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SEC. 8-2101.   AMENDMENTS TO THE BUILDING CODE.
   The Moline Building Code adopted in this article by reference is hereby specifically amended as follows:
   (a)   Section 101.1 Title.
      Insert “the City of Moline” for [name of jurisdiction].
   (b)   Section 101.2.1 Appendices.
      Delete entire section and replace with:
      “Section 101.2.1 Appendices.
      The following appendices are hereby adopted; appendices not named herein do not apply:
      C - Agricultural Buildings; E - Supplementary Accessibility Requirements; F - Rodent Proofing; G - Flood Resistant Construction; H - Signs; I - Patio Covers; J - Grading; and one new Appendix P - Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria, which shall read as follows:
      Appendix P – Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria
      Unless otherwise approved by the building official, the following minimum basic design criteria shall be used:
 
Roof Snow Load (ps) pounds per square foot
Wind Speed (mph)
Seismic Design Category
Subject to damage from
Flood Hazards
Weathering
Frost Line Depth
Termite
Decay
Winter Design Temp
(ps) = 30 psf
107
0(A)
Severe
42 in.
Moderate to Heavy
Slight to Heavy
-4° F
FIRM
 
   (c)   Section 101.4.3 Plumbing.
      1.   Delete the words “International Plumbing Code” and replace with “Moline Plumbing Code, as amended.”
      2.   Delete the sentence reading: “The provisions of the International Private Sewage Disposal Code shall apply to private sewage disposal systems.”
      3.   Add the sentence: “All references to the International Plumbing Code in this and all other adopted supporting codes are to be interpreted as meaning the Moline Plumbing Code, as amended, unless explicitly stated otherwise by this jurisdiction.”
   (d)   Section 101.4.5 Fire prevention.  
      1.   Add “and the Fire Code adopted by reference in Chapter 11 of the Moline Code of Ordinancesafter “The provisions of the International Fire Code ...”
      2.   Add the sentence: “All references to the International Fire Code in this and all adopted supporting codes are to be interpreted as meaning the Fire Code adopted by reference in Chapter 11 of the Moline Code of Ordinances unless explicitly stated otherwise by this jurisdiction.”
   (e)   Section 101.4.6 Energy.
      Delete entire section.
   (f)   Section 102.6 Existing structures.   
      Change:
      “…except as is specifically covered in this code, the International Property Maintenance Code, or the International Fire Code, or as is…”
      to:
      “…except as is specifically covered in this code, the International Property Maintenance Code, the International Fire Code, or the fire code adopted by reference in Chapter 11 of the Moline Code of Ordinances, or as is…”
   (g)   Section 103 Code Compliance Agency.
   (h)   Section 103.1 Creation of enforcement agency.
      Delete entire section and replace with:
      “103.1 Creation of enforcement agency. The building division is responsible for enforcing the provisions of this code. The official in charge of the building division shall be known as the building official.”
   (i)   Section 104.8 Liability.
      Add to the beginning of the paragraph:
      “Subject to Section 2-1109 of the Moline Code of Ordinances, . . .”
   (j)   Section 105.3.2 Time limitation of application.
      Change:
      180 days
      To:
      30 days
   (k)   Section 109.2 Schedule of permit fees.
      Delete entire section and replace with:
      “Section 109.2 Schedule of permit fees."
