(A) CHAPTER 1 - SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION
Section 101.1. Title. - To read as follows: These regulations shall be known as the Building Code of the Village of Tinley Park, hereinafter referred to as “this code” or “Building Code” or “Building Code of Tinley Park (2022).
Section 101.4.3 Plumbing. To read as follows: The provisions of the Illinois Plumbing Code 2014 as amended shall apply to the installation, alteration, repair and replacement of plumbing systems, including equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and appurtenances, and where connected to a water or sewage system and all aspects of a medical gas system.
Section 105.2 Work Exempt from Permit. Under “Building” number 8 shall read as follows: Temporary motion picture, television and theater stage sets and scenery less than four hundred (400) square feet.
(B) CHAPTER 7 - FIRE AND SMOKE PROTECTION FEATURES
Section 706.1.1 Party Walls Exception #2. Party walls and fire walls are required to be installed on lot lines dividing a building for ownership. The fire wall shall be constructed in accordance to IBC 706 and shall be structurally independent construction. Fire rating shall be per IBC Table 706.4. Min. 30” parapet required at uppermost roof.
Section 708.2 Materials. The walls shall be of materials permitted by the building type of construction and/or amended by Chapter 5 of the International Building Code 2021.
Section 708.3 Fire-Resistance Rating. Fire partitions shall have a fire resistance rating of not less than one (1) hour unless noted elsewhere in this code as amended. Also see Chapter 5 of the International Building Code 2012.
Section 711.1 General. Floor and roof assemblies required to have a fire resistance rating shall comply with this section and Chapter 5 of the International Building Code 2021, as amended.
(C) CHAPTER 10 - MEANS OF EGRESS
Section 1011.7.3.1 Enclosures under interior stairways. Usable space shall be prohibited under stair enclosures regardless of stair construction in R-l, R-2 & R-4 & I occupancies.
Section 1014.2 Number 4 (Exception #2 (2.4) Exist Access, Egress Through Intervening Spaces. Shall read as follows: The floor shall have a minimum of 44 inches wide aisle without obstructions by striping with a contrasting color distinguishable from other areas for the full length of the access.
(D) CHAPTER 12 -INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT
Section 1206.2 Airborne sound.
Walls and partitions amd floor ceiling assemblies separating dwelling units and sleeping units from each other or from public or service areas shall have a sound trasmissions class of not less than 55 where teasted in accordance with ASTM E90 or have a normalized noise isolation Class (NNIC) rating of not less than 45 if field tested in accordance to ASTM E336 for airborne noise.
Section 1208.2 Interior Space Dimensions, Minimum Ceiling Heights. Shall read as follows with the Exceptions to remain as is: Occupiable spaces, habitable spaces and corridors shall have a ceiling height of not less that 8’-0”. Unfinished basements (in other than one- and two-family dwellings) shall be permitted to have a ceiling height of not less that 7’-6”. For one- and two-family dwellings, the minimum clear height to the underside of the floor assembly above shall be 7’-6” and the minimum clear height to the underside to a beam shall be 6’-8”.
(E) CHAPTER 14 - EXTERIOR WALLS
Section 1405.1.1 Types I, II, III and IV construction. Revise line item 1 to read as:
1. Combustible exterior wall coverings shall not exceed 10 percent of an exterior wall surface area where the fire separation distance is 10 feet or less.
(F) CHAPTER 16 - STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Section 1612.3 Establishment of flood hazard areas. Insert: The Village of Tinley Park as the name of jurisdiction and 8/19/2008 (Cook County), 3/17/2003 (Will County) for the date of issuance of “The Flood Insurance Study”.
(G) CHAPTER 32 - ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
Section 3412.2. Applicability. Shall read as follows “Structures existing prior to (adoption date) in which there is work involving additions, alterations or changes of occupancy shall be made to comply with the requirements of this section or the provisions of Sections 3403 through 3409. The provisions in Sections 3412.2.1 through 3412.2.5 shall apply to existing occupancies that will continue to be, or are proposed to be, in Groups A, B, E, F, M, R, S, and U. These provisions shall not apply to buildings with occupancies in Group H or I.
(Ord. 2022-O-082, passed 11-1-22; Am. Ord. 2024-O-008, passed 2-6-24)