Chapter 11.2 - Mechanical Code -- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilating and Refrigeration
Division 7 - Fuel Gas Code

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SEC. 11.2.7-1 SCOPE OF DIVISION. The provisions of this Division shall control the design, installation, alteration, maintenance and repair of all fuel gas piping systems, fuel gas utilization equipment and related accessories within the scope of the International Fuel Gas Code, 2006, as adopted and modified thereby, within the Town of Normal. All such installations shall conform to the provisions of this Chapter and the International Fuel Gas Code, 2006, as adopted and modified hereby. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to design, install or alter any system, equipment of component thereof in any way other than that authorized by this Chapter and the International Fuel Gas Code, 2006, as adopted and modified hereby.

SEC. 11.2.7-2 ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, 2006, WITH AMENDMENTS.

1. Incorporation by Reference. There is hereby adopted by the Town of Normal for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the design, installation, alteration, maintenance and repair of all fuel gas piping systems, fuel gas utilization equipment and related accessories within the scope of the International Fuel Gas Code, 2006, as adopted and modified thereby, placed in or utilized in connection with any building or structure within the Town of Normal, a certain Code known as the International Fuel Gas Code, 2006, of the International Code Council, Inc., with specific additions, deletions, insertions, modifications and amendments (which said Code as so amended is in this Chapter referred to as the International Fuel Gas Code), not less than one copy of which with the specific additions, deletions, insertions, modifications and amendments has been, for more than thirty days prior to the adoption of the Ordinance incorporating it by reference, and is now filed in the Office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Normal. The provisions of said Code are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length and the provisions thereof as added, deleted, inserted, modified and amended by Paragraph B of this Section shall be controlling in regard to all buildings and structures within the corporate limits of the Town. As editions and amendments to the International Fuel Gas Code are officially adopted and published by the International Code Council, such new editions and amendments are hereby adopted by the Town of Normal without further action by the Town Council and such new editions and amendments shall be effective when published by the International Code Council except for those sections which are specifically modified, amended or deleted by this Division of the Municipal Code of the Town of Normal.
    
2. Additions, Deletions, Insertions, Modifications and Amendments to the International Fuel Gas Code, 2006.
    
   1. Insert the phrase “Town of Normal, Illinois” in all locations in the International Fuel Gas Code, 2006, where parenthetical reference is made to the “name of jurisdiction.”
       
   2. In Section 101.2 Scope delete the second exception.
       
   3. Delete Sections 103.1 General and 103.2 Appointment and substitute therefore the following:
      
      Section 103.1 – Building Inspection Department. The Building Inspection Department of the Town of Normal shall be the “Department of Inspection” as that term is used in this Code.
      
      Section 103.2 – Building Commissioner. The Building Commissioner of the Town of Normal shall be the “Code Official” as that term is used in this Code.
       
   4. Section 106.4.3 Expiration. Add the following sentence at the beginning of this Section:
      
      Every permit issued shall expire and become invalid 180 days after the issuance or a later date if a later date is indicated on the permit by the code official.
       
   5. Delete Section 106.5.3 Fee Refunds.
       
   6. Section 108.1 Unlawful Acts. Add the following sentence at the end of this Section:
      
      It shall be unlawful for the owner of any property to allow or permit any erection, construction, alteration, repair, removal, demolition or utilization of any equipment or piping in violation of any provision of this Code.
       
   7. Section 108.2 Notice of Violation. Substitute the word “may” for the word “shall” in this section.
       
   8. Section 108.3 Prosecution of Violation. Delete the phrase “If the notice of violation is not complied with promptly.”
       
   9. Section 108.4 Violation Penalties. Delete this Section and substitute therefore the following:
      
      “Section 108.4 Violation Penalties – Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Code shall be subject to the penalty provisions provided in SEC. 11.2.6-4 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Normal, Illinois, 1969, as amended.”
       
   10. Section 108.5 Stop Work Orders. Delete the phrase “of not less than (amount) or more than (amount) dollars” and substitute therefore the following phrase “as set forth in SEC. 11.2.6-4 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Normal.”
        
   11. Delete Section 109 Means of Appeal and substitute therefore, the following:
       
       “Section 109 Board of Appeals – All persons shall have the right to appeal any decision of the Code Official to the Mechanical Board of Appeals of the Town of Normal in the manner provided by SEC. 11.2.2-5 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Normal, Illinois, 1969, as amended.”

Entire Division 7 Added 9/15/03 by Ord. No. 4894