55 ILCS 5/5-1064
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1064)Sec. 5-1064. Buildings in certain counties of less than 1,000,000  population. The county board in any county with a population not in  excess of 1,000,000 located in the area served by the Northeastern Illinois  Metropolitan Area Planning Commission may prescribe by resolution or  ordinance reasonable rules and regulations (a) governing the construction  and alteration of all buildings and structures and parts and appurtenances  thereof and governing the maintenance thereof in a condition reasonably  safe from the hazards of fire, explosion, collapse, contagion and the  spread of infectious disease, but any such resolution or ordinance shall be  subject to any rule or regulation now or hereafter adopted by the State  Fire Marshal pursuant to "An Act to regulate the storage,  transportation, sale and use of gasoline and volatile oils", approved June  28, 1919, as amended, (b) for prohibiting the use for residential purposes  of buildings and structures already erected or moved into position which do  not comply with such rules and regulations, and (c) for the restraint,  correction and abatement of any violations. However, the county shall  exempt all municipalities located wholly or partly within the county where  the municipal building code is equal to the county regulation and where the  local authorities are enforcing the municipal building code. Such rules and  regulations shall be applicable throughout the county but this Section  shall not be construed to prevent municipalities from establishing higher  standards nor shall such rules and regulations apply to the construction or  alteration of buildings and structures used or to be used for agricultural  purposes and located upon a tract of land which is zoned and used for  agricultural purposes.In the adoption of rules and regulations under this Section the county  board shall be governed by the publication and posting requirements set out  in Section 5-1063.Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General  Assembly,  any county adopting a new building code or amending an existing  building code under this Section must, at least 30 days before adopting the  building code or  amendment, provide an identification of the building code, by title and  edition, or the amendment for identification under Section 10.18 of the Capital Development Board Act.For the purposes of this Section, "building code" means any ordinance,  resolution, law,  housing or building code, or zoning ordinance that establishes construction  related activities  applicable to structures in the county.Violation of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Section,  except for a violation of the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 92nd  General Assembly and the rules and regulations adopted under those  provisions,  shall be deemed a petty offense.All rules and regulations enacted by resolution or ordinance under the  provisions of this Section shall be enforced by such officer of the county  as may be designated by resolution of the county board.  (Source: P.A. 99-639, eff. 7-28-16.)