Restaurant owner asks council to help secure interim solution for tabletop charcoal grilling after fire-code update
Sokalbi Korean Barbecue owner Carrie Lateran told council the restaurant was told it must install suppression systems for 11 hoods under a 2025 fire-code update; she requested the city's help coordinating an interim plan with the fire marshal to permit continued charcoal tabletop grilling while upgrades proceed.
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Carrie Lateran, owner of Sokalbi Korean Barbecue, addressed the council during public comment and said a recent fire inspection applied a 2025 fire-code update that the restaurant had not previously been required to meet. She said the new finding requires Ansell suppression systems for each of the restaurant’s 11 hoods and that installing the systems will be expensive and time-consuming.
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