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Home My WebLink About167076_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 soil report and calculations.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.Submit a signed copy of signed the contract showing labor and materials for all work including architectural, Soil report and engineering calculations to be done under the subject building permit application. Drawings must be to scale and be on 18" x 24" minimum sheets. (11”x17”) not acceptable size)Scale of Drawings must be large enough to insure legibility. (Provide legible drawings/details of “Mac Lean Dixie HFS”)Provide a key or legend to identify circle and square numbers on 11”x 17” drawings.Indicate ICC approval number for “Mac Lean Dixie HFS”. Current approved report is required.Provide complete foundation plan for each building to show existing condition and how each area or portion with foundation settlement to be corrected based on recommendation of geotechnical. All other recommendations are required to be incorporated into drawings prior to re-submittal. Reference sheet SA-3 indicates soils passive pressure of “3000 PSF”. Please refer to Table 1806.2 of 2010 CBC and provide clarification and justification for this high value.The foundation and soils investigations report shall be prepared, stamped, and signedby a licensed soils or geotechnical engineer.Sections 1802.2.6 and 1802.2.7 of the 2010 California BuildingCode (CBC.) Provide complete geotechnical report to show compliance with Section CBC Section 1802.6 of 2010 CBC. The soil classification and design load-bearing capacity shall be shown on the construction document. Where required by the building official, a written report of the investigation shall be submitted that includes, but need not be limited to, the following information: - A plot showing the location of test borings and/or excavations. - A complete record of the soil samples. - A record of the soil profile. - Elevation of the water table, if encountered. - Recommendations for foundation type and design criteria, including but not limited to: bearing capacity of natural or compacted soil; provisions to mitigate the effects of expansive soils; mitigation of the effects of liquefaction, differential settlement and varying soil strength; and the effects of adjacent loads. - Expected total and differential settlement. - Pile and pier foundation information in accordance with Section 1808.2.2. - Special design and construction provisions for footings or foundations founded on expansive soils, as necessary. - Compacted fill material properties and testing in accordance with Section 1803.5.Reasons for foundation settlement.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. (If applicable, when new foundation is proposed) - 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 2010CBC.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: - In each 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.