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A First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 7 ("Buildings"), Article 5 ("Fire Code") of the Oak Park Village Code to Adopt the 2024 International Code Council Fire 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 trends and implementing more modern approved materials and safer building practices. The Building Code Advisory Commission is recommending that the Village Board adopt the 2024 editions of the International Code Council Fire 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 Fire Codes on June 20, 2023
* Adopted the 2018 International Existing Building Codes on September 1, 2020
Background
On June 20, 2023 the Village adopted the 2021 edition of the International Code Council Building Codes along with 2021 edition of the National Fire Code. During 2021 and 2022, the Building Code Advisory Commission (BCAC) and the Fire Department reviewed and recommended the adoption of the 2024 International Code Council's Building Codes along with the 2024 edition of the National Fire Code.
The Village of Oak Park 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 organization across the United States ultimately merged into the International Code Council (ICC). Since the 1960s, the Village has relied on professional development of 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 th...
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