The following sections of the 1996 Edition of the BOCA Basic Building Code are revised, supplemented and amended, as follows:

    Section 101.1 (Title) is amended to read as follows:

        These regulations shall be known as the Building Code of Columbia, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as "this Code".

    Section 112.3.1 (Fee Schedule) is amended to read as follows:

        Fee Schedule: A building permit fee shall be paid in accordance with the schedule published in Chapter 41 of the 1979 Revised Code of Ordinances for the City of Columbia, Illinois to establish the fees and charges to be assessed for City services and to set forth the business, professions and occupations in the City required to be licensed and the business license to be paid by each, last amended by City Ordinance No. 1421 enacted February 19, 1996, and in particular, Article VI (BUILDING PERMITS) thereof, including Subsections 41-6-1 through 41-6-4.

    Section 116.4 (Violation--Penalties) is amended to read as follows:

        Any person who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building or structure in violation of an approved plan or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of an offense, punishable by a fine of not more than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), or by imprisonment of not to exceed six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that the violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.

    Section 117.2 (Unlawful Continuance) is amended to read as follows:

        Any person who shall continue any work in or about the structure after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be limited to a fine of not less than Seventy-Five Dollars ($75.00) or more than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00).

    Section 3408.2 (Applicability) is amended as follows:

        Structures existing prior to July 15, 1996, in which there is work involving additions, alterations or changes of occupancy, shall be made to conform to the requirements of this Section or the provisions of Sections 3403.0 through 3407.0.

        The provisions of Sections 3408.2.1 through 3408.2.5 shall apply to existing occupancies that will continue to be, or are proposed to be, in Use Groups A, B, E, F, M, R and S. These provisions shall not apply to buildings with occupancies in Use Group H or I.

(Ord. 1480 § 2, 1996)