The International Building Code, 2012 edition, shall be amended as follows.
(A) Section 101.1 Title. “Rock Island County, Illinois” shall be inserted in “[NAME OF JURISDICTION]” and shall be known as “The Jurisdiction.”
(B) Section 101.2 Scope. Add “1.” to exception, and add exception: “2. Existing buildings undergoing repair, alternations, additions, or change of occupancy shall be permitted to comply with the International Existing Building Code.”
(C) Section 104.1 General. Add “the Building official, the Code Official, the Administrative Officer and the Director of the Department of Zoning and Building Safety shall be inferred to be one and the same.”
(D) Section 101.4.3 Plumbing. Remove the paragraph and replace with: “The most recent edition of the Illinois Plumbing Code shall apply to the installation, alteration, repair, relocation, addition, replacement, and maintenance of plumbing systems as stipulated by the Illinois Plumbing Code. The provisions of the International Residential Code shall apply to all plumbing and piping systems not covered by the Illinois Plumbing Code. In addition, any structure in which a building drain is installed shall have at least one vent stack carried through the roof and increased to a minimum size of four inches at a point one foot below the roof line.”
(E) Section 109.4 Work Commencing Prior to Permit Issuance. Change to: “Any person, firm, Corporation or Contractor who commences work requiring a permit on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to a penalty fee equal and in addition to the permit fee for the entire project, and not limited to the portion of the project done prior to discovery of the violation. Persons or contractors commencing work requiring a permit prior to obtaining the necessary permits more than once in a 5 year rolling period ending on the date of the second violation (including a 2nd occurrence on the same job site) shall be subject to violation penalties as described in 114.4.”
(F) Section 114.4 Violation Penalties. Add first word “For.” Delete the period at the end of the section and add “The Building Official is authorized, but not limited to, cause the following actions:
1. post a Stop Work order on the subject project, and
2. post a Stop Work order on any or all other projects being permitted by said person or contractor within the Jurisdiction, and
3. post a stop work order on any other contractor who re-validates the permit and uses the original person or contractor who violated the permit requirement to perform the work authorized, and
4. seek fines of not less than $25.00 and not more than $1,000.00 per violation with each day a violation is allowed to continue constituting a separate violation and other penalties as allowed by law through the Municipal Code Enforcement System or the Rock Island County State’s Attorney’s Office, and
5. reject permit applications for persons or contractors who change their business name to thwart the intent of this section, and
6. notify any other jurisdiction of said action.”
(G) Section 1612 Flood loads. Replace the section with “1612 FLOOD LOADS, The Rock Island County Code of Ordinances Section 3-2-38, Development in a Special Flood Hazard Area shall apply.”
(H) Section 2701.1 Scope. Add “Where the 2011 National Electric Code NFPA 70 as referenced is amended by this Resolution, such amendments are to be interpreted as a minimum requirement. Requirements for registration with the jurisdiction, permits, fees and violations/penalties of this 2012 International Building Code hereby apply to the 2011 National Electric Code NFPA 70.”
(I) Section 3412.2 Applicability.
(1) Structures existing prior to add “September 13th, 1966...”
(2) [Reserved] Adopt the following Appendices:
(a) A - Employee Qualifications;
(b) B - Board of Appeals;
(c) C - Group U Agricultural Buildings;
(d) D - Fire Districts;
(e) E - Supplementary Accessibility Requirements;
(f) F - Rodent Proofing;
(h) H - Signs;
(i) I - Patio Covers;
(j) J - Grading; and
(k) K - Administrative Provisions.
(Res. passed 2-18-2014)