Roseville, MN Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

The city's printed completion rule is section 901.11: within five working days after the work has been completed, the person who acquired the permit must notify the designated building official that the work is done. The Minnesota State Building Code (MSBC), adopted as the city building code in section 901.01, supplies the technical requirements the inspection tests against. Section 901.02 describes the inspector's role: the designated building official receives and processes applications, inspects premises, ascertains compliance with the building code and issues permits. Section 901.03 lets code enforcement officers perform the enforcement work the building official or community development director delegates.

Money and paperwork tie into the inspection stage. Section 901.05 adds an amount equal to eight percent of the building permit fee to defray the cost of fire safety inspections, and section 901.06 adds the state surcharge on all permits for work governed by Title 9. Under section 901.09, a cash deposit required on large projects is refundable on issuance of an occupancy certificate, and it can be applied to repairs or corrections of noted deficiencies of the title or state building code if the city has to make them. Section 901.12 invalidates a permit after 180 days without a start of work and after 180 days of abandoned or suspended work.

Fire inspections run on a separate track. Section 902.04 authorizes the fire marshal, fire inspector or fire chief to enter and examine any building, structure, marine vessel, vehicle or premises in accordance with MSFC section 104.3, Right of Entry, to enforce the title. Section 902.02(e) describes fire inspectors as responsible for examining buildings to detect fire hazards, and section 902.08 lets the office of the fire chief or the fire marshals revoke a permit or approval if a state fire code violation is found upon inspection.