received a Petition for an Emergency Variance for subsection 61C-4.010(7), F.A.C., from Nostalgia Café located in Boca Raton. The above referenced F.A.C. states …each public food service establishment shall maintain a minimum of one public bathroom ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 16, 2005, Division of Hotels and Restaurants received a Petition for an Emergency Variance for subsection 61C-4.010(7), F.A.C., from Nostalgia Café located in Boca Raton. The above referenced F.A.C. states …each public food service establishment shall maintain a minimum of one public bathroom for each sex, properly designated…. They are requesting a variance to add an additional fifteen (15) seats for a total of twenty-five (25) seats which exceeds the seating capacity with only one accessible bathroom facility accessible to customers. This variance request was approved December 22, 2005 and is contingent upon Petitioner ensuring the public restroom inside of the Nostalgia Cafe is functional, has hot and cold running water at all times, provided with soap and an approved method to dry hands, and kept in a clean and sanitary manner. Seating shall not exceed twenty-five (25) which includes inside and outside seating. This variance is not transferable under any conditions. Any violation of the variance is the equivalent of a violation of the rule and may result in a rescission of the variance, and subject the Petitioner to disciplinary sanctions as enumerated in Section 509.261, F.S.