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STATE OF MINNESOTA Deputy shall receive such compensation as the City shall have a financial interest in any concern engaged in COUNTY OF RAMSEY Council by Resolution shall provide. a business relationship wiih the City within his CITYOFARDEN HILLS Section 7. Powers, Duties and Righis of Inspectors. respective field. ORDINANCE N0.191 (a) Enforcement and Adminisiration. Each In- SecTion 8. Unsafe Buildings. All buildings, sTrucTUres AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE spector, and his Deputy, is hereby authorized and or premises which are s}ructurally unsafe or noT STATE BUILDING CODE; REGULATING THE directed to enforce and administer all the provisions of provided with adequate egress, or which constitute a ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, ihis Ordinance and the provisions of any other Or- fire hazard, or are otherwise dangerous To human life, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL, dinances of the City of Arden Hills in his respective orwhichinrelationTOexisTinguseconstituteahazardTo CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, OCCUPANCY, field.Forsuchpurpose,eachlnspector,andhisDeputy, safety or healih, or public welfare, by reason of EpUIPMENT, USE, HEIGHT, AREA AN4 MAIN- shaq have the powers of a police officer. inadequate maintenance, delapidaTion, deTerioraTion, TENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN (b) Reports and Records. Each Inspector shall obso!?scence, fire hazard, disasTer tlamage, or aban- THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS; PROVIDING FOR THE subrnit a written report to the Clerk-AdminisTrator noi donment, as specified in ihis Ordinance or the APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS OF less than once a year, covering his work during the provi5ionsofanyolherapplicableOrtlinanceofTheCity BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, HEATING preceding period. He shall incorporafe in safd report a of Arden Hills, are, for the purposes of this Section, • AND LANDSCAPING INSPECTORS; REpUIRING summary of his recommendations as to desirable unsafe buildings. All such unsafe buildings are hereby PERMITS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK A N D amendmenis to ihis Ordinance and any other Or- dedared to b2 public nuisances and shall be abated by ACTIVITIES; ESTABLISHING FEES FOR SUCH dinancesofiheCityofArtlenHills.EachlnspecTorshall repair, rehabilifation, demoliTion, or removal in ac- PERMI75; PROVIDING FOR INSPECTIONS; keep accurate written records of his work. cordance with the procedure specified in ChapTers 4 REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PqRTS OF The Clerk-Adminis}rator may require each Inspec4or through 9 of the Uniform Code for the AbatemenT of ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND to make wriTten reports on a regular and recurring Dangerous Buildings or by any other procedures PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION basis. TheClerk -Adminisiratorshall keepa permanent, provitled by law. THEREOF accuraTe account of all fees and o}her monies collecTed Section 9. Permits. The CiTy Council of Arden Hills ordains: antl received under this Ordinance, the names of per- (a) Building Permits Required. No person, firm, or Section 1. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. Or- sons upon whose account the same were paid, the daTe corporation shall erect, consiruct, enlarge, alTer, dinance No. 93, which established the Artlen Hills and amount ihereof, together with the IocaTion oP the repair, remove, converT or demolish any building or Building Code and adoptetl by reference the Uniform building or premises to which they relate. s!ruclureiniheCityofArden Hills or cause the same to Building Code, 1964 ediTion subiecT to certain amend- (c) Right of Eniry. Whenever necessary to make an be done without firsf obfaining a separate Building menTs ihereto, passed by the Village Council of Arden inspection to enforce any of the provisions of This Or- Permit for each such building or sTructure from the Hills on May 23, 1966, and Ordinances Nos. 107 antl 126, dinance or the provisions of any other applicable Or- Building InspecTor, or his Deputy, both of which amended Ordinance No. 93 in certain dinance of the City of Arden Hills, or whenever an In- (b) Other Permits Required. No person, firm, or respecTS and which were respecTively passed by the specTOr, or his DepuTy, has reasonable cause to believe corporaTion shall consTrucT, enlarge, alTer, repair, Village Council of Arden