(A) Generally. The Minnesota State Building Code, as adopted by the Commissioner of Administration pursuant to M.S. Chapters 16B.59 through 16B.75, as amended from time to time, including all of the amendments, rules and regulations established, adopted and published from time to time by the Minnesota Commissioner of Administration, through the Building Codes and Standards Division is hereby adopted by reference with the exception of the optional chapters, unless specifically adopted in this chapter. The Minnesota State Building Code is hereby incorporated in this section as if fully set out herein.
(B) Application, administration and enforcement.
(1) The application, administration and enforcement of the code shall be in accordance with Minnesota State Building Code. The code shall be enforced within the extraterritorial limits permitted by M.S. § 16B.62(1), as amended from time to time, when so established by this section.
(2) The code enforcement agency of the municipality is called the designated Building Official.
(3) This code shall be enforced by the Minnesota Certified Building Official designated by the municipality to administer the code, M.S. § 326B.133, as amended from time to time.
(C) Permits and fees.
(1) The issuance of permits and the collection of fees shall be as authorized in M.S. § 326B.121, as amended from time to time.
(2) Permit fees shall be assessed for work governed by this code in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by the municipality and the schedule attached to this chapter as § 150.16. In addition, a surcharge fee shall be collected on all permits issued for work governed by this code in accordance with M.S. § 326B.148, as amended from time to time.
(D) Violations and penalties. A violation of the code is a misdemeanor, M.S. § 326B.082, Subd. 16, as amended from time to time.
(E) Building Code optional chapters.
(1) The Minnesota State Building Code, established pursuant to M.S. §§ 326B.101 through 326B.194, as amended from time to time, allows the municipality to adopt by reference and enforce certain optional chapters of the most-current edition of the Minnesota State Building Code.
(2) The following optional provisions identified in the most current edition of the State Building Code are hereby adopted and incorporated as part of the Building Code for this municipality: No optional chapters.
(Ord. 251, passed 5-4-2005)