"Marilyn & Bob" wrote in message
news:ZmVCd.23388$152.9433@trndny01...
If it is a kitchen, whether you use it or not, what you did IS a code
violation. There is nothing to stop the next owner of your house from
using
the kitchen.

How can it be a violation?

He REMOVED an outlet from a kitchen and installed a new outlet from those
two circuits in a NEW location. He didn't add anything to the kitchen area.