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ORDINANCE #04-XX <br /> <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />AN AMENDMI~;NT TO CHAPI'ER 8 WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE BUILDING AND <br />ltOUSING CI~IAPTER OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA. <br /> <br />AN ORi)INAN( 'I,'. AMENDING CilAPTER 8 BY ADDING CHAPTER 1306, SUBPART <br />3, NEW IIIIII,I)IN(;S WI'['It ITli;5'l E, OPTION 1, IN THE MINNESOTA BUILDING <br />C()I)IC. <br /> <br />Thc Cily of l,~;~ms~',y orttai~as: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. AMENDMENT <br /> <br />Cla;q3tcv 1306, <br />letter "c" .ql~all <br /> <br />linc Ramscy (;ity C..)dc is hereby amended with Ordinance #04-XX by adding <br />Sttl--,p;trt 3, as letter' e". (The cttrrent letter "c" becomes "d" and so on.) The new <br />~'c~l as follows: <br /> <br />Ch;q3tcr 1306 Fire S~q~prcssion Systems (Subpart 3, New Buildings with Item E, <br />Oplio~ 1 ) <br /> <br />SECTION 2. PURPOSE <br /> <br />q'hc ptH-posc of li~is amendment i:; t(~ provide long term public safety for the future of our <br />commtmity, thc sai'cty of ottr firefiEl]lei's, and the economic stability of the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />SE(?TION3. SI!MMARY <br /> <br />Thc /k)llowi~, oCli~:iul sttnn~l:lt'y of :)rdit~mqce #04-XX has been approved by the City Council of <br />thc ¢,ity ()1' I~,amlscy ~s clearly iH f'orl~i~/!,, the public of the intent and effect of the Ordinance. <br /> <br />It is thc i~tc~t ;t~(I clq'cct of ()rdina~ce :¢04-XX to add reference to Chapter 1306 to Chapter 8 of <br />thc (iity (;ode, dc:',tli~g with speci:,l fire protection systems. This chapter allows the City to <br />require lire spt'i~kl;~'rs in homes acc~,)rdmg to what code they are built to, Commercial structures <br />would have a lowcr threshold the'; x~ould be held to (in many cases to 2,000 square feet). <br />Residential (rclk:rc~cc to Optio~ 1) New Construction Only - Option 1 requires sprinklers in all <br />rcsidemial occttl)atqcies that arc gr¢;tter than 8,500 square feet. (This 8,500 square feet is the <br />gt-oss ~trca oC thc r(:sidcnce i~acludiCq 5 all floors, basements, and garages.) Tltis wottld not affect <br />t~tt~tttttched o~e ~ttt~_l two fitt~ily ho~t:ex t,~less they a~'e over' 8,500 square feet. <br /> <br />SECq'ION 4. IClri,'ICCTIVIC DATtl <br /> <br />The c ff/'cctivc {1 ate <.'. l' this orcli i'~a~lc:e ;s ti-, irty (30) days after its passage and publication, s~,;bj ect to <br />City Charter Sectioi~ 5.07. <br /> <br /> <br />