: On November 25, 2024, the Division issued an order. The Final Order was in response to a Petition for a Routine Permanent Variance from 575 Rosemary Apartments LLC at 575 Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33401, filed ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Division of Hotels and Restaurants

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61C-5.001Safety Standards

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, Bureau of Elevator Safety hereby gives notice: : On November 25, 2024, the Division issued an order. The Final Order was in response to a Petition for a Routine Permanent Variance from 575 Rosemary Apartments LLC at 575 Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33401, filed November 7, 2024, and advertised on November 12, 2024, in Vol. 50, No. 221, of the Florida Administrative Register. No comments were received in response to the petition. The Final Order on the Petition for Variance grants the Petitioner a variance from Rule 2.8.2.2, ASME A17.1, 2013 Edition, as adopted by Rule 61C-5.001 Florida Administrative Code that requires only such electrical wiring, raceways, cables, coaxial wiring, and antennas used directly in connection with the elevator, including wiring for signals, for communication with the car, for lighting, heating, air conditioning, and ventilating the car, for fire detecting systems, for pit sump pumps, and for heating and lighting the hoistway and/ or the machinery space, machine room, control space, or control room shall be permitted to be installed inside the hoistway, machinery space, machine room, control space, or control room, because the Petitioner has demonstrated that the purpose of the underlying statute has been met and that Petitioner would suffer a substantial hardship if required to comply with this rule (VW2024-177).

A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting: Division of Hotels and Restaurants, Bureau of Elevator Safety, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013. [e-mail].