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Skokie board adopts building-code amendments to allow temporary occupancy, require fireproof charging storage and parking labeling

2224445 · February 4, 2025
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The Skokie Village Board on Monday approved changes to local building rules that allow temporary certificates of occupancy, replace bonds with proof of insurance, add fireproof storage for charging e-devices in new multifamily buildings, and require assigned parking spaces to be labeled.

The Skokie Village Board on Monday approved amendments to the village code that change several building and occupancy rules, including allowing temporary certificates of occupancy, replacing bonds with proof of insurance in some situations, requiring fireproof charging storage in new multifamily buildings and requiring assigned parking spaces to be labeled with unit identifiers.

Village Manager John Lockerbie presented the recommended changes and asked the board to authorize the corporation counsel to draft the necessary ordinance language. "This…

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