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255150 o�sm.i�co c�a cae� � ��.�� O DINANCE 255150 - h/�'�� COUNCIL FILE NO ' tor o � PRESENTED BY Vic J. Te ORDINANCE NO � ��g� An ord,inance amend.ing Chapter 18 of the Legislative Code of the City of Saint Paul pertaining to Building Code, Plumbing and. Gas Piping. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 5AINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN: Section 1 That Sections 18. 04 through 18. 14 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code pertaining to Building Code - Plumbing be hereby repealed. in their entirety and the following adopted. in lieu and in place thereof: 18. 04 - General Regulations The Minnesota Plumbing Cod,e of Minimum Standards and Requirements including Appendices «, B and E as ad,opted. by the Minnesota State Board of Health, June , 1969 is he reby ad.opted by reference as the Plumbing Code of the City of Saint Paul. Any further reference to the Minnesota Plumbing Code in this cod,e shall mean the Minnesota Plumbing Code, 1969 ed,ition. Three copies of the Minnesota Plumbing Code, 1969 edition, shall be marked. as official copies and kept on file in the office of the City Clerk for use and, examination by the public. 18. 05 - Water 5upply and Distribution Chapter MHD 130 - "Water Supply and Distribution" of the Minnesota Plumbing Code sha11 not be made a part of this Chapter. � 18. 06 - Subs oil Drains Permission to connect a subsoi.l drain to a sanitary or combined sewer system must be obtained. from the Department of Public Works. 18. 07 - Separation of Storm Drainage from 5anitary Sewerage A. In all buildings and premises, except one and two family dwellings hereafter erected, the storm water drainage from such buildi.ng or premises shall be run in an entirely separate system of piping from the sanitary sewerage and shall be carried. in the buildi.ng storm drain and. the building storm sewer to the public storm sewer in the street, alley, easement or thoroughfare where a public storm sewer exists or shall be run out separately to the property line and there combined. with the building sanitary sewer where a combined sewer only exists in the street, alley, easement or thoroughfare, when approved by the Bureau of Public Buildings and the Department of Public Works. This connection will not be allowed for one and two family dwellings. The invert of the building storm sewer shall not be deeper than five (5) feet at the property line. (c ont. on p. 2) Yeas Councilmen Nays Passed by the Counci� Butler Carlson Tn Favor Levine • Meredith Sprafka Againat Tedesco Mr. President (McCartq) �4pproved• Attest: � City Clerk yor �� Form a�proved Corpor�,tion Counsel By � Orlsinal'to Cit�C1eek - " ORDINANCE � ` 25515U . COUNCIL FILE NO. PRESENTED BY ORDINANCE NO. � �� Page 2. B. When a public storm s ewer shall hereafter become acces sible in the street, alley, easement or thoroughfare abutting a building or premises, except one and two family d.wellings, the storm and clear water d.rainage system from such building or premises shall be connected to the public storm sewer within one year after notification from the Bureau of Public Build.ings that such public storm sewer is accessible. The d.ate that a newly installed. public storrn sewer becomes accessible shall be determined by the Department of Public Works. C. All buildings and premises except one and. two family dwellings which were constructed prior to the effective date of this ord.inance where public storm s ewer is accessible or shall become acces sible hereafter shal l , when notified by the Bureau of Public Buildings, make such revisions to their drainage systems as are required. to provide complete separation of the storm drainage system from the sanitary sewerage system within one year after such notification and. connect the building storm sewer to the public storm sewer in the street, alley, easement or thoroughfare abutting such building or premises. Section 2 That 5ections 18. 