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ORDINANCE NO. 508
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 59 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF
MOUNDS VIEW TO INCLUDE REFERRENCES TO
THE LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
The council of the City of Mounds View does hereby ordain that
Chapter 59 of the Municipal Code of MoundS View shall be amended
as indicated on the attached pages. Sections that are over-struck
shall be deleted and sections that are underlined shall be added.
This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after the date of
its pUblication.
Read by the City council of the City of Mounds View this
13th day of April, 1992.
Read and passed by the City Council of the City of Mounds
View this 27th day of April, 1992.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CHAPTER 59
BUILDING PERMITS AND FEES
59.01. Buildinqpermits.
Before proceeding with the construction, enlargement,
alteration, repair, moving, improvement, removal, conversion, or
demolition of any building or structure, the owner or his agent
shall first obtain a permit for such purpose from the Building
Inspector. Upon the recommendation of the Clerk-Administrator, the
Council shall designate all work for which permits shall be
required under the provision of the Code.
59.02. Permit Fees.
(1) A permit fee, established from time to time by resolution
of the Council, shall be paid to the Municipality prior to the
issuance of any permit herein prescribed. The permit fee does not
include the cost of any outside expenses the Municipality may incur
related to the review, inspection, or enforcement of the permit
such as those for soil test, planning, legal or engineering
consultants. The owner or agent shall make payment for all such
expenses when billed therefor by the Municipality.
(2) Should any person, firm or corporation begin work of any
kind such as hereinafter set forth or for which a permit from the
Municipality is required by the Building Code without having first
secured the necessary permit from the Municipality for so doing, he
shall, when subsequently securing such permit.
(3) Building valuation for the purpose of establishing
building permit fees shall be as adopted by the city Council by
resolution and may be amended from time to time. Valuation for
alterations, repairs or extensions shall be determined by the
building inspector based on his estimate of the materials cost and
the labor cost to put the construction in place.
59.03. Types of Work Reauiring a Permit.
Subdivision 1. Permit Not Required. A building permit and
permit fee shall not be required for any work having a valuation
less than $350.00 except for the followina which will require a
permit reqardless of the valuation of the work:
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Subdivision 3. Electrical Work. The owner or his agent shall
first obtain a permit from the electrical inspector before
'proceeding with any work involving installation, replacement,
alteration or repair of electrical services including temporary
services.
For purposes of interpretation of this Chapter, the most
recently published edition of the National Electrical Code shall be
prima facie evidence of the definitions, interpretations, and scope
of words and terms used in this Chapter.
59.04. Expiration of Permits.
(1) All permits issued shall expire 120 days after the date
of issuance unless work set forth in the application is in actual
progress. Any permit issued where work has been commenced but
discontinued for 120 days shall be deemed to have lapsed. All fees
paid under a lapsed permit shall be forfeited to the City.
(2) The exterior of any building shall be completed prior to
occupancy of that building.
(3) Single- and two-family dwellings shall be completed
within one year after the issuance of the building permit.
Accessory buildings or alterations or additions to existing single-
and two-family dwellings shall be completed within six months after
the issuance of the building permit. The building inspector at the
time of issuance of a permit for any other type of work shall
establish a reasonable deadline for completion of such work.
(4) Any person unable, because of hardship, to complete the
work for which the permit was issued within the time allotted under
59.04, paragraph (3) above shall make an application for extension
to the City Building Inspector. The decision of the building
inspector may be appealed to the City Council.
59.05. stop Work Orders. Whenever any building work is being
done contrary to the provisions of the Building Code, the building
inspector may order the work stopped by notice in writing served on
any persons engaged in doing or causing such work to be done, and
any such persons shall forthwith stop such work until authorized by
the building inspector to proceed with the work.
59.06. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this
Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
59.07. Development Controls.
Subdivision 1. Purpose. It is the intent and purpose of this
section to provide for orderly development of land to safeguard
life, health, safety, property and public welfare by regulating and
controlling all development within the City of Mounds View. This
section shall be in addition to the requirements of any other
provisions of the Municipal Code regulating such development.
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Except for work described in Subdivision 3 below which shall
. require a separate permit, a separate permit shall not be required
for any work that is included in the valuation declared for
obtaining a permit under Subdivision 2, paragraph (1) below.
Subdivision 2. General Construction. The owner or his agent
shall first obtain a permit from the building inspector before
proceeding with any of the following work:
(1) construction, alteration or repair of buildings,
structures, footings or foundations.
(2) Excavating, grading or filling of any plot or area.
(3) Construction of concrete or blacktop sidewalks, driveways
or parking lots.
(4) Installation of stucco.
(5) Reshingling and recovering of any existing building or
structure or part thereof.
(6) Residing of any building or structure or part thereof.
(7) Erection of any platforms or seating in any assembly or
open air public assembly.
(8) Erection of any fence regardless of the valuation of the
work. The owner shall be responsible for assuring that the
location of the fence is confined to the boundaries of his
property. (252)
(9) Wrecking or tearing down of any building or structure or
part thereof.
(10) Raising or shoring of any building or structure.
(11) Moving buildings or structures from one location to
another over the streets of the Municipality.
(12) Moving buildings or structures larger in size than twelve
(12) feet high, fourteen (14) feet wide, or twenty-five (25) feet
long from one location to another over private property without
moving over Municipal streets or alleys.
(13) construction, reconstruction, or repair of a permanent or
temporary nature of any pipeline transporting any volatile
material, including but not limited to crude or refined oil, diesel
oil, fuel oil, gasoline or natural gas. A permit for the above
defined work may be issued by the City council only after a public
hearing has been held after published notice has been placed in the
official newspaper of the city two weeks prior to said hearing.