TABLE 109.2 (1)
ESTIMATED VALUATION
FEE
ESTIMATED VALUATION
FEE
1 - 500
24.00
500 - 600
27.00
601 - 700
31.00
701 - 800
35.00
801 - 900
38.00
901 - 1000
41.00
1,001 - 1100
45.00
1,101 - 1200
48.00
1,201 - 1300
52.00
1,301 - 1400
55.00
1,401 - 1500
58.00
1,501 - 1600
62.00
1,601 - 1700
65.00
1,701 - 1800
69.00
1,801 - 1900
72.00
1,901 - 2000
75.00
2,001 - 3000
89.00
3,001 - 4000
103.00
4,001 - 5000
117.00
5,001 - 6000
131.00
6,001 - 7000
144.00
7,001 - 8000
158.00
8,001 - 9000
172.00
9,001 - 10,000
186.00
10,001 - 11,000
200.00
11,001 - 12,000
214.00
12,001 - 13,000
227.00
13,001 - 14,000
241.00
14,001 - 15,000
255.00
15,001 - 16,000
270.00
16,001 - 17,000
285.00
17,001 - 18,000
300.00
18,001 - 19,000
315.00
19,001 - 20,000
330.00
20,001 - 21,000
345.00
21,001 - 22,000
359.00
22,001 - 23,000
374.00
23,001 - 24,000
389.00
24,001 - 25,000
404.00
25,001 - 26,000
415.00
26,001 - 27,000
425.00
27,001 - 28,000
435.00
28,001 - 29,000
446.00
29,001 - 30,000
456.00
30,001 - 31,000
466.00
31,001 - 32,000
477.00
32,001 - 33,000
487.00
33,001 - 34,000
497.00
34,001 - 35,000
508.00
35,001 - 36,000
518.00
36,001 - 37,000
529.00
37,001 - 38,000
539.00
38,001 - 39,000
549.00
39,001 - 40,000
560.00
40,001 - 41,000
570.00
41,001 - 42,000
580.00
42,001 - 43,000
591.00
43,001 - 44,000
601.00
44,001 - 45,000
611.00
45,001 - 46,000
622.00
46,001 - 47,000
632.00
47,001 - 48,000
642.00
48,001 - 49,000
653.00
49,001 - 50,000
663.00
50,001 - 51,000
670.00
51,001 - 52,000
677.00
52,001 - 53,000
684.00
53,001 - 54,000
691.00
54,001 - 55,000
698.00
55,001 - 56,000
704.00
56,001 - 57,000
711.00
57,001 - 58,000
718.00
58,001 - 59,000
725.00
59,001 - 60,000
732.00
60,001 - 61,000
740.00
61,001 - 62,000
748.00
62,001 - 63,000
756.00
63,001 - 64,000
764.00
64,001 - 65,000
772.00
65,001 - 66,000
780.00
66,001 - 67,000
788.00
67,001 - 68,000
796.00
68,001 - 69,000
805.00
69,001 - 70,000
813.00
 
   Continue with $8.00 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof including $100,000.
   $100,001 to $500,000 = $1054.00 for first $100,000, plus $5.00 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof including $500,000.
   $500,001 to $1,000,000 = $3354.00 for first $500,000, plus $4.50 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof including $1,000,000.
   $1,000,001 and up = $5942.00 for first $1,000,000 plus $3.00 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof.
   MOVING any building      $115.00
   WRECKING
   Frame garage or accessory bldg/shed      $28.00
   House      $86.00
   Commercial bldg, one story      $143.00
   Plus $28.00 for each additional story over one story for commercial
   Inground swimming pools      $28.00
GRADING/FILLING PERMIT FEES
ESTIMATED CUBIC YARDS
FEE
ESTIMATED CUBIC YARDS
FEE
1 - 50
28.00
51 - 100
49.00
101 - 200
70.00
201 - 300
90.00
301 - 400
111.00
401 - 500
132.00
501 - 600
152.00
601 - 700
173.00
701 - 800
194.00
801 - 900
215.00
901 - 1,000
235.00
1,001 - 2,000
253.00
2,001 - 3,000
270.00
3,001 - 4,000
287.00
4,001 - 5,000
304.00
5,001 - 6,000
322.00
6,001 - 7,000
339.00
7,001 - 8,000
356.00
8,001 - 9,000
373.00
9,001 - 10,000
391.00
10,001 - 20,000
466.00
20,001 - 30,000
542.00
30,001 - 40,000
618.00
40,001 - 50,000
694.00
50,001 - 60,000
770.00
60,001 - 70,000
846.00
70,001 - 80,000
922.00
80,001 - 90,000
998.00
90,001 - 100,000
1074.00
100,001 - 110,000
1116.00
110,001 - 120,000
1159.00
120,001 - 130,000
1201.00
130,001 - 140,000
1244.00
140,001 - 150,000
1286.00
150,001 - 160,000
1329.00
160,001 - 170,000
1371.00
170,001 - 180,000
1414.00
180,001 - 190,000
1457.00
190,001 - 200,000
1499.00
 
   Continue with $42.00 for each additional $10,000 or fraction thereof.
SIGN PERMIT FEES
ESTIMATED VALUATION
FEE
ESTIMATED VALUATION
FEE
1 – 500
19.00
501 – 600
21.00
601 – 700
24.00
701 – 800
26.00
801 – 900
28.00
901 – 1000
31.00
1001 or more
31.00 plus $2.00 for each additional $100 or fraction thereof
 
STORAGE TANK PERMIT FEES
   Installation, per tank   $100.00
   Removal, per tank   $ 50.00
SIDEWALKS & APPROACHES
CITY SIDEWALKS……………………………..   $ 20.00
APPROACHES & CURB CUTS……………….   $ 86.00 for first 15 feet
……………………………….................................   $ 6.00 for each additional foot
INSPECTION AND REINSPECTION FEES
   Inspections outside normal business hours (minimum charge - 2 hours)   $47.00*
   Re-inspection fees assessed under provisions of Section 109   $47.00*
   Inspections for which no fee is specifically indicated (minimum charge - ½ hour)   $47.00*
   Additional plan review required by changes, additions, or revisions to plans   $47.00*
   For use of outside consultants for plan checking and inspections, or both…………   ……Actual costs**
*   Or the total hourly cost to the jurisdiction, whichever is the greatest. This cost shall include supervision, overhead, equipment, hourly wages, and fringe benefits of the employees involved.
