Updated : 05/02/2024
Overview
Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), including appendices AA, AB, AC, AD, AF, AG, AH, AJ, AK, AM, AN, AP, AT, with amendments. Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 5-2. (adoption and amendments). Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the 2021 International Building Code (IBC), including appendices D, F, G, H, J, K, with amendments. Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 5-1. (adoption and amendments).
Helpful resources for Evergreen Park, 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.
Evergreen Park adopted the 2021 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.
You can find information about amendments to the model code
here.
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Drip Edge
Drip Edge: yes
Ice Barrier
Are ice barriers required for Evergreen Park ? Undetermined
Comments:
Table R301.2, Insert, “The building official shall determine the applicable criteria from the referenced tables and figures.”
Comments
Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), including appendices AA, AB, AC, AD, AF, AG, AH, AJ, AK, AM, AN, AP, AT, with amendments. Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 5-2. (adoption and amendments).
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 AJ of the adopted 2021 IRC.
Evergreen Park, Illinois, did not adopt the International Existing Building Code (IEBC).
Commercial Building Code
Evergreen Park adopted the 2021 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.You can find information about amendments to the model code
here.
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Comments
Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the 2021 International Building Code (IBC), including appendices D, F, G, H, J, K, with amendments. Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 5-1. (adoption and amendments).
Section 903.2, add the following: “Automatic sprinkler systems are required to be installed in residential structures only where the residential structure contains more than 10,000 square feet of dwelling space or where the residential structure also contains commercial space within the same structure and the commercial space is required to be sprinklered.”
Existing Buildings
Evergreen Park, Illinois, did not adopt the International Existing Building Code (IEBC).
Other Building Codes
Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the 2021 International Mechanical Code (IMC), with amendments. Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 5-3. (adoption and amendments).
Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the Illinois Plumbing Code, including appendix A, with amendments. Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 5-4. (adoption and amendments).
Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the Chicago Electrical Code, with amendments. Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 5-5. (adoption and amendments).
Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the Illinois Energy Conservation Code. Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 5-6. (adoption and amendments).
Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the Life Safety Code (NFPA). Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 5-7. (adoption and amendments).
Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), with amendments. Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 5-8. (adoption and amendments).
Evergreen Park, Illinois, adopted the 2021 International Fire Code (IFC), with amendments. Evergreen Park, IL, Muni. Code § 7-79. (adoption and amendments).
