I suspected as much but hadn't bothered to look it up until now, and your inspector seems to be right. The code dictates:
- No more than 4 feet between GFCI kitchen receptacles - Countertop sections more than 12 inches wide are considered a "wall" and need a GFCI receptacle.
My current kitchen is the first one I've lived in that hasn't been grandfathered in as it was substantially renovated just before I moved in. One caveat, however, is that there is one wall of significant width that they didn't bother to put a countertop on, so I went out and bought a substitute from Ikea but, of course, it does not come with electrical outlets, so I still have at least one permanent plug strip + extension cord arrangement in here.
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Date: 2010-12-19 02:59 pm (UTC)- No more than 4 feet between GFCI kitchen receptacles
- Countertop sections more than 12 inches wide are considered a "wall" and need a GFCI receptacle.
Source (http://homerenovations.about.com/od/electrical/a/artkiteleccode.htm)
My current kitchen is the first one I've lived in that hasn't been grandfathered in as it was substantially renovated just before I moved in. One caveat, however, is that there is one wall of significant width that they didn't bother to put a countertop on, so I went out and bought a substitute from Ikea but, of course, it does not come with electrical outlets, so I still have at least one permanent plug strip + extension cord arrangement in here.