(A) Code adopted by reference. The State Building Code, as adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, pursuant to M.S. Chapter 326B, as it may be amended from time to time, including all of the amendments, rules, and regulations established, adopted, and published, from time to time, by the State Commissioner of Labor and Industry, through the Building Codes and Standards Unit, is hereby adopted by reference, with the exception of the optional chapters, unless specifically adopted in this section. The 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 the State Building Code. The code shall be enforced within the extraterritorial limits permitted by M.S. § 326B.121, subd. 2(d), as it may be amended from time to time, when so established by this section.
(2) The code enforcement agency of this municipality is called the City Building Official. This code shall be enforced by the State Certified Building Official designated by this municipality to administer the code, in accordance with M.S. § 326B.133, subd. 1, as it may be amended from time to time.
(C) Permits and fees. The issuance of permits, and the collection of fees, shall be as authorized in Minn. Rules Chapter 1300. Permit fees shall be assessed for work governed by this code in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by the municipality (for example, city code number, ordinance number, and the like). 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 it may be amended from time to time.
(D) Violations. A violation of the code is a misdemeanor (M.S. § 326B.082, subd. 16, as it may be amended from time to time).
(E) Building code optional chapters.
(1) The State Building Code, Chapter 1300, allows the municipality to adopt by reference, and enforce, certain optional chapters of the most current edition of the 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: None.
(F) Contiguous territory. The city hereby extends enforcement of the State Building Code to contiguous, unincorporated territory two miles distant from the corporate limits of the city in all directions.
(Prior Code, § 4.11) (Ord. 205, second series, passed 8-7-2007; Ord. 48, third series, passed 8-4-2020) Penalty, see § 10.99