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State Building Code <br />For more information <br />on the State Building <br />Code see Handbook, <br />Chapter 13 <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />326B.121. <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />326B.121 <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />326B.121 <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />326B.121. <br />Minn. Stat. § 326B.16 <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />326B.112 <br />Minn. Stat. § <br />326B.175 <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.221, <br />subd. 23. <br />Minn. Stat. § 561.01. <br />See LMC information <br />memo, Public <br />Nuisance <br />1. The State Building Code <br />The State Building Code is a series of standards and specifications related to <br />the type of building materials, spacing and other dimensions of building <br />materials and structures designed to establish minimum safeguards in the <br />construction of buildings, to protect the general public and people who live <br />and work in them from fire and other hazards. <br />The State Building Code is the standard that applies statewide for the <br />construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other <br />structures of the type governed by the code. The State Building Code <br />supersedes the building code of any municipality. <br />If, as of Jan. 1, 2008, a municipality has in effect an ordinance adopting the <br />State Building Code, the municipality must continue to administer and <br />enforce the State Building Code within its jurisdiction. The municipality is <br />prohibited by state statute from repealing its ordinance adopting the State <br />Building Code. However, this provision does not apply to cities that have a <br />population of less than 2,500, according to the last federal census, and that <br />are located outside of a metropolitan county. These cities may repeal an <br />ordinance adopting the State Building Code and they are not required to <br />administer and enforce the code (although the State Building Code will <br />remain in effect). These cities may, however, opt to enforce and administer <br />the State Building Code by adopting a local ordinance. <br />A city must not, by ordinance or through a development agreement, require <br />building code provisions regulating components or systems of any structure <br />that are different from any provision of the State Building Code. However, a <br />city may, with the approval of the state building official, adopt an ordinance <br />that is more restrictive than the State Building Code where geological <br />conditions warrant a more restrictive ordinance. <br />Requirements regarding accessibility, elevator safety, and bleacher safety <br />apply statewide, with no exception. <br />2. Nuisance ordinances <br />With or without zoning, cities may prevent and abate nuisances through the <br />passage of a local ordinance that defines nuisances and provides for their <br />regulation, prevention and/or abatement. Generally a "nuisance" is anything <br />that is injurious to health, indecent or offensive to the senses, or an <br />obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with a comfortable <br />enjoyment of life or property. <br />54 LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES <br />