Hills on July B, 1968 and thai ih=re exisis in any building or upon any premises, remove, convert, install, and plant any plumbing, gas, December 8, 1969, and ail other Ordinances or any condition which makes such building or premises heating, alr conditioning, refrigeration, and elecTrical provisions of Ordinances which conflict wiTh the unsafe as definetl hereinafter, the Inspector, or his equipmenT, apparatus, appliances, moTOrs, fixtures, or provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed in Deputy, may enter such building or premises at all devices, planTing and landscaping materials, fences, iheir entirety. reasonable times to inspecf the same or to perform any sidewalks and driveways wiihout firsT obiain'rng a Section 2. Atloption of State Building Cotle. The SfaTe duty imposed upon him by ihis Ordinance, provided that permit Therefor from the particular Inspector, or his Building Code (induding the Uniform Building Code, if such builtling or premises be occupietl, he sha!I first Deputy, under whose jurisdicTion the permit is 1973 edition, as amended and published by the In- present proper credentials and demand entry; and if required. An elecTrical permif shall noT be issued unless ternaTional Conference of Building Officials), as such builtling or premises be unoccupied, he shall firsT the applicant is properly licensed by the State 8oard of amended, is hereby adopted as a part of the Building make a reasonable effort To locate the owner or oiher ElecTricity or unless the wiring is to be installed in a Code of the City of Arden Hills, is incorporated by persons having charge or conTrol of the building or single family dwelling provided the owner resides or reference in ihis Ordinance, andshall be as much a part premises and demand enTry. If such enYry is refused, plans to reside in such dwelling. of this Ordinance as ihough it had been set for}h in full the Inspector, or his Deputy, shall have recourse to (c) Exceptions. PermiTs shall not be required for herein. every remedy provided by law to secure entry. consiruction, repair, remodeling, alTeraTion, and There shall be atleasT fhree (3) copies of said StaTe No owner or occupant or any other person having maintenance work having a probable cosT of less Than Building Code, so adopTed, marked as official copies charge, care or conirol of any building or premises shall $600.00; provided, however, ihat fhis provision shall in and filed in the office of the Clerk-Adminisirator of the fail or neglect, after proper demand is made as herein no event be applicable to elecirical and gas work, to City of Arden Hills. provided, to promp}ly permit entry iherein by the In- proposed work which will alter the sTructural Sectian 3. Appentlices To State Building Cotle NoT spector, or his Deputy, for the purpose of inspection and framework of the existing building or sTructure, and to Adop4ed. NotwifhsTanding anything in the previous examinafion pursuanT to ihis Ordinance and the work for which permifs are specifically required by SecTion hereof to the conirary, Appendix D, entitled provisions of any other applicable Ordinance of the City other portions of This Ordinance or oTher provisions of "Organization and EnforcemenY", and Appendix E, of Arden Hills. Any person violating this subsection any other applicable Ordinance of the CiTy of Arden enTitled "Permits and Inspections", of the State shallbeguil}yofamisdemeanor. HiIIs.The"protrablecosY'offheproposedworkshallbe Building Code are not adoptetl hereby. (d) Judgment of Inspector. Each Inspector, or his based on the costs of the materials af retail outlets in the SecTion 4. Appointment of Inspectors antl Deputies. DepuTy, shall pass upon all questions relating to Twin Cities area at the time in question, plus the The City Council shall aT its first meeTing in each strengTh, durabiliTy, appearance and general work- probable labor cosis as determined in accordance with calendar year appoin} a Building Inspector, an Elec- manship of the installation, work, build'rng, structure or cosTs for hired labor in the particular }rade in the Twin irical Inspector, a Plumbing InspecTOr, a HeaTing In- premises inspected by him. Cities area at the Time in question. spector and a Landscaping Inspector, each of whom (e) Safety Tesis. Each InspecTOr, or his De?uty, may (d) Applications. To obTain a permiT as requiretl by shall serve at the will and pleasure of the CiTy Council. make such tests or ortler such tesis to be made as he this Ordinance, the applicant shall first file wiTh the 7he City Council may from fime to time appoinT at leasT may deem