(A) Code Adopted: The International Code Council Property Maintenance Code, 2015 edition is hereby adopted by reference as the Property Maintenance Code of the Village subject to such deletions and additions of sections as are hereinafter provided.
(B) Promulgation Of Rules: The President and Board of Trustees may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter.
(C) Additions To The International Property Maintenance Code:
1. Section 101. Insert the Village of Barrington Hills
(D) Scope: The International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 shall only apply to dangerous buildings, unoccupied buildings and vacant buildings as defined herein within the Village of Barrington Hills.
1. DANGEROUS BUILDING:
A. Any building that is dangerous to the public health because of its construction or condition, or which may cause or aid in the spread of disease or cause injury to the health of its occupants or to neighboring structures; or
B. Any building which, because of faulty construction, age, lack of proper repair or any other cause, is especially liable to fire and constitutes or creates a fire hazard; or
C. Any building, which, by reason of faulty construction, age or lack of repair is likely to collapse or fall.
2. UNOCCUPIED BUILDING: A building or portion thereof which lacks the habitual presence of human beings who have a legal right to be on the premises, including buildings ordered vacated by the Building Official pursuant to authority granted to him by this code.
In determining whether a building is "unoccupied", the Building Official may consider these factors, among others:
A. A building at which substantially all lawful residential or business activity has ceased.
B. The percentage of the overall square footage of occupied to unoccupied space or the overall number of occupied and unoccupied units.
C. The building is substantially devoid of contents. The condition and value of fixtures or personal property in the building are relevant to this determination.
D. The building lacks utility services, i.e., water, sewer, electric or natural gas.
E. The building is the subject of a foreclosure action.
F. The building is not actively for sale as part of a contractual agreement to sell the building.
G. The presence or recurrence of uncorrected code violations.
3. VACANT BUILDING: A building or portion of a building which is:
A. Unoccupied and unsecured; or
B. Unoccupied and secured by boarding or other similar means for more than thirty (30) days; or
C. Unoccupied and a dangerous structure; or
D. Unoccupied as a result of having been declared unsafe for occupancy by the Building Official pursuant to applicable provisions of this code; or
E. Unoccupied and having multiple violations of this code; or
F. Unoccupied and the building or its premises have been the site of unlawful activity at any time while unoccupied, or at any time during the previous six (6) months whether occupied or not; or
G. Unoccupied as a result of having been condemned or declared unsafe for occupancy by the Building Official and unlawfully occupied; or
H. Unoccupied for over sixty (60) days and during which time the building official has issued an order to correct public nuisance conditions and the same have not been corrected in a code compliant manner; or any building deemed to be a dangerous building under this section or a dangerous structure as defined in this code.
(Ord. 18-09, 8-27-2018, eff. 1-1-2019)