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<br /> - <br />, . <br />. <br />. safety, and citizen welfare by requiring that fire <br /> prevention and extinguishing systems be built into certain <br /> new structures. Thus, the effectiveness of the Mounds View <br /> Fire Department is=nhanced and extended at a lower cost to <br /> the citizenry, life safety is allocated a priority at least <br /> as great as property protection, and the owner cost of <br /> built-in fire protection is partially or wholly repaid in <br /> savings on initial construction costs and annual fire <br /> insurance premiums. <br /> Subdivision 2. Fire Extinguishing Systems Required. <br /> Every story, basement, or cellar in every building hereafter <br />. erected in I-l (industrial), B-1 (neighborhood business), <br /> B-2 (limited business) and R-O (residential/office) zoning <br /> districts shall have installed and be equipped with an <br /> automatic fire extinguishing system which complies with the <br /> provisions of the Sprinkler Standard NFPA No. 13. All <br /> Buildings built and heated hereafter for or by the City for <br /> its own life and purpose shall be sprinkled as required <br /> above. Every story, basement or cellar in every building <br /> exceeding three stories in height or exceeding 10,000 sq. <br /> ft. of floor area hereafter erected in any multi-family <br /> residential (R-3, R-4) district shall have installed and be <br />. equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system. The <br /> system for multi-family residential (R-3, R-4) shall be <br /> considered complete when protection is provided in all <br /> habitable rooms. <br /> Exception: Buildings having a gross floor area less <br /> than 2,000 sq. ft. shall not be required to install a fire <br /> extinguishing system, provided each story of the building <br /> has at least 20 sq. ft. of opening above grade in each <br /> segment on the 50 lineal feet of exterior wall on at least <br /> one side of the building. <br /> Subdivision 3. Variances. Variances or adjustments <br /> from the requirements of the ordinance shall be considered <br /> by an Appeals Board, as established by the City Council. <br /> The Council shall make the final determination on all <br /> variance and adjustment cases. The Board of Appeals may <br /> recommend and the City Council may grant variances from the <br /> literal provision of the ordinance in instances where their <br /> strict enforcement would cause undue hardship beeause of <br /> circumstances unique and distinctive to the specific <br /> property or use under consideration. The provisions of this <br /> ordinance, considered in. conjunction with the unique and <br /> distinctive circumstances related to the property or uses <br /> ;thereof must be the approximate cause of hardship; <br /> circumstances caused by the property owner of the applicant <br />. or predecessor in title shall not constitute sufficient <br /> justification to a grant a variance. A variance may be <br /> granted by the City Council after demonstration by evidence <br /> that all of the following qualifications are met: <br />