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Permit Number: T18CM05574
Parcel: 116277770

Review Status: Completed

Review Details: RESIDENTIAL - BLDG/ZONING/ENGINE/NPPO

Permit Number - T18CM05574
Review Name: RESIDENTIAL - BLDG/ZONING/ENGINE/NPPO
Review Status: Completed
Review Date Reviewer's Name Type of Review Description Status Comments
08/14/2018 EHAMBLI1 ZONING REVIEW Approved
08/14/2018 JOHN VAN WINKLE ENGINEERING REVIEW Approved
08/14/2018 ANDREW CONNOR NPPO REVIEW Approved
08/14/2018 KEN VAN KARSEN BUILDING-RESIDENTIAL REVIEW Reqs Change T18CM05574
PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS

Plan review for the above referenced structure has been completed. This letter reflects comments to be addressed. In order to facilitate a shorter back check time, please provide two sets of updated plans and calculations with a written response to each of the notated items indicating action taken. Do not cloud the changes made for comment revisions.

SCOPE OF REVIEW:

The scope of this plan review covers architectural, plumbing, mechanical, energy conservation and electrical. All code references are to the 2012 International Residential Code and 2012 International Energy Conservation Code. All features were checked only to the extent allowed by the submittals provided. All portions of this project are assumed to meet or will meet other departmental requirements, conditions and concerns before permit approval.

GENERAL COMMENTS:

1. A dwelling unit providing complete independent living facilities requires compliance with design ordinances for handicap provisions, solar water, photo-voltaic and gray water preparations. Design Ordinances adopted by the City of Tucson.
2. Show compliance with the Inclusive Home Design Ordinance adopted by the City of Tucson Ordinance #10463 on 10/16/2007. Notate accessible route, minimum door width, changes in floor elevation, door hardware, electrical outlet reach range, grab bar reinforcement, etc.
3. All SFR and Duplex plans submitted after March 1, 2009 require a solar water system, or future installation preparation City of Tucson Ordinance #10549 with one of the following provisions: ½"control conduit and two ¾" copper piping for water with rooftop termination; straight 3" capped sleeve; or an accessible attic (clear path 30" wide x 30" high) over the water heater. Show appropriate notation.
4. All construction drawings submitted after June 1, 2010 for one- or two-family dwellings must provide gray water utilization or preparation, Ordinance #10579/11089 revised July 9, 2013. Include two clothes washer standpipes at an exterior wall, one with an above grade stub-out, and one plumbed to the building drain.
5. All construction drawings submitted after June 1, 2010 for one- or two-family dwellings must provide gray water utilization or preparation, Ordinance #10579/11089 revised July 9, 2013. One story dwellings must have a gray drain line discharge. Additional gray fixture drains are optional. Show a bathing fixture drain looped 3' beyond an exterior wall below grade before connection to the building drain. See details at https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/pdsd/codes-ordinances/Grey_Water_Options_FINAL_.pdf

FLOOR PLANS:

1. Show a maximum ½" floor elevation change at a notated accessible route entrance on the floor plan, R106.1.1. Include the threshold condition at the vehicle doorway or an exterior hinged door when the garage is used for the accessible route.
2. Show the door from a garage to dwelling with a 20-minute fire rating with self-closing and self-latching provision, R302.5.1. Notate door 119.
3. Indicate the direction of slope for the garage slab, R309.1.

STRUCTURAL PLANS:

1. Provide a complete roof framing plan with truss spacing providing appropriate load carrying capacity for the roof deck, R301.1.
2. Show the beam and rafter size and spacing of deck roof framing for verifying new load carrying capacity, R301.1.
3. Show all porch beam sizes for verifying new load carrying capacity, R301.1
4. The header schedule is undersized. This building exceeds the prescriptive values of Table 502.5(1) & (2). Provide calculations for the revised header schedule.

SECTIONS - DETAILS:

1. Clarify the placement of ceiling/roof insulation for determining the need for attic ventilation, R806.
2. An unvented roof assembly requires an air-impermeable rigid insulation material with a minimum R-5 value applied correctly to either side of the roof sheathing, R806.5. Show a roof design with insulation types and minimum thickness for meeting the condensation control requirement and the minimum total insulation value of R-38.
3. If a vented roof assembly method will be utilized then provide an attic space ventilation calculation and specify size and location of all vents needed to comply with R806.2. Provide appropriate upper and lower space vents if applying the reduced area calculation per exception requirements.
4. Notate and specify a complete roofing system: Roof sheathing, size (1/2" OSB) and method of installation (moisture barrier, flashing, etc.), R905.

PLUMBING PLANS:

1. Show hot water pipe with minimum R-3 insulation, N1103.4.2.

MECHANICAL PLANS:

1. Provide (an HVAC system with) whole-house mechanical ventilation with continuous or a minimum controlled intermittent airflow rate, R303.4 & M1507.3. Show a source of outside supply air or continuous exhaust fan function.
2. Show dryer vent size and location for venting to exterior, M1501.

ELECTRICAL PLANS:

1. Show the location of all circuit number for air handling equipment (furnace), E4101.5.
2. Provide notation requiring tamper resistant receptacles for 125 volt, 15A and 20A receptacles, R4002.14.

OUTDOOR LIGHTING CODE

1. Include all exterior fixtures on the property in the outdoor lighting calculations (OLC 3.1.2). Lumen calculations are determined using the rated fixture wattage, not the installed lamp wattage.

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE:

1. Tucson is in climate zone 2B. The simplified prescribed energy values for glazing is U=0.40, skylights U=0.65, ceiling R=38 and walls R=13. Show the "R" values of insulation and the maximum "U" factors of the windows and doors on the plans as well as the solar heat gain coefficient SHGC minimum value of 0.25, N1102.1.

If you have any questions please contact:
Ken Van Karsen
(520) 837-4912
City of Tucson Residential Plan Review
08/15/2018 MARTIN BROWN FIRE REVIEW Approved