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Bridgeview board adopts 2024 building, residential, mechanical and fire codes
Summary
The Village Board unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 26-12 to update local regulations to the 2024 International Building Code series, the Chicago electrical code, and the Illinois Energy Conservation Code on April 1, 2026.
The Village of Bridgeview on April 1 adopted a package of updated building and related codes to align local standards with recent model codes and the Chicago electrical code. Trustee Baste moved and Trustee Higginson seconded approval of Ordinance No. 26-12; the motion carried 6-0 and was recorded as 2026-M-45.
The ordinance adopts the 2024 International Building Code, the 2024 International Residential Code, the 2024 International Mechanical Code, the Chicago electrical code, the Illinois Energy Conservation Code and the 2024 International Fire Code. "Motion by Trustee Baste and seconded by Trustee Higginson to approve Ordinance No. 26-12; an ordinance of the Village of Bridgeview, Cook County, Illinois, adopting the 2024 international building code, the 2024 international residential code, the 2024 international mechanical code, the Chicago electrical code, the Illinois energy conservation code, and the 2024 international fire code," the minutes state.
The minutes do not record further discussion or amendments to the ordinance, nor do they note a delayed effective date; the adoption is entered on the official record and will govern permit and construction reviews once implemented by the Village's inspection and permitting processes.
