BUILDING.
  
 8D) RETRACTABLE AWNINGS DESIGN SHALL MEET THE
 REQUIREMENT OF 3105.4.2.2.
  
 9A) SHEET 132 S-1.01 GLASS RAILING BY OTHERS. DELEGATED
 ENGINEERING. 61G15-30.003 ENGINEERING DOCUMENT
 CLASSIFICATION. FL 61G-15-30.006 (3) THE DELEGATED
 ENGINEER SHALL FORWARD THE DELEGATED ENGINEERING
 DOCUMENTS TO THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR REVIEW.
  
 9B) 107.3.4.2 DEFERRED SUBMITTALS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ARE DEFINED AS THOSE
 PORTIONS OF THE DESIGN THAT ARE NOT SUBMITTED AT THE
 TIME OF THE APPLICATION AND THAT ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO
 THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD.
 DEFERRAL OF ANY SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL HAVE THE PRIOR
 APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. THE REGISTERED
 DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE SHALL LIST
 THE DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
 FOR REVIEW BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
 DOCUMENTS FOR DEFERRED SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL BE
 SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN
 RESPONSIBLE CHARGE WHO SHALL REVIEW THEM AND FORWARD
 THEM TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH A NOTATION
 INDICATING THAT THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE
 BEEN REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE IN GENERAL CONFORMANCE TO
 THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL
 ITEMS SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED UNTIL THE DEFERRED
 SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BUILDING
 OFFICIAL.
  
 10A) SHEET 057 A-505.00 SHOWS A NEW EXTERIOR LOUVER
 SCREEN WALL, WIND GIRT FRAME AND KICKERS. SHEET 135
 S-1.04 STATES DELEGATED SCREEN WALL SUBMIT SIGNED AND
 SEALED SHOP DRAWINGS. DELEGATED ENGINEERING.
 61G15-30.003 ENGINEERING DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION. FL
 61G-15-30.006 (3) THE DELEGATED ENGINEER SHALL FORWARD
 THE DELEGATED ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS TO THE ENGINEER OF
 RECORD FOR REVIEW.
  
 10B) 107.3.4.2 DEFERRED SUBMITTALS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ARE DEFINED AS THOSE
 PORTIONS OF THE DESIGN THAT ARE NOT SUBMITTED AT THE
 TIME OF THE APPLICATION AND THAT ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO
 THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD.
 DEFERRAL OF ANY SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL HAVE THE PRIOR
 APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. THE REGISTERED
 DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE SHALL LIST
 THE DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
 FOR REVIEW BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
 DOCUMENTS FOR DEFERRED SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL BE
 SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN
 RESPONSIBLE CHARGE WHO SHALL REVIEW THEM AND FORWARD
 THEM TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH A NOTATION
 INDICATING THAT THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE
 BEEN REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE IN GENERAL CONFORMANCE TO
 THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL
 ITEMS SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED UNTIL THE DEFERRED
 SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BUILDING
 OFFICIAL.
  
 11) SHEET 057 A-505.00 SHOWS A NEW EXTERIOR ROOF TOP
 CURB & FAN. SHEET 076 M-401 SHOW DETAIL FOR ROOF TOP
 FAN AND INDICATES THE USE OF NOA # 21-1129.02 PLEASE
 PROVIDE AND HIGHLIGHT THE APPROPRIATE ANCHORAGE FOR
 WIND ZONE. FOR ALL ROOF TOP EQUIPMENT, CURBS, FANS OR
 A/C STANDS, AND OR VENTS, DETAILED ATTACHMENT TO THE
 ROOF FRAMING & DECK AS WELL AS FROM THE CURB OR ROOF
 STAND TO THE EQUIPMENT ABOVE.
  
 2020 FBC-B 1604.4 ANALYSIS. LOAD EFFECTS ON STRUCTURAL
 MEMBERS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
 METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
 EQUILIBRIUM, GENERAL STABILITY, GEOMETRIC COMPATIBILITY
 AND BOTH SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MATERIAL PROPERTIES.
 EVERY STRUCTURE SHALL BE DESIGNED TO RESIST THE
 OVERTURNING EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE LATERAL FORCES
 SPECIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER. SEE SECTION 1609 FOR WIND
 LOADS.
  
 12) SHEET 007 G-012.00 DETAILS 2 & 3 BOTH SHOW THE GRAB
 BAR MEASURED TO THE CENTER OF THE GRAB BAR. FOR ALL
 ROOF TOP EQUIPMENT, CURBS, FANS OR A/C STANDS, AND OR
 VENTS, DETAILED ATTACHMENT TO THE ROOF FRAMING & DECK
 AS WELL AS FROM THE CURB OR ROOF STAND TO THE EQUIPMENT
 ABOVE. SAME FOR ALL RESTROOM ELEVATION SHEETS.
  
 13) SHEET 048 A-400.00 DETAILS 1 & 2 DO MOT PROVIDE THE
 LOCATION OF THE WATERCLOSET CENTERLINE FROM SIDE WALL,
 GANGED RESTROOM DETAIL # 3 SHOWS THE ACCESSIBLE
 WATERCLOSET AT 19 INCHES CENTERLINE FROM THE SIDEWALL.
 PLEASE REVIEW THE 2020 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION
 604.2 16-18 INCHES. AMBULATORY STALLS ARE 17-19 INCHES.
 STANDS FOR ELEVATION SHEETS.
  
 14) 050 A-402.00 TOILET PAPER DISPENSERS. 604.7. THE
 TOILET PAPER DISPENSER SHALL COMPLY WITH 309.4 AND
 SHALL BE 7 INCHES MINIMUM TO 9 INCHES MAXIMUM IN FRONT
 OF THE WATER CLOSET MEASURED TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE
 DISPENSER. THE OUTLET OF THE DISPENSER SHALL BE 15
 INCHES MINIMUM AND 48 INCHES MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH
 FLOOR AND SHALL NOT BE LOCATED BEHIND THE GRAB BARS.
 THIS COMMENT STANDS FOR ALL ELEVATION SHEETS.
  
 15) 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.
 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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