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ORDINANCE NO. 2744-88
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE
RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE STATE BUILDING CODE, THE MINNESOTA
UNIFORM FIRE CODE, AND THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE AND CLARIFYING NOISE
REQUIREMENTS FOR AIR CONDITIONING DEVICES AND ADDING A PROVISION
REQUIRING FEES FOR REVIEW OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PLANS AND
CLARIFYING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ELECTRICAL PERMITS
AND FOR THE LICENSING OF REFRIGERATION CONTRACTORS
AND FOR THE VERIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION VALUATION BY AMENDING
SECTIONS 8-301, 11-508 (2), 13-220, 13-847, 15-210, 15-210.101, 15-210.102,
15-261, 15-301, AND BY ADDING SECTION 15-210.103
AND BY DELETING SECTION 15-211.101
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Section 8-301 is amended to read as follows:
Section 8-301. Adoption of Minnesota Uniform Fire Code l Reference.
There is hereby adopted by the City of St. Louis Park for the purposes of
prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property
from fire or explosion, that certain code entitled Minnesota Uniform Fire
"Code, 1985, Chapter 7510 of the 1985 Minnesota Rules, as amended, of which
code not less than one copy has been and now is filed in the
office of the Clerk of the City of St. Louis Park and marked "Official
Copy" and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set
out at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take
effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of
the City of St. Louis Park.
Section 2. Section 11-508 (2) is amended to read as follows:
Section 11-508 (2)— -Requirements for Air Circulation Devices
(2) Any person installing or placing any window or central air
conditioning equipment or any air circulation device in any
location which results in or contributes to noise pollution shall
attenuate the excessive sound level by means deemed appropriate
to bring the equipment or device into compliance with the City
Ordinance Code including but not limited to sound barrier
screening, new equipment meeting City and State noise
requirements, or relocation of such units or devices.
Section 3. Section 13-220 is amended to read as follows:
Section 13-220. License Required No person shall install, alter or
repair any heating, ventilating, refrigeration or air conditioning system
in any building or structure within the corporate limits of the City of St.
Louis Park, or engage in the business of so doing in said City without
first having obtained a license from the City Manager authorizing him to do
so.
Section 4. Section 13-847 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is
amended to read as follows:
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Section 13-847. Construction Plan and Equipment Review and Approval
1. All persons who hereafter construct, remodel, alter or convert
buildings or facilities for use as food establishments or change
or alter food equipment in any existing food establishment shall
conform and comply in their construction, erection or alteration
with the requirements of this ordinance. Two copies of plans and
specifications for such construction, remodeling or alteration
which shall show the layout and arrangement of equipment,
including, but not limited to, plumbing, mechanical and
electrical details, the construction and finish materials of the
food establishment, the equipment manufacturer's specification
sheets providing model, size and type of the equipment, shall be
filed by the owner or other person with the Health Authority. The
St. Louis Park Department of Inspectional Services shall not
issue a construction permit for a new food establishment or the
alteration of an establishment until such permit has been
approved by the Health Authority.
2. All persons doing new construction, remodeling or alterations
requiring the issuance of building, electrical, plumbing or
mechanical permits for the installation or reinstallation of food
establishment equipment shall pay a construction plan review fee
and a used equipment review fee, if any used equipment is to be
installed, to the City prior to review of the plans by the Health
Authority. Further, any person installing any used equipment
which does not require construction permits for installation
shall pay a used equipment review fee.
3. All new and used equipment installed by any person shall comply
with National Sanitation Foundation Standards and shall be
approved by the Health Authority as provided elsewhere in this
food ordinance. All new and used equipment shall be subject to
final approval on -site. -Preliminary -equipment -approval may be
granted if inspected off-site. Any new or used equipment not
approved by the Health Authority upon final inspection must be
removed within 48 hours unless additional time is granted in
writing.
4. A review fee shall not be required for the exact replacement of
existing equipment by new equipment in a licensed food
establishment where said new equipment does not require the
issuance of any building construction permits. -Further, -the
Health Authority also may waive the review fee if the replacement
equipment does not significantly differ from the original
equipment in size, capacity, shape, and purpose and does not
require the issuance of any building construction permits.
5. The Health Authority may inspect used equipment within the
metropolitan seven county area at the request of a licensee,
owner, or other person and a fee shall be paid to the City prior
to any such inspection. The fee shall be calculated according to
the fee schedule in this section. Fees for mileage and salary
costs for food inspections outside the City limits as provided
elsewhere in this ordinance shall not apply to this section.
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6. Any person not submitting construction and/or new or used
equipment plans or information to the Health Authority for review
and approval or not paying the appropriate fees prior to any
construction or installation of equipment shall pay double the
required fees as calculated from the fee schedules and the
payment of these fees shall not relieve the person from any other
penalties nor from fully complying with all requirements of this
food ordinance.
7. At the time of the construction and/or equipment review, the
Health Authority may place limitations in the form of notations
on the plan or in letters or any other written communication due
to lack of information or required changes. The applicant may
proceed with such construction, remodeling, alteration and/or
equipment installation and replacement, provided that the
applicant or other person shall not violate the conditions
contained within the written limitations. Failure to observe the
conditions of any written limitations shall be a violation of
this ordinance.
