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J CILLVt V U Vl REFT,(' <br /> Mr. John Cunningham <br /> August 30, 2012 <br /> Page 5 <br /> property "in a reasonable manner prohibited by the ... ordinance." Minn. Stat. § 462.357, subd. <br /> 6. <br /> The Leadens certainly satisfy that definition here. The Leadens are proposing to use the <br /> Property in a reasonable manner allowed by the 2012 version of the IFC but prohibited by the <br /> outdated version of the IFC currently enforced by the State. Installation of a sprinkler system at <br /> the Property would require (in addition to the cost of installing the sprinkler system itself) that <br /> the Leadens extend a six-inch water line from the Highway 10 water main and make <br /> modifications to the design and structure of the building itself. The cost of doing so will be <br /> prohibitively expensive for the Leadens and will likely result in the failure of the Leadens' <br /> purchase of the Property. Accordingly, the Leadens fulfill the "undue hardship" requirement <br /> necessary for the granting of a variance. <br /> IV. CONCLUSION. <br /> The Leadens will use dry cleaning machine technology that is widely recognized as safe <br /> for use without a sprinkler system, but is not allowed by the out-dated edition of the IFC still <br /> used by the State. For this reason and the additional reasons stated above, the Leadens satisfy <br /> the requirements for the granting of a variance from the State Fire Code. The Leadens therefore <br /> respectfully request that you endorse their application for a variance from IFC Section 1208.02. <br /> The Leadens will gladly accept that the requested variance be conditioned on the Leadens' use of <br /> the dry cleaning system described above that is compliant with the 2012 IFC. <br /> For your convenient reference, I enclose copies of Chapter 12 of the 2006 version of the <br /> IFC, as well as Chapter 21 of the 2012 version of the IFC. I also enclose a letter from Mary <br /> Scalco of the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute International that describes the dry cleaning <br /> system technology explains how the more-recently promulgated fire codes allow this technology <br /> to be used without a sprinkler system. I adopt this letter by reference in its entirety as part of the <br /> Leadens' variance application. <br /> Please feel free to contact me at (612) 305-1401 or Pat Steinhoff at (612) 305-1471 if you <br /> wish to discuss the foregoing. Thank you for your consideration of the Leadens' request. <br /> Very truly yours, <br /> MACKALL, CROUNSE & MOORE, PLC <br /> Matthew A. Anderson <br /> Enclosures <br /> cc: Mark Leadens <br />