Updated : 07/11/2024
Overview
Mount Carmel, Illinois, adopted the 2006 International Residential Code (IRC), including all appendices. Mount Carmel, IL, Muni. Code § 6-17 (adoption). Mount Carmel, Illinois, adopted the 2006 International Building Code (IBC), including all appendices. Mount Carmel, IL, Muni. Code § 6-17 (adoption). For Mount Carmel, Illinois, no local amendments of the residential code and commercial code were located. For Mount Carmel, Illinois, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.
Helpful resources for Mount Carmel, Illinois include the following.
Residential Building Code
Illinois has yet to adopt a statewide residential code. Local laws will control.See PLRB,
Illinois Building Codes for more information on state level codes.
Mount Carmel adopted the 2006 IRC, locally. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.
You can find a copy of the model code here.
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2006 IRC(Mount Carmel, IL Sec. 6-17. - Building code, residential code adopted.)
...That a certain document is on file in the office of the city clerk of the city, being
marked and designated as International Residential Code (2006 edition), including Appendix Chapters, as published by the International Code
Council, be and is hereby adopted as the code of the city for regulating the design,...
Drip Edge
Drip Edge: no
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Mount Carmel ? Undetermined
Comments:
No amendments to Table R301.2(1) were found in the municipal code or city website; Therefore, it is unclear if ice barrier underlayment is required.
Government Officials
| Last Name |
First Name |
Title |
E-mail |
Phone |
Note |
| Easter |
Dave |
Assistant Public Works Director / City Inspector |
deaster@cityofmtcarmel.com |
618/262-4822 |
|
Comments
Mount Carmel, Illinois, adopted the 2006 International Residential Code (IRC), including all appendices. Mount Carmel, IL, Muni. Code § 6-17 (adoption).
No online IRC amendment code was located.
Existing Buildings
Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of
construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.
Please refer to appendix J of the adopted 2006 IRC.
Mount Carmel, Illinois, did not adopt the International Existing Building Code (IEBC).
Commercial Building Code
Mount Carmel adopted the 2006 IBC, locally . Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.
You can find a copy of the code
here.
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2003 IBC(Mount Carmel, IL Sec. 6-19. - Reserved.)
...Ord. No. 777, § 1, adopted June 24, 2002, has been treated by the editor as repealing
former § 6-19. Ord. No. 777 adopted a new building code for the city. Former § 6-19 pertained to amendments to the previous building code, and derived from Ord. No.
170, adopted August 22, 1967; and Ord. No. 491, adopted August 10, 1987....
Comments
Mount Carmel, Illinois, adopted the 2006 International Building Code (IBC), including all appendices. Mount Carmel, IL, Muni. Code § 6-17 (adoption).
No online IBC amendment code was located.
Existing Buildings
Mt. Carmel, IL did not adopt the IEBC, therefore Chapter 34 of the IBC would apply.
Other Building Codes
Mount Carmel, Illinois, adopted the 2005 National Electrical Code (NFPA). Mount Carmel, IL, Muni. Code § 6-41 (adoption).
Mount Carmel, Illinois, adopted the 2006 International Property Maintenance Code. Mount Carmel, IL, Muni. Code § 6-81 (adoption) and § 6-82 (amendments).
Mount Carmel, Illinois, adopted the 2006 International Mechanical Code (IMC), including all appendices. Mount Carmel, IL, Muni. Code § 6-101 (adoption).
Mount Carmel, Illinois, adopted the 2006 International Fire Prevention Code. Mount Carmel, IL, Muni. Code § 9-16 (adoption).
