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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - MC-83-272 - 10/17/1983 - Ch 7 Exter Wall Materials and Smoke DetectorsREVI S E D + MACE IN -TO a ORDI WAN CES 10-17- 8 3 51 C MC-83-a78 AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. MC-83-272 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MCHENRY, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Section 7-19 of the "Municipal Code, City of McHenry, Illinois" be and thE� same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 7-19. EXTERIOR WALL MATERIALS. Seventy - Five Percent of the exterior walls of all buildings and structures, and of all additions to existing buildings and structures, hereafter erected upon any premises which are classified under the Zoning Ordinance of the City of McHenry as "R-4" Multi -Family District, "R-4A" Multi -Family District and "R-4B" Multi -Family District, shall be faced with brick, brick or masonry veneers, natural or cast stone veneers or other masonry materials. SECTION 2. That Chapter 7 of thE! "Municipal Code, City of McHenry, Illinois" be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following provision as and for Section 7-20 thereof: Section 7-20. SMOKE DETECTORS. The installation of any building hereafter constructed which is to be used for sleeping or lodging purposes, including single family dwellings, two-family dwellings, multiple family dwellings, hotels and motels, nursing homes and convalescent homes, etc., shall have a smoke detector installed and in operating condition on each level of every dwelling unit in said building and, in addition thereto, (except single family dwellings) in the hallways and stair- ways thereof as hereafter provided. A smoke detector required under this section shall be approved by Underwriters Laboratory, Inc., or other comparable testing firm. Each required smoke detector shall be mounted on the ceiling, or a wall not more than 12" from the ceiling, at a point centrally located in a hallway or area giving access to rooms used for sleeping purposes and not more than 25 feet apart in such hallway or area. In an efficiency dwelling unit the detector shall be centrally located on the ceiling of the main rooms. Where sleeping rooms are on an upper level, a detector shall be placed at the center of the ceiling directly above the stairway. Hallway, stairway and basement detectors shall be installed as part of an interconnected system. When activated, the detector shall provide an audible alarm in the dwelling unit. Smoke detectors with D.C. power supply only are permitted, as are detec- tors with A.C. power supply backed by a secondary supply which is D.C. An A.C. only powered unit is not permitted. Where A.C.-D.C. combination units are used, it is required that all A.C. lines be wired directly to the building's power supply. The installation of A.C. powered detectors shall conform to all electrical standards adopted by the City. All D.C. power detectors shall have built in protection to warn of battery failure. SECTION 3. That Chapter 7 of the "Municipal Code, City of McHenry, Illinois" be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following provision as and for Section 7-21 thereof: Section 7-21. GARAGES REQUIRED. No permit for the construction of a new single family residence shall be issued and no new single family residence may be constructed unless at least a 1-car garage (either attached or detacted) is included in the plans and specifications and in such residential construc- tion. No occupancy permit for such residence shall be issue until such garage is completed. A carport shall not satisfy the garage requirements of this section. When an attached garage is sought to be converted to habitable living space, a new substitute garage must be constructed prior to the issuance of a conversion permit. SECTION 4. That Chapter 7 of the "Municipal Code, City of McHenry, Illinois", be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following provision as and for Section 7-22 thereof: Section 7-22. SUB -SOIL DRAINS: DISCHARGE INTO SANITARY SEWER PROHIBITED. Sub -soil drains shall be provided around foundations enclosing habitable or usable spaces located below grade and which are -2- subjected to ground water conditions. Drains shall be installed at or below the area. to be protected and shall discharge by gravity or by mechanical means into an approved drainage system. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged storm water, foundation drain water, ground water, roof run-off, surface drainage, cooling waters, or any other unpolluted water into any sanitary sewer. SECTION 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense committed on each day during, or on which, a violation occurs or continues. SECTION 6. All ordinances, or parts thereof, in conflict with the terms and provisions hereof, be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION pamphlet form authorities of 7. This ordinance shall be by and under the authority of the City of McHenry, Illinois. published in the corporate SECTION 8. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form, as provided by law. PASSED this 19tWay of September, 1983. AYES: Bolger, Nolan, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Smith, Snell, Serritella NAYS : None ABSTAINED: None ABSENT: None NOT VOTING: None APPROVED this 19th day of September , 1983. ATTEST: CITY CLERK MI!