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1 CITY OF LAKE ELMO COUNTY OF WASHINGTON STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 08-147 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAKE ELMO CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO BUILDING AND FIRE CODE REGULATIONS SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Section 115.001 of the City Code by deleting the existing language and replacing it with the following: § 115.001 STATE BUILDING CODE ADOPTION BY REFERENCE. The Minnesota State Building Code, as adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 326B, including all of the amendments, rules and regulations established, adopted and published from time to time by the Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and Industry, through its Building Codes and Standards Unit, is hereby adopted by reference with the exception of the optional chapters, unless specifically adopted in this Section. The Minnesota State Building Code is hereby incorporated in this Section as if fully set out herein and shall be known as the “Lake Elmo Building Code”. SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Section 115.002 of the City Code by deleting the existing language and replacing it with the following: § 151.002 APPLICATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND ENFORCEMENT. The application, administration, and enforcement of the Building Code shall be in accordance with Minnesota State Building Code. The Building Code shall be enforced within the extraterritorial limits permitted by Minnesota Statutes Section 326B.121, subdivision 2(d). The code enforcement agency of the City is called the “Lake Elmo Building Department.” The Building Code shall be enforced by the City Building Official, as the Building Official is designated by the City to administer the code in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 326B.133, subdivision 1. SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Section 115.003 of the City Code by deleting the existing language and replacing it with the following: § 151.03 PERMITS, INSPECTIONS, AND FEES. (A) The issuance of permits, conducting of inspections and the collection of fees shall be as authorized in Minnesota Rules Chapter 1300. Permit fees shall be assessed for work governed by this Section in accordance with the city’s fee schedule. In addition, a surcharge fee shall be collected on all permits issued for work governed by this Section in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 326B.148, subdivision 1. (B) No permit as required by the Building Code shall be issued, until the fees prescribed have been paid, nor shall an amendment to a permit be approved until the additional fees, if any,