Minnesota Administrative Rules

1323.0646 SECTION 6.4.6, PROHIBITION OF HEATED COMMERCIAL PARKING FACILITIES.

ASHRAE Standard 90.1, Section 6.4, is amended by adding a section to read:

6.4.6 Prohibition of heated commercial parking facilities. An enclosed structure or portion of an enclosed structure used primarily as a parking garage or ramp for three or more motor vehicles shall not be heated.

Exceptions:

(a) Parking facilities where a majority of parking spaces are within the same building structure as dwelling unit occupancies.

(b) Parking facilities used exclusively to house vehicles for public emergency, ambulance, or public utility emergency response.

(c) Parking facilities that are incidentally heated by building relief or environmental exhaust air, provided that it does not create a safety hazard.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 326B.02; 326B.101; 326B.106; 326B.13

History:

33 SR 1473

Published Electronically:

June 17, 2009