2007 Minnesota Statutes

299G.13 SAFETY GLAZING; DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 299G.13 to 299G.18, the following words and
phrases have the meaning here given them.
    Subd. 2.[Renumbered subd 25]
    Subd. 3.[Renumbered subd 18]
    Subd. 4.[Renumbered subd 24]
    Subd. 5.[Renumbered subd 21]
    Subd. 6. Commercial buildings. "Commercial buildings" means buildings such as wholesale
and retail stores and storerooms, and office buildings.
    Subd. 7.[Renumbered subd 19]
    Subd. 8.[Renumbered subd 23]
    Subd. 9. Commercial entrance and exit door. "Commercial entrance and exit door" means
a hinged, pivoting, revolving, or sliding door which is glazed or to be glazed and used alone or in
combination with doors, other than those described in subdivision 27, on interior or exterior walls
of a commercial, public, or industrial building as a means of passage, ingress, or egress.
    Subd. 10.[Renumbered subd 20]
    Subd. 11.[Renumbered subd 27]
    Subd. 12.[Renumbered subd 28]
    Subd. 13.[Renumbered subd 26]
    Subd. 14.[Renumbered subd 22]
    Subd. 15.[Renumbered subd 17]
    Subd. 16. Glazed. "Glazed" means the accomplished act of glazing.
    Subd. 17. Glazing. "Glazing" means the act of installing and securing glass or other glazing
material into prepared openings in structural elements such as doors, enclosures, and panels.
    Subd. 18. Hazardous locations. "Hazardous locations" means those structural elements,
glazed or to be glazed, in residential buildings and other structures used as dwellings, commercial
buildings, industrial buildings, and public buildings, known as interior and exterior commercial
entrance and exit doors, and the immediately adjacent operable and inoperable glazed panels,
sliding glass door units including the fixed glazed panels which are part of such units, storm or
combination doors, shower and bathtub enclosures, primary residential entrance and exit doors
and the operable and inoperable adjacent sidelights, whether or not the glazing in such doors,
panels, and enclosures is transparent.
    Subd. 19. Industrial buildings. "Industrial buildings" means buildings such as factories.
    Subd. 20. Operable and inoperable glazed panels immediately adjacent to entrance or
exit doors. "Operable and inoperable glazed panels immediately adjacent to entrance or exit
doors" means the flat glazed panels on either or both sides of interior or exterior doors, and within
the same wallplane as the door, whose nearest vertical edge is within 12 inches of the door in a
closed position and whose bottom edge is less than 60 inches above the floor or walking surface.
    Subd. 21. Other structures used as dwellings. "Other structures used as dwellings" means
buildings such as manufactured homes, manufactured or industrialized housing, and lodging
homes.
    Subd. 22. Primary residential entrance and exit door. "Primary residential entrance and
exit door" means a door, other than that described in subdivision 27, which is glazed or to
be glazed and used in an exterior wall of a residential building and other structures used as
dwellings, as a means of ingress or egress.
    Subd. 23. Public buildings. "Public buildings" means buildings such as hotels, hospitals,
motels, dormitories, sanitariums, nursing homes, theaters, stadiums, gymnasiums, amusement
park buildings, schools and other buildings used for educational purposes, museums, restaurants,
bars, correctional institutions, places of worship, and other buildings of public assembly.
    Subd. 24. Residential buildings. "Residential buildings" means buildings such as homes
and apartments used as dwellings for one or more families or persons.
    Subd. 25. Safety glazing material. "Safety glazing material" means any glazing material,
such as tempered glass, laminated glass, wire glass, or rigid plastic, which meets the test
requirements of the American National Standards Institute Standard Z-97.1-1972, and which is so
constructed, treated, or combined with other materials as to minimize the likelihood of cutting and
piercing injuries resulting from human contact with the glazing material.
    Subd. 26. Shower or bathtub enclosure. "Shower enclosure" or "bathtub enclosure" means
a hinged, pivoting, or sliding door and fixed panels which are glazed or to be glazed and used to
form a barrier between the shower stall or bathtub and the rest of the room area.
    Subd. 27. Sliding glass door units. "Sliding glass door units" means an assembly of glazed
or to be glazed panels contained in an overall frame, installed in residential buildings and other
structures used as dwellings, commercial, industrial, or public buildings, and so designed that one
or more of the panels is movable in a horizontal direction to produce or close off an opening for
use as a means of passage, ingress, or egress.
    Subd. 28. Storm or combination door. "Storm or combination door" means a door which is
glazed or to be glazed, and used in tandem with a primary residential or commercial entrance and
exit door to protect the primary residential or commercial entrance or exit door against weather
elements and to improve indoor climate control.
History: 1974 c 53 s 1; 1981 c 365 s 9; 1983 c 228 s 2,3