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Home My WebLink About13.D.1. Text Amendment Updating City Code Chapter 4 Regarding Applicable Building and Fire Codes-Ord. No. 786 /3. D,), 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 18, 2007 INTRODUCTION: This item was tabled to allow the Council to review optional chapter 1306, a copy of which is attached, and which was sent to the Council electronically on September 5th. 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. :/f?d~ R. Michael Leek Community Development Director H:\CC\2007\09-18\Building and Fire Code Adoption Sept 18 2007.doc 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, AL TERATION, 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 PENAL TIES 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 16B75, 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 H:\CC\2007\09-04\ORD NO XXX BLDG CODES.doc I 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 H:\CC\2007\09-04\ORD NO XXX BLDG CODES.doc 2 1306.0010 GENERAL. This chapter authorizes optional provisions for the installation of on-premises fire suppression systems that may be adopted by a municipality in addition to the State Building Code. If the municipality adopts them, the sprinkler system requirements of this chapter become part of the State Building Code and are applicable throughout the municipality. This chapter, if adopted, must be adopted without amendment. STAT AUTH: MS s 16B.59; 16B.61; 16B.64 HIST: 27 SR 1479 Current as of 07/11/07 1306.0020 MUNICIPAL OPTION. Subpart 1. Requirement. The sprinkler system requirements of this chapter, if adopted, must be adopted with the selection of either subpart 2 or 3, without amendment. Subp. 2. Existing and new buildings. Automatic sprinkler systems for new buildings, buildings increased in total floor area (including the existing building), or buildings in which the occupancy classification has changed, must be installed and maintained in operational condition within the structure. The requirements of this subpart apply to structures that fall within the occupancy classifications established in part 1306.0030, items A to D. Exception: The floor area of minor additions that do not increase the occupant load does not have to be figured into the square footage for occupancy classifications established in part 1306.0030, items A to D. Subp. 3. New buildings. Automatic sprinkler systems for new buildings, additions to existing buildings, or buildings in which the occupancy classification has changed must be installed and maintained in operational condition within the structure. The requirements of this subpart apply to structures that fall within the occupancy classifications established in part 1306.0030, items A to D. Exception: The floor area of minor additions that do not increase the occupant load does not have to be figured into the square footage for occupancy classifications established in part 1306.0030, items A to D. STAT AUTH: MS s 168.59; 168.61; 16B.64 HIST: 27 SR 1479; 32 SR 6 Current as of 07/11/07 H:\CC\2007\09-18\Chapter 1306.doc I 1306.0030 REQUIREMENTS. For purposes of this chapter, area separation, fire barriers, or fire walls do not establish separate buildings. Gross square footage (gsf) means the floor area as defined in the International Building Code. The floor area requirements established in items A to D are based on the gross square footage of the entire building and establish thresholds for these requirements. The following occupancy groups must comply with sprinkler requirements of this chapter, unless specified otherwise: A. Group A-I, A-2, A-3, and A-4 occupancies; Exception: air inflated structures, and open picnic shelters. 8. Group B, F, M, and S occupancies with 2,000 or more gross square feet of floor area or with three or more stories in height; Exception: S-2 open parking garages, aircraft hangars, salt storage sheds, and group "M" detached canopies. C. Group E occupancies with 2,000 or more gross square feet of floor area or with two or more stories in height; D. Group E day care occupancies with an occupant load of 30 or more. STAT AUTH: MS s 16B.59; 168.61; 168.64 HIST: 27 SR 1479; 32 SR 6 Current as of 07/11/07 1306.0040 STANDARD. Automatic sprinkler systems must comply with the applicable standard referenced in the State Building Code. If a public water supply is not available, the building official and fire chief shall approve the use of an alternate on-site source of water if the alternate source provides protection that is comparable to that provided by a public water supply. If an adequate alternate water supply sufficient for hose stream requirements is provided or available, the building official and fire chief may permit the water supply requirements for the hose stream demands to be modified. STAT AUTH: MS s 168.59; 168.61; 16B.64 HIST: 27 SR 1479 Current as of 07/11/07 1306.0050 SUBSTITUTE CONSTRUCTION. The installation of an automatic sprinkler system, as H:\CC\2007\09-18\Chapter 1306.doc 2 required by this chapter, would still allow the substitution of one-hour fire-resistive construction as permitted by the International Building Code, Table 601, footnote d. STAT AUTH: MS s 16B.59; 16B.61; 16B.64 HIST: 27 SR 1479 Current as of 07/11/07 1306.0060 EXEMPTION. The building official, with the concurrence of the fire official, may waive the requirements of this chapter if the application of water has been demonstrated to constitute a serious life, fire, or environmental hazard, or if the building does not have an adequate water supply and the building is surrounded by public ways or yards more than 60 feet wide on all sides. STAT AUTH: MS s 16B.59; 16B.61; 16B.64 HIST: 27 SR 1479 Current as of 07/11/07 1306.0070 REPORTING. A municipality must submit a copy of the ordinance adopting this chapter to the Department of Labor and Industry, Construction Codes and Licensing Division. The ordinance does not go into effect until: A. a signed electronic, faxed, or paper copy of the ordinance has been received by the division; and B. the ordinance has been approved by the division. An ordinance is deemed automatically approved by the division if the municipality has not been informed that the ordinance has not been approved within ten working days of the division's receipt of the ordinance. STAT AUTH: MS s 16B.59; 16B.61; 16B.64 HIST: 27 SR 1479; 32 SR 6 Current as of 07/11/07 1306.0100 [Repealed, 27 SR 1479] Current as of 07/11/07 ~nn. Rules repealed, etc. in chapter 1306 1306.0100 [Repealed, 27 SR 1479] Current as of 07/11/07 H:\CC\2007\09-18\Chapter 1306.doc 3