**Actual costs include administrative and overhead costs.”
   (l)   Section 109.7 Plan review fees.
      Add one new Section 109.7:
      “Section 109.7 Plan review fees. When submittal documents are required by Section 107, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time said submittal documents are submitted for plan review. Said plan review shall be sixty-five percent (65%) of the permit fee as shown in Table 109.2(1) calculated on the total value of all construction work. Total value of construction includes all finish work, painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, elevators, fire-extinguishing systems and any other permanent equipment.
      The plan review fees specified in this section are separate fees from the permit fees specified in Section 109.2 and are in addition to the permit fees.
      When submittal documents are incomplete or changed so as to require additional plan review, or when the project involves deferred submittal items as defined in Section 107.3.4.1, an additional plan review fee shall be charged at the rate shown in Table 109.2(1).
      The following are exceptions and shall not be charged a plan review fee:
      (a)   One (1) and two (2) family dwellings;
      (b)   Commercial remodeling less than $20,000.00;
      (c)   “U” occupancies.”
   (m)   Section 113 Means of Appeal.
      Delete entire section and replace with:
      “Section 113 Board of Appeals.
      Refer to the Moline Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article I, Division 3, Appeals Boards, Section 8-1300, Building Board of Appeals.”
   (n)   Section 202 Definitions.
      Amend as follows:
      “PERSON. An individual or such individual’s heirs, executors, administrators or assigns; and includes and extends to associations, clubs, societies, firms, partnerships, and bodies politic and corporate or its or their successors or assigns; or the agent of any of the aforesaid.”
   (o)   Section 903.2.1.2 Group A-2.
      Change: “2. The fire area has an occupant load of 100 or more”
      to: "2. The fire area has an occupant load of 300 or more."
   (p)   Section 1011.11 Handrails.
      Exception:
      6.   Handrails within a dwelling or serving an individual dwelling unit may have one (1) offset or interruption per flight of stairs, not both, of a maximum of sic (6) inches in total length and shall be considered for the purpose of this code to be continuous.
   (q)   Section 1102 Compliance.
      Change: "Buildings and facilities shall be designed and constructed to be accessible in accordance with this code and ICC A117.1."
      to: "Buildings and facilities shall be designed and constructed to be accessible in accordance with this code, the Illinois Accessibility Code, and ICC/ANSI A117.1."
   (r)   Section 1208.2 Minimum ceiling heights.  
      Add one new Exception 5:
      "5. Conversions of attics and basements of a group R-3 occupancy utilized as a single family dwelling unit shall have a ceiling height of not less than 6 feet and 8 inches. Ductwork projections may be lower than this if located against partition walls. Doorway heights must be at least 6 feet 4 inches."
   (s)   Chapter 13 Energy Efficiency.  
      Delete entire chapter and replace with:
      "Chapter 13 Energy Efficiency. Designers and builders are required to design and construct buildings in accordance with the current International Energy Conservation Code" adopted by the State of Illinois."
   (t)   Section 1608.1 General.  
      Add:
      "Note: All snow loads shall be based on a minimum roof snow load (ps) of 30 pounds per square foot, except that calculations for additional snowdrift loads shall be based on a ground snow load pg = 25 pounds per square foot."
   (u)   Section 1807.3 Embedded post and poles.
      Add:
      All building or portions of buildings containing mechanical installation and connected to underground utilities shall be supported on a continuous perimeter frost-free foundation to a minimum depoth of 42 inchese below finished grade.
   (v)   Section 1809.5 Frost protection.
      1.   Change: "1. Extending below the frost line of the locality" to "1. Extending below the 42-inch frost line"
      "1809.5.2 Floating slabs. For group U occupancies 720 square feet or less, with no side dimension longer than 30 feet, and no wall height taller than 10 feet, and no more than 3 courses of masonry block, located on undisturbed soil, may be constructed with a floating slab. This slab shall be a minimum of 4 inches thick, air-entrained concrete having a minimum compressive strength at 28 days of not less than 3,000 pounds per square inch, reinforced with a 21-pound wire mesh, and having a 12-inch thick by 12-inch wide perimeter reinforced with no less than two number 4 reinforcement bars. This slab shall be continuously poured with no cold joints."
