HomeMy WebLinkAbout298512_2_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:
101113896
PROJECT ADDRESS:
1436 S Broadway Unit# 2
PLAN CHECK ENGINEER:
Huang, GaryTEL:714
647-5862
EMAIL:
Ghuang@santa-ana.orgFAX:714
647-5897
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION:
V B
OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION(S):
R-3
PLAN CHECK DATES:
REMARKS/RECHECK ITEMS:
APPLICATION
2/15/2023
INITIAL REVIEW
4/6/2023
EXPIRATION
8/14/2023
RECHECKS:
1.
PROJECT APPLICANT CONTACT PERSON:
2.
Lina Vu
3.
TEL:
(714)423-8024
FAX:
VALUATION: $75,000.00
EMAIL:
blbuilders68@gmail.com
FLOOD ZONE: X-0602320276J
GUIDELINES:
Comments contained within this report reflect only those of the Building and Safety Division. Additional comments or corrective action may be required by other Departments and/or outside Agencies
This Plan Review Report and all subsequent code references are based upon the most recent version(s) of the 2022 California Building Codes (CBC, CRC, CFC, CEC, CPC, CMC, CGBSC, and CEES)
The approval of plans and any supporting documents does not permit the violation of any section of the adopted building codes or other pertinent local ordinances, or state and federal laws
All listed plan review comments must be adequately addressed before a building permit can be issued
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.
PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS:
Applicant shall address all the checked‘☒’ correction comments below before resubmitting plans to Building Safety for recheck.
☒1. 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.
☐Fire Department approval on the corrected/final set of drawings (647-5839 or 647-5700).
☒Police Department approval on the corrected/final set of drawings (647-5840).
☒Public Works Agency approval (647-5039).
☐Proof of Worker's Compensation Insurance shall be required at the time of permit issuance.
☒School District Approval; and a copy of the school fee worksheet, completed by the plan check engineer, shall be required by the School District to verify the scope of the work.
☐Grading Permit. Application is made through the Building Safety Division (647-5800) and the plan review is by the Public Works Agency (647-5039).
☐2. This project is in a special flood hazard area designated on the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) as zone A or AE. This zone requires that the lowest finish floor elevation (including basement) of the structure shall be at (or above) base flood elevation determined by a hydrology study for the A zone, or at (or above) the base flood elevation specified for the AE zone, on the flood insurance rate map. All elevations must be referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum. Reference should be made to the Flood Plain Management Ordinance, Santa Ana Municipal Code, Chapter 7, for complete requirements. Drawings shall show compliance with said ordinance including noting flood zone and finish floor elevation."
☐3. Note on plans: "A Federal Emergency Management Agency National Flood Insurance Program ELEVATION CERTIFICATE shall be completed by a California Licensed Land Surveyor or California Registered Civil Engineer who is authorized to practice land surveying. The completed ELEVATION CERTIFICATE must be submitted to the Building Inspector at the time of foundation inspection, and a FINAL CERTIFICATE must be submitted at the time of final inspection."
☐4. Provide a project description with a complete and detailed scope of work on the cover sheet of the plans.
☐5. Note on plan: All concealed work installed without permits must be exposed for inspection to the satisfaction of the Building Inspector. This includes methods of attachment and all footings, structural members, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and insulation.
☐6. Provide the following design data on the first sheet (R106.1.1)
☐Occupancy groups (R-3/U)
☐Type of construction (V-B)
☐Automatic Fire Sprinkler (YES or NO)
☐Number of stories.
☐Floor area per occupancy group, including the existing structure(s)
☐Construction shall comply with the 2022 CRC, CBC, CPC, CMC, CEC, California Green Building Code, and California Energy Efficiency Standards Code editions.
☐7. Note on plan: Mechanical, electrical and plumbing are not part of this plan review and approval. MEP are subject to building field inspection.
☐8. Add note on the coversheet: Minimum ________(KW) photovoltaic system will be submitted under a separate permit and shall be issued prior to building frame inspection request.
☐9. Provide a complete plot plan showing – (R106.2)
☐Location and size of all structures on the lot.
☐Identify all property lines and easements, streets, etc.
☐Show north arrow.
☐Distances between buildings (main house, detached garage, accessory dwelling unit, etc.).
☐Distances (setbacks) between buildings and property lines.
☐10. Complete the Grading exemption checklist and reproduced onto the plan.If answering “NO” to any of the questions, a grading plan and a grading permit shall be required.