15 through 18. 18 be renumbered so as to follow consecutively the above revisions to the said Chapter 18 of the Legislative Code. Section 3 This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its passage, approval and publication. • AUG 18 19�1 Yeas Councilmen Nays Paased by the Council But� tc'-• ,� Tn Favor Levine �- C� � A gainat Sprafka � 11r�1� A �vlr. ' e Preside - � Ci Clerk a �� Forrn approved Corpor�tion Counse PUBLISHI:D �U6 a 1 '�� ae1.a Ps�t�e ��,�i � ' ORDINAIITCE � � COUNCIL HI.E NO WtESENT� BY_Y3�Q�. .. �de�co ORDINANCE NO._�� A� ordiasnce s�acirnding Chaptor �8 of t� I.�Sisls�i� Code ^ ot th� Cit� af Ssiat Panl p�rtsiai�s� to �nildiag Co��, PlmmtiisL aad G�s Pip3n�. 'T�iE COUNCIL OF THE CIT7 �F SAI�TT PAtTL �O� O�I)AIIrT: S�atio�n 1 Tl�at 3eetirnu 1�.04 throngh !8. 2� ot th� Ss�t Pa� L�`i�lati�n Cod� pertai�iaa to B�aildia� C�de - Pt�nbiag. �e h�►r�b� se�ssl�i ia tb�ri,� �stiretp a�d I' the fdlawi� udopttd ia lis� sad is pla+c� th�reof: 1�.04 - Ges�sal �e�tls�ious Th� lrtiaoa�sots Plvmb3s� Code of lrtiaia�►�►8tsnasris aad Ssq�r�au� � iaclsdi�j Ap�aaic�r t, B asd � ss adopt�ri b� t� b[isa�aots Stst� Boari ai g�slth. � Jmt�. 1469 is �r�bT adopt�d b� rat�r�aae �s tiw Plmnbias Coels of�� Cit� ot � Saiat Psvl. A� farthsr r�fer�sce to the 3tias�s�s P'tambia� Cede i�a� thi�s eo� s�sll + m�as the Ir[i�tnesota Plm�bf�� Cod�, 19�! �itio�n. 3'I�s� copi� �f tie� Mim��sota i P'te�bi�g Code, 196A tditio�, �bsl1 be sasrlu�d v �ei�l av�piu aud k�ept on fil� � in the offiee oi the CilT Cl�rk f�r ms+� iad esa�isati� b� th� �blia. � � 1$.05 • 11Is#es Supg1T ssd Di�tribatioa� ' ; ChapEes l�D 130 - �'il�st�r Sstppl� aad I#atribatias" oi th� l�ti�ntaots ' , P�maabiag Coi� s�a1i �ot be maa� s psrt ol=his Gbap�+er. � ; 18.06 .� S�oil Drain� ' Permissioa to connaet a subaoil �rai� to s sanitsrt os eo�uM� srnr � s�sta�� must b� obtai��d trom th� Degartnaeot o� Prblie lrorks. ,' � 2S.OT - Siparatia� aE Storm Draiaa�e Erom 8s�itasT 3�sssa� , A. 3e sll bsiliis�s and premisa. euept oa� asd hro #amily d�lliags her�sftar �rset.�d„ the stor�r► wat�r dssiaa�� from s�h b�fld3� or �reanis�a shatl ��\; be raa ia sz s�tir�ly s�psrate s�slem o[ p�p� from th� •a'itas7 s�wrtss�� asd slrsll be cssried ia t�s lrailding •torm drsia asd tlu� bvildiej sto�n s�wrrs tc th� pdbtie storai sewer ia the strset. st1e7. �as��t or t�orosi6lssa wh�s� s p�ie storm , � anvss e�dsts � sball bf ros o� separst�l� to tbs P�tol�rty li�e s�d lh�sa aa�bia�d ; w#tb t�s baildisQ aa�a'ttar� sswes wh�r� s c�b�s►d s�°wrr vd� �adsts �t�re stu�at. . al�,h. eas�at a: �hos►oaghta:e. w�h�a ap�sc�v�d bT the naer�a� oi P�lia B�t�in�� a�d t]�s D��artm�nt of Fsb�a Rorlu. TLia co��►eatia►:will aot b� sIIo�w+�a toz o�+t a�d � �� dwa�ss. 1'� izi�rt of tb+e bai�dia; �toraa s�s �u�i �t bit ; ds�r tba� H�e (5j fi�t st !�►e Pro�zt� li�• ' Yeas Councilxnen Nays Paseed by the Cowncil tee�t. �s �.Z) � Butler Carleon Tn Favor Levine �� ' ; �@T�t��l d�ina�: sp� �� Mr. Fr�ident c�cCarty) Approvea: Attest• � • Cit�y Clerk ��ayor ' �� arn a�j�rq�ed Cor�or�ion Counsel B, � , ; � . ; �, �b�.a rd.ae ' = " ORDIN �iNCE �5�5fl� �� PRESHVTf� BY ORDINANCE NO I��g�� Psge 2. B. �iThe� s public storm s��wer shall hsreafter beeome uces�ible in the street, alley, easoment or Ehoronghfsre sbuttin� s buildiag or preaiiaes. ezc��t one sad twu fsmilp dwelliags, the �tor� snd clesr water dra3asge s�stem froan such bnilding or premis�s shsll be coanectod to th� pnblie atorna se��er witbia one y�sr after notificatioa from the Bnrea�n of Pnblic Buildiaga thst snch pablic