The state’s Fire Marshal’s representative, along with the Chief of the city’s Bureau of Fire Prevention, shall have the power to grant variances or special exceptions from any of the provisions of the Fire Codes upon application in writing by an owner or lessee, or his or her duly authorized agent, and may within their sole discretion grant a variance upon a showing of circumstances which prevent or make strict compliance therewith impossible or unduly burdensome, provided that the spirit of the Code shall be observed, public safety secured and substantial justice done. The particulars of such variances and exceptions, when granted or allowed, and the decision of the state’s Fire Marshal’s representative and the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention thereon, shall be entered upon the records of the Fire Department, and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant.
(1979 Code, § 94.36) (Ord. 3922, passed 6-23-1989)