NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 18, 2006, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants, received a petition for an Emergency Variance for paragraph 61C-4.010(7)(e), Florida Administrative Code from I Love Calle 8 Café & Shop located in Miami. The above referenced F.A.C. states public food service establishments which seat 10 persons or less shall be required to provide a minimum of one bathroom accessible to the public. The Petitioner is requesting to use the one existing bathroom facility but have seating for Twenty (20) people.
This variance request was approved October 25, 2006 and is contingent upon Petitioner ensuring the public bathroom inside of I Love Calle Ocho Café & Shop is functional, has hot and cold running water at all times, provided with soap and an approved method to dry hands, and kept in a clean and sanitary manner. Seating shall not exceed twenty (20) which includes inside and outside seating. Any violation of the variance is the equivalent of a violation of the Rule and may result in a rescission of the variance, and subject the Petitioner to disciplinary sanctions as enumerated in Sec. 509.261, Florida Statutes.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Xenia Bailey, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013.