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Telephone 473-7357 �age 25 }�'�'�� ; � . �_ , CITY of OROl`TO - � ' `` � Yost Uffice Box 66•Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323•Municipa] Offices _c; , • , � On the North Shore of Lake Minnetonka • - • • . October 24 , 1979 Mr. Peter Erickson Office of Hearing Examiners Room 300 1745 University Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104 Re: State Building Code Amendment Hearings Held October 9 & 10 , 1979 Dear Mr. Erickson: As Building Official for the City of Orono, I wish to express my personal and professional opinions, and the official position of the City, regarding the proposed amendments to the State Building Code. The City and I have no objection to, and recommend approval of Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII , and VIII as proposed by the State Building Code Division, with the modifications suggested by the North Star Chapter of the International Conference of Building Officials. ' • The City and I withhold judgment on Section IX as proposed by parties other than the Building Code Division, but we generally concur with the recommendations of the Division and the North Star Chapter on these items. The City and I wish to be on record as concurring with the position of the North Star Chapter regarding the proposed amendments in Section III, Accessibility and Usability of Buildings by Physically Handicapped Persons. These amendments should be withheld for further study or, if adopted, should be further changed or clarified in many, many instances. We heartily concur that buildings must be accessible and usable by all persons, and that special considerations need be given to persons afflicted with physical handicaps . We take exception to the mranner and detail to which this concept is being subverted.