NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 30, 2006 The Bureau of Elevator Safety, it Issued an Order Granting Emergency Variance Request in response to a petition filed on December 30, 2006 and advertised in FAW Vol. 32, No. 02, received a petition for Lee Rigby of Vertical Assessment Associates on behalf of St. Joseph’s Hospital Garage – Tampa (Petition VW 2005-193) seeking a waiver from Chapter 2.1.3.1.2, 2.7.6, 2.9, 2.4.6, 2.23.4.1, and 2.14.1.5, A.S.M.E. 17.1, 2000 edition, as adopted by Chapter 3000.2, 2004 Florida Building Code. The petitioner requested not to have access to the overspeed governor from outside the hoistway, to have the machine and control room within the hoistway, to be allowed the use guide rails to support the loads and stresses, reduce the clearance above the car, allow additional loads be calculated prior to obtaining minimum bracket spacing requirements from the published table and to allow a cartop emergency hatch openable by a restricted use key. The petition was granted as it was demonstrated that this new technology provided equivalent or greater safety than the present code.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940, North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202.