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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date:April 13, 2020 Item No.: 9.b Department ApprovalCity Manager Approval Item Description: Adopt an Ordinance Approving Text Amendments to the Roseville City Code, Chapter 906 Building Maintenance and Preservation Code 1 B ACKGROUND 2The current version of Chapter 906, Building Maintenance and Preservation Code, refers to and 3amended the 2003 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), and was adopted by the 4 Roseville City Council on January 30, 2006. At that time, the International Code Council (ICC) 5 only allowed the City to use the amended version of the copyrighted code as a separate, read- 6 only document on the City website (Attachment B). Recently, staff has had numerous 7 discussions with ICC staff and learned that if the City of Roseville adopts an amended version of 8 the 2018 IPMC, ICC will now allow the amended 2018 version to be available, on the City 9 website as an item in the body of Title 9 Chapter 906, rather than the separate read-only 10 document currently used. Making the amended version of the 2018 IPMC available on the City’s 11 website will provide greater access and convenience to anyone looking for specific code sections 12 referenced in Chapter 906. ICC staff has reviewed the proposed amendments in Chapter 906, 13 which references and amends the 2018 IPMC, and has no suggestions for changes. The City 14 Attorney also reviewed the proposed amendments and offered minor changes that have been 15 incorporated in the ordinance proposed for adoption. 16 17 The 2020 Minnesota State Codes (Building, Accessibility, Energy, Fire, Mechanical and Fuel 18 Gas Codes) will go into effect March 31, 2020. These State Codes are based on the 2018 19 International Code Council (ICC) Codes with Minnesota’s adopted Amendments. However, the 20 State of Minnesota does not adopt the IPMC as a model code. As such, staff proposes adoption 21 of the 2018 IPMC at this time, replacing the current 2003 version, so as to align adoption of the 22 IPMC with other model years of the State of Minnesota codes. Staff has reviewed and compared 23 the 2018 IPMC to the current version (year 2003) in Chapter 906. Staff is proposing amending 24 Chapter 906 to update current Code to align with the 2018 IPMC, while maintaining City- 25 specific amendments directed by Council in 2006. A narrative of significant changes is included 26 with this RCA as Attachment A. 27 28 The majority of the proposed changes to Chapter 906 are not substantive in nature, rather, consist 29 mostly of minor word usage, formatting, greater specificity and process changes. It is the opinion 30 of staff that none of the additional language proposed would alter any current process or add any 31 additional responsibility to property owners and residents. Staff sent the proposed changes thst 32electronically to the Council via email on March 12 and April 1 for review prior to this hearing 33and has incorporated suggested revisions. Although it may appear there are numerous changes 34(red strikethrough and underlining) the majority of changes are minor additions that caused 35 additional numbering or changes to sections, which result in full sections appearing to be edited. 36