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MAYOR <br />5111 Biesener <br />COUNCIL <br />Rick Montour <br />Barbara Allan <br />John Reis <br />Michael McGraw <br />515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 ADMINISTRATOR <br />(651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 Joel R. Hanson <br />www.ci.little-canada.mn.us <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: June 19, 2008 <br />TO: Joel Hanson, City Administrator <br />FROM: Stephen Westerhaus, Building Official <br />RE: Building Code Adoption <br />The Minnesota State Building Code has been established as a minimum construction standard <br />throughout the State of Minnesota including cities, townships, and counties. <br />The State Building Code was first adopted in 1972 by Minnesota and applied statewide and <br />superseded any municipality's code. Since then, the code has been amended many times and <br />now is comprised of over 20 chapters including amendments and several optional provisions. <br />Our ordinance must be updated from time to time, usually every three years, to reflect the most <br />current edition of the State Building Code along with related amendments. The building code is <br />intended to be adopted as a legally enforceable document to safeguard health, safety, property, <br />and public welfare. <br />Currently, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry rulemaking committees are reviewing <br />the newest versions of the plumbing, mechanical, energy, and conservation codes and we will <br />have to add those when they become adopted on a state level however a timeline has yet to be <br />drawn for those rules. <br />Contact me with any questions <br />Stephen Westerhaus <br />1 <br />