(A) Certain documents, one copy of which is on file in the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer, being marked and designated as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 Edition, herein after referred to as the IPMC, including Appendix A, as published by the International Code Council, are hereby adopted further regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all existing residential and nonresidential structures and all existing premises, constituting minimum requirements and standards for premises, structures, equipment and facilities for light, ventilation, space heating, sanitation, protection from the elements and providing a reasonable level of safety from fire and other hazards and for a reasonable level of sanitary maintenance; the responsibility of owners, an owner’s authorized agent, operators and occupants; the occupancy of existing structures and premises, and for administration, enforcement and penalties; and each and all regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of such International Property Maintenance Code on file in the office of the village are referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this section with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in division (B) below.
(B) In the International Property Maintenance Code, the following sections are hereby revised:
(1) Section 101.1. Insert: jurisdiction means the corporate limits of the Village and the unincorporated area one mile beyond and adjacent to the corporate boundaries;
(2) Section 103.5. Insert: appropriate schedule means the schedule as adopted by resolution by the village board and kept current and on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of Lodgepole;
(3) Section 112.4. Insert: means 0 to $200;
(4) Section 302.4. Insert: means 12 inches;
(5) Section 304.14. Insert: May 1 to September 1;
(6) Section 602.3. Insert: October 1 to April 1; and
(7) Section 602.4. Insert: October 1 to April 1.
(C) (1) The International Property Maintenance Code is applicable to the incorporated area of the village and the unincorporated area one mile beyond and adjacent to its corporate boundaries.
(2) Subsequently published amendments or supplements to the International Maintenance Code, as adopted in this section, or revisions of the same, are hereby adopted, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the village without further action of the Village Board; provided, however, that the copy of such Codes on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer shall be kept current by the integration of all such amendments, supplements or revisions.
(D) Nothing in this subchapter or in the International Property Maintenance Code as adopted in this section shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding now pending in any court, or any right acquired, liability incurred or cause of action accrued or existing, under any act or ordinance repealed by this subchapter, nor shall any right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this subchapter.
(Ord. 265, passed 9-6-2022)