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ENG/NEER/NG PUBLIC SERV/CES DEPARTMENT January 18, 2017 Bob Burton Address City, State Zip RE: Owner: Name Job Address: 3709 Federal Ave Plan Check Number: BW1701-004 Dear Mr. Burton, In response to your application for a construction permit, your plans have been examined and you are advised that the issuance of a permit is being withheld for the reasons listed below. These comments address building issues only. Additional revisions or additions may be required by other departments (such as Utilities, Planning or Fire). All references refer to the (2015 International Building Code,) (2015 International Residential Code,) as amended by the State of Washington and/or Washington State Energy Code 2015 Edition, and adopted by the City of Everett, unless stated otherwise. In order for the processing of your application to continue, it will be necessary to provide the Building Division with two new complete sets of drawings reflecting the corrections requested. 1. Holddowns appear to occur within door openings as shown on Sheet S4. Please verify the locations of the holddowns indicated in Detail 1/S2 and provide additional details as required for construction of such conditions. 2. On Sheet S3, near Grid C, there is callout at the existing walls that reads "Existing Retaining Walls by Others". This appears to be in conflict with the scope of work indicated on Sheet 1 of the structural drawings. Please provide additional clarification to the scope of work described and/or update the drawings. 3. The permit structural calculations page L5 appears to indicate a shear wall of 13'-6". However, it appears there are much smaller lengths of wall that may have higher overturning moment force couples within these short wall piers (for instance, along Grid 2, the shear wall length appears to be 8'-0". Please verify or clarify that the governing force couple has been designed for, with additional calculations or a narrative describing the governing condition. 4. On page L1 of the structural permit calculations, it appears the discontinuous shear walls are provided, "x2" and "x3", on the upper floor of the house. Discontinuous walls that do not stack with walls below produce shears and overturning moments into the floor and introduce force couples onto floor beams previously designed solely for gravity and shear —r Page 1 of_ CITY OF EVERETr s 3200 Cedar Street . Everett, WA 98201 e (425) 257-8810 . Fax (425) 257-8857