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RELEVANT LINKS: League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 10/15/2018 Expenditures, Purchasing, and Contracts Chapter 22 | Page 35 a. Structure-type exceptions Minn. Stat. § 326.02, subd. 5. Minn. Stat. § 326.03, subd. 2. Minn. R. 1800.5200. The statutes exempt several types of structures from needing a licensed architect or licensed engineer to prepare the plans for those structures. These types of exempted structures include standardized manufactured products, farm buildings, and temporary structures used exclusively for construction purposes that don’t exceed two stories in height and are not used as living quarters. b. Remodeling or renovation exception Minn. R. 1800.5200, subd. 3. A city does not need to hire an architect or engineer for building remodeling projects that do not change: • The load on the electrical and mechanical systems or the live or dead weight on weight-bearing parts of the building. • Access or exit patterns in violation of the building code. • The building code occupancy classification of the building. c. Preliminary plans exception The city also does not have to hire a licensed architect or engineer to draw up preliminary plans intended only for soliciting bids for the project and not to be used as specifications for construction. Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design, 85 E. 7th Place, Suite 160, St. Paul, MN 55101; (651) 296-2388. Since determining whether an exception exists, a city’s local building official should act as the first contact. The state board that licenses and regulates architects and engineers also may serve as a good resource for insight or assistance. 2. Registered land surveyor Minn. Stat. § 326.03, subd. 3. A registered land surveyor must certify all plats, maps, subdivisions, or surveys that the city must file with the county recorder. 3. Accountants Minn. Stat. § 412.222. Minn. Stat. § 471.697, subd. 1(c). Minn. Stat. § 412.02, subd. 3. Minn. Stat. § 412.591, subd. 3. Minn. Stat. § 326A.04. Individuals who audit, examine, and report on the books and records of a statutory city in accordance with statutory requirements (such as when the positions of clerk and treasurer are combined) must be public accountants or certified public accountants. 4. Other consultants All cities, regardless of size, use consultants. Before hiring a consultant, the council should answer the following questions: