Southland Church Educational Bldg., c/o Delaware Elevator of Florida, Inc. Petitioner seeks a permanent variance to the requirements of A18.1, Section 2.7, as adopted by Chapter 30, Section 3001.2 Florida Building Code adopted by paragraph 61C-5.001(...

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Division of Hotels and Restaurants

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
61C-5.001: Standards Adopted; Exclusions; and Conflicts

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 25, 2010, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, Bureau of Elevator Safety, received a petition for Southland Church Educational Bldg., c/o Delaware Elevator of Florida, Inc. Petitioner seeks a permanent variance to the requirements of A18.1, Section 2.7, as adopted by Chapter 30, Section 3001.2 Florida Building Code adopted by paragraph 61C-5.001(1)(a), Florida Administrative Code, that requires increasing the permissible wheelchair lift travel. The request is to extend lift travel from the ‘not to exceed 12’0” feet’ adopted in the A18.1-2003 standard to the ‘not to exceed 14’0” feet’ as allowed in the A18.1-2005 standard (not yet adopted). The elevator company contends that available equipment is being manufactured to the 2005 standard. The Petitioner states that there is a problem complying with the 12'0'' feet of travel standard because the building is constructed with 12'6'' feet of floor-to-floor travel.
Any interested person may file comments within 14 days of the publication of this notice with: Mark Boutin, Bureau of Elevator Safety, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Mark Boutin, Bureau of Elevator Safety, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013, [phone].