Paul, in each of the two apartments in the building you did the partial final on for me, I had to mount a receptacle on the non-kitchen side of the peninsula, not on the SA circuit, because the living-room side was considered wall space,
and another one on the SA circuit, at the end of each peninsula.
By "chief electrical code admin", do you mean Pat Murphy? He's great to talk with. Ed Tidwell is a little, shall we say, dryer

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, but he does explain stuff when he has the time. I've learned a lot from both of them, and I've found that our inspectors have great attitues and appreciate being consulted.