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CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM <br /> NO.23-19 <br /> DATE: 12/13/2023 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton, City Manager <br /> Cordaryl"Pat"Patrick,Director of Economic&Community Development <br /> David Greenwell,Building Official <br /> SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending City Codes-Chapter 26,Heating,Air Conditioning and <br /> Refrigeration Contractors; Chapter 44,Fire Prevention and Hazardous Materials Control; <br /> Chapter 67,Building Code; Chapter 67.2,Residential Building Code; Chapter 68,Mechanical <br /> Code; and Chapter 70,Property Maintenance Code <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: The Economic and Community Development <br /> Department and the Fire Department recommend the proposed ordinance amendments regarding <br /> Chapters 26,44, 67,67.2, 68 and 70 be approved and adopted into City Code. <br /> BACKGROUND: City Code Chapter 26 needs amended to reflect the dissolution of the City's <br /> Heating,Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Commission and replacement with the Construction <br /> and Housing Board of Appeals. <br /> City Codes Chapters 44,67,67.2, 68 and 70 need amended to update the city's International <br /> Codes from 2015 to 2021. Codes were last updated on January 1,2019 to the 2015 International <br /> Codes. We are proposing minimal changes to the International Codes to simplify our <br /> requirements for designers,contractors,and property owners. <br /> In October of this year,City staff met with representatives from Building Code Effectiveness <br /> Grading Schedule(BCEGS)to assess our building codes and their enforcement. If we do not <br /> update our codes to the 2021 International Codes by January 1,2024,then our rating would <br /> automatically be a 9 out of 10. 10 being the worst. A preferred,lower rating would lessen <br /> catastrophe-related damage and ultimately lower insurance costs providing a strong incentive to <br /> update our codes. In addition,the State of Illinois recently passed legislation(Public Act 103- <br /> 0510)requiring statewide building codes effective January 1,2025. Our current 2015 <br /> International Codes will need updated by this effective date to comply. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: None we are aware of <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: The City's Construction and Housing Board of Appeals <br /> approved of all the proposed changes at their December 7,2023 meeting. <br />