HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 16-O-25, Amending City Code Title 4 - Building Regulations, Chapter 19 - Energy Code
2/10/2025
16-O-25
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Title 4, Chapter 19 of the City Code
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois recently adopted the Illinois Stretch
Energy Code, 20 ILCS 3125/55 (the “Stretch Code”), which took effect on January 1,
2025; and
WHEREAS, the Stretch Code is available for adoption by any municipality,
as a replacement to the Illinois Energy Conservation Code; and
WHEREAS, the Stretch Code sets minimum energy efficiency
requirements and is designed to achieve greater energy efficiency than does the Illinois
Energy Conservation Code; and
WHEREAS, municipalities that adopt the Stretch Code demonstrate a
commitment to climate action, accelerate progress toward becoming net zero, and
provide incentives for builders and designers to explore, test, and showcase new
energy efficiency strategies and technologies; and
WHEREAS, the Stretch Code sets performance targets that increase
every three years in a predictable manner, such that the 2032 Stretch Code sets targets
that are 60-75% more efficient than the current Illinois Energy Conservation Code; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council finds that it is in the best interest
ofthe City of Evanston residents to amend the City Code to adopt the Stretch Code as
a means to make meaningful progress toward the City’s Climate Action and
Resilience Plan goals.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: Title 4, Chapter 19 of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, is hereby further amended as follows:
CHAPTER 19 ENERGY CODE
4-19-1. ADOPTION.
(A) Pursuant to the authority granted by 65 ILCS 5/1-2-4, and pursuant to its home rule
powers, the City of Evanston hereby adopts by reference the Illinois Energy
Conservation Stretch Energy Code, with the additions, deletions, exceptions, and
other amendments set forth in this Chapter. All advisory or text notes, other than
the rules and regulations contained in the Illinois Energy Conservation Stretch
Energy Code adopted hereby, are expressly excluded from this Chapter.
(B) Any reference in the Illinois Energy Conservation Stretch Energy Code to "Building
Official" shall refer to the City's Manager of Building and Development Services.
Any reference to "municipality" shall mean the City of Evanston.
(C) In the event that any provision of this Chapter is in conflict with any provision(s) of
the City Code, this Chapter shall control. The provisions of this Chapter shall not
conflict with any energy code regulations adopted by the State of Illinois.
(D) Provisions in the appendices shall not apply unless specifically referenced in this
ordinance. The following appendices in the 2023 Illinois Stretch Energy Code are
hereby adopted: CB, CH, and CI.
4-19-2. PENALTIES.
Any person who violates any provision of the Illinois Energy Conservation Stretch
Energy Code as adopted by the City, who fails to comply with any of the
requirements thereof, or who changes, moves, or alters any wiring apparatus,
fixture, machinery or device, in violation of any approved plan, direction, permit, or
certificate issued by the Building Official or his/her designee, shall be guilty of an
offense and fined as follows:
(A) 1. The fine for a first violation is one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
2. The fine for a second violation is four hundred dollars ($400.00).
3. The fine for a third or subsequent violation is seven hundred fifty dollars
($750.00).
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(B) Each day a provision of this Chapter is found to have been violated constitutes a
separate violation subject to the fine schedule set forth in Subsection (A) of this
Section.
(C) The fines provided for herein shall not be construed as limiting the power of a court
of competent jurisdiction or an administrative hearing officer to impose other
penalties and remedies as provided for by applicable legislation.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: If any provision of this Ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid application of this
Ordinance is severable.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect on October 1,
2025.
SECTION 5: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to
be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
Introduced: February 10, 2025
Approved:
Adopted: February 24, 2025
__________________________, 2025
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
_______________________________
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
______________________________
Alexandra B. Ruggie, Corporation Counsel
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