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A First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 7 ("Buildings"), Article 3 ("Electric Code") of the Oak Park Village Code to Adopt the 2024 International Code Council National Electric Code as Recommended by the Building Code Advisory Commission
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Introduction
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The Village periodically reviews and adopts updated building codes to attract construction growth by accepting current trends and implementing more modern approved materials and safer building practices. The Building Code Advisory Commission is recommending the Village Board adopt the 2024 editions of the International Code Council National Electric Code with a decreased number of amendments to simplify and streamline the Village's building code process.
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Recommended Action
Adopt the ordinance.
Prior Board Action
The Board has taken the following prior action(s):
* Adopted the 2021 International Existing Electric Codes on June 20, 2023
* Adopted the 2018 International Existing Electric Codes on September 21, 2020.
Background
On June 20, 2023, the Village adopted the 2021 edition of the International Code Council Building Codes. Throughout 2021 and 2022, the Building Code Advisory Commission (BCAC) and the Fire Department reviewed and recommended the 2021 International Code Council's National Electric Code.
The Village of Oak Park has published its own codes from 1916 through the 1960s. The codes evolved rapidly through changing trends and new technologies. As the construction industry became more organized, the three major regional code organizations across the United States ultimately merged into the International Code Council (ICC). Since the 1960s the Village had relied on the professional development of a code organization to provide a detailed and thorough code. Often, states adopt the International Code Council Codes. However, in Illinois, the responsibility of code adoptions is in the hands of the individual municipality, with the except...
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