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.

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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.

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