HomeMy WebLinkAbout13.A.1. Text Amendment Updating City Code Chapter 4 Regarding Applicable Building and Fire Codes-Ord. No. 786
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CITY OF SHAKOPEE
MEMORANDUM
CASELOG NO: NA
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
Mark McNeill, City Administrator
FROM: R. Michael Leek, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Text Amendment Updating City Code Chapter 4 Regarding
Applicable Building and Fire Codes
MEETING DATE: September 4, 2007
INTRODUCTION:
Council is asked to approve the attached ordinance updating the applicable Building
Codes.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Offer and adopt Ordinance No. 786 an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 4 as
presented.
2. Offer and adopt Ordinance No. 786, an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 4 with
reVISIOns.
3. Do not adopt the proposed ordinance
4. Table the item for additional information.
VISIONING RELATIONSHIP:
The proposed text amendment supports adopted Goal B: High quality of life.
ACTION REQUESTED:
Offer and adopt Ordinance No. 786, an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 4 as
presented.
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R. Michael Leek
Community Development Director
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ORDINANCE NO. 786, FOURTH SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA,
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 THIS MUNICIPALITY; PROVIDES FOR
THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREOF; PROVIDES
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION 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 THE EXCEPTION OF THE
OPTIONAL APPENDIX CHAPTERS. OPTIONAL APPENDIX CHAPTERS SHALL
NOT APPLY UNLESS SPECIFICALLY ADOPTED.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN:
Section 1. City Code Chapter 4, Section 4.01, Building Code, Subds. 1, Subd. 3 and Subd.
4, and City Code Sec. 4.40. Housing Code are hereby deleted and replaced with the following
language.
Subd. 1. Application, Administration and Enforcement. 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
Minnesota Statutes, 16B.62, subdivision 1, when so established by this ordinance.
The code enforcement agency of this municipality is called the Inspection Division of the
Community Development Department of the City of Shakopee. This code shall be
enforced by the Minnesota Certified Building Official designated by this
Municipality to administer the code (Minnesota statute 16B.65) subdivision 1.
Subd. 3. Violations and Penalties. A violation of the code is a misdemeanor (Minnesota
statutes 16B.69
Subd. 4. Building Codes. The Minnesota State Building Code, as adopted by the
Commissioner of Administration pursuant to Minnesota Statutes chapter 16B.59 to
l6B75, 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 ordnance. The
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Minnesota State Building Code is hereby incorporated in this ordinance as if fully set out
herein.
Section 2. Building Code Optional Chapters. The Minnesota State Building Code, established
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 16B.59 to 16B.75 allows the Municipality to adopt by reference
and enforce certain optional chapters of the most current edition of the Minnesota State Building
Code. 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.
1. Chapter 1306, subp. 2. Existing and New Buildings.
Section 2. Effective Date of Ordinance. This ordinance becomes effective from and after its
passage and publication.
Adopted in regular session of the City Council of the City of Shakopee, Minnesota, held
this _ day of , 2007.
Mayor of the City of Shakopee
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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