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STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION SAINT PAUL BUILDING CODS AND STANDARDS DIVISION February 21, 1989 Ms. Lee Roderick Executive Director APAC 7671 Old Central Ave. N.E. Suite 209 Fridley, MN 55432 Re: Your letter of February 16, 1989 Dear Ms. Roderick: 40S METRO SQUARE 7TH AND ROBERT STS. ST. PAUL, MN 58101 Phone, 612/296 -4639 1. You asked if a shelter designed for 150 persons in a park with 500 residents would violate the building code. The code for new shelters requires 4 square feet per occupant. The Building Code does not, nor should it, specify the number of occupants to design for based on the park population. We do not believe that to be a construction requirement. 2. You inquired about the requirement for dry interiors. The code requires the shelter to remain "reasonably dry". The intent of building a shelter outside of flood -prone areas is to assure that it would be accessible. Building a shelter in a section of the park that is not subject to flooding would seem to comply with the code even though some other areas of the park may be subject to flooding. 3. Overhead power lines located 3 blocks from the shelter site would not violate the code. The intent is to prevent hazardous utility lines from causing injury and /or access to the shelter. Overhead power lines located elsewhere in the park will not have an effect on the site you mention. The municipality is required by the Park Licensing Law to approve the shelter or plan of evacuation. Since each park is different, each must be judged on its own based on location, size, configuration, population, etc.. Our only input is the code requirements for the construction of new manufactured home park storm shelters. As you requested, a copy of this letter along with yours is being sent to Mayor Fahey. Respectfully, BUILDIN CODES AND STANDARDS DIVISION Richard I. Hauck Page 18 Supervisor, Mfr. Structures AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER RIII /cj