The above-captioned case was scheduled for hearing on September 23, 2008 at 1:00 P.M.  At that time, Chairman Coutu, Vice Chairman Newbrook and Commissioners Preiss, Jackson, Pearson, Dias and Filippi were present.  The fire service was represented by Assistant Deputy State Fire Marshal Thomas Mello of the Tiverton Fire Marshals Office.  A motion was made by Commissioner Pearson and seconded by Vice Chairman Newbrook to grant the Applicant relief as outlined herein.  The motion was unanimous.
FINDINGS OF FACT
	The numbers of the Decision below correspond with those of a September 16, 2005 inspection report compiled by the Tiverton Fire Marshals Office.  The above report was utilized by the Board and the Tiverton Fire Marshals Office during the September 23, 2008 hearing on this matter.  Additionally, the Board was in receipt of a September 18, 2008 letter from the Applicant advising that he would be unable to attend the scheduled hearing but that he had spoken at length to the Tiverton Fire Marshal and that he is requesting a one-year extension based upon the fact that in the spring of 2009 he will be renovating the building including moving the entire kitchen to a different area of the building, which would eliminate the dead end corridor situation and address any remaining deficiencies.  Accordingly, the Board hereby incorporates the September 16, 2005 inspection report along with the September 18, 2008 letter of the Applicant as its initial findings of fact.  Any modification of the Boards findings, such as correction of a deficiency by the Applicant, shall be noted herein. 
	Any deficiency understood by the Board to have been corrected, which is not so corrected, shall be immediately corrected by the Applicant.  The term approved, as used herein, shall be understood to mean in accordance with the specific provisions related to the particular subject as are contained in the State Fire Code, or as approved in particular by the Authority Having Jurisdiction (the State Fire Marshal, his or her designated Deputy State Fire Marshals and/or Assistant Deputy State Fire Marshals).

CONCLUSIONS AND VARIANCE REQUESTS 
	1.  The Board hereby grants the applicant a time variance of one (1) year from the September 23, 2008 hearing on this matter, in which to correct all of the remaining deficiencies as outlined in the September 16, 2005 inspection report compiled by the Tiverton Fire Marshal's Office.  Accordingly, by September 23, 2009, the Applicant shall bring this facility into full compliance with the State Fire Code, at the direction and to the satisfaction of the Tiverton Fire Marshal's Office.

STATUS OF DECISION AND APPEAL RIGHTS
	This Decision represents a comprehensive, integrated plan of fire safety for the above-captioned facility under the above-cited use or occupancy.  Accordingly, every variance granted is conditioned upon the Applicants timely and continued compliance with all of the directives of the Board. Every variance granted is further conditioned upon the continued use or occupancy of this facility under the above-cited classification reviewed by the Board.  (See: Board Rules and Regulations, section 6-2-17).
	Failure of the Applicant to initially comply with the full Decision of the Board, within the stated time frame, shall void all variances granted herein.  (See: Board Rules and Regulations, section 6-2-18.)  In the event of complete, timely and continued compliance with the full Decision of the Board, the above cited variances shall be deemed to have vested in the above-captioned facility.  As long as this facility is in continued compliance with the full Decision of the Board, the above-cited variances shall remain with this facility in the absence of any change in use or occupancy mandating review under a separate classification of the Fire Code or a revision of the above-cited classification.  (See: Board Rules and Regulations, section 6-2-19).  
Such changes in use or occupancy of this facility, or failure to continually comply with the Boards Decision shall void all variances granted under the above-cited use or occupancy.  If such change creates a new use or occupancy as outlined in R.I.G.L. 23-28.1-6, all variances granted under the original use or occupancy are void and this facility shall be reviewed under the newly created use or occupancy.  (See: Board Rules and Regulations, section 6-2-20).
	The Applicant may appeal the Boards Decision, within thirty (30) days of the mailing date of this Decision, by commencing an action against the State Fire Marshal in the Sixth division of the District Court.  Commencement of such an action does not operate as an automatic stay of this Decision [R.I.G.L. 42-35-15(c)].