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<br />"".- ...............,. <br /> <br />KNOX W. ASKINS, J. D., P. C. <br />ATTORNEY AT LAW <br /> <br />702 W. '-AIRMONT PARKWAY <br /> <br />P. O. BOX 12115 <br /> <br />LA PORTE. TEXAS 77571-1218 <br /> <br />TELEPHONE <br />713 471-18815 <br /> <br />May 11, 1982 <br /> <br />Mr. Jack Owen, <br />City Manager and Chairman <br />La P~rte Fire Code Review Committee <br />Ci tyHall <br />~/porte, Texas 77571 <br />/ <br />Dear Mr. Owen: <br /> <br />You have asked my opinion on a request contained in a letter to the <br />City of La Porte, dated April 21, 1982, from Thomas M. Weaver, <br />Architect, A.I.A., concerning the Trammell Crow Distribution Center <br />project. <br /> <br />Specifically, you have asked my opinion on whether the Fire Code <br />Review Committee may grant a variance, as requested. <br /> <br />The authority for the Fire Code Review Committee to grant variances <br />is contained in Article 36, Section 36.1, of the Fire Code of the <br />City of La Porte, which among other things, provides that the Fire <br />Code Review Board shall "recommend changes in the fire code; ... <br />interpret the provisions of the fire code; ... and hear appeals from <br />decisions of the fire chief or fire marshal..." <br /> <br />I feel this language gives adequate authority to the Fire Code Review <br />Committee to grant the variance requested. Such variances would not <br />require the prior or subsequent approval of the City <br /> <br /> <br />Knox W. Askins <br />City Attorney <br />City of La Porte <br /> <br />KWA: sgl <br /> <br />cc: Mr. Paul R. Hickenbottom L-- <br />Fire r.1arshal <br />City of La Porte <br />City Hall <br />La Porte, Texas 77571 <br />