a) Except as
provided in subsection (b), every facility other than a mobile facility shall
conform to the standards identified in this subsection (a) and published by the
International Code Council, Inc., 4051 W. Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills IL
60478-5795, unless a variance or waiver is obtained pursuant to Section
180.70 or use of a temporary
facility is authorized pursuant to Section
180.230. No later amendments to
or editions of these standards are incorporated. The legal occupancy of any
facility that existed on or before December 31, 2024 shall be permitted to
continue without change; however, any repairs, alterations, occupancy changes,
relocation, and/or additions to these existing facilities are subject to the
2024 International Existing Building Code (also see Appendix A of this Part).
With respect to any project for which the design contract is
executed on or after January 1, 2025, the applicable standards shall be the
2024 International Building Code and its subcodes, as follows:
1) the 2024 International Energy Conservation
Code (IECC);
2) the 2024
International Existing Building Code (IEBC);
3) the 2024 International Fire Code (IFC),
excluding Chapter 4;
4) the 2024
International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC);
5) the 2024 International Mechanical Code
(IMC); and
6) the 2024
International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC).
b) The applicability of the codes listed in
subsection (a) shall be limited as set forth in this subsection (b).
1) Emergency and Crisis Response Instead of
Chapter 4 of the International Fire Code, the provisions of 29 Ill. Adm. Code
1500 (Joint Rules of the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Illinois
State Board of Education: School Emergency and Crisis Response Plans) shall
apply.
2) Administrative Provisions
A) Instead of the Plumbing Code listed in
Section 101.4.3 and referenced elsewhere in the International Building Code,
Section
180.60(b)(5) of
this Part shall apply.
B) Instead
of Sections
102.6 and
102.6.2 of the International
Building Code and Section 101.4.2 of the International Existing Building Code,
Section
180.60(a) of
this Part shall apply.
C) Instead
of Sections 103 through 106, 109, and 111 through 115 of the International
Building Code, the requirements of Sections
180.40 through
180.70,
180.200 through
180.230 and
180.300 through
180.420 of this Part shall
apply.
3) Storm Shelters
Instead of the provisions contained in Section 423 of the
International Building Code, the ICC/NSSA Standard for the Design and
Construction of Storm Shelters (ICC 500 2020), published jointly by the
International Code Council and the National Storm Shelter Association, shall
apply. No later amendments to or editions of these standards are
incorporated.
A) The standards of this
subsection (b)(3) shall apply to any new school building construction project
for which the design contract was executed on or after January 1, 2025. (See
Section 2-3.12(e-5) of the School Code.)
B) As used in this subsection (b)(3), "new
school building construction" means:
i) any
new, stand-alone school building with an aggregate Group E occupant load of 50
or more, as defined in Section 305 of the International Building Code;
or
ii) one or more additions to an
existing school building completed within a period of 24 months that increases
the total square footage of the remaining existing building by 50% or more. The
storm shelter, which may be placed in the new addition or the existing
building, must have sufficient capacity to serve both the addition or additions
and the existing building.
4) Accessibility
Instead of the accessibility provisions set forth in Chapter
11 of the International Building Code, the Illinois Accessibility Code (71 Ill.
Adm. Code 400) shall apply (except as provided in Section 10-20.51 of the
School Code regarding press boxes).
5) Plumbing
Instead of the plumbing provisions set forth in Section
101.4.3 of Chapter 1 and incorporated in Chapter 35 of the International
Building Code, the requirements set forth in the Illinois Plumbing Code (77
Ill. Adm. Code 890) and Section
405.3.1 of the 2024
International Plumbing Code shall apply.
6) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety
Instead of the provisions set forth in Chapter 10 of the
International Mechanical Code, the requirements set forth in the Illinois State
Fire Marshal's rules titled Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety (41 Ill. Adm.
Code 2120) shall apply.
7)
Elevators
Instead of the elevator provisions in the International
Building Code, the requirements set forth in the Illinois State Fire Marshal's
rules titled Illinois Elevator Safety Rules (41 Ill. Adm. Code 1000) shall
apply.
8) Sprinkler Systems
In conjunction with the sprinkler requirements set forth in
Section 22-23 of the School Code, the International Building Code, and the
International Fire Code, the requirements set forth in 41 Ill. Adm. Code
109.110 (Compliance Standards)
shall apply.
