9-1-2: APPLICATION, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT:
   A.   The application, administration and enforcement of the code shall be in accordance with the Minnesota state building code. The code shall be enforced within the extraterritorial limits permitted by Minnesota statutes section 16B.62, subdivision 1, when so established by this chapter.
   B.   A Minnesota certified building official must be appointed by the city to administer the code.
   C.   Except for agricultural buildings and structures, no building or structure hereafter erected or moved, or that portion of an existing structure or building erected or moved, shall be occupied or used in whole or in part for any purpose whatsoever until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the building official.
Site and construction plans will be required and shall be submitted to and approved by the building official prior to the issuance of any building permit. Prior to installation of a system of plumbing other than for a single-family dwelling, complete plumbing plans and specifications, together with any additional information that the building official may require, shall be submitted in triplicate and approved by the building official. No construction shall proceed except in accordance with the approved plans. Any alteration or extension of an existing plumbing system shall be subject to these same requirements. (Ord. 738, sec. 2, 4-21-2003)