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safety, and citizen welfare by requiring that fire prevention and extinguishing systems be built into certain new structures. Thus, the effectiveness of the Mounds View Fire Department is :mnhanced and extended at a lower cost to the citizenry, life safety is allocated a priority at least as great as property protection, and the owner cost of built-in fire protection is partially or wholly repaid in savings on initial construction costs and annual fire insurance premiums. Subdivision 2. Fire Extinguishing Systems Required. Every story, basement, or cellar in every building hereafter erected in I-1 ( industrial) , B-1 (neighborhood business) , B-2 (limited business) and R-0 (residential/office) zoning districts shall have installed and be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system which complies with the provisions of the Sprinkler Standard NFPA No. 13. All Buildings built and heated hereafter for or by the City for its own life and purpose shall be sprinkled as required above. Every story, basement or cellar in every building exceeding three stories in height or exceeding 10,000 sq. ft. of floor area hereafter erected in any multi-family residential (R-3, R-4) district shall have installed and be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system. The system for multi-family residential (R-3, R-4) shall be considered complete when protection is provided in all habitable rooms. Exception: Buildings having a gross floor area less than 2,000 sq. ft. shall not be required to install a fire extinguishing system, provided each story of the building has at least 20 sq. ft. of opening above grade in each segment on the 50 lineal feet of exterior wall on at least one side of the building. Subdivision 3. Variances. Variances or adjustments from the requirements of the ordinance shat —be considered by an Appeals-Board, as establishedbythe City-Council. The Council shall make the final determination on all variance and adjustment cases. The Board of Appeals may recommend and the City Council may grant variances from the literal provision of the ordinance in instances where their strict enforcement would cause undue hardship because of circumstances unique and distinctive to the specific property or use under consideration. The provisions of this ordinance,- considered- in--conjunction-with the unique_ and distinctive circumstances related to the property or uses ;thereof must be the approximate cause of hardship; circumstances caused by the property owner of the applicant or predecessor in title shall not constitute sufficient justification to a grant a variance. A variance may be granted by the City Council after demonstration by evidence that all of the following qualifications are met: