Title
Ordinance - Village Code Text Amendments - International Existing Building Code (IEBC)
History
The State of Illinois Capital Development Board’s Public Act 103-0510 requires all municipalities that currently have a building code, adopt a set of baseline codes, including the International Existing Building Code (IEBC). The goal of this amendment is to adopt the International Existing Building Code 2018 Adopted (Model Code) and comply with this Act.
The adoption of the 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) will assist the Village in the regulation of repair, alteration, change of occupancy, additions to, and relocation of existing buildings. The IEBC allows for options for controlled departure from full compliance with the International Building Code dealing with new construction, while maintaining basic levels for fire prevention, structural, and life safety features of rehabilitated buildings ("controlled flexibility"). The adoption of the IEBC is beneficial to contractors and owners of existing buildings.
The Development Services Department has reviewed the 2018 edition of the IEBC as written by the International Code Council (ICC) and has amended Village Code Title 5: Buildings; Chapter 1: Building Code to include adoption of and amendments to the 2018 IEBC. Proposed text amendments were posted on the Village website on May 2, 2025, for public review. The proposed changes include:
* Adoption of the International Existing Building Code (IEBC) with local amendments.
* Deleting temporary structure regulations altogether; and replacing fees, appeals, and violations regulations.
* Defining Code Official and Historic Building per existing Village Code regulations.
* Amending egress window compliance requirements.
A listening session was held on June 9, 2025. Two individuals attended during the recording of the brief staff presentation and question & answer session. Staff presented the proposed Village Code text amendments and fielded a question about the drainage/Marley Creek area, as it is currently dry by Darvin Furniture. Code Enforcement staff shared that property maintenance issues are mostly addressed on a complaint basis. A larger Building Code update process is currently planned for 2026, to incorporate the 2024 International Code Council suite of codes, replacing the current 2018 versions in the current Village Code.
A third individual stopped in approximately 15 minutes after the recording ended. Staff provided a summary of the proposed text amendments, and the individual inquired about concrete testing for public sidewalks, geotechnical testing/reviews, unions, and the 143rd and John Humphrey project. This individual is a geotechnical engineer and is interested in supporting Orland Park as a resident and/or as a professional engineer when the opportunities arise.
No inquiries specifically related to the proposed text amendments were made.
Listening Session
In addition to announcing how to find additional information regarding the upcoming listening session during the May 19 Committee of the Whole Meeting, the June 9 listening session was advertised by e-blasts to a 2,000-plus contractor email list and a 200-plus health inspection contact list, and bright green flyers posted in Village Hall at the main entrance and side door exit. Flyers were also posted on each of the Development Services permit windows, postcards were made available for pickup at each of the permit window counters, and additional flyers were handed out with hard copy permits.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to adopt an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, CHAPTER 1 (BUILDING CODE) OF THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, AS AMENDED ADOPTING THE INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CODE OF 2018.