Minnesota Administrative Rules

1311.0301 SECTION 301, DEFINITIONS.

Subpart 1.

Section 301, amending definitions.

GREB Section 301 is amended by modifying definitions as follows:

A.

The definition of "ALTER OR ALTERATION" is replaced with the following:

ALTERATION. Any construction or renovation to an existing structure other than repair or addition.

B.

The definition of "BUILDING OFFICIAL" is amended to read as follows:

BUILDING OFFICIAL. The municipal building code administrative authority certified under Minnesota Statutes, section 326B.133, subdivisions 2 and 3.

C.

The definition of "HISTORIC BUILDING" is replaced with the following:

CERTIFIED HISTORIC STRUCTURE. A building and its structural components that:

(1) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places by the State Historic Preservation Officer, or designated by a certified local government; or

(2) is located in a registered historic district and determined to be a contributing building as defined by the State Historic Preservation Officer or the certified local government.

As used in this definition: "Registered historic district" means a district listed on the National Register of Historic Places, or determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places by the State Historic Preservation Officer or designated by a certified local government; and

"Certified local government" means an agency of government meeting the standards administered by the United States Secretary of the Interior through the State of Minnesota Historic Preservation Officer.

D.

In the definition of "WORK AREA," the term "reconstruction" in the last sentence of the definition is replaced with the term "rehabilitation."

Subp. 2.

Section 301, adding definitions.

GREB Section 301 is amended by adding the following definitions:

ACCESSIBILITY CODE means Minnesota Rules, chapter 1341, Minnesota Accessibility Code.

BUILDING CODE means Minnesota Rules, chapter 1305, Minnesota Building Code.

CHANGE IN USE or CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY means a change in the character or use of an existing building or portion of a building that would place it in a different division of the same group of occupancy or in a different group of occupancies.

ELECTRICAL CODE means Minnesota Rules, chapter 1315, Minnesota Electrical Code.

ELEVATOR CODE means Minnesota Rules, chapter 1307, Minnesota Elevator Code.

ENERGY CODE means Minnesota Statutes, section 326B.115, Minnesota Energy Code.

FIRE CODE means the Minnesota State Fire Code adopted pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7511, and Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299F.

MECHANICAL CODE means Minnesota Rules, chapter 1346, Minnesota Mechanical Code.

PLUMBING CODE means Minnesota Rules, chapter 4715, of the Minnesota State Building Code.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 16B.59; 16B.61; 16B.64; 326B.101; 326B.106; 326B.13

History:

27 SR 1479; L 2007 c 140 art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4

Published Electronically:

February 23, 2009