VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK - File #: 2013-0315

• File #: 2013-0315
• Version: 0
• Name: International Building Code Update
• Type: MOTION
• Status: PLACED ON FILE
• File created: 5/15/2013
• In control: Board of Trustees
• On agenda: 5/20/2013
• Final action: 5/21/2013
• Title: /Name/Summary International Building Code Update

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/20/2013	0	Development Services & Planning Committee
5/15/2013	0	Development Services Department	INTRODUCED TO COMMITTEE

Title/Name/Summary

International Building Code Update

History

The Development Services Department has adopted the latest (2012) edition of the International Building Code (IBC) as written by the International Code Council (ICC) on February 4^th of 2013.  The International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) is referenced for use in the ICC Model Building Code (IBC), but was mistakenly deleted due to an amended code section (Building Code amended Section 101.4).

The IFGC is a model code that regulates the design and installation of fuel gas distribution piping and systems, appliances, appliance venting systems, combustion air provisions, gaseous hydrogen systems and motor vehicle gaseous-fuel-dispensing stations.

The definition of fuel gas includes natural, liquefied petroleum and manufactured gases and mixtures of these gases. The purpose of the code is to establish the minimum acceptable level of safety and to protect life and property from the potential dangers associated with the storage, distribution and usage of fuel gases and the byproducts of combustion of such fuels.

Recommended Action/Motion

I move to recommend to the Board to approve the local revision to the Village Code, Title 5, Chapter 1, and to insert the latest edition of the International Fuel Gas Code, (Second, Printing, February 2012), into our existing Building Code ordinance (Sub-Section 101.4.1), as an amendment.