This article shall be known as the Town residential code and may be cited as such, and will be referred to in this article as “the residential code.”
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21)
The International Residential Code, 2021 edition, and all amendments thereto, shall be, and the same are hereby made, a part of this article by reference, the same as if copied herein and made a part hereof, and copies of said International Residential Code, 2021 edition, and all amendments thereto, shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Inspector.
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21)
Any requirement considered necessary for the safety, strength, or stability of an existing or proposed building or structure, or for the safety or health of the occupants thereof, which varies from provisions of the International Residential Code, 2021 edition, and all amendments thereto, or which is not specifically covered by the International Residential Code, 2021 edition, and all amendments thereto, shall be determined by the Building Inspector subject to appeal to the Town Council.
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21)
The International Residential Code, 2021 edition, and all amendments thereto, hereby is amended as follows:
(1) 
Throughout the International Residential Code, 2021 edition, and all amendments thereto, wherever the term “Building Official” is used, there may be substituted therefore the term “Building Inspector.”
(2) 
Throughout the International Residential Code, 2021 edition, and all amendments thereto, wherever the term “Board of Appeals” is used, there shall be substituted therefore the term “Town Council.”
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21)
The following deletions, additions, and amendments to the International Residential Code contained herein are hereby approved and adopted. [1]
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21; Ordinance 2098 adopted 2/1/22; Ordinance 2118 adopted 6/6/2023)
[1]
Editor's Note: The 2021 IRC amendments are included as an attachment to this chapter.
The following appendices in the International Residential Code, 2021 edition, and all amendments thereto, are hereby adopted as follows:
(1) 
Appendix “AA,” Sizing and Capacity of Gas Piping.
(2) 
Appendix “AB,” Sizing of Venting Systems.
(3) 
Appendix “AC,” Exit Terminals Mechanical Draft and Direct-Vent Venting Systems.
(4) 
Appendix “AD,” Safety Inspection Procedures of Existing Appliance Installation.
(5) 
Appendix “AF,” Radon Control.
(6) 
Appendix “AG,” Piping Standards for Various Applications.
(7) 
Appendix “AH,” Patio Covers.
(8) 
Appendix “AJ,” Existing Buildings and Structures.
(9) 
Appendix “AK,” Sound Transmission.
(10) 
Appendix “AN,” Venting Methods.
(11) 
Appendix “AO,” Automatic Vehicular Gates.
(12) 
Appendix “AP,” Sizing of Water Piping System.
(13) 
Appendix “Q,” Swimming Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs as amended by this Code.
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21)
The following appendices in the International Residential Code, 2021 edition, are hereby deleted as follows:
(1) 
Appendix “AE,” Manufactured Housing.
(2) 
Appendix “AI,” Private Sewage Disposal.
(3) 
Appendix “AL,” Permit Fees.
(4) 
Appendix “AM,” Home Day Care- R-3 Occupancy.
(5) 
Appendix “AQ,” Tiny Houses.
(6) 
Appendix “AR,” Light Straw-Clay Construction.
(7) 
Appendix “AS,” Strawbale Construction.
(8) 
Appendix “AT,” Solar ready Provisions.
(9) 
Appendix “AU,” Cob Construction.
(10) 
Appendix “AV,” Board of Appeals.
(11) 
Appendix “AW,” 3-D Printed Building Construction.
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, remove, demolish, convert, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure in the Town contrary to or in violation of any provisions of the residential code, or to cause, permit, or suffer the same to be done. The penalty for violation of this Code is as set out in the Highland Park Code of Ordinances section 1.01.009.
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21)
A building permit is required as provided in section 3.02.010.
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21)
The building permit fees and the standards for razing or moving buildings are as provided in section 3.02.011.
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21)
Registration of general contractors is required as provided in section 3.02.012.
(Ordinance 2090 adopted 12/7/21)
(a) 
On-street vehicle parking in violation of the Parking Management Plan is prohibited.
(b) 
Failure to meet a milestone benchmark on Construction Management Plan is prohibited.
(c) 
Failure to keep a construction site in a condition as required by section 3.01.003(b), (c) or (d) is prohibited.
(d) 
In the event that three (3) violations of the Parking Management Plan, Construction Management Plan or Construction Site Maintenance provisions at a Construction Site have occurred, the Town may issue a “stop-work order” for such construction project and either suspend or revoke the building permit for the project.
(e) 
A “stop-work order” issued under this section shall not be calculated as additional work days beyond the expiration date of the construction permit.
(f) 
In the event a stop-work order is issued under this section, as a prerequisite condition for lifting such order, the owner shall pay to the Town a penalty of:
(1) 
$250.00 per day for each day of violation for the first seven days of violation(s); and
(2) 
$500.00 per day for each of day of violation for all other violation(s).
(Ordinance 2098 adopted 2/1/22)