The Building Code of the Village of Homer Glen is authorized
pursuant to authority granted under the Illinois Municipal Code, including
but not limited to Division 30 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65
ILCS 5/11-30-1 et seq.).
This article is enacted to provide for the minimum requirements
to safeguard life or limb, health, and the public safety and welfare
and the protection of property by regulating and controlling the construction,
alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, materials, use and occupancy
of all buildings and structures, providing for the issuance of permits
and collection of fees therefor within the Village of Homer Glen and
for the placing and maintenance therein of the electrical wiring and
appliances, plumbing and gas installations and installation of energy-efficient
mechanical, lighting and power systems.
The territorial jurisdiction of this article shall include all
of the Village of Homer Glen.
A.
For purposes
of interpretation and application, the provisions of this article
shall be held to be minimum requirements. No provision of this article
is intended to repeal, abrogate, annul, impair or interfere with any
existing ordinance of the Village of Homer Glen, except as is specifically
repealed by adoption of this article, provided that where any provision
of this article imposes more stringent regulations, requirements or
limitations than are imposed by any other ordinance of the Village
of Homer Glen, or any applicable statute or regulation of the State
of Illinois, then the provisions of this article shall govern.
B.
All of the
nationally recognized codes adopted by reference in this article are
comprehensive and flexible and make provision for the use of all safe
materials or methods of construction. Consequently, there are construction
materials and practices other than referred to in this article that
may be adequate for the purposes intended. These other methods represent
either seldom used or new systems or performance-type systems that
require individual consideration by the professional architect or
engineer and approval by the Village of Homer Glen Building Official
based on test data, engineering analysis and listings and are therefore
not included herein.
