Title
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, addition 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. Thus, 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, and links to the proposed amendments can be found in the attached PDF. 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.
At this point, this matter is being presented at the Committee of the Whole as an initial review. The planned next steps are as follows:
1. Development Community Listening Sessions - As an addit...
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