THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE - City of Coral Springs

eplacements and additions, costing five-thousand
($5,000) or over, as specified herein, the plans/or specifications
shall be prepared and approved by, and each
sheet shall bear the impress seal of, an architect or engineer;
provided that for any work involving structural design,
the Building Official may require that plans and/or
specifications be prepared by and bear the impress seal
of an Engineer, regardless of the cost of such works.
Exception: Roofing as set forth in Chapter 15.
107.5.2 Plans and/or specifications for proposed construction,
where such plans and/or specifications are required
by this Code to be prepared by and bear the impress
seal of an architect or engineer, shall be submitted
by the architect or engineer or authorized representative
107.5.3 For a single-family residence costing ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) or over, as specified herein, the
plans and/or specifications shall be prepared and approved
by, and each sheet shall bear the impress seal of,
an architect or engineer; provided that for any work involving
structural design, the Building Official may require
that plans and/or specifications be prepared by and
bear the impress seal of an Engineer, regardless of the
cost of such works.
107.5.4 Plans and/or specifications for work that is preponderantly
of architectural nature shall be prepared by
and bear the impress seal of an architect, and such work
that involves extensive computation based on structural
stresses shall, in addition, bear the impress of seal of an
Engineer.
107.5.5 Plans and/or specifications for work in which
definite mechanical or electrical problems are involved
shall, at the discretion of the Building Official, be prepared
by and bear the impress seal of an Engineer.
107.5.6 Compliance with certain of the specific minimum
requirements of this Code shall not be in itself
deemed sufficient to assure that a building or structure
complies with all of the requirements of this Code. It is
the responsibility of the architect and/or engineer of
Record for the building or structure to determine
through rational analysis what design requirements are
necessary to comply with this Code.
107.5.7 Plans and/or specifications for work that is preponderantly
of a structural nature shall be prepared by
and bear the impress seal of an Engineer.
107.5.8 Plans and/or specifications for new construction
requiring an aggregate electrical service capacity of
more than 600 amperes or more than 240 volts on residential
or more than 800 amperes or more than 240
volts on commercial or industrial or an electrical system
having a value greater than $125,000 or any electrical
system(s) for an assembly area having an area greater
than 5,000 square feet or a fire alarm and/or security
alarm system(s) which cost more than $5,000.00 shall
be prepared by and signed, dated and bear the impress
seal of an Engineer who is competent in this field of ex-
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Effective Date: March 15, 2012
pertise. All plans and/or specifications prepared by an
architect or an engineer pursuant to the requirements of
this Code shall be hand signed, dated and sealed by the
respective architect or engineer who prepared such
plans and/or specifications.
Exception: Plans and/or specifications for construction
requiring an aggregate electrical service
capacity not over 600 amperes at a maximum of
240 volts phase to phase, either single or three
phase on residential or not over 800 amperes at a
maximum of 240 volts phase to phase, single phase
or three phase on commercial or industrial or an
electrical system having a value of $125,000 or less
or any electrical system(s) for an assembly area
having an area of 5,000 square feet or less or a fire
alarm system(s) with a cost of $5,000 or less may
be designed by a Master Electrician, licensed in
Broward County or certified by the State of Florida,
provided the plans and/or specifications prepared
by the Master Electrician bear the certificate of
competency number and the notarized signature of
the license holder, or by an architect or engineer.
107.5.9 Deferred submittals. Reserved
107.6 Application for Examination of Plans.
107.6.1 Complete plans and/or specifications shall be
submitted in duplicate and with a third copy of the plot
plan showing parking, landscaping and drainage; or
such plans may be submitted in single copy where it is
evident that code interpretation is needed before final
working drawings can be prepared.
107.6.2 Plans and/or specifications for proposed construction,
where such plans and/or specifications are not
required to be prepared by and bear the impress seal of
an architect or engineer shall be submitted by the designer
with the application as set forth in Section 105.3.
107.6.3 Construction Inspection. The Professional Engineer
of Record or the Architect of Record in responsible
charge of the structural design shall include in the
construction documents the following:
1. Special inspections required by Sub-section 110.10.2.
2. Other structural inspections required by the Professional
Engineer of Record or the Architect of Record
in responsible charge of the structural design.
107.6.4 Application for permit for new construction and
additions shall be accompanied by a registered land surveyor’s
certificate and plan in duplicate on which shall
be clearly indicated the property-corner stakes, property-line
dimensions, existing structures and their location,
existing right-of-way, sidewalks, easements, street
zoning and property zoning of record, critical elevations
and building setbacks required by law, general block
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