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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Rooftop Safety for First Responders Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
| 7 | "Court" means an open space on a lot, other than a yard or | ||||||
| 8 | portion of a yard, that is unobstructed from its lowest level | ||||||
| 9 | to the sky and bounded, in whole or part, by abutting property | ||||||
| 10 | lines, exterior building walls or other enclosing devices. | ||||||
| 11 | "Low-sloped roof" mean roof with a slope of less than 2 | ||||||
| 12 | units vertical in 12 units horizontal (17% slope). | ||||||
| 13 | "Parapet" means a barrier that extends upward from the | ||||||
| 14 | edge of a structure, such as a roof, balcony, walkway, or | ||||||
| 15 | terrace. | ||||||
| 16 | "Shaft" means a continuous vertical space substantially | ||||||
| 17 | enclosed on all sides that extends for 2 or more floors, | ||||||
| 18 | including, but not limited to, an elevator shaft, a | ||||||
| 19 | ventilation shaft, a stairwell, or a service shaft. | ||||||
| 20 | Section 10. Low-sloped roof edges and openings. All | ||||||
| 21 | existing buildings, new construction, new roofs, roof | ||||||
| 22 | replacements, and renovation projects that increase the area | ||||||
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| 1 | of a home or business by more than 50% are subject to the | ||||||
| 2 | following requirements: | ||||||
| 3 | (1) The edges of a low-sloped roof that adjoin a shaft | ||||||
| 4 | or a court that is enclosed on all sides shall be provided | ||||||
| 5 | with a parapet, extended masonry, or guard, or any | ||||||
| 6 | combination thereof that meets the requirements of Section | ||||||
| 7 | 1015 of the International Building Code. | ||||||
| 8 | (2) All skylights and other openings located in the | ||||||
| 9 | plane of a low-sloped roof that are not otherwise required | ||||||
| 10 | to remain open and unobstructed by law shall be either: | ||||||
| 11 | (A) glazed with wired glass, plain glass, glass | ||||||
| 12 | block, or polycarbonate plastic that is designed and | ||||||
| 13 | constructed to withstand a minimum dynamic load test | ||||||
| 14 | of no less than 400 pounds; or | ||||||
| 15 | (B) provided with a parapet, extended masonry, or | ||||||
| 16 | guard, or any combination thereof, that meets the | ||||||
| 17 | requirements of Section 1015 of the International | ||||||
| 18 | Building Code. | ||||||
| 19 | Section 15. Survey. | ||||||
| 20 | (a) No later than January 1, 2027, and every 2 years | ||||||
| 21 | thereafter, each municipality shall complete a survey of | ||||||
| 22 | buildings in its jurisdiction that have skylights and other | ||||||
| 23 | openings located in the plane of a low-sloped roof. | ||||||
| 24 | (b) The results of the survey shall be reported in a | ||||||
| 25 | building inventory that shall be shared with local police | ||||||
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| 1 | departments and local fire departments. | ||||||
| 2 | (c) In counties with a population greater than 1,000,000, | ||||||
| 3 | the results of the survey shall be shared with local police | ||||||
| 4 | departments and local fire departments and shall be stored in | ||||||
| 5 | all computer-aided dispatch systems. | ||||||