The provisions and regulations contained in the 2015 International Fire Code as published by the International Code Council, Inc., in book form and as currently amended, is hereby adopted by reference as the Fire Code of the Village and are made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein, with the following exceptions:
(A) Separability: Any regulation therein contained pertaining to any business or activity which is expressly prohibited by another ordinance of the Village shall not be construed as repealing or otherwise affecting the prohibition of that ordinance or permitting such business or activity so prohibited.
(B) Chief Appointing Authority: The term "chief appointing authority", wherever used shall mean the President and Board of Trustees of the Village.
(C) Appeal Board Members: All members of the Appeal Board provided for in the code hereby adopted shall be residents and electors of the Village for not less than one year preceding their appointment and during their term.
(D) Supervision Of Fire Protection Systems:
1. Fire Protection Systems: All required automatic fire protection systems shall be supervised by any licensed, UL approved central supervising station by the means of wireless communication in accordance with chapter 9 of the International Fire Code, specifically section 901.6.1, and NFPA 72, and said systems shall transmit both alarm and trouble signals.
2. Effective Date: All new fire protection systems required under this code shall communicate via wireless communication. All existing fire protection systems shall be converted to wireless communication by January 1, 2009. Any person or entity failing to comply with this section shall be subject to the penalty provisions provided in subsection (D)3 of this section.
3. Penalty: No person or persons except those connected with the management or supervision of the same shall activate any fire protection system or fire alarm system unless it is to communicate an alarm of fire or other emergency, or derange or in any manner meddle or interfere with any communication of or transmission by such a system. Any person or entity violating this section shall be subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each offense or for each day there is a failure to comply with the requirements of this section.
(E) Amendments: The code adopted in this section is hereby amended by substituting the following sections or subsections for and in lieu of those sections or subsections with corresponding numbers in such code, or, where there is no corresponding section in such code, the following sections or subsections shall be enacted as additions to such code:
Subsection 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the fire code of the Village of River Grove, hereinafter referred to as "this code."
Subsection 101.2.1 Appendices. All appendices are hereby adopted and made a part of this code.
Subsection 102.7 Referenced codes and standards. The codes and standards referenced in this code shall be those that are listed in Chapter 80, and such codes and standards shall be considered part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference and as further regulated in Sections 102.7.1 and 102.7.2, except that, where an NFPA standard is referenced, said standard shall be considered part of the requirements of this code in its entirety.
Subsection 109.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this Code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a violation of this code, punishable by a fine not to exceed $750.00 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed six months or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
Subsection 708.3 Fire-resistance rating. Delete the Exceptions.
Subsection 711.2.4.3 Dwelling units and sleeping units. Delete the Exception.
Subsection 907.6.6 Monitoring. Fire alarm systems required by this chapter or by the International Fire Code shall be monitored by any licensed, U.L approved central supervising station.
Exception: Monitoring by a supervising station is not required for:
1.Single- and multiple-station smoke alarms required by Section 907.2.11.
2.Smoke detectors in Group I-3 occupancies.
3.Automatic sprinkler systems in one- and two-family dwellings.
(Ord. 2017-16, 10-5-2017)