atorm se�ver ia sccessible. The dste that a aewly inatsllod p�blic atorm sewer becomes s�cassible shsll be determiaed by the Depsrta�nt of Pnblic Worlu, C. All bnildiaga and preatises a�ccept one snd t�►o faaaily dw�lling� ; which were constructed prior to the effective date of this ordiasz►ce where pnblic stosm a�wer is sccess�ible or sha,l� beeome �cceasible herea�fter sha�l , when notified by the Bus�su of Public BnildinQs, mske sv�ch re�►isians to their drs�iasge s�stems as are r�q�red to provid� c�aplete separsHoa of the stflrna drsiasge ' s�stem from the ssnitsry sewersge spsteas w�thin oae �esr ait�r s�uch aotification ' sad eonnect the bn4ldiag storm sewtr to the petblic stor� •��rer in t�e street, s11eT, ea'sement or thoroughfsre abuttiag setch, building or pre�aiaes, i Section � � � , i That Sectioae 1$. 15 throngh 18. 18 be reavanber�d so ss to follow i consecntively the sbcnre revisiona to the ssid Chspter 18 of the Legislatire Code. . Sectibn 3 ; This ordina8ce shaU tske effect snd be in force thirty (30) dsy� from aud sfter its psasage, spprovul aad p�blicstion. , � ! AUG 18197a Yeas Councilmen Nays Pagsed by the Coun�;l . Batler . ��' Favor Levine �' ,c�.� _Ags9net Sprafka � AUG 19 19�1 Mr V'ice President Meredith A�� Atteat: ' ; � City Clerk �yor i �� , ' Form approved Cor�c�r�lt�on Counael By _ _ i � � � � �SI � 2nd � Laid over to 3rd and app�_Adopted �� Yeas Nays Yeas Nays Butler Butler Carison 6er{sorr � t-`-�-- Levine Levine e`� Meredith �5��0 �vFere�k— Sprafka Sprafka Tedesco Tedesco Mr. President McCarly �Ir. Yice Presi�ent f�!�red;th t � • �.—�^.�. l'i-IOMh� J. STEARN5 A:�., c: � �„ ' 2�+�_c�� / �f lL ARTKUR M. PJELSOfJ ��--�- \�� PAUL F. MC G!OSV.EY. !h'. � �� ' �. ��. ; � �� fi. SCGTT D:'�V{ES ,��\ � f�lES2I?f�_ N. FiFGN1F.F2 W- �–'-��,'�� DAM1IEL L. PICKER , � .� �---�-- JOHN C. MG LAt1GHLIM1! '�/i..6.� \.�.b N�f. 31.��r�� L.�� ROOERT C. NOE:N`� GtFiVM1E.YH l. f17'ZPAYe 7CF: A. KE17H IiRN7�=�. FirS', i:S5is.2i:t ROCGB'R \V. M:'l[.-.F. A.SiStdtl:: J�HbA1E J. SEGAL LEGAL DEPARi h4ENT TERF2Y F. SULLIV.4N Speciat Assistznt Invesiiyator 316 Gi4y Hall, St. Paui, ARinnesafa 55102 c+an�ie� A. KLAS July 26� 1971 J Ccrpora�ion Counsel Cor�mi�sioner Victor. Tedesco Depa�tn��ent of Parks and Re�reation and Fubi.ic Buil.din�s Cit�� f Saint Pau�� Bui�.ci�_ng Re : i�I'rnnesoi�a- S�ate Plumbing Code . �. Dea-r_ Commission.ex 'Tedesco: Or�� Ju ly 14, 19 a_t, Glarren Spdnnaus, Attorney General of_ the State of Minnesota, i.ss�ed an opinion that t��.e City of_ Saint i uu1 �Za.y r�ot by ordinance r_equir� p7_u.mbing ma�erial si�anda-r..ds which are in confl-ict ;�a�_tr or not in ��os�ible contormity to th.osc, si�andards prF�scr_�becl i��. tt;� :�2i.rinesota State Plurnbing Code. (The TTi7�.n�sota SL-ate Plumuin; �o�e vaas �uopted �n Jur.�e of '969 . ) Tl�a.e iiiiznesota Stal:e Flumbing Code is curr�ntly i_n effect and ��esent?y �o��rns p1uz:�bing installations witl�in the C�_t:y of Saix:i� Pc-�u.l.. T:xe Si�a�te Plumb�ng Gode in Regulation MI�D 12i. pro��ic!:es th.at the admilliatra- ti�.Te authority av�r tlie S�ate Plu.tnbing Code shal.:� be th� i�iixin1so�� State Board of Hea.lth uritil such ti�ne as �. m�a.Zli�i�al suUdivisi.un sha?1 ado�t � p�tunbi7�� code by orda_nance. :Ci: is ou-r suggesticz�. t:hat tn.e Gity Council adop�. the M1T1Tlt'SOe c'1. S�.ate I'l.ur�il-�ing Codc by refer.�ncc, and we wish to �a.11 to yaur. aLten�.i.c�:n the provis�_or� �n �h� State PZumbing Gode Regul�tion Ml:i.1� 122(i) which. p��- m�ts th� appointmcr.t of an Advisorg Board Lo stuciy and r.i�.ke ?�ecatnmE��zd- at:ions �oncerr.