NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 20, 2010, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, Bureau of Elevator Safety, received a petition for an emergency variance from Lee Rigby on behalf of USF Patel Building, Tampa, FL. Petitioner seeks a variance of the requirements of ASME A17.1, Section 2.2.2.5, as adopted by Chapter 30, Section 3001.2 Florida Building Code adopted by paragraph 61C-5.001(1)(a), Florida Administrative Code, which requires a sump pump in the pits of elevators in buildings with sprinklers. Petitioner states that this building was designed and built prior to the determination by the Bureau that the exemption for sump pumps does not apply to sprinklered buildings. 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.