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<br />CITY OF LA. PORlE <br />INTER-OFFICE MEM)RANDUM <br /> <br />10 : JACK a.JEN, CHAIRMAN OF FIRE CODE REVIEW COMMITIEE <br />FROM: PAUL R. HICKENBOTroM <br />SUBJECT: VARIANCE FOR TRAMMEL-CROW DISTRIBUTION <br /> <br />ON 5-5-82 I CAILED CHIEF PAUL CARR (CHIEF OF HOUSTON FIRE PREVENTION) <br /> <br />AND SPOKE ~VIlli HIM CDNCERNING A VARIANCE REQUEST RECEIVED FROM TRAMMEL- <br /> <br />CROW DISTRIBUITON. MR. CARR AND I SPOKE CONCERNING ARTICLE 35-DIVISION <br /> <br />2-SECTION 17-35.16 OF TIIE HOUSTON FIRE CDDE, WHICH IS TIIE SAME AS ARTICLE <br /> <br />33 - DIVISION 2 - SECTION 33.16 OF 1HE LA. POR'IE FIRE CODE; AND I QUOTE: <br /> <br />"Section 33.16 Access for Fire fi t' oses. <br />Access shall be provided at grotmd evel or firefighting <br />purposes in accordance with the building code, except as herein <br />provided. There shall be at least one door not less than three <br />(3) feet in width and not less than six (6) feet eight (8) inches <br />in height in each one htmdred (100) lineal feet or fraction thereof <br />of exterior wall provided on at least two (2) sides of the building, <br />except where such walls are not accessible because of proximity <br />to adjacent structures. Metal roll-up doors are not acceptable <br />for such purposes." <br /> <br />CHIEF CARR STAlED 10 ME THAT TIUS SECTION OF 1HE HOUSTON CODE WAS NOT, <br />AND HAS NOT BEEN ENFORCED FOR A CONSIDERABLE LENGTH OF TIME. TIIEREFORE , <br />I AM IN FUll. AGREEMENT WIlli TRAMMEL-CROW DISTRIBUTION'S REQUEST FOR A <br />VARIANCE . <br /> <br />I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT lliIS REQUEST FOR VARIANCE BE GRAN'IED. <br />