O-61-04 10/11/04VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.06
OF THE LEMONT MUNICIPAL CODE:
SINGLE - FAMILY BUILDING CODE
ADOPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
This it day of die / , 2004
Published in pamphlet form
by authority of the President
and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Lemont, Counties
of Cook, Will and DuPage,
Illinois this jj+i" day of
Ochj , 2004.
ORDINANCE NO. b' - o
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.06 OF THE LEMONT MUNICIPAL CODE
ENTITLED: SINGLE - FAMILY BUILDING CODE
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees that CHAPTER 15.06, Section
15.06.020 of the Lemont Municipal code entitled: Single- Family Building Code is hereby amended
as follows:
The following section shall be changed to read:
Chapter 15.06.020 — Amendments to Code - Section R310.1.4 Basement Escape
Windows
All basements shall be equipped with at least one (1) emergency window or a door
leading directly to the outside. All required basement emergency escape windows
shall have a minimum height of thirty -six inches (36 ") and a minimum width of
thirty -one inches (31"). Sill height shall not be more than forty -four inches (44 ")
above the floor.
Chapter 15.06.020 — Amendments to Code - Section R310.2 "Window Wells"
The minimum horizontal projection of a window well shall be thirty-six inches (36")
and the width shall be a minimum of thirty -six inches (36 "). All window wells
serving an emergency escape or rescue window shall be of rectangular shape.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication
in the manner provided by law. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith shall be
and the same are hereby repealed. The Village Clerk of the Village of Lemont shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in pamphlet form.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL AND DUPAGE, ILLINOIS,
on this ft' day of 40,y- , 2004.
Debby Blatzer
Peter Coules
Brian Reaves
Steven Rosendahl
Ronald Stapleton
Jeanette Virgilio
AYES NAYS PASSED ABSENT
Attestt3
CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
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