SF 3538

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/19/2024 09:47am

A bill for an act
relating to the State Building Code; authorizing expedited rulemaking to modify
the State Building Code to allow a single exit stairway to serve multifamily
residential structures under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes
2022, section 326B.106, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.106, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 18. new text end

new text begin Minimum number of exit stairways. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules
modifying the State Building Code to allow a single exit stairway to serve nontransient
multifamily residential structures that have an occupiable floor or roof not more than 75
feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.
new text end

new text begin (b) The rule modifications must:
new text end

new text begin (1) specify that the first floor of such buildings may be used for a purpose other than
residential as long as that use is classified by the State Building Code as a nonhazardous
occupancy and is served by entrances that are separate from those serving the residential
floors;
new text end

new text begin (2) meet or exceed the model international fire code; and
new text end

new text begin (3) require that the fire department primarily responsible for responding to the structure
meets or exceeds the NFPA 1710, Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire
Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the
Public by Career Fire Departments.
new text end

new text begin In addition, in conducting rulemaking under this subdivision, the commissioner must consider
and incorporate building code safety measures consistent with the Seattle Fire Code.
new text end

new text begin (c) These modifications must be made by July 1, 2026.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end