Except as provided in section 10-627, no person shall construct any building, construct an addition to any building that
increases the gross floor area of the building by more than 20 percent, change the
occupancy classification of more than 50 percent of the floor area of any building
or cause the same to be done to a building, if such building fails to support adequate
radio coverage for the Minnesota Regional Radio Communications System, including but
not limited to firefighters and police officers. For the purposes of this article,
parking garages, parking ramps, stair shafts, elevators and stairwells are included
in the definition of the term "building." For purposes of this article, adequate radio
coverage shall be an average received field strength of no less than 93 dBm, or one
percent BER, measured at 30 to 36 inches above the floor over 90 percent of the area
of each floor including the basement in the building and other critical areas determined
by the fire chief or the fire chief's designee such as fire command centers, stairwells,
elevators, high hazard areas, basements and parking garages and ramps. Without an
in-building radio system, only the received signal level standard must be achieved,
as the talk-out path is equivalent to the talk-in path in this regional radio system.
(Code 1992, § 485.01; Ord. No. 2005-15, 1-3-2006)
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