necessary to determine the safety of the Clerk-AdminisTrator an applicaTion Therefor in wriTing onedeputyforeachsaidlnspectorwhoshallserveasan condition of any installation, material, on a printed form furnished for such purpose. Every assistanT to said Inspector at ihewill and pleasure of the machinery,building, siructure, premises or part inereof such applicaTion for a Building Permit shall and every City Council. which is his duty to inspecT pursuani To }his Ordinance such application for any other permit may (in the Section 5. QualificaTions of Inspectors. or the provisions of any other applicable Ordinance of discretion of the particular Inspector, or his Deputy, (a) Building Inspector. The Building Inspec}cr shall the City of Arden Hills. under whcse jurisdiction the applicaTion is being have a thorough understanding of the State Builtling (f) MantlaTOry Repairs. Each Inspector, or his made): Code, in particular the Uniform Building Code of 1973, Deputy, may cause the repair or reconsiruction of any (ll IdenTify and describe the work to be covered by asamended,andofiheprovisionsof}hisOrdinanceand insTallation, material, machinery, siructure, building, the permit for which applicaTion is made; all other Ordinances which he is charged with enforcing premises or part thereof which is dangerous or unsafe to (2) Describe the land on which the proposed work is to and administraTing; shall have at least five (5) years' persons or properiy, and the cost }hereof may be be done, by lot, block,iract, and house and sireeT ad- experienceas a building inspecfor, architect, s}ructural recovered by the City from the owner. dress, or a similar description that will readity ideMify engineer, or a construction superintendenT; antl musT be (g) Stop Orders. Whenever any 6uilding work is being and definitely locate the proposetl building or work; cerTified by the STate of Minnesota. done conTrary to the provisions of ihis Ordinance or the (3) Show the use or occupancy of all parTs of the (b) Elecirical Inspectar. The Electrical Inspector provisions of any other applicable Ordinances of the building; shall be a competent electrician who shall have at IeasT City of Arden Hills, the Inspector or his Deputy, wiThin (4) Be accompanied by plans and specifications as iwo (2) years' experience as journeyman or master whose jurisdiction the work is being done, may order required in the nexT succeeding subsection hereof; elecirician; shall be well versetl in approved methods of such work stopped by noTice in wriTing served on any (5) State the valuation of the proposed work; electrical construction, the prov+sions of the Siate person(s) engaged rn the doing or causing such work to (b) Be signed by the applicant, or his authorized Building Code relating to electrical work, the provisions be done, and any such person(s) shall forihwith stop agent, who may be required to submit evidence to in- of this Ordinance and all oTher Ordinances which he is such work until authorized by the Inspector, or his dicate such authority; and chargea with enforcing ano adminisiraTing, the rules Deputy, to proceed with the work. (7) Give such other information as reasonably may be and regulaTions of the Minnesota IndusTrial Com- (h) Occupancy Violations. Whenever any building, required by the InspecTOr, or his Deputy, under whose mission, and the rules and regulations of the National sTructure or premises are being used conirary to the lurisdiction the application is being made. ElecTrical Safety Code; and shall be licensed as an provisions of fhis Ordinance or the provisions of any (e) Plans and Specifications. With each application elecTrician pursuanTTO pertinent subdivisions of M.S.A. oTher applicable Ordinance of the City oi Arden Hills, for a Building Permit, antl when required by the par- Section 326.242, as amended. the Building InspecTOr, or his Deputy, may order such ticular Inspector, or his Deputy, under whose (c) Plumbing Inspector. The Plumbing Inspector use discontinued and the building, strucTUre or iurisdicficn the application for any other type of permit shall be a compe}ent plumber who shall have aT IeasT premises, or portion ihereof, vacaTed by written notice is being made, two (2) sets of plans and specifications Two (2) years' experience as a journeyman or masTer served on any person causing such use to be continued. shall be submitted along wiTh such application. The plumber; shall be well versed in approved methods of Such person shall discontinue the use within ten (10) Building Inspector may require such plans and plumbing installa!ion and inspection, the provisions