Notice of Variances and Waivers

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Division of Hotels and Restaurants
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 15, 2006 Division of Hotels and Restaurants, for subsection 61C-4.010(7), Florida Administrative Code, received a petition for Variance or Waiver variance from Fritanga Monimbo El Doral located in Miami. The above referenced F.A.C. states “…each public food service establishment shall maintain a minimum of one public bathroom for each sex, properly designated….” They are requesting a variance to use one bathroom instead of adding an additional bathroom facility to the proposed establishment.
This variance request was approved February 21, 2006, and is contingent upon Petitioner ensuring the public restroom 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-four seats (24) which includes inside and any 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 Section 509.261, Florida Statutes.