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(A) Adoption of Minnesota State Building Code. An ordinance adopting the Minnesota State Building Code, this ordinance; provides for the application, administration, and enforcement of the Minnesota State Building Code by regulating the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area, and maintenance of all buildings and/or structures in the municipality; provides for the issuance of permits and collection of fees thereof; repeals all ordinances and parts of ordinances that conflict therewith. This ordinance shall perpetually include the most current edition of the Minnesota State Building Code with th exception of the optional appendix chapters. Optional appendix chapters shall not apply unless specifically adopted.
(B) Codes adopted by reference. The Minnesota State Building Code, as adopted by the Commissioner of Administration pursuant to M.S. §§ 16B.59 to 16B.75, 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 chapter as if fully set out herein.
(C) Building Code optional chapters. The Minnesota State Building Code, established pursuant to M.S. §§ 16B.59 to 16B.75, as it may be amended from time to time, allows the city to adopt by reference and enforce certain optional chapters of the most current edition of the Minnesota State Building Code.
(Am. Ord. passed 6-10-2003)
(A) The application, administration, and enforcement of the code shall be in accordance with Minnesota State Building Code. The code shall be enforced within the incorporated limits of the city.
(B) The Minnesota Certified Building Official designated by the city to administer the code shall enforce this code.
(Am. Ord. passed 6-10-2003)
BUILDING PERMITS
The city shall collect fees in accordance with the schedule established by Council resolution. In addition to the permit fee required, the applicant shall pay a surcharge to be remitted to the State Department of Administration as prescribed by M.S. § 16B.70, as amended from time to time.
(1997 Code, § 23.03)
(A) A reinspection fee, as set by Council resolution from time to time, shall be assessed for each inspection or reinspection when the portion of work for which the inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made.
(B) This section is not to be interpreted as requiring reinspection fees the first time a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter, but as controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is ready for the inspection or reinspection.
(C) Reinspection fees may be assessed when the permit card is not properly posted on the work site, or the approved plans are not readily available for the inspection, or for failure to provide access on the date and time for which inspection is requested, or for deviating from plans requiring the approval of the Building Official.
(D) Where reinspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.
(1997 Code, § 23.05)
(A) A certificate of occupancy, stating that all provisions of this chapter have been fully complied with, shall be obtained from the city:
(1) Before any structure for which a building permit is required is used or occupied. A temporary certificate of occupancy may be issued when the building is approved for occupancy but the outside development is partially uncompleted; or
(2) Before any non-conforming use is improved or enlarged.
(B) Application for a certificate of occupancy shall be made to the city when the structure or use is ready for occupancy, and within ten days thereafter the city shall inspect the structure or use and if found to be in conformity with all provisions of this chapter, shall sign and issue a certificate of occupancy.
(C) A certificate of compliance shall be issued to all existing legal non-conforming and conforming uses which do not have a certificate of occupancy after all public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare conditions of this code of ordinances are in compliance.
(D) No permit or license required by the city or other governmental agency shall be granted unless the application for that permit or license is accompanied by proof of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or certificate of compliance.
(E) Regarding change in occupancy:
(1) The city will be notified of any change in ownership or occupancy at the time this change occurs for all industrial and commercial structures within the city; and
(2) A new certificate of occupancy or compliance will be issued after notification. A fee will be assessed for this certificate and will be established by the Council by resolution from time to time.
(F) Regarding an existing structure or use:
(1) In the case of a structure or use established, altered, enlarged, or moved, upon the issuance and receipt of a special use permit, a certificate of occupancy shall be issued only if all conditions thereof shall have been satisfied; and
(2) Whenever an inspection of an existing structure or use is required for issuance of a new certificate of occupancy, a fee will be charged. The fee will be established by the Council by resolution from time to time. If it is found that the structure or use does not conform to the applicable requirements, the structure or use shall not be occupied until that time when the structure or use is again brought into compliance with the requirements.
(G) This section does not apply to one- or two-family residential structures.
(1997 Code, § 23.06) Penalty, see § 150.99
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