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An Ordinance Updating the Village's International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) from the 2009 Edition to the 2024 Edition
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Introduction
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Staff are proposing an ordinance to update the Village's current property maintenance code from the 2009 version to the 2024 version.
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Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the Board adopt the ordinance.
Prior Board Action
The Board has taken the following prior action.
* ID 25-271: A Study Session on Updating the Village's International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) from the 2009 Edition to the 2024 Edition, and Proposed Changes to Chapter 22 ("Streets and Sidewalks") to Adopt Regulations for Maintenance of Parkways Fronting or Abutting Parcels or Lots
* ORD 15-181: Amended Chapter 7 ("BUILDINGS") of the Oak Park Village Code by adding a new Article 13 ("Property Maintenance Code") and adopted the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code.
Background
In 2015, the Village Board adopted the 2009 IPMC with local amendments. At the time, the Village was moving from a local property maintenance code to the international standard code that aligned with the building codes that the Village was using at the time. While the Village has since updated its building codes, the property maintenance code has remained unchanged. With a decade passing since the review, staff identified the need to revisit the 2009 IPMC.
As staff reviewed the 2009 and 2024 codes, staff did not find substantial changes (see attached matrix). That said, building codes and property maintenance codes work together, with the IPMC frequently updated to align with more recent building codes. Since the Village has continued to update its ICC codes, updating the IPMC would be appropriate as well. Adopting the 2024 IPMC will result in enforcement in concert with the Village's current building and fire codes. Moreover, using the 2024 IPMC version is necessary in order to benefit from the most up-to-dat...
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