NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 17, 2006 The Bureau of Elevator Safety, it issued an Order Granting Emergency Variance Request in response to a petition filed on February 16, 2006, (as advertised in FAW Vol. 32, No. 12, received a petition for Jeanne Martin of Accessibility Lifts, Inc. regarding Eagles Landing II (VW 2006-048), seeking a waiver from Rule 2000.7a of ASME A18.1, 1999 Edition, as adopted by Chapter 3001.2, 2004 Florida Building Code. The petitioner requested to have a vertical wheelchair lift with a travel distance of 152 inches. The variance was granted as the petitioner demonstrated that the unit is designed and certified to travel up to 14 feet safely and that newer editions of the code (yet to be adopted) permit lifts up to 14 in travel distance.
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.