HF 3575

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/24/2016 02:24pm

A bill for an act
relating to energy conservation; providing an exception to heating restrictions
in commercial parking facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section
216C.20, subdivision 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 216C.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Parking ramp.

No enclosed structure or portion of an enclosed structure
constructed after January 1, 1978, and used primarily as a commercial parking facility for
three or more motor vehicles shall be heated. Incidental heating resulting from building
exhaust air passing through a parking facility shall not be prohibited, provided that
substantially all useful heat has previously been removed from the air. new text begin This subdivision
does not prohibit a publicly owned parking facility from being heated if the public parking
is integrated within a facility that has both public and private uses.
new text end