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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE TO MAKE LANGUAGE GENDER NEUTRAL, UPDATE BUILDING CODE REFERENCES, AND CORRECT TERMINOLOGY.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Article I, Sections 10-1 of Chapter 10 of the Duluth City Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 10-1. State building code adopted.
The city of Duluth hereby adopts the current Minnesota State Building Code, 2015 edition, including all of the amendments and rules and regulations, as adopted by State of Minnesota commissioner of labor and industry, with the exception of the optional chapters unless specifically adopted below pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Sec. 16B.59 to 16B.75 326B.101 to 326B.16, and as the same is from time to time amended, and such code is incorporated by reference into this ordinance as if fully set out herein.
(a) The following optional provisions and optional chapters of Minnesota Rules are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated as part of the building code.
(1) Appendix Chapter J (grading) of the 2012 International Building Code, Grading, International Building Code Appendix Chapter J;
(b) The application, administration and enforcement of this code shall be in accordance with Minnesota Laws, Chapter 326, and Minnesota Rules, Chapter 1300. The code enforcement agency shall be called the city of Duluth, which acts through its construction services division or its successor office within the city as designated from time to time by the city's mayor. The code shall be enforced by a Minnesota certified building official designated by the city to administer the code (Minnesota Statutes, Sec. 326B.133, subdivision 1).
Section 2. That Article I, Section 10-2 of Chapter 10 of the Duluth City Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 10-2. Building permit fee schedule.
(a) Building permit fees. Collection of fees for building permits and building inspections, as authorized in Minnesota Statutes, Sec. 16B.62 326B.121...
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