The International Fuel Gas Code, 2018 Edition, and subsequent
amendments thereto, published by the International Code Council, Inc.,
shall be and is hereby adopted by reference as the Fuel Gas Code for
the City of Crystal Lake. All terms and conditions contained in the
International Fuel Gas Code, 2018 Edition, and subsequent amendments
thereto, published by the International Code Council, Inc., shall
be part of the ordinances of the City of Crystal Lake the same as
if they were adopted verbatim.
The following sections of the International Fuel Gas Code are
hereby revised and amended as follows:
A. Section 101.1, Title: Insert "City of Crystal Lake" as the name of
jurisdiction.
B. Section 106.6, Fees, is amended as follows: The fees for all fuel gas work shall be paid in accordance with Chapter
241, Fees, of the Code of Ordinances.
C. Section 106.6.3, Fee refunds, is amended as follows: The code official
shall authorize the refunding of fees as follows:
1.
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The full amount of any fee paid hereunder that was erroneously
paid or collected
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The code official shall not authorize the refunding of any fee
paid, except upon written application filed by the original permittee
not later than seven days after the date of fee payment.
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D. Section 108.4, Violation penalties, is amended as follows: Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair mechanical work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be fined as set forth in Chapter
248, Fines, for each offense. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
E. Section 108.5, Stop work orders, is amended as follows: Upon notice form the code official that mechanical work is being performed contrary to the provisions of the code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner, such work shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or to the owner's authorized agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency exists, the code official shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who shall continue any work on the system after having been served with a stop-work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable for a fine as set forth in Chapter
248, Fines.
F. Section 109.2, Membership of board, is amended as follows: The board
of appeals shall consist of the City's Administrative Law Judge.
G. The remainder of Section 109 after Section 109.2 is deleted in its
entirety.
H. Appendix C is hereby adopted.