Metro South Building Permit Aplication Process Status Report -- # 13-1329
Mr. Manager,
RE: Metro South Senior Apartments
6101 Sunset Drive, City of
South Miami, Florida
CSM Building Permit Number
13-1329 (in process)
A CSM building permit application including signed and sealed (official)
construction documents for the above referenced project were first
received by our Office on December 13, 2013 and assigned processing
number 13-1329. These documents were perforated/stamped by our Office
and returned to the owner/developer on the same date for the purpose of
having these documents processed by the proper Miami-Dade County
authorities having jurisdiction on this matter.
In an effort to help expedite the City’s review that normally follows
after the County’s review, an “unsealed/unofficial” set of documents was
submitted by the owner/developer to our Office on March 17, 2014 for us
to do a preliminary/courtesy review, which was started on the same date.
Based on the preliminary review of the “unofficial” documents, selected
comments were provided to the owner/developer to be eventually included
in the “official” set of documents.
On March 25, 2014, the “official” set of documents (not including
previously submitted CSM preliminary review comments) was returned to
our Office by the owner/developer on the presumption that they had been
fully approved by the County. It was immediately noticed that
although approved by two of the three County departments having
jurisdiction, these documents were not processed or approved by the
County Fire Department as mandated by Code regulations.
Rather than returning the “official” documents to the owner/developer
for them to complete the County processing requirements, it was decided
to complete the Building review of the “official” documents, and them
return the documents with comments attached so that it could be
incorporated into the “official” documents by the architect/engineer of
record at their convenience.
The “official” documents with attached initial comments from the CSM
building department will be returned to the owner developer on this
date. Owner/developer must obtain approval from the County Fire
Department and incorporate all initial CSM comments, and return them to
our Office for further review which is to include analyses by the CSM
Planning & Zoning, Code Enforcement, and Public Works departments, and
final verification checks from the Building Department.
Issuance of a building permit can only take place after approval by all
County and City departments having jurisdiction, of a complete set of
“official“ construction documents signed and sealed by a licensed
architect/engineer as per applicable County and City Ordinances. It
should also be noted that a building permit can only be issued to a
licensed contractor (which is yet to be selected by the owner/developer)
as per State regulations. None of these conditions have been
satisfied at this time.
We will continue to work with the owner/developer to attempt to expedite
the issuance of the permit, once the proper documentation is submitted
by the owner/developer for review and approval.
Tx.
Victor J. Citarella, PE
Director, Building Department
City of South Miami
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