NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 17, 2012, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, Bureau of Elevator Safety, received a petition for Hoffman Building in Winter Haven, FL. Petitioner seeks an emergency variance of the requirements of ASME A17.3, Section 2.2.5, as adopted by Chapter 30, Section 3001.2, Florida Building Code, adopted by paragraph 61C-5.001(1)(a), Florida Administrative Code, that pipes not associated with the elevator be guarded so any discharge would not affect the operation of the elevator which poses a significant economic/financial hardship.
Any interested person may file comments within 5 days of the publication of this notice with: Mark Boutin, Bureau of Elevator Safety, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013 (VW 2012-018).
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.