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Board reviews update to International Property Maintenance Code and draft parkway/native-garden rules
Summary
Staff proposed adopting the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code and a new parkway ordinance to allow cultivated and native gardens without permits; trustees raised questions about turf maintenance language, enforcement discretion, No Mow May and sight-line safety.
Oak Park staff presented a study session on updating the village's property maintenance code from the 2009 edition of the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) to the 2024 edition and introduced a proposed parkway ordinance that would clarify maintenance responsibilities and explicitly allow cultivated and native gardens in public parkways without a permit.
Code Compliance Manager Tina Brown described changes in the 2024 IPMC, including updated definitions, enhanced enforcement mechanisms, and new provisions on smoke-alarm replacement and storm-shelter maintenance. The draft local amendments staff recommended would add definitions (for example, "cultivated garden"), clarify that the owner or the owner's designated agent is the responsible party for property compliance, and…
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