   (w)    Table 1809.7 Prescriptive footings for light frame construction.  
      Delete entire Table 1809.7 and replace with:
      TABLE 1809.7
      FOOTINGS SUPPORTING WALLS OF LIGHT-FRAME CONSTRUCTION a, b, c, d
 
Number of Floors Supported by the Foundation
Minimum Thickness of Foundation Wall
Minimum Width of Footing (inches)
Minimum Thickness of Footing (inches)
Footings subject to frost Min. Depth below undisturbed ground (inches)
Footings not subject to frost Min. Depth below undisturbed ground (inches)
Concrete (inches)
Unit Masonry (inches)
1
8
8
16
8
42
12
2
8
8
16
8
42
18
3
10
12
18
12
42
24
 
(Application note: Only the table proper is replaced. Existing title and notes remain.)”
   (x)     Chapter 29 Plumbing Systems.  
      Delete entire chapter and replace with:
      “Chapter 29 Plumbing Systems. Refer to the Moline Plumbing Code, as amended.”
   (y)   Section 3303. Demolition.  
      Delete entire section and replace with:
      “SECTION 3303
      DEMOLITION
      3303.1 Construction documents. Construction documents and a schedule for demolition must be submitted when required by the building official. Where such information is required, no work shall be done until such construction documents or schedule, or both, are approved.
         3303.1.1  Permit and fees. When plans and specifications are filed with the building official and there are existing buildings or parts of buildings to be wrecked, it shall also be so stated in the application for permit. A permit shall be issued for all wrecking. There shall be no fee required for buildings condemned by order of the City Council or by the housing code enforcement authority, but a permit shall be necessary.
         3303.1.2 Contractor Registration. Unless already registered as a general contractor with the City, before said permit is granted by the building official, the party applying therefor shall file with the building official on a Moline bond form, a license/permit bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) conditioned on the faithful performance of all the provisions of this code and for all work performed under the permit sought. The surety shall be a company authorized to transact business in the State of Illinois. Further, any person, firm or corporation engaged in wrecking a building shall provide the building official with a certificate of insurance naming said city co-insured of said insurance for public liability insurance in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) per occurrence for damage to property and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) per person and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) per occurrence for injury to persons. Further, any person, firm or corporation engaged in wrecking a building shall pay a contractor registration fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) to the building official. The annual fee shall be for a period commencing on May 1 to April 30 of the following year, and shall remain in force and effect for that period of time, unless revoked for cause.
      3303.2   Protection of pedestrians.
         3303.2.1   Lights on sidewalks. The walkways shall be kept well lighted between sunset and sunrise and the outer edge of the occupied space of the street or sidewalk shall have red lights placed thereon, which shall be kept burning continuously between sunset and sunrise. Any or all of the required lights shall be electric lights if required by the building official or municipal services general manager.
         3303.2.2  Right to stop wrecking. The building official shall have the right to stop the wrecking or tearing down of any building or structure within the City when same is being done in a reckless or careless manner, or in violation of any ordinance or in such a manner as to endanger life and property, and to order any and all persons engaged in said work to stop and desist therefrom. When such work has been stopped by the order of said building official, it shall not be resumed until said building official shall be satisfied that adequate precautions have been or will be taken for the protection of life and property, and that said work will be proceeded with carefully and in conformity with the ordinances of the City.
      3303.3 Means of egress. A party wall balcony or horizontal exit shall not be destroyed unless and until a substitute means of egress has been provided and approved.
      3303.4 Vacant Lot. Where a structure has been demolished or removed, the vacant lot shall be filled and maintained to the existing grade or in accordance with the ordinances of the City of Moline.
      3303.5 Water accumulation. Provision shall be made to prevent the accumulation of water or damage to any foundations on the premises or the adjoining property.
      3303.6 Utility connections. Service utility connections shall be discontinued and capped in accordance with the approved rules and the requirements of the City of Moline.
      3303.7 Method of procedure. In wrecking any building, story after story, commencing with the top story, each story shall be completely removed. No material shall be placed upon the floor of any such building in the course of demolition, but the bricks, timbers and other structural parts of each story shall be lowered to the ground immediately upon displacement.
      3303.8 Cleaning up of premises. Every part of a building or structure shall be wrecked, including the foundation walls, and all accumulated rubbish and material shall be removed from the site. In all cases, the excavation walls shall so slope as to make same safe to the public."
