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Design and Construction Standards


Building Codes

2015 International Building Code

4-1-1: ADOPTION OF BUILDING CODE: The 2015 Edition of the International Building Code, and any subsequent editions or amendments therefore, copyrighted by the International Code Council, Inc., a copy of which is on file in the office of the Village Clerk, is hereby adopted for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, and location and maintenance of buildings and structures.  The 2015 Edition of the International Fire Code and any subsequent editions or amendments thereto is hereby adopted for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, use and occupancy, and maintenance of buildings and structures.  The Codes are incorporated fully as if set out at length herein, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction, alteration, use and occupancy, and maintenance of all buildings and structures. All amendments and new or revised editions shall be effective sixty (60) days after the Village publishes a notice indicating that such amendments or new or revised editions have been placed on file at the office of the Village Clerk. Until such date, the prior editions shall remain in effect. (Ord. 90-37, 4-15-91; amd. Ord. 94-24, 11-21-94; amd. Ord. 00-42, 12-4-00; amd. Ord. 14-12, 7-7-14)


2014 National Electrical Code

4-4-1: ADOPTION OF NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE: The 2014 National Electrical Code, and any subsequent editions or amendments thereto, copyrighted by the National Fire Protection Association, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Village Clerk, is hereby adopted for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the installation of all electrical wiring, installation of electrical fixtures, apparatus, or electrical appliances for furnishing light, heat, or power, or other electrical work introduced into or placed in or upon, or in any way connected to, any building or structure within the Village.  The same is hereby incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. All amendments and new or revised editions shall be effective sixty (60) days after the Village publishes a notice indicating that such amendments or new or revised editions have been placed on file at the office of the Village Clerk. Until such date, the prior editions shall remain in effect. (Ord. 90-37, 4-15-91; amd. Ord. 94-24, 11-21-94; amd. Ord. 08-26, 12-1-08; amd. Ord. 14-05, 05-19-14)


2004 Illinois Plumbing Code

4-2-1: ADOPTION OF PLUMBING CODES: The current Edition of the Illinois Plumbing Code, and any subsequent editions or amendments thereto, as published by the Illinois Department of Public Health, is hereby adopted for the purpose of establishing minimum standards of design, materials, and workmanship for all water and sewer plumbing hereafter installed, altered, or repaired, and to establish methods of procedure within the limits of the Village. The current edition, and all subsequent editions or amendments thereto, of the American National Standard “National Fuel Gas Code”, also identified by National Fire Protection Association #54 and ANSI Z223.1, is hereby adopted for the purpose of establishing minimum standards of design, materials, and workmanship for all gas plumbing hereafter installed, altered, or repaired, and to establish methods of procedure within the limits of the Village. A copy of each is on file in the office of the Village Clerk, and the same are hereby incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, with the provisions thereof controlling in the installation, alteration, or repair of all plumbing. All amendments and new or revised editions shall be effective sixty (60) days after the Village publishes a notice indicating that such amendments or new or revised editions have been placed on file at the office of the Village Clerk. Until such date, the prior editions shall remain in effect. (Ord. 90-37, 4-15-91; amd. Ord. 94-24, 11-21-94)