The 2018 International 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 Building Code of Tazewell County, hereinafter referred to as “this code”.
(B) Section 101.4.3. “Plumbing” is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence in its entirety.
(C) Section 101.4.6 “Energy” is hereby amended to read as follows: The provisions of the currently adopted Illinois Energy Conservation Code shall apply to all matters governing the design and construction of buildings for energy efficiency.
(D) Section 103.1 “Creation of enforcement agency” is hereby amended to read as follows: The Community Development Department shall be the Department of Building Safety, and the person in charge thereof shall be the Community Development Administrator.
(E) Section 104.8 “Liability” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(F) Section 104.10.1 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(G) Section 105.1 “Required” is hereby amended to read as follows: Any owner or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a commercial or industrial building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, 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 building official and obtain the required permit.
(H) 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.
(I) 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 § 154.010.
(J) Section 107.2.6.1 “Design flood elevations” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(K) Section 107.3.1 “Approval of construction documents” is hereby amended to read as follows: Approval of construction documents. When the building official issues a permit, the construction documents shall be approved, in writing or by stamp, as approved”. One set of construction documents so reviewed shall be retained by the building official. The last set shall be returned to the applicant, shall be kept at the site of work and shall be open to inspection by the building official or a duly authorized representative.
(L) Section 109.4 “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.
(M) Section 109.6 “Refunds” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(N) Section 110.3.3 “Lowest floor elevation” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(O) Section 111.1 “Certificate of occupancy” is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: No building or structure shall be used or occupied, and no change in the existing occupancy of a commercial or industrial 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.
(P) Section 112 “Service utilities” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(Q) Section 113 “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 § 109 of that Code.
(R) Section 114.2 “Notice of violation” is hereby amended to read as follows: As provided in § 154.005 and Chapter 34, the building official is authorized to serve a notice of violation or order on the person responsible for the erection, construction, alteration, extension, repair, moving, removal, demolition, or 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.
(S) Section 114.3 “Prosecution of violation” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(T) Section 114.4 “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 erects, constructs, alters, or repairs 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.
(U) Section 115 “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).
(V) Section 802.4 “Applicability” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(W) Section 1107.7.5 “Design flood elevation” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(X) Section 1202.4.4 “Exception no. 5” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(Y) Section 1402.6 “Flood resistance” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(Z) Section 1402.7 “Flood resistance for high-velocity wave action areas is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(AA) Section 1603.1.7 “Flood design data” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(BB) Section 1612 “Flood loads” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(CC)
Section 1804.5 “Grading and fill in flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(DD) Section 1805.1.2.1 “Flood hazard areas” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(EE)
Chapter 27 “Electrical” is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language is substituted in lieu thereof: The NFPA 70, National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition shall be followed for all design and installation of electrical systems, alterations, repairs, replacement, equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings, and appurtenances thereto.
(FF) Chapter 29 “Plumbing systems” is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language is substituted in lieu thereof: The current State of Illinois Plumbing Code shall be followed for all design and installation of plumbing systems, including sanitary and storm drainage, sanitary facilities, water supply, and stormwater and sewage disposal in buildings.
(GG) Section 3001.3 “Referenced standards” is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(HH) Section 3102.7 “Engineering design” is hereby amended to read as follows: The structure shall be designed and constructed to sustain dead loads; loads due to tension or inflation; live loads including wind, snow or flood and seismic loads and in accordance with Chapter 16. The design and construction for flood loads shall meet the requirements of § 152.07.
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 5-2(b)) (Res. LU-18-04, passed 4-25-2018; Res. LU-21-06, passed 7-28-2021)