THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE - City of Coral Springs

and the Building Official shall require that such elevations
be transferred to the accompanying application for permit.
107.2.3 At any time during the course of construction, the
Building Official and/or Fire Marshal/Fire Code Official
may require the submittal of a first-floor elevation survey, as
built.
107.2.4 For roof assemblies required by this Code, the construction
documents shall illustrate, describe, and delineate
the type of roofing system, materials, fastening requirements
and wind resistance rating that are required to be installed.
Product evaluation and installation shall indicate compliance
with the wind criteria required for the specific site or a
statement by an architect or engineer for the specific site
shall be submitted with the construction documents.
107.2.5 Means of egress. Reserved.
107.2.6 Exterior wall envelope. Reserved.
107.2.7 Site plan. Reserved.
107.2.7.1 Design flood elevations. Reserved.
107.3 Examination of documents. The building official shall
examine or cause to be examined each application for a permit
and the accompanying documents, consisting of drawings,
specifications, calculations (when required), and additional data,
and shall ascertain by such examinations whether the construction
indicated and described is in accordance with the requirements
of the technical codes and all other pertinent laws or
ordinances. All plan review to be performed by persons certified
per Section 104 of this code.
Exceptions 1: Building plans and/or specifications approved
pursuant to Section 553.77(6) Florida Statutes and
state-approved manufactured buildings are exempt from
local codes enforcing agency plan reviews except for provisions
of the code relating to erection, assembly or construction
at the site. Erection, assembly and construction at the
site are subject to local permitting and inspections. Photocopies
of plans approved according to FAC 9B-1.009,
F.A.C., shall be sufficient for local permit application documents
of record for the modular building portion of the permitted
project.
107.3.1 The Building Official shall have certified plans examiners
examine all plans and/or specifications and amendments
thereto.
107.3.2 If the plans and/or specifications conform to all pertinent
laws the plans and/or specifications shall be marked
“approved.”
107.3.3 If the plans and/or specifications do not conform to
all pertinent laws the plans and/or specifications shall be
rejected and the plans examiner shall state the reasons for
rejection in writing.
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Effective Date: March 15, 2012
107.3.4 Plans and/or specifications for which only minor
correction is necessary may be corrected by notation on the
prints with the approval of the designer.
107.3.5 Plans and/or specifications for which major correction
is necessary shall be revised on the tracings by the designer
and new corrected prints submitted.
107.3.6 Plans and/or specifications corrected to comply with
this Code and all pertinent laws shall be marked “approved.”
107.3.7 When plans and/or specifications are approved such
plans and/or specifications shall become a part of the application
prepared by and submitted by the qualified applicant
for permit as set forth in Paragraph 105.3.1.
107.3.8 Approval of the permit shall not be given until plans
and/or specifications, as set forth herein, are approved.
107.4 Approved Plans:
107.4.1 Approval of construction documents. When the
Building Official issues a permit, the construction documents
shall be approved, in writing or by stamp, as “Reviewed for
Code Compliance.” The Building Official shall retain one
set of the approved (construction documents) plans and/or
specifications, and the other set shall be returned to the (applicant)
permit holder, who shall maintain and keep this set
at the site of work during the hours of work in progress and
available for mandatory inspections by the Building Official
or his/her duly authorized representative and/or Fire Marshal/Fire
Code Official, or his/her duly authorized representative.
The Building Official may stop the work if such
plans and/or specifications are not available at the building
site.
107.4.2 Approved plans and/or specifications, and/or
amendments thereto, retained by the Building Official shall
become a part of the public record unless prohibited by law.
The Building Official shall notify anyone requesting copies
of copyrighted public records that they may be violating the
Federal Copyright law.
107.4.3 Amended construction documents. Work shall be
installed in accordance with the approved construction documents
and any changes made during construction that are
not in compliance with the approved construction documents
shall be resubmitted for approval as an amended set of construction
documents.
107.4.4 Retention of construction documents. One set of
approved construction documents shall be retained by the
Building Official for a period of not less than one year from
date of completion of the permitted work, or as required by
Florida Statutes.
107.5 Design professional in responsible charge.
107.5.1 General Requirements for Professional Design.
For buildings and/or structures, except singlefamily
residences, alterations, repairs or improvements,
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Broward County Administrative Provisions