State & SI Uniform Building Code Issues (2 of 2)
{"Image DocumentName": "State & SI Uniform Building Code Issues (2 of 2)", "Image ImageDescription": "3.04 Livable Communities. What options are there for Illinois and the SI counties? First Option: Illinois would take complete charge of the building code system. Centralizing and unifying the processes, interpretations, and rulings concerning a uniform, comprehensive, statewide code. Creating a one-stop shop for the municipalities, general public, product manufacturers and design & construction industries. The fierce independence culture of SI would make this option very difficult to implement and even harder to enforce. Second Option: Shared control of the building code between Illinois and local governments. All large municipalities already have adopted a building code, and many have the administrative structure in place to handle permitting, plan review, inspections, enforcement, variances and appeals. Most of these local governments currently leave the technical updates of codes to the model code writing organizations. Makes more sense for SI to piggy-back on this time-tested code \u2014 but will still require local support to implement. Third Option: Legislation that grants exclusive control of a uniform, comprehensive code to local governments. Unfortunately this leaves the impetus in the hands of local folks \u2014 therefore requiring a significant effort to create value & support for setting up code. Source: International Code Council; interview with Illinois Building Commission. 58.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}