The International Mechanical 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 103.1 General. Add: “the Building official, the Code Official, the Administrative Officer, and the Director of the Department of Zoning & Building Safety shall be inferred to be one and the same.”
(C) Section 106.5.1 Work Commencing Before 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 R108.4.”
(D) Section 106.5.2 Fees. The county building fee schedule shall apply.
(E) Section 106.5.3 Refunds. (2) Change “[specify percentage]” to “80%;” (3) Change “[specify percentage]” to “80%.”
(F) Section 108.4 Violation Penalties. After “shall be guilty of a” change to “petty offense, and shall be subject to remedies as allowed by law. The Building Official is authorized, but not limited to, 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 108.5 Stop Work Orders. Last sentence after “remove a violation or unsafe condition,” change to “shall be subject to the remedies allowed under 108.4 and other penalties as prescribed by law.”
(H) Appendices. All appendices are hereby adopted.
(Res. passed 2-18-2014)