(A) 2015 International Mechanical Code Adopted: The regulations and standards governing the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of mechanical systems in the Village of River Grove; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; as contained in the 2015 International Mechanical Code as published by the International Code Council, Inc., in book form, are hereby adopted as the Mechanical Code of the Village of River Grove by reference thereto and the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms thereof and therein contained are made a part of this Code as though fully set forth and written herein, except as herein excepted and modified.
(B) Copies: At least three (3) copies of said regulations, in book form, have been on file in the Office of the Village Clerk, for use and examination by the public, in excess of thirty (30) days prior to the adoption of this section.
(C) Violation: It is unlawful to violate or fail to comply with those regulations.
(D) Exceptions: The following provisions of the 2015 International Mechanical Code are hereby amended, excluded, or deleted:
1. The term "code official" shall mean Building Commissioner.
2. All notices and orders issued under the International Mechanical Code shall comply with division 31 of chapter 65 of Illinois Compiled Statutes.
3. All members of the Appeal Board provided for therein shall be residents and electors of the Village for not less than one year preceding their appointment and during their term of service.
4. Should any of the regulations hereby adopted conflict with any of the regulations now contained in this Code, that regulation which is more restrictive shall control.
(E) Amendments: The code adopted in subsection (A) of this section is hereby further 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 Mechanical Code of the Village of River Grove, hereinafter referred to as "this code."
Subsection 101.2.1 Appendices. Appendix A is hereby adopted and made a part of this code.
Subsection 102.8 Referenced codes and standards. The codes and standards referenced herein shall be those that are listed in Chapter 15 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 102.8.1 and 102.8.2, except that, where an NFPA standard is referenced, said standard shall be considered part of the requirements of this code in its entirety.
Subsection 106.2 Permits not required. Work exempt from permit shall be as determined by the building official.
Subsection 106.5 Fees. A permit shall not be issued until all required fees prescribed by the Village have been paid, nor shall an amendment to a permit be released until the additional fee, if any, due to an increase of the mechanical system, has been paid.
Subsection 106.5.2 Fee Schedule. The fees for mechanical work shall be as follows:
(a) If value of the mechanical improvement is less than $2,000.00, the fee shall be $40.00;
(b) If the value of the mechanical improvement is greater than $2,000.00, the fee shall be $40.00, plus $8.00/$1,000.00 of improvement value in excess of $2,000.00.
Subsection 106.5.3 Fee refunds. Insert "fifty percent (50%)" in both subsections 2 and 3 of this section.
Subsection 108.4 Violation penalties. Any person who shall violate a provision of this Code shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed $750.00. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day a violation occurs or continues.
Subsection 108.5 Stop work orders. Delete the bracketed words AMOUNT in the last two lines, and insert "two hundred dollars ($200)" in place of the first bracketed word and "five hundred dollars ($500.00)" in the second.
Subsection 109.2.1 Qualifications. Delete this subsection in its entirety.
Subsection 109.2.2 Alternate members. Delete this subsection in its entirety.
(Ord. 2017-16, 10-5-2017)