The Minnesota State Building Code is hereby adopted as the official building code of the city. Before publication of this section, the City Clerk/Treasurer shall mark 3 copies of this Code as official copies and file them for public use and examination. All construction in the city shall be according to the provisions of the building code, subject to the amendments of this section. Except where specifically excepted or modified, all portions of sections of the Uniform Building Code shall be adopted by reference except those portions of sections in conflict with amendments contained herein.
(Ord. 2011-06-07A, passed 6-7-2011)
The Building Code adopted by reference in M.S. § 151.01 shall be amended and revised as follows:
(A) Section 204 of Chapter 2 is deleted.
(B) Table No. 3-A is revised to incorporate building permit fees as set forth in the current city fee schedule.
(C) Chapter 2305, Roof Loads, add to Table 23-B Roof Life Loads per Square Foot, to read as follows:
However, in no instance shall ordinary roofs, either flat or pitched, be designed for a load less than 40 pounds per square foot of horizontal protection in addition to the dead load, and in addition to either the wind or other loads.
(D) Section 2517 (g) (3) is amended by the addition of the following language: Plywood sheathing of a minimum thickness of 5/8 inch shall be used on roofs utilizing a rafter spacing in excess of 16 inches center to center.
(E) Section 2518 is revised by the addition thereto of the following language: Insulation of a minimum thickness of 3 5/8 inch of fiberglass, or material of an equivalent insulation value shall be placed or installed in all exterior walls.
(F) Section 2802 (b) Protection of Adjoining Property. Any person making or causing an excavation to be made a depth of 12 feet or less, below grade, shall protect the excavation so that the soil of adjoining property shall not cave in or settle or shall be liable for the expense of underpinning or extending the foundation on adjoining property where his excavation necessitates such work.
(G) Section 2905 (a) Footings - General. Shall be amended so as to require frost wall footings to be at least 42 inches below the finished grade adjacent to the wall at all points.
(H) Section 3203 is amended by adding thereto the addition of subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) Starter strip: A starter strip of approved material not less than 36" in width shall be applied prior to the application of asphalt or similar shingles on the roof of any building designed to be heated or occupied.
(I) Section 3204 is revised by the addition thereto of the following language:
Ceiling insulation shall be a minimum of 6 inches in depth for fiber-glass, or shall be an appropriate thickness of other material of equivalent insulation value.
(Ord. 2011-06-07A, passed 6-7-2011; Am. Ord. 2012-02-08F, passed 2-8-2012)
All sections or parts of ordinances of the city in conflict with this chapter and which are less restrictive than the provisions of the Uniform Building Code are hereby repealed; if the provisions or parts of ordinances of the city or other applicable codes and ordinances are more restrictive the more restrictive provisions shall apply.
(Ord. 2011-06-07A, passed 6-7-2011)
Pole construction buildings shall not be permitted in a residential district. Pole construction buildings may be erected in other districts upon the application for and issuance of a special use permit therefor by the City Council.
(Ord. 2011-06-07A, passed 6-7-2011)
(A) Referral by Zoning Inspector. Whenever an application is filed with the city for a building permit for any structure to be built, enlarged, or altered within, or moved in or into the city, and the Zoning Inspector finds the application, plans and specifications, and the plot plan submitted therewith, hereinafter termed the application papers, comply with the code of the city except this section, but that the application papers provide for a structure, the exterior design, appearance and functional plan of which in the opinion of the Zoning Inspector may be, when erected, so at variance or so similar with the exterior design, appearance and functional plan of structures constructed or in the course of construction in the neighborhood of the proposed structure which are in the same zoning district as the proposed structure as to cause a material depreciation generally to property in the neighborhood, then the Building Inspector shall within 10 days after the receipt of the application papers, file the same and such opinion in writing, signed by the Zoning Inspector with the Planning Commission.
(B) Call of hearing. Within 7 days after the receipt of the application papers and opinions the Clerk shall give notice to each member of the Planning Commission and to the public by publication in the official paper, and to any other persons he or she deems advisable, of a hearing to beheld by the Planning Commission with respect to the application. The notice shall state the purpose of the hearing and the location of the structure. Notice to the applicant shall be by registered mail at least 3 days in advance of such hearing, provided appearance at the hearing shall constitute a waiver of any defect in the notice thereof. The hearing on the application shall be held not less than1 week nor more than 2 weeks after receipt of the application by the city.
(C) Hearing and findings. Before or during the hearing, each member may view the premises upon which the structure is located or to be located, and at the hearing the Commission shall examine the application papers and hear the applicant. It may also hear any citizens of the neighborhood and any other person who requests to be heard. Within 43 hours of the close of the hearing, the Commission shall, pursuant to a majority vote of all the, members of the Commission, file written findings of the fact that the exterior design, appearance and functional plan of such structure is or is not at a variance or so similar with the exterior, design, appearance and functional plan of structures constructed or in the course of construction in the neighborhood of the proposed structures, which are in the same zoning district as the proposed structure, as to cause material depreciation generally to property in the neighborhood. The Commission shall further make a recommendation that the application be accordingly granted or denied. Such finding, determination and recommendation shall be in writing, signed on behalf of the Planning Commission by its chairman. The Clerk shall file a copy thereof, certified by him or her, with the Building Official and shall mail a copy thereof to the applicant. The application papers, the written opinions, and the findings, determinations and recommendations of the Planning Commission shall thereupon be presented by the City Clerk/Treasurer to the City Council at its next regular meeting. Further action with respect to the application shall be held in abeyance pending order and direction of the Council. In such case, no permit with respect to the application shall be issued except upon order and direction of the City Council.
(Ord. 2011-06-07A, passed 6-7-2011)