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13C0.2100 PIIRPOSE AND APPLICATION. Subpart 1. Purpose. Parts 1300.2100 to 1300.3100 govern responsibilities undertaken oursuant to Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.59 to 168.75. They relate to the administration and enforcement of the Minnesota State Building Code. Parts 1300.3900 to 1300.6300 identify requirements of the code that are mandated by Minnesota Statutes, are needed to address Minnesota's climatic conditions, or are otherwise determined necessary to provide a minimum safe level of construction. The purpose of the code is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life and limb, heal*.h, property, and public welfare by regulating and-controlling-the design,--construction,-quality of - --- -- materials, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of all structures within a jurisdiction that adopts and enforces the code, and certain equipment specifically covered by the code. The purpose of the code is not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of the code. Subp. 2. Application. The code applies statewide except as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.72 and 16B.73, and supersedes the building code of any municipality. The code does not apply to agricultural buildings except with respect to state inspections required or rulemaking authorized. The administrative chapters of the Uniform Building Code, chapters 1 and 34, as amended, govern the application of the code. SA: MS s 168.59 to 16B.75 HIST: 15 SR 74; 19 SR 1340; 23 SR 683 1300.2300 SCOPE. The code applies to the construction, alteration, moving, demolition, repair, and use of any building or structure within a municipality, except work located primarily in a public way, public utility towers and poles, mechanical equipment not specifically regulated in the code, and hydraulic flood control structures. If different sections of the code specify different materials, methods of construction, or other requirements, the most restrictive section governs. If there is a conflict between a general requirement and a specific requirement, the specific requirement applies. If reference is made in the code to the appendix, the provisions in the appendix do not apply unless a local authority has specifically adopted them. SA: MS 5 16B.61 HIST: 15 SR 74 1300.2400 DEFINITIONS. Subpart 1. Scope. The definitions in this part apply to parts 1300.2100 to 1300.3100. Subp. 2. Administrative authority. "Administrative authority" means building official. Subp. 2a. Adult day care center. "Adult day care center" means a facility that provides adult day care to functionally impaired adults on a regular basis for periods of less than 24 hcurs a day in a setting other than a participant's home or the 37 At~ac9~r~ae~t #~