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Home My WebLink About1390 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1977/10/171 t October 17, 1977 8e ORDINANCE NO. 1390 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE INSPECTION OF HOUSING AND THE ADOPTION OF THE 1976 UNIFORM HOUSING CODE AMENDING SECTIONS 15-340 AND 15-341 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Sec. 1. The St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, Chapter 15, is amended by changing Sections 15-340 and 15-341. (8) Whatever renders air, food, or drink unwholesome or detrimental to the health of human beings. Occupied Space. The total area of all buildings or structures on any lot or parcel of ground projected on a horizontal plane excluding permitted projections as allowed by this Code. Rooming House. Rooming House shall mean the same as Lodging House. Service Room. Service room shall mean any room used for storage, bath or utility purposes, and not included in the definition of habitable rooms. Story. Story is that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a basement or cellar is more than six feel (6') above grade such basement or cellar shall be considered a story. Superficial Floor Area. Superficial floor area shall mean the net floor area within the enclosing walls of the room in which the ceiling height is not less than five feet (5'), excluding built-in equipment such as wardrobes, cabinets, kitchen units, or fixtures. Uniform Building Code shall mean those portions of the Uniform Building Code, 1973 Edition, published by the International Conference of Building Officials and adopted by reference by the State of Minnesota as part of the State Building Code and adopted by reference by the City of St. Louis Park as part of the State Building Code. Reference herein to Chapter 203 of the Uniform Building Code or subsections thereof, shall mean and refer to a corresponding section of the laws of the State of Minnesota relative to removal, repair or to demolition of buildings. Used. Used shall mean used or designed or intended to be used. Vent Shaft. Vent shaft is a court used only to ventilate or light a water closet, bath, toilet, or utility room or other service room. October 17, 1977 753 r -e Window. Window shall mean a glazed opening, including glazed doors, which open upon a yard, court, or recess from a court, or a vent shaft open and unobstructed to the sky. Yard. Yard is an open, unoccupied space, other than a court, unobstructed from the ground to the sky, except where specifically provided by this Code, on the lot on which a building is situated. Section 15-341. Adoption of the Uniform Housing Code by Reference. Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the "Uniform Housing Code, 1976 Edition," prepared by the International Conference of Building Officials, are hereby adopted and incorporated herein and, shall be controlling within the City of St. Louis Park. At least three (3) copies of said code shall be on file in the office of the Clerk of the City of St. Louis Park for use and examination by the public and shall be marked "Official Copies." Section 15-342. Appeals. Whenever the Director of Inspectional Services shall take action which is disputed, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the code have been miscontrued or wrongfully interpreted, the aggrieved party may appeal from the decision of the Director of Inspectional Services to the Building Construction Codes Advisory Commission for its recommendation with 30 days from the date of the decision of the Director of Inspectional Services and to the City Council for final decision. October 17, 1977 754 r l Sec. 2. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.00 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days or both. Sec. 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council October 17, 1977. Mayo Attest: g# 41 City Clerk ,_ 4___ /Rev ewed , or admi .i str; ion: Approved as to form and legality: JCy Ma ager r City At orney SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST LouIsPK SUN 6601 W. 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota State of Minnesota ss. County of Hennepin J R RITCHAY, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known at The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second class matter in its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St Louis Park, Golden Valley School District No 275 and Robbinsdale School District No 281 in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news. sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours and at •vhich said newspaper is printed (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society (7) Said newspaper is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment (8) Said newspapei has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (9) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretaiy of State and signed by the managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printers Ordinance No • 1 390 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for On63 successive weeks, that it was first so published on Wed the 26 and was thereafter printed and published on every day of October 19 77 to and including the day of , 19 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to -wit abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26 day of October . 19_l Q �ti� PHYLLI3 S. BARTON 'f �i NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA 1. ;i ihf v,,-itf HENNEPIN COIATY `�!. p y Commission Expires Aug 18, 1984 XV ktit, (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO.1090 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE INSPECTION OF HOUSING AND THE ADOPTION OF THE 1916 UNIFORM HOUSING' CODE AMENDING SECTIONS 15-340 AND 15-341 OF THE ST LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE. - THE CITY COUNCIL OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Sec 1 The St Louis Park Ordi- nance Code Chapter 15, is amended by changing Sections 15-340 and 15-341 Uniform Building Code shall mean those portions of the'Uniform Build- ing Code 1973 Edition, published by the International Conference of Btuld- ing Officials and adopted by refer- ence by the State of Minnesota as'part of the State Budding) Code; .and adopted by reference by the Cit', of St Louis Park as part of the State Building Code Reference herein oto Chapter 203 of the Uniform Building Code or subsections thereof shall mean and refer to a corresponding section of the laws of the State of Minnesota relative to removal, repair or to demolition of bwldmgs ' • (Sec. 15-340, Uniform Building Code, amended by Ord 1390, adopted Oct 17, 1977) Section 15-341 Adoption of the Un- iform Housing Code by Reference Chapters 5 6, 7 8 9 and 10 of the 'Un- iform Housing Code, 1976 Edition " prepared by the International Con- ference of Building Officials are hereby adopted and incorporated herein and shall be controlling within the City of St Louis Park At least three (3) copies of said code shall,be on file in the office of the Clerk of the City of St Louis Park for use and ex- amination by the Public and shall be marked 'Official Copies " '(Sec 15.341; amended by Ordinance 1390. adopted October 17, 1977) Sec 2. Penalty Any person violet ing the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a' fine of not more than $300 00 or by imprisonment for a period not to ex- ceed 90 days or both ;Sec.,3 Effective Date This ordi- nance shall take effect 15 days after itstpublication Adopted by the City Council Oc- tober 17 1977 - sl IRVING M STERN Mayor Attest si EARL E HANSON City Clerk Reviewed for administration > si JOHN W ELWELL City -Manager ApprOv,eir,sst(pform and legality si WAYNf-G--POPHAM City Attorney (Oct 26 1977)—SLP-GV i 4 File No Affidavit of Publication Si LOUISPARKSUN St. Louis Park, Minnesota In The Matter Of