Board holds over building-code changes in petition 26-PC-124 until September
Aug 20, 2026
Lee County planning commission’s petition to amend Title 9 — updating the Illinois Energy Conservation Code, exempting certain like-for-like repairs from permits, and replacing a code reference — was presented and held over to the September meeting for more review.
The full story
Alice, speaking for the planning commission, presented petition 26-PC-124 — filed by Lee County building official Joe Bay — seeking targeted amendments to Title 9 of the county code. She said the petition would "exempt from a permit requirement sighting window door window and door replacement and roofing without change to pitch or slope" and update the Illinois Energy Conservation Code from 2021 to 2024 pursuant to a recent state statute change. She also said the petition would replace a current code reference with the International Code Council.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.
Keep reading for free
Create a free account to finish this story and see the video, transcript and key details.
Continue with GoogleContinue with emailAlready have an account? Log in →