Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 151 - Labor and Industry Department
Chapter 1346 - MINNESOTA MECHANICAL AND FUEL GAS CODES
MINNESOTA MECHANICAL CODE
Part 1346.0202 - SECTION 202 GENERAL DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
IMC Section 202 is amended by adding or amending the following definitions:
CLOSED COMBUSTION SOLID FUEL BURNING APPLIANCE. A heat producing appliance that employs a combustion chamber having no openings other than the flue collar, fuel charging door, and adjustable openings provided to control the amount of combustion air that enters the combustion chamber and includes doors with gaskets or flanges that permit tight closure and glass or ceramic panels which must be tightly sealed or gasketed at their frames.
DECORATIVE SOLID FUEL BURNING APPLIANCE. A natural draft appliance, usually a fireplace, intended primarily for viewing of the fire and which may or may not incorporate doors that substantially close off the firebox opening when the appliance is in operation.
EXHAUST SYSTEM. An assembly of connected ducts, plenums, fittings, registers, grilles and hoods, including domestic kitchen exhaust hoods, domestic kitchen and bathroom exhaust fans, clothes dryers, central vacuums, and radon exhaust systems through which air is conducted from the space or spaces and exhausted to the outside atmosphere or an attached residential garage.
FAN-ASSISTED APPLIANCE. An appliance equipped with an integral mechanical means to either draw or force products of combustion through the combustion chamber or heat exchanger.
POWER VENT APPLIANCE. An appliance with a venting system which uses a fan or other mechanical means to cause the removal of flue or vent gases under positive static vent pressure.
POWERED MAKEUP AIR. Air which must be brought in from the outdoors by means of a fan to replenish the air expelled by a mechanical exhausting device.
READY ACCESS (TO). That which enables a device, appliance or equipment to be directly reached, without requiring the removal or movement of any panel, door or similar obstruction, and without requiring the use of portable access equipment (see "Access").
SEALED. Secured with a product meeting UL 181 or equivalent.
SOLID FUEL APPLIANCE. A natural draft appliance that is either a closed combustion solid fuel burning appliance or a decorative solid fuel burning appliance.
Subpart 1. Section 202; Adding or amending definition.
IMC section 202 is amended by adding or amending the following definitions:
APPROVED. "Approved" means approval by the building official, pursuant to the Minnesota State Building Code, by reason of: inspection, investigation, or testing; accepted principles; computer simulations; research reports; or testing performed by either a licensed engineer or by a locally or nationally recognized testing laboratory.
CODE. For purposes of parts 1346.0050 to 1346.1500, "the code" or "this code" means the Minnesota Mechanical Code.
CLOSED COMBUSTION SOLID FUEL BURNING APPLIANCE. A heat producing appliance that employs a combustion chamber having no openings other than the flue collar, fuel charging door, and adjustable openings provided to control the amount of combustion air that enters the combustion chamber and includes doors with gaskets or flanges that permit tight closure and glass or ceramic panels which must be tightly sealed or gasketed at their frames.
COMMERCIAL COOKING APPLIANCE. An appliance specifically designed to be used in a food-service-establishment kitchen, including but not limited to a restaurant or cafeteria kitchen. Appliances designed for residential use shall be treated as commercial appliances when installed in commercial food-service establishments.
DECORATIVE SOLID FUEL BURNING APPLIANCE. A natural draft appliance, usually a fireplace, intended primarily for viewing of the fire and which may or may not incorporate doors that substantially close off the firebox opening when the appliance is in operation.
EXHAUST SYSTEM. An assembly of connected ducts, plenums, fittings, registers, grilles and hoods, including domestic kitchen exhaust hoods, domestic kitchen and bathroom exhaust fans, clothes dryers, and subslab soil exhaust systems through which air is conducted from the space or spaces and exhausted to the outside atmosphere.
Exception: Central vacuum systems are allowed to exhaust into an attached residential garage.
FAN-ASSISTED APPLIANCE. An appliance equipped with an integral mechanical means to either draw or force products of combustion through the combustion chamber or heat exchanger.
POWER VENT APPLIANCE. An appliance with a venting system which uses a fan or other mechanical means to cause the removal of flue or vent gases under positive static vent pressure.
POWERED MAKEUP AIR. Air which must be brought in from the outdoors by means of a fan to replenish the air expelled by a mechanical exhausting device.
SEALED. Secured with a product meeting UL 181 or equivalent.
SOLID FUEL APPLIANCE. A natural draft appliance that is either a closed combustion solid fuel burning appliance or a decorative solid fuel burning appliance.
Subp. 2. Deleting definitions.
IMC section 202 is amended by deleting the following definitions:
EXTRA-HEAVY-DUTY COOKING APPLIANCE.
HEAVY-DUTY COOKING APPLIANCE.
LIGHT-DUTY COOKING APPLIANCE.
MEDIUM-DUTY COOKING APPLIANCE.
Statutory Authority: MS s 16B.59; 16B.61; 16B.64; 326B.101; 326B.106; 326B.13
