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Home My WebLink About167569_1_Corrections.docxRESIDENTIAL PLAN CHECK COMMENTS Planning & Building Agency Building Safety Division 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988 (M-19) Santa Ana, CA 92702 (714) 647-5800 www.santa-ana.org PLAN CHECK NO: PROJECT ADDRESS: PLAN CHECK ENGINEER:TEL:714FAX:714 647-5897 TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION: OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION(S): PLAN CHECK DATES: REMARKS/RECHECK ITEMS: APPLICATION INITIAL REVIEW EXPIRATION RECHECKS: 1. PROJECT APPLICANT CONTACT PERSON: 2. 3. TEL: FAX: VALUATION: EMAIL: FLOOD ZONE: Note: Numbers in parenthesis (unless otherwise noted) refer to code sections of the 2010 California Building Code (CBC); MC = 2010 California Mechanical Code; PC = 2010 California Plumbing Code; EC = 2010 California Electrical Code; T = Table; ICC = International Code Council.All items noted on this plan check report must be addressed. If you feel that an item is not applicable to your project, note “N/A” and discuss the reason with the plan checker.Please indicate the sheet number and detail to the right of each correction, or note the number on the plans where the correction is made. Resubmit marked original, calculations and this correction sheet. A separate sheet for response may be used.Resubmit 3 corrected sets of plans.Meetings between the project applicant/designer and the plan reviewer shall be by appointment only. This review does not include mechanical, plumbing or electrical work. Separate plans, applications, fees, plan checks, and permits are required for mechanical, plumbing, and electrical work. Call 647-5800 for information.] The applicant shall obtain clearances/approvals for the following, prior to building permit issuance: -Planning Division approval on the corrected/final set of drawings (647-5804). Previously approved plans should be submitted to expedite the process. - Proof of Worker's Compensation Insurance shall be required at the time of permit issuance.On the drawings, provide Nailing Schedule complying with CBC Table 2304.9.1.For plywood floor diaphragm specify thickness, grade, T&G edges, panel span rating, nailing schedule and panel layout pattern. (A106.1.1, 2305, T2305.2.3, 2306.3, T2306.3.1, and T2306.3.2)City of Santa Ana Building Safety Division policy on when foundation and soils investigation shall be required. The purpose of this policy is to provide an alternative for designing small projects, as well as to provide consistency. - Footing to have minimum reinforcement of: 2 #4 at top and 2 #4 at bottom. - The minimum depth of footings below undisturbed ground surface to be 12 inches. - Minimum width and thickness of the footing shall comply with Table 1805.4.2 of the 2007 CBC. Provide a minimum of two No. 4 bars at top and at bottom of continuous footing. (A104.1) Show that ceiling height for habitable rooms is 7 ft.-6 in. minimum. (1208.1)All new construction, interior or exterior alterations, repairs, or additions requiring a permit and having a valuation in excess of $1,000, or when one or more sleeping rooms are added or created, the entire dwelling shall be provided with smoke detectors located as required for a new dwelling. (CRC R314.3) Smoke alarms shall be installed in the following locations: - Ineach sleeping room. - Outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms. - On each additional story of the dwelling, including basements and habitable attics but not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level. - When more than one smoke alarm is required to be installed within an individual dwelling unit the alarm devices shall be interconnected in such a manner that the actuation of one alarm will activate all of the alarms in the individual unit.Exception: Interconnection is not required in existing dwelling units where repairs do not result in the removal of wall and ceiling finishes, there is no access by means of attic, basement or crawl space, and no previous method for interconnection existed.All new construction, Interior or exterior alterations, repairs, or additions requiring a permit and having a valuation in excess of $1,000,, an approved carbon monoxide alarm shall be installed in dwelling units and in sleeping units within which fuel-burning appliances are installed and in dwelling units that have attached garages shall be provided with carbon monoxide alarms (CRC R315) - Carbon monoxide alarms shall only be required in the specific dwelling unit or sleeping unit for which the permit was obtained. Carbon monoxide alarms required by Sections R315.1 and R315.2 shall be installed. - Outside of each separate dwelling unit sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedroom(s). - On every level of a dwelling unit including basements. - Where more than one carbon monoxide alarm is required to be installed within the dwelling unit or within a sleeping unit the alarm shall be interconnected in a manner that activation of one alarm shall activate all of the alarms in the individual unit. Exception: Interconnection is not required in existing dwelling units where repairs do not result in the removal of wall and ceiling finishes, there is no access by means of attic, basement or crawl space, and no previous method for interconnection existed. Cross reference all calculations for joists, beams, shear walls, etc., to framing/floor plans. (1603.1) Provide structural calculations and drawings prepared by a California Licensed Architect or Registered Civil Engineer for all structural work to be performed under the subject building permit application including: The proposed structural design is inadequate to resist lateral forces/uplift wind pressure. Show roof/floor diaphragm nailing, wall bracing, shear connections, tie-down hardware and hold-down anchors. Submit lateral design. (1604)Structural framing not using Conventional Light-Frame Construction Provisions of Section 2308 requires the plans and calculations to be signed and sealed by an architect or civil/structural engineer. (A106.1) Show how dwelling is provided with comfort heating facilities capable of maintaining a room temperature of 68oF at a point of 3 feet above the floor in all habitable rooms. (1204) The residence shall conform to the State Energy Conservation Standards. Submit forms and calculations for review and blueprint the final forms on the plans. - Signed Energy Efficiency Documents must be printed on the plans. - Also, submit 2 copies of signed Energy Efficiency calculations. -The energy plan check consultant must sign documentation forms on behalf of the Building Safety Division. - The energy plan check consultant must also complete the attached “Energy Conservation Plan Check Consultant Qualification Statement”. - Please refer to attached Residential Lighting Design Guide and revise drawings to show compliance. Show Radiant Barrier, Duct Ceiling as required by the 2008 California Energy Residential Manual for prescriptive Package D.Landings at door shall have a length measured in direction of travel of not less than 36 inches. (1008.1.5) Regardless of the occupant load, there shall be a floor or landing on each side of a door. The floor or landing shall not be more than one-inch lower than the threshold of the doorway. Landings shall be level except for exterior landings, which may have a slope not to exceed 1/4 unit vertical in 12 units horizontal (2% slope). (1008.1.6) - A door may open at the top step of an interior flight of stairs, provided the door does not swing over the top step. - A door may open at a landing that is not more than 7¾ inches lower than the floor level provided the door does not swing over the landing. - Screen doors and storm doors may swing over stairs, steps or landings. Provide complete roof framing plan to review compliance. Provide cross reference from floor plan foundation plan and sections to structural sheets and void structural details that are not applicable to this permit.