That order Granted a Variance Request in response to a petition filed on 3/22/2006 and advertised in FAW Volume 32/Number 49 by leLainya Koutebera of Otis Echelon Point Office Building in St. Petersburg (VW2006-296). The petition sought waivers ...  

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    DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
    Division of Hotels and Restaurants

    RULE NO: RULE TITLE
    61C-5.001: Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks, Manlifts, Inclined and Vertical Wheelchair Lifts and Inclined Stairway Chairlifts

    NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 8, 2007, the Bureau of Elevator Safety has issued an order.

    That order Granted a Variance Request in response to a petition filed on March 22, 2006 and advertised in the issue Vol. 32, No. 49, F.A.W., by leLainya Koutebera of Otis Echelon Point Office Building in St. Petersburg (VW 2006-296). The petition sought waivers from Rules 2.1.1.1.2, 2.1.1.3, 2.7.6, 2.20.1, and 2.20.9 of ASME A17.1, 2000 Edition, as adopted by Chapter 3001.2, 2004 Florida Building Code. The petitioner requested to not have a machine room and to use coated steel belts in lieu of steel cables suspending the car. The petitions were granted as it was demonstrated that this new technology provided an equivalent or greater level of safety.

    A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202.

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Contact:
Agency Clerk, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940, North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202.
Related Rules: (1)
61C-5.001. Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks, Manlifts, Inclined and Vertical Wheelchair Lifts and Inclined Stairway Chairlifts