�zzg the uses of n�t�: fixtt.ires 5 appurtenaric�s; rn��;ter:ia�_s axid m��thods . The t�t�torney General° s opinion dces no� ��t�,z or �ffect i�Ize Ca_t:y` s pUwe?" to rc,gulate pltzmbing permits, boxl�s p aPpro�ral of rlans and �_n- speci=.ions �f pl-��i�;r.g so lorg as such x.egulations do rioL- confli.ct� �ai�l�� the plza.mbir.g st�.nclarcls on the same �ub�e.ct as a.d�pt�d b,� the ��.ate Boarci of Health. L;i�:clo��ci f_-o.r yaur i.nfoY��i��tian is a copy o.f th� J-u.:i_yr 1.4 o�;i.nian o� the AttorTte�r C��'.e:?°2.1. Very- t.ruJ_y �Tours s d � ° � �°� .�,f�-� ' '`4 ��,4° �y�,�*�. � 1 �.� i K�1�I��,�M,H J. F�.T%I'��Ti:_i�K F�'i_x��,L as::istan} KJ�':c�r CorP:;:.a.i.ion Ccurisc�i. cc:�oanrt Ames, Gi�y A�°c3�ii_teci: ��T, l.r� �i<so:�� c.�=�L a C1_ty E.rc�h�t�c�t, ?�s,:;.�jox ��nd ��etY��f��-s c�� iri� C�,�y Cc>u��::�i_i . .��.s,-; . � p7'F. � . g K a,�e�,�A . • � '��/.� ��_1� � E C � -�.�=...--�-, f � v E � ''�" ��° JUL 1 �1971 �'NFSu STRTE UF MINNESOTA CORPORATION COUN��„ OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ST. PAUL 55101 WARREN SPANNAUS ATTORNEY GENERAL • . � July 14, 1971 Daniel A. Klas Corporation Counsel City of Saint Paul . 316 City Hall Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 Dear Mr. Klas: In your letter to this office requesting an opinion, y�u present the following FACTS Pursuant to the Minnesota State Plumbing Code (M�-ID 121) adopted by the Minnesota State Board of Health in June 1969, the Saint Paul City Council is considering the adoption of that code for the city. Under MHD 121, the administrative authority to administer the code passes from the Minnesota State Board of Health to the governing body of a municipality when the state code is adopted by that municipality. � The State Plumbing Code permits the use of plastic pipe for drainage waste and vents and for water service connections. Water service connections have been sub- ject to freezing. Plastic materials would prevent the continued use of the present method applied to thaw these connections; namely, an electrical circuit. Due to these considerations, the Saint Paul City Council intends to delete those provisions from the State Code which allow the use of plastic pipe in the above instances. Based upon the above facts, you ask these «.;;� :;� Daniel A. Klas 2 July 14, 1971 QUESTIONS 1. May the City of Saint Paul by ordinance require plumbing material standards which differ from those prescribed in the State Plumbing Code adopted by the State Board of Health pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 326. 37? 2. May the City of Saint Paul, in adopting the Minnesota State Plumbing Code by Ordinance, prohibit the use of plastic pipe� OPIN�ON Based upon the applicable Minnesota Statutes and fundamental principles of law which govern the relationship between municipal ordinances and state laws, we believe that a city may not, by ordinance, require plumbing material standards which are in conflict with or not in positive conformity to those prescribed in the State Plumbing Code, adopted by the State Board of Health. .Minn. Stat. §326.37 (1969) , which authorizes the State Board of Health to set standards for plumbing materials, provides in relevant part: "PLUMBERS: SUPERVISION BY STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. The state board of health may, by regulation, pre- scribe minimum standards which shall be uniform, and which standards shall thereafter be effective for all new plumbing installations, including additions, extension, alterations, and replace- ments connected with any water or sewage disposal system owned or operated by or for .a.ny municipality, institu�ion, factory, office building, hotel, apart- ment building, or any other place of business Daniel A. Klas 3 July 14, 1971 regardless of location or the population of the city, village, or town in which located. Such regulations, upon approval of the attorney general and their legal publication, shall have the force of law, and the violation of any part thereof shall constitute a misdemeanor. " Minn. Stat. §326. 