☐11. Provide a Site Drainage plan, prepared by a California registered civil engineer, with the following information, but not limited to:
Plan(s) shall be stamped, signed and dated by a California registered civil engineer
Location of all existing and proposed structures, property lines, right-of-way lines, and easements, including dimensions and setbacks
Drainage slopes and flow patterns
Drainage system such as swales, french drains, water collection and disposal system, etc.
Drainage plan shall indicate how the site grading or drainage system will manage all surface water flows to be diverted away from buildings and adjoining property lines, in accordance with all applicable codes
The grade shall fall not fewer than 6 inches within the first 10 feet from the foundation wall. Where lot lines, walls, slopes or other physical barriers prohibit 6 inches of fall within 10 feet, drains, or swales shall be constructed to ensure drainage away from the structure. Impervious surfaces within 10 feet of the building foundation shall be sloped not less than 2 percent away from the building. (R401.3 CRC)
☒12. Exterior walls without Automatic Residential Fire Sprinkler – (Table R302.1(1))
Exterior walls located less than 5-ft from a property line shall be of one hour construction.
Exterior walls located less than 3-ft from a property line – No opening shall be provided.
Wall between 3-ft and 5-ft of the property line – 25% of wall openings are permitted.
Eaves projection – Provide one-hour protection on the underside of eave when eaves projected into the 5-ft of fire separation distance. No projection beyond 2-ft of the fire separation distance.
Provide/reference one hour rated detail(s) on plan
☐13. Exterior walls with Automatic Residential Fire Sprinkler – (Table R302.1(2))
Exterior walls located less than 3-ft from a property line shall be of one-hour construction.
No opening is permitted when wall located lest than 3-ft from the property line.
Eaves projection – Provide one-hour protection on the underside of eave when eaves projected into the 3-ft of fire separation distance. No projection beyond 2-ft of the fire separation distance.
☒14. Every dwelling unit shall be provided with heating facilities capable of maintaining a room temperature of not less than 68°F (20°C) at a point 3 feet (914 mm) above the floor and 2 feet from exterior walls in habitable rooms at the design temperature. The installation of one or more portable space heaters shall not be used to achieve compliance with this section. (R303.10)
☒15. Show/provide safety glass in hazardous locations (R308) –
☐Glazing in doors – all fixed and operable panels of swinging, sliding and bifold doors.
☐Glazing within 24” of door and those bottom edge is less than 60”.
☐Glazing with exposed area more than 9 sq. ft with bottom edge is located less than 18” above the walking surface and top edge is located more than 36” above the floor.
☒Glazing in enclosure for or walls facing hot tubs, bathtubs, showers, whirl-pools, saunas, steam rooms where the bottom edge of the glazing is less than 60” above the any standing surface.
☐Glazing in railings
☐Glazing adjacent to stairways, landings and ramps with 36” horizontal of a walking surface and bottom edge located less than 60” above the floor.
☐Site built windows shall comply with Section 2404 CBC.
☒16. Emergency escape and rescue openings – (R310)
☐Provide emergency escape from basements, habitable attics and every sleeping room. (R310.1)
☒The escape opening shall have a minimum net clear opening of 5.7 sq. ft. with 24" minimum net clear height and 20" minimum net clear width. Escape window shall have a finished sill height not more than 44" above the floor. At grade-floor is allowed to have escape opening of 5.0 sq. ft. (R310.1)
☐Window fall protection: Window fall protection shall be required when window sill located less than 24” above the finished floor of the room in which the window is located. (R312.2)
Energy Conservation – Title 24 Energy forms & calculations
☐1. Provide documentation to demonstrate compliance with the California Energy Code.
☐2. Climate zone 8 is used.
☐3. Compliance forms with signatures must be provided on plans.
☒4. Kitchen shall be vented to the outside. On the plan, please show exhaust fan(s) in kitchen (100 cfm minimum).
☐5. New building, or addition more than 1000 sq.ft. – Provide Whole house ventilation. On the plan, please provide/show method of whole house ventilation in compliance with ASHRAE Standard 62.2. – provide complete notes, details and calculations. (150.0(o)); (150.2(a)(C))
☒6. Provide building sections to show building envelope, including wall, floor, and roof/ceiling insulation, per Title 24 calculation.
☐7. On the plan, please specify U-factor (0.3 min) and SHGC (0.23 min) for building fenestration, per Title 24 calculation.
