The 2018 International Existing Building Code, as adopted herein by reference, is amended as provided in this section.
(A) Section 101.1 “Title” is hereby amended to read as follows: These regulations shall be known as the Existing Building Code of Tazewell County, hereinafter referred to as “this code.”
(B) Section 101.2 “Scope” is hereby amended to read as follows: For any nonresidential building or structure which is not covered under the International Residential Code and for any building or structure which is located in a regulatory floodplain as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program Flood Insurance Rate Map, the provisions of this code shall apply to any repairs, change of occupancy, alterations, additions or other improvements of a building or structure, the cost of which eguals or exceeds fifty (50) percent of the market value before the repairs, change of occupancy, alterations, additions or improvements are started. Repairs, alterations, additions and other improvements complying with the provision of the International Building Code, International Mechanical Code State of Illinois Plumbing Code and International Residential Code as applicable shall be considered in compliance with the provisions of this Code.
(C) Section 101.3 “Intent” is hereby amended to read as follows: The purpose of this code is to establish the minimum requirements to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare insofar as they are affected by the repair, alteration, addition or other improvement of a building or structure.
(D) Section 103.1 “Creation of enforcement agency” is hereby amended to read as follows: The Department of Community Development shall be the Department of Building Safety, and the person in charge thereof shall be the Community Development Administrator.
(E) Section 104.2 “Applications and permits” is hereby amended to read as follows: The code official shall receive applications, review construction documents and issue permits for the repair, alteration, addition, demolition, change of occupancy, and relocation of buildings; or other improvement of buildings and structures; inspect the premises for which such permits have been issued; and enforce compliance with the provisions of this code.
(F) Section 104.2.1 “Determination of substantially improved or substantially damaged existing buildings and structures in the flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(G) Section 104.8 “Liability” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(H) Section 104.10.1 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(I) Section 105.1 “Required” is hereby amended to read as follows: Any owner or authorized agent who intends to repair, add to, alter, relocate, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or make any improvement to a building or structure which is regulated by this code, or repair, install, add, alter, remove, convert, or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by this code, or to cause any such work to be done, shall first make application to the code official and obtain the required permit.
(J) Section 105.3.2 “Time limitation of application” is hereby amended to read as follows: An application for a permit for any proposed work shall be subject to the time limitations set forth in § 157.565.
(K) Section 105.4 “Validity of permit” is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence and replacing it with the following: The building official shall post notice when a structure is in violation of this code or of any other ordinances, in accordance with § 154.008, and may seek to prevent occupancy or use of the structure pursuant to § 157.585.
(L) Section 106.3.1 “Approval of construction documents” is hereby amended to read as follows:
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(M) Section 105.4 “Validity of permit” is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence and replacing it with the following: The building official shall post notice when a structure is in violation of this code or of any other ordinances, in accordance with § 154.005, and may seek to prevent occupancy or use of the structure pursuant to § 157.585.
(N) Section 108.4 “Work commencing before permit issuance” is hereby amended to read as follows: Work commencing before permit issuance. Any person who commences any work on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in §§ 154.010 and 154.999, in addition to any required permit fees.
(O) Section 108.6 “Refunds” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(P) Section 109.3.3 “Lowest Floor Elevation” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(Q) Section 110.1 “Certificate of occupancy” is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language is substituted in lieu thereof: As provided in § 154.008 and Chapter 34, the building official is authorized to serve a notice of violation or order on the person responsible for the altered area of a building and no relocated building shall be used or occupied, and no change in the existing occupancy classification of a building or structure or portion thereof shall be made until the Community Development Administrator has issued a certificate of occupancy, as provided in § 157.585. Issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall not be construed as an approval of a violation of the provisions of this code or of other county ordinances.
(R) Section 111 “Service utility” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(S) Section 112 “Board of Appeals” is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language is substituted in lieu thereof: The Board of Appeals shall be the same as the Board of Appeals under the 2018 International Mechanical Code and shall follow the procedures and regulations under Section 109 of that code.
(T) Section 113.2 “Notice of violation” is hereby amended to read as follows: As provided in § 154.008 and Chapter 34, the building official is authorized to serve a notice of violation or order on the person responsible for the repair, alteration, extension, addition, moving, removal, demolition, or change in occupancy of a building or structure in violation of the provisions of this code, or in violation of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code. Such order shall direct the discontinuance of the illegal action or condition and the abatement of the violation.
(U) Section 113.3 “Prosecution of violation” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(V) Section 113.4 “Violation penalties” is hereby amended to read as follows: Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who repairs or alters or changes the occupancy (which could affect the fire hazard requirements) of a building or structure in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the building official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in §§ 154.010 and 154.999 in addition to any required permit fees.
(W) Section 114 “Stop work order” is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language is substituted in lieu thereof: Whenever the Community Development Administrator finds any work regulated by this code being performed in a manner that is contrary to the provisions of this code, the Administrator is authorized to issue a stop work order in accordance with § 154.010(C).
(X) Section 115 “Unsafe buildings and equipment, is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(Y) Section 116 “Emergency measures” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(Z) Section 117 “Demolition” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(AA) Section 202 “General definitions” the definitions of “Substantial Damage” and “Substantial Improvement” and “Flood Hazard Area” are hereby deleted in their entireties.
(BB) Section 401.3 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(CC) Section 405.2.5 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(DD) Section 408 “Plumbing” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(EE) Section 502.3 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(FF) Section 503.2 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(GG) Section 507.3 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(HH) Section 701.3 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(II) Section 1103.3 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(JJ) Section 1201.4 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(KK) Section 1301.3.3 “Compliance with flood hazard provision” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(LL) Section 1402.6 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(Res. LU-21-06, passed 7-28-2021)