an Emergency Variance for paragraph 61C-4.010(7)(e), Florida Administrative Code, from Hermon Cake International located in Miami. The above referenced F.A.C. states public food service establishments which seat 10 persons or less shall be required ...

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Division of Hotels and Restaurants

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 23, 2006, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants, received a petition for an Emergency Variance for paragraph 61C-4.010(7)(e), Florida Administrative Code, from Hermon Cake International located in Miami. The above referenced F.A.C. states public food service establishments which seat 10 persons or less shall be required to provide a minimum of one bathroom accessible to the public. The Petitioner is requesting to use the one existing bathroom facility but have seating for twenty (20) people.
This variance request was approved October 30, 2006 and is contingent upon Petitioner ensuring the public bathroom inside of Hermon Cake International 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 (20) which includes inside and outside seating. 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, Florida Statutes.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: The Division of Hotels and Restaurants, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013.