St. Jacob, Illinois Building Codes

Updated : 09/16/2024

Overview

St. Jacob, Illinois, adopted the 2003 International Residential Code (IRC), with amendments. St. Jacob, IL, Muni. Code § 6-1-2 (adoption) and § 6-1-8 (amendments). St. Jacob, Illinois, adopted the 2003 International Building Code (IBC), excluding appendix H, with amendments. St. Jacob, IL, Muni. Code § 6-1-2 (adoption) and § 6-1-6 (amendments). For St. Jacob, Illinois, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located. 

Helpful resources for St. Jacob, 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.

St. Jacob adopted the 2003 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: no

Ice Barrier

Are ice barriers required for St. Jacob ? 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
Craney James Zoning Administrator info@stjacobil.us 618/644-5666

Comments

St. Jacob, Illinois, adopted the 2003 International Residential Code (IRC), with amendments. St. Jacob, IL, Muni. Code § 6-1-2 (adoption) and § 6-1-8 (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.

No adoption of appendix J of the IRC was located. 

For St. Jacob, Illinois, no local adoption and no local amendments of an existing building code were located.

Commercial Building Code

St. Jacob adopted the 2003 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

St. Jacob, Illinois, adopted the 2003 International Building Code (IBC), excluding appendix H, with amendments. St. Jacob, IL, Muni. Code § 6-1-2 (adoption) and § 6-1-6 (amendments).

Existing Buildings

St. Jacob, IL did not adopt the IEBC, therefore Chapter 34 of the IBC would apply.

Other Building Codes

St. Jacob, Illinois, adopted the 2005 National Electrical Code (NFPA 70). St. Jacob, IL Muni. Code § 6-1-2 (adoption).

St. Jacob, Illinois, adopted the 2003 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), with amendments. St. Jacob, IL, Muni. Code § 6-1-9 (adoption and amendments).

St. Jacob, Illinois, adopted the 2003 International Fire Code (IFC), with amendments. St. Jacob, IL, Muni. Code § 6-1-10 (adoption and amendments).

St. Jacob, Illinois, adopted the 2003 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), with amendments. St. Jacob, IL, Muni. Code § 6-1-11 (adoption and amendments).

St. Jacob, Illinois, adopted the 2003 International Mechanical Code (IMC), with amendments. St. Jacob, IL Muni. Code § 6-1-12 (adoption and amendments).