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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ACTING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT June 20, 1991 The Acting Board of Adjustment met in special session, Thursday, June 20, 1991, 5:45 P. M., City Council Chamber, City Hall, Paris, Texas. Mayor George Fisher called the meeting to order with the following Council Members present: Don Shelton, Jim Bell, Millie Ingram, E. W. (Bill) Booth, Billy Joe Burnett, and Emma Smith. Also present was City Manager, Michael E. Malone, City Attorney, T. K. Haynes, Fire Chief, Steve Burgin, and City Clerk, Mattie Cunningham. City Attorney advised the Board that the current meeting that is in session, the City Council acting as the Board of Adjustment with regard to the Standard Fire Prevention Code, and in that code it established the Board to be called the Board of Adjustment and Appeals. The portion that tells what the Board will be consisting of has been amended in the Standard Code by the Ordinances of the City of Paris, which the Board of Appeals is established in Section 7 -20 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, and City Attorney Haynes read that section of the Code. City Attorney said the section that is coming before the Board tonight deals with all premises where buildings or portions of buildings are located more than 150 feet from a fire hydrant system shall be provided with approved on site fire hydrants and water mains capable of supplying the fire flow required by the fire official. City Attorney said the fire official is either the Fire Chief, or he can designate someone else, and the Fire Chief, Steve Burgin will be acting as the fire official. The location and number of on site hydrant shall be as designated by the fire official with the minimum arrangement being so as to have a hydrant available for distribution of hose to any portion of any building on the premises at a distances not exceeding 500 feet, but in no case, shall hose length be greater than 500 feet, public hydrant are recognized as meeting all or part of the above requirements. Mayor Fisher called for consideration of and action on a request of Mr. Toby Yoder for deviations from current City policies for a variance of the requirements of the Fire Code on Lot 6, City Block 235 -A, located at 1418 N. W. 19th Street (Section 603.1.3 of the Standard Fire Code). Toby Yoder, Route 4, Paris, Texas, appeared before the Board, stating that the reason he is requesting the deviation is there is about 220 feet each way to a fire hydrant. Mr. Yoder told the Board that he was going to build a concrete building with a steel roof, and he could not see the need for the requirement. Steve Burgin, Fire Chief, was present verifying the location, stating that he had no objection to the deviation to the Fire Code. Mr. Burgin stated the line service to this location is one of the best producers in the City of Paris.