Ordinance No. 1309 11-18-2013
ORDINANCE NO. 1309
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 108 OF THE FRIDLEY CITY CODE
PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE MOST CURRENT EDITION OF THE
MINNESOTA STATE FIRE CODE AND SHALL PERPETUALLY INCLUDE ANY
FUTURE EDITIONS OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FIRE CODE WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE OPTIONAL APPENDIX CHAPTERS. OPTIONAL APPENDIX
CHAPTERS SHALL NOT APPLY UNLESS SPECIFICALLY ADOPTED.
The Fridley City Council after review, examination and recommendation of staff regarding
Chapter 108 related to the adoption of the Minnesota State Fire Code hereby ordains as follows:
Section One. Amendment.
Fridley City Code Chapter 108 is hereby amended as follows:
108.01. ADOPTION OF MINNESOTA STATE FIRE CODE
Minnesota State Fire Code Adopted. The 2003 Minnesota State Fire Code, as adopted by the
Commissioner of Public Safety through the Division of the Fire Marshal, pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes 299F.011, including amendments, rules and regulations established, adopted and
published from time to time by the Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety through the Fire
Marshal Division, hereinafter referred to as MSFC, is hereby adopted by reference with the
exception of the optional appendices, unless specifically stated in this section of the City Code,
as the Fire Code for the City of Fridley. The MSFC is hereby incorporated in this section of the
City Code as if fully set out herein. The provisions of the 2003 Minnesota State Fire Code,
appendices E, F, and G thereto, the International Fire Code published by the International Code
Council, Inc. (Falls Church, Virginia 1999) and any and all amendments and changes thereto
adopted by the Minnesota Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, Fire Marshal
Division, Chapter 7510, except as modified or amended by this Article, are hereby adopted by
reference and incorporated as a part of this code.
108.02. APPLICATION, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
The application, administration and enforcement of this code shall be in accordance with the
MSFC. The code shall be enforced within the extraterritorial limits permitted by Minnesota
Statutes, 299F.011. The code enforcement agency of the City of Fridley is the City of Fridley
Fire Department.
108.14 13 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.
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108.15 FIRE CODE OPTIONAL APPENDICES.
The MSFC, established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 299F.011 allows a municipality to adopt
by reference and enforce certain optional Appendices of the most current edition of the MSFC.
The following optional appendices identified in the most current edition of the MSFC are hereby
adopted and incorporated as part of the Fire Code for the City of Fridley.
Appendix D: Fire apparatus access roads.
Appendix E: Hazard Categories.
Appendix F: Hazard Ranking. Assignment of levels of hazards to be applied to specific hazard
classes as required by NFPA 704.
Appendix H: Fires or barbecues on balconies or patios.
Appendix I: Special locking for group 1 occupancies.
Section Two. Renumbering of Remainder of Chapter 108.
The remaining provisions of
Fridley City Code Chapter 108 shall be renumbered accordingly.
Section Three. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the date
of its publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
TH
18DAY OF NOVEMBER 2013.
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Scott J. Lund, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Debra A. Skogen, City Clerk
First Reading: November 4, 2013
Second Reading: November 18, 2013
Publication: December 5, 2013