   (z)   Section 3410. Moved Structures.
      Add the following sections:
      “3410.2  Permit and fees. No person or persons shall hereafter remove any building within the City limits of the City of Moline, where the same shall be moved in, through or upon any streets, alleys, avenues, or public grounds, unless said persons shall, before engaging in removing said house or building, secure a permit to do so from the building official. The building official may or may not in said official's discretion grant any application for a permit to remove any building and may, in the event it is deemed advisable to permit the removal of a building, impose any conditions which in said official's discretion will ensure due observance of the public safety, welfare or convenience. The fee for said permit shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each building to be moved.
      3410.3 Contractor Registration. Before said permit is granted by the building official, the party applying therefor shall give a license/permit bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) with good and sufficient sureties, conditioned among other things that said party will save and indemnify and keep harmless the City of Moline, against all liabilities, judgment, costs and expenses which may in any way accrue against said City in consequence of the granting of said permit, and upon the expiration of the time named in the permit, or sooner, if the use of the streets, avenues, alleys or public grounds is no longer necessary, shall clear the streets, avenues, alleys or public grounds of all obstruction. The applicant shall give evidence to the City of public liability insurance in the amounts of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) per person and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) per occurrence insuring said applicant and City for accidents to any person or property while moving said building, and file a certified check with the finance director, payable to the City in an amount determined by the finance director to cover the estimate of costs listed hereinbelow, and which shall be cashed and retained by the City to cover and offset all costs expended by the City and City personnel in assisting with said applicant in the moving operation, for police, electricians, street maintenance, and other City personnel labor and expense. Any trees required to be trimmed or removed due to said building moving shall first be approved by the director of parks and the work performed in connection therewith shall be performed by reliable, bonded and insured tree trimmers, approved by the director of parks and as by ordinances of the City of Moline, Illinois.
      3410.4 Consent of public utilities. No permit shall be issued until said party applying therefor shall have secured the written consent for the proposed routing from any public utility maintaining telephone, telegraph, electric light, power lines, cable television, or data lines which will have to be disturbed, removed or interfered within consequence of any such removal.
      3410.5 Routing approved by municipal services general manager. The municipal services general manager shall designate the route to be followed and limit the time for moving on the streets and shall issue these instructions in writing to mover, who shall present same to building official.
      3410.6 Continuous moving if necessary. The moving of a building under a permit, when commenced, shall be continuous during all hours of the day and day by day, and at night if the municipal services general manager so orders until completed, with the least possible obstruction to the thoroughfare occupied.
      3410.7 Buildings prohibited to remain at street intersections. No buildings shall be allowed to remain overnight upon any street intersection or crossing, or so near thereto as to prevent easy access to any fire hydrant.
      3410.8   Lighted lanterns at night. Lighted lanterns shall be kept in conspicuous places at each end of said building during the night.
      3410.9 Structural condition of buildings to be moved. No building shall be moved until same has been inspected by the building official, and any building that has depreciated fifty percent (50%) or more, shall not be moved but shall be torn down, and comply with requirements for “Demolition,” Section 3303.
      3410.10 Report to the fire department. Every house mover shall report to the fire chief or assistants at the central station each night, the exact location where the house is to stand on streets for the night, if permission has been obtained from the municipal services general manager for leaving the building on the street. Failure to report shall be an ordinance violation and shall hold parties liable to fine.
      3410.11 Careful procedure on streets. All house movers shall proceed in a careful manner in the removal of a building over the public streets, alleys, avenues, and public grounds and shall not in any manner injure or destroy trees, grass plot, curbing or sidewalk, nor in any manner interfere with the private property of individuals. The building official shall have the power to revoke any permit whenever in said official's judgment any house mover is proceeding in a reckless and careless manner in the removal of a building.
      3410.12 Report to Building Official and Municipal Services General Manager. Every person or persons receiving a permit from the building official to move a building shall, within one (1) day after said building reaches its destination, report that fact to the building official who shall report same to the municipal services general manager. The municipal services general manager shall thereupon inspect the streets, alleys, avenues or public grounds over which said house or building has been moved and ascertain the condition of same. If the removal of said house or building has caused any damages to the streets, alleys, avenues, or public grounds, the said house mover shall forthwith place the same in good repair as they were before the permit was granted. Upon failure of the house mover to do so within ten (10) days thereafter, to the satisfaction of the municipal services general manager, the City shall repair the damage done to the streets, alleys, avenues or public grounds and hold sureties of bond given by house mover or house movers responsible for payment of same.”