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Highland Park staff propose 2024 ICC/2023 NEC code update with local amendments; council asked about costs and grandfathering
Summary
Staff advised adoption of the 2024 International Code Council family and 2023 National Electric Code, plus a suite of local amendments (ban on new private septic, sprinkler triggers, elevator and pool safety updates, energy-storage safeguards). Adoption is scheduled for Feb. 23 with an effective date of March 1; council asked about grandfathering, incentives and implementation timing.
City staff presented a comprehensive update to Highland Park's building code on Feb. 9, proposing to adopt the International Code Council's 2024 model code family and to upgrade the city's National Electric Code reference to the 2023 edition. The update is paired with a separate analysis (funded by a grant) of the Illinois Stretch Energy Code to determine whether the city should adopt more stringent energy requirements.
Presenter Joel (staff) told council the project has two parts: (1) a code adoption to align local regulations with the ICC 2024 code family and NEC 2023 for modern materials and methods, and (2) a separate grant-funded review of the Illinois stretch energy code to chart a longer-term trajectory toward net-zero goals. "This update proposes to upgrade our building code to the 2024 version," Joel said in the presentation, noting staff training and outreach to design…
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