☐8. Photovoltaic system is required for all newly constructed low-rise SFD including detached ADU, and Multifamily buildings. On the plan, please specify minimum system size (in KW) in accordance with the Title 24 calculation. (Section 150.1(c)14; 150.1(b)(1))
Exception 2: PV system is NOT required when the minimum PV system size specified by Section 150.1(c)14 is less than 1.8kWdc
☒10. Energy Storage System (ESS) Ready: All single-family residences that include one or two dwelling units, and ADU shall meet the following:
At least one of the following shall be provided:
ESS ready interconnection equipment [auto transfer switch and panel] with a minimum backed-up capacity of 60 amps and a minimum of four ESS-supplied branch circuits, or
A dedicated, minimum 1” raceway from the main service to a subpanel that supplies the branch circuits in Section 150.0(s)(2).
A minimum of four branch circuits shall be supplied by the ESS: the refrigerator, one lighting circuit shall be located near the primary egress, and at least one circuit shall supply a sleeping room receptacle outlet.
The main panelboard shall have a minimum busbar rating of 225 amperes with space to install future isolation equipment/transfer switch within 3 feet.
☒11. Heat pump space heater (furnace) ready: System using gas furnace to serve individual dwelling units shall include a dedicated 240 volt, minimum 30 amps branch circuit wiring shall be installed within 3-ft from the furnace for a future heat pump space heater installation.
☒12. Electric cooktop ready: System using gas to serve individual dwelling units shall include the following shall include a dedicated 240 volt, minimum 50 amps circuit wiring shall be installed within 3-ft from the cooktop for a future electric cooktop installation.
☒13. Electric clothes dryer ready: Clothes dryer using gas to serve individual dwelling units shall include a dedicated 240 volt, minimum 30 amps branch circuit wiring shall be installed 3-ft from the clothes dryer location for a future electric clothes dryer installation.
CalGreen Plan Review Comments:
☐1. Attached garage – For each dwelling unit, install a listed raceway to accommodate a dedicated 208/240-volt branch circuit (40 amp). On the plan, please show compliance with Section 4.106.4.1. The service panel or subpanel circuit directory shall identify the overcurrent protective device space(s) reserved for future EV charging as “EV CAPABLE”. The raceway termination location shall be permanently and visibly marked as “EV CAPABLE”.
☐2. Plumbing fixtures flow rate limitation (Section 4.303)
Water closet – 1.28 gallon per flush
Shower head – 1.8 gallons per minute at 80 psi.
Lavatory faucets – 1.2 gallon per minute at 60 psi.
Kitchen faucet – 1.8 gallon per minute at 60 psi.
☐3. Bathroom Exhaust Fan (Section 4.506.1)
Fans shall be ENERGY STAR compliant and be ducted to terminate outside the building
Unless functioning as a component of a whole house ventilation system, fan must be controlled by a humidity control. ☒Additional Review Comment:
Sheet CS-1
Project Scope of Work Note #4: clarify if the tankless water heater installed in the main house per sheet A-0? If so, a separate permit is required for any work done in the main house.
Sheet A-0
Attic Vent: plan only shown 1 high vent and 1 low vent. Per attic vent calculation 4 total required (2 high vents and 2 low vents). Please indicate all required vents location on plan. Please note, the upper ventilation shall be located not more than 3’-0” below the ridge or highest point, where lower ventilation shall be located in the bottom 1/3 of attic space
Sheet A-1
Detail 3: 2 layers of ½” gyp. Board or 1 layer of 5/8” Type “X” gyp board required on the interior side to comply with fire rated assembly. Revise detail
(N) Bath room: Tempered glass is required. Please indicate on the plan.
Sheet A-2: indicate on plan the dimension of the emergency escape window(s) shall have a finish sill height no more than 44” above finished floor.
GN-1: please provide updated CalGreen residential mandatory measure per CBC 2022
Sheet S1
Provide roof diaphragm plywood nailing pattern requirement on plan
Provide calculation for 4x12 ceiling beam with reactions from hip beams
Sheet SD2
Detail 3, item 7: indicate 2x strut size
Detail 15
Item 3: call out 4x4 post on plan as required per detail
Item 10: indicate number of nails required
Item 13: callout framing size. No member size shown on architectural drawings
Sheet T24.1 & T24.2: Title 24 program used is outdated version. Please provide updated Title 24 calculation which comply with CBC2022. Further review is required.
Prior to submit the hard-copy drawings for approval and permit issuance. It is at applicant’s discretion, as an option, to submit a full-set electronic drawing (in pdf format) for a courtesy review. Please include the original red-marked comment drawing set, red-marked calculation, and all supporting document (revised calculation, etc.) for an expedite review.
Red marked comment set is available to pick-up at the City Hall.(End of Comment)