38 (1969) defines the limits of each muni- cipality` s right to set plumbing standards: . "LOCAL REGULATIONS. Any city or village havi.ng a system of waterworks or sewerage, or any town in which reside over 5,000 people exclusive of any villages located therein, may, by ordinance, adopt local regulations providing for plumbing permits, }�onds, approval of plans, and inspections of plumbing, which regulations are not in confli.ct with the plumbing standards on the same subject pre- scribed by the state board of health.. . . . " Where a general law establishes minimum uniform standards of state-wide application, a municipal ordinance must yield to the general law or adopt a posture of positive conformity therewith. If a municipality' s ordinance is in conflict with the law of the state on�the same subject matter, the ordinance is void. 6 McQuillin Municipal Corporations §21. 32. That principle was invoked }�y the Minnesota Supreme Court in Power v. Nordstrom, 150 Minn. 228, 232, 184 NW 967 (1921) : "It is elementary that an ordinance must not be repugnant to, but in harmony with, the laws enacted by the legislature for the government . of the state. It cannot authorize what a statute forbids or forbid what a statute ex- pressly�permit s, but it may supplement a statute or cover an authorized field of local legislation unoccupied by general legislation. " . , . . , ' .__---� ' ' Daniel A. Klas 4 July 14, 1971 See also Manqold Midwest Co. v. Village of Richfield, 274 Minn. 347, 143 NW 2d 813 (1966) . We believe that the clear int�t of the legislature in enacting the above quoted sections was to prohibit muni- cipalities from adopting plumbing materials standards which differ from those prescribed in the State Plumbing Code adopted by the State Board of Health. The board was given the authority to prescribe standards, by regulation, "which shall be uniform, . . . which . . . shall . . . be effective for all new plumbing installations, including additions, extensions, alterations, and replacements . . . regardless of location or the population of the city, village, or town . . . (and which) shall have the force of law. " (Emphasis added. ) That language evidences a legislative intent that the Board of Health was to establish uniform minimum materials standards throughout the State. Section 326.38 makes even clearer the legislative intent that municipalities were to have no power to prescribe plumbing materials standards. Their authority is limited solely to "regulations providing for plumbing permits, bonds, approval of plans, and inspections of plumbing . . ." Even those regu- lations are not to be "in conflict with the plumbing standards on the same subject .prescribed by the State Board of Health. " . . . Daniel A. Klas 5 July 14, 1971 This result is not altered by the fact that a muni- cipal corporation is operating under a home-rule charter. The Minnesota Constitution, Article XT, Section 3, provides that home-rule charters must be in "accordance with this constitu- tion and the laws. " Thus, even a home-rule city may not legally enact an ordinance which conflicts with or which is repugnant to the state statutes.� See Young v. Mall Investment Co. , et al. , 172 Minn. 428, 215 NW� 840 (1927) . Your second question must also be answered in the negative. The foregoing discussion requires the conclusion that the City of Saint Paul, in adopting the State Plumbing Code by ordinance, may not prohibit the use of plastic pipe. Very truly yours, WARREN SPANNAUS Attorney General �� ' GEORGE RE I� Chief- eputy Attor y General �� / ,�G CC'«C;��-,�� `/� ~�, C--� RICHARD WEXLER Special Assistant Attorney General WS/GR/WR/lj