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1�i .... November 26, 2001 Mayor and City Council City of Roseville 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, Minnesota 55113 Council and Mayor: Attached is a letter from Mr. Dave Walia, Project Manager from the Radisson Hotel located at 2540 Cleveland Avenue North. Mr. Wfilia is requesting a variance from_a��corrective order issued by the State Fire Marshal office. The corrective order requires the facility to reduce the spacing, between the stair railings, from nine inches to four inches. Pursuant to Minnesota Statute 299F.011 subd. 5, the variance request cannot be acted upon, by the State Fire Marshal, until the local governing body has acted upon it. The Council may take one of three actions regarding this matter, recommend granting the variance request, recommend denying the variance request, or defer the request to the State Fire Marshal with no recommendation. I visited the site to view the situation and to verify the violation. The stairs in question are in the section of the building that our records indicate was constructed in the early 1970's. This is also approximately the time at which the State Fire Marshal Office began inspecting Hotels on a three-year cycle. After researching the past Fire Code and Building Code requirements, I found that The Building Code in use at the time allowed for nine inch spacing on stair railings. The present day codes require a four-inch spacing. However, the codes also allow existing conditions to remain if the conditions complied with code requirements at the time of installation. The only instance in which newer code requirements can be enforced is when a substantial hazard to life is present. This facility has been inspected, by the State Fire Marshal Office, numerous times by various Deputy State Fire Marshal Inspectors, including the Inspector requiring the corrections, with no corrective orders regarding these railings. The previous inspection, conducted by the same Inspector, noted the spacing of these railings and documented the acceptance of the spacing. Therefore, it is my recommendation to the Roseville City Council that this matter be forwarded to the State Fire Marshal with the recommendation to grant the variance request. Respectfully Sub 'tted �'""r,� ' e Fire Marshal 2660 Civic Center Drive ❖ Roseville :• Minnesota :� 55113 651-490-2200 ❖ TDD 651-490-2207 :• www.ci.roseville.mn.us