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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Sponsored by TONI PRECKWINKLE, President, and PETER N. SILVESTRI, County Commissioner.
AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 102, Section 102-120 and Section 102-151 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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Sec. 102-120. - Regulation of residential buildings and structures.
The County adopts the following provisions of the 2009 International Residential Code are hereby adopted by reference to provide the regulations of residential buildings and structures in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois:
Chapter 1, Part 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3, Sections R301 through R303.7.1, R304 through R312 and Sections R314 through R323; Chapters 4 through 18; Chapter 21; Chapter 23; Chapter 44; Appendices B through F; Appendix H; Appendices J through M; and Appendix Q. The above provisions are applicable in full force and effect as if set out at length in this Code. Any provision of the 2009 International Residential Code not specifically listed above, is specifically excluded and is not adopted.
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Sec 102-151. - Heating Requirements.
(a) Heating Requirements for Residential Rental Units: From September 15th of each year until June 1st of the following calendar year, every Rental Unit according to the definition provided in Section 102-183 of this Code of Ordinances, shall safely and adequately heat all Habitable Rooms and bathrooms within its walls to a temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and 66 degrees Fahrenheit from 10:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. the following morning.
(b) Heating Requirements for Commercial or Industrial Uses: From September 15th of each year until June 1st of the following calendar year, every structure containing an occupied commercial or industrial use according to the definitions of the Cook County Zoning Ordinance of 2001 shall safely and adequately heat all occupied spaces in those...
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