8. a. The construction plan review fee for a food establishment
with new equipment only shall be calculated on job cost as
provided in the fee schedules.
b. The review fee for a construction plan including all used
equipment shall be calculated on job cost and then doubled
or calculated on the job cost plus a used equipment item by
item basis, whichever is less, as provided in the fee
schedules.
c. The review fee for inspection and/or evaluation of used
equipment not requiring a construction plan review shall be
calculated item by item as provided in the fee schedule.
d. The Health Authority may require verification of the job
cost by requesting signed contracts or any other acceptable
information.
9. Job cost shall include the cost of the new or used food
establishment equipment and the set-up cost. Provided, however,
the fee for a-con-structi-on -pia-n -rev i eww -re 1 atiny -to remodel -trig ng -or
changes in a food establishment such as walls, floors and
ceilings and not involving the relocating or new installation of
any equipment shall be calculated on a minimum job cost fee. Any
installation cost covered under other permits including
mechanical, electrical and plumbing shall be excluded. Food
establishment equipment obtained for installation without any
cost shall be calculated on a minimum job cost in the fee
schedules.
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10. Food establishment equipment shall include but not be limited to
ventilation hoods, ranges, ovens, broilers, deep fat fryers,
washing sinks and machines, preparation and handwashing sinks,
mixers, conveyors, ice machines, back bars, bar equipment, all
types of cooling equipment except components covered by a
mechanical permit, meat equipment, preparation counters, retail
display equipment, shelving, waitress stations, food
manufacturing and handling equipment, dining room furnishings,
cutting equipment and packaging equipment.
11. Fee Schedules
A. Construction Plan Review
Job Cost Fee
0 - 5,000 $ 75.00
5,001 - 10,000 125.00
10,001 - 50,000 225.00
50,001 - 200,000 350.00
200,001 - 400,000 500.00
400,001 and above 750.00
B. Used Equipment Review
First piece of equipment $ 50.00
Each additional after first 25.00
or double the construction plan review fee, if applicable,
whichever is less.
Section 5. Settto-n 15-2-1-0 -0# t -E St_ -Lauds Park Ordinance Code is
amended to read as follows:
Section 15-210. Building Code. The City of St. Louis Park hereby
adopts and incorporates herehereinafter Meferredin the atoState
thelBunldingCode
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Edition, as amended,
including the following chapters:
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Chapter 1300 - Code Administration
Chapter 1305 - Adoption of 1985 Uniform Building Code by Reference.
a. Required Provisions - UBC Appendix Chapter 35.
Chapter 1315, Electrical Code.
Chapter 1320, Elevators and Related Machines.
Chapter 1325, Solar Energy Systems
Chapter 1330, Technical Requirements for Fallout Shelters.
Chapter 1335, Flood Proofing Regulation (when required)
Chapter 1340, Facilities for the Handicapped.
Chapter 1345, Minnesota Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, and
Refrigeration Code.
Chapter 1350, Manufactured Homes.
Chapter 1355, Plumbing Code.
Chapter 1360, Prefabricated Structures.
Chapter 1365, Variation of Snow Loads.
Chapter 4215, Model Energy Code Amendments.
Section 6. Section 15-210.101 is amended to_r_ead_as follows:
Section 15-210.101. Appendices. Incorporated into the Building Code
and made a part thereof is the following:
(1) Sections 711 thru 715 of Chapter 7 and Chapters 32, 49 and 55 of
the 1985 UBC Appendix.
Section 7. Section 15-210.102 is amended to read as follows:
Section 15-210.102. Filing of Reference Copy. At least one copy of the
Minnesota State Building 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 "Original Copy".
Section 8. Section 15-210.103 is added as follows:
Section 15-210.103. Fire Suppression. Incorporated into the Building
Code as a requirement within the City of St. Louis Park is Section
1305.6905 of the Minnesota State Building Code, 1987, adding optional
Section 3808, to Chapter 38 of the UBC, 1985, with the exception of Item
3808(c)(8).
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Section 9. Section 15-211.101 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is
deleted.
Section 10. Section 15-261 is amended to read as follows:
Section 15-261. Permits. It shall be unlawful for any person to do
any work described in Section 15-260 of this ordinance without first
obtaining a permit from the City. Such permits shall be issued by the City
only to persons duly licensed with required insurance and/or bonding under
State law or to a person making application to do any such work himself
wholly within a single-family dwelling owned and occupied by the applicant
to whom the permit is to be issued. For each permit to an unlicensed
owner -occupant there shall be charged an additional fee of 50 percent of
the total fee required by this ordinance.
Section 11. Section 15-301 is amended to read as follows:
Section 15-301. Adoption of the Uniform Housing Code l Reference.
Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the "Uniform Housing Code, 1985, 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 one copy 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 Copy".
Section 12. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions this ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall
be punished in accordance with Section 2-203 of the St.
Louis Park Municipal Code.
Section 13 Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days
after its publication.
Adopter by the City Council May 16, 1988
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Reviewed forte Administration Approved a `��rm and executio
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