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• <br />• <br />i~ <br />May 19, 1993 <br />MEMO <br />TO: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator <br />FROM: Brian Standing, Planning Intern <br />RE: Report on Adoption of Uniform Housing .Code <br />I. BACKGROUND/EBPLANATION: <br />The City of Falcon Heights' Comprehensive Plan calls for the <br />adoption of a housing code to help preserve the quality of the <br />city's housing stock and protect the stability of its <br />neighborhoods. Although traditionally the province of older, <br />larger cities, more and more suburban cities of Falcon Heights' <br />age and size now enforce a housing code as a way to maintain <br />residential property values. The City Administrator's 9/6/91 <br />memorandum to the council (attached) provides an overall <br />justification for the implementation of a city housing code. <br />I recommend the adoption of the Uniform Housing Code published <br />by the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) as <br />the city's official housing code. This code has been used <br />successfully by a number of metro-area cities, including Saint <br />Paul Park. The Uniform Housing Code is designed to complement <br />and work together with the ICBO's Uniform Building and Fire <br />Codes, both of which are currently in use in Falcon Heights. <br />Dave Kriesel, the city's building official, is familiar with the <br />Uniform Housing Code as applied in Saint Paul Park, and reports <br />no significant problems in applying or interpreting the code. A <br />draft resolution making the appropriate amendments to the city <br />code is attached. Amendments to the Uniform Housing Code are <br />included that will: <br />• customize uniform provisions to meet existing city <br />structure and policy; <br />provide for a Certificate of Occupancy to be issued for all <br />apartment buildings with more than 3 units, and; <br />• modify the uniform code to conform to city zoning <br />• requirements. ~ ~~ <br />