HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 1487
ORDINANCE NO. 1487
ADOPTING THE MINNESOTA STATE FIRE CODE
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE No. 853, CITY CODE 1977
ADOPTING THE MINNESOTA STATE FIRE CODE. THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES
FOR THE APPLICATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE
MINNESOTA STATE FIRE CODE REGULATING AND GOVERNING THE SAFE-
GAURDING OF LIFE At~D PROPERTY FROM FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY IN THE OCCUPANCY OF BUILDINGS AND PREMISES IN THE
CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS; PROVIDE 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 FIRE CODE WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE OPTIONAL APPENDIX CHAPTERS. OPTIONAL APPENDIX
CHAPTERS SHALL NOT APPLY UNLESS SPECIFICALLY ADOPTED.
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Section 1 Codes adopted bv reference. The Minnesota State Fire Code, as adopted by the
Commissioner of Public Safety through the Division of Fire Marshal, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 299F.OII, including all of the amendments, rules and regulations established, adopted and
published from time to time by the Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety through the Fire
Marshal Division is hereby adopted by reference with the exception of the optional appendices,
unless specifically adopted in this Ordinance. The Minnesota State Fire Code is hereby incorporated
in this ordinance as if fully set out herein.
Section 2 Application. Administration. and Enforcement. The application, administration, and
enforcement of the code shall be in accordance with Minnesota State Fire Code. The code shall be
enforced within the extraterritorial limits permitted by Minnesota Statutes, 299F.011, when so
established by this ordinance.
The code enforcement agency of the City of Columbia Heights is the Columbia Heights Fire
Department.
Section 3 Permits and Fees. The issuance of permits and the collection of fees shall be as
authorized in Minnesota Statutes, 299F.011.
Permit fees shall be assessed for work governed by this code in accordance with the fee schedule
adopted by The City of Columbia Heights by Resolution.
Section 4. Violations and Penalties. A violation ofthe code is a misdemeanor (Minnesota Statutes
299F.011).
Section 5. Fire Code Optional Appendices. The Minnesota State Fire Code, established pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes 299F.011 allows the Municipality to adopt by reference and enforce celiain
optional Appendices of the most current edition of the Minnesota State Fire Code.
The following optional appendices identified in the most current edition of the State Fire Code are
hereby adopted and incorporated as part ofthe fire code for this municipality.
1. Appendices D, E, F, G, H, 1.
Section 6. Effective date of Ordinance. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days
after its passage.
First reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Passage:
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
Attest:
June 13, 2005
June 27, 2005
June 27, 2005
Williams
Kelzenberg
Ayes: Peterson, Williams, Nawrocki, Ericson Diehm, Kelzenberg
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Mayor Gary/(. Peterson
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(Patricia Muscovitz, CMC
Deputy City Clerk/Council Secretary