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AN ORDINANCE
Adopting the B.O.C.A. National Building Code,
Tenth Edition 1987, by Reference and
Amending Title 4, Chapter 2, Sections 1 and 3
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston con-
siders it in the public interest to adopt as its standard for the issu-
ance of construction, reconstruction, alteration and installation permits
the B.O.C.A. National Building Code, Tenth Edition, 1987; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston has
caused three (3) copies of said code to be kept on file in the office of
the City Clerk for public inspection for a period of more than thirty
(30) days prior to the adoption of this ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 4-2-1(A) & (B) and Section 4-2-3
of the Code of the City of Evanston, 1979,
as amended, be further amended to read as follows:
4-2-1 ADOPTION OF B.O.C.A. NATIONAL BUILDING CODE:
(A) Pursuant to the authority granted by Chapter 24, Section
1-2-4 of the Illinois Revised Statutes and pursuant to its
home rule powers, the City of Evanston hereby adopts by
reference as its standard for the issuance of construc-
tion, reconstruction, alteration and installation permits
the B.O.C.A. National Building Code, Tenth Edition, 1987,
with the exceptions and amendments below stated. All ad-
visory or text notes, rules and regulations contained in
the B.O.C.A. National Building Code, Tenth Edition, 1987,
be and the same are hereby expressly excluded from this
ordinance.
(B) Any reference in the B.O.C.A. Code to "Building Offi-
cial" shall refer to the Director of Building and Zon-
ing. Any reference to "municipality" shall mean the City
of Evanston.
SECTION 2: It is the intention of the City Council that
the provisions of this ordinance and the
National Building Code are severable and that the invalidity of any section
or part of any action of this ordinance and the Code hereby adopted shall
not affect any other section or portion of this ordinance.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and ef-
fect from and after its passage, approval
and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed.
Introduced: /�� oC-3
Adopted: 9//
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ATTEST"
/ City Clerk
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Ab roved as o� form:
Corporation Counsel
, 1987
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Approved:�/ xJ7, 1982
JMayor
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