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Board approves ordinance changes; attached-garage sprinkler head required when house sprinklers installed
Summary
The board approved text amendments to Chapters 18 and 42 to streamline local building/fire-control rules; among the changes, staff explained a new local amendment would require one sprinkler head in attached garages when a home sprinkler system is installed, though full-house sprinkler mandates remain unchanged.
The Westmont Village Board on Aug. 20 approved text amendments to local building and fire-control ordinances intended to streamline local amendments and align with industry practice.
Director Henpine presented the changes and emphasized that the amendment does not mandate whole-home sprinkler systems at this time, but it would require one sprinkler head in an attached garage when a residential sprinkler system is present. "One sprinkler head, right?" a trustee asked, and staff replied that the change is "very nominal" and consistent with concerns about vehicle fires and electric vehicles.
Trustees asked for clarity about whether the change applies to attached garages only (staff said yes) and how it would interact with any future broader sprinkler requirement; the board approved the amendments on a roll-call vote.
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