of days afTer receipt of such notice or make the siructure, specificaTions to be prepared and designed by an the StaTe Building Code relaTing to plumbing work and or porTion thereof, comply with the requiremenis of This engineer or architect licensed by the Siate of MinnesoTa fhe provisions of this Ordinance and all other Or- Ordinance and the provisions of any other applicable to practice as such. dinances which he is charged with enforcing and ad- Ordinance of ihe City of Arden Hills; provided, Notwiihs4anding the previous paragraph of ihis minisirating, and the rules and regulations of the however, ihat in the event of an unsafe building the subseciion fo the conirary, and when authorized by the Minnesota Industrial Commission; and shall be licensed provisions of the nexT succeeding SecTion hereof shall Builtling Inspector, plans antl specifications need noT be as a plumber pursuanT to pertinent provisions of M.S.A. aPPly. submiited for the following: Section 32E.31 et seq., as amended, and regulations (i) Liability. Each Inspector, or his DepuTy, charged (ll One-sTOry buildings of Type V conventional wootl. promulgaTed by the STaTe Board of Healih. with the administraTion and enforcemenT of ihis Or- sTUd consiruction with an area noT exceeding six hun- (d) Heating InspecYOr. lhe Heating Inspector shall dinance and the provisions ot any other applicable dred square teeT (600 sq. fT.); have a general knowledge of all types of heating ap- Ordinances of the City of Arden Hills, acting in good (2) Group J, Division 1, Occupancies of Type V con- paratus, equipment end installation and shall be well faith and without malicefor the CiTy in ihe discharge of ventional wood-stud consiruction; and versed in approved methods of heating inspection, the his duties, shall not Thereby render himself liable (3) Work small and unimportanT in his eslimaTion. provisions of the State Building Code relating TO heating personally, and he is hereby relieved from all personal (f) Information on Plans and SpecificaTions. If and the provisions of This Ordinance and other Or- liabilify for any damage ThaT may accrue To persons or required, plans and Specifications shall be drawn to dinances which he is charged wiTh enforcing and ad- Property as a result of any acT required or by reason of scale upon subsTantial paper or cloth and shall be of ministraTing. any act or omission in the discharge of his duties. Any sufficient clariTy to indicate the nature and extent of the • (e) Landscape Inspector. The Landscape Inspector suit broughT against an Inspector, or his Deputy, work proposed and show in detail That itwill conform to shall have at least iwo (2) years' experience as a land- because of such act or omission performed by him in the the provisions of fhis Ordinance, the provisions of any scapearchiTect, nurseryman, or hor}iculturistand shall enforcemenT and adminisiration of any provisions of oTher applicable Ordinances of the City of Arden Hills, be well versed in varieties of plant maTerials and }heir ihis Ordinance antl provisions of any other applicable and all other relevanT laws, rules and regulations. The proper implantation, arrangement and maintenance. Ordinances of the CiTy of Arden Hills, shall be defended first sheeT of each set of plans and specifications shall (f) Deputies, Each DepuTy appointed by the City by the City ATTOrney unTil final termination of the give the house and sireeT address of the work and the Council shall have the same qualifications as ihose proceedings. name and address of the owner and person who established for the Inspector for wfiom he was ap- (1) Cooperation of Inspectors and Ofher Officials. prepared ihem. Plans and specifications shall include a poinTed to serve as an assistant; provided, however, Each Inspector, or his DepuTy, may requesT and shall plot plan showing ihelocation of the proposed building ihat the City Council may waive such of those receive so far as may be necessary in the discharge of and oi every existing building on the property. In lieu Of qualifications as iT deems advisable and in the public his tluties, the assisTance and cooperaTion of other In- deTailed specifications, the Building Inspector, any interesT. spectors, Their Deputies, and other officials of the City oTher Inspector, or Their respective Deputies, may Section 6. Remuneration of Inspectors and Deputies. of Arden Hills. approve references on the plans to a specific section or As remuneration for his services, each InspecTOr and (k) Conilict of Interest. No Inspector, or his Deputy, parT of fhis Ordinance, the provision(s) of any oTher