Building Codes

History of Aurora Codes 

• Historic Building Codes(PDF, 7KB)
• Historic Egress Window Requirements(PDF, 45KB)
• Historic Electrical Codes(PDF, 6KB)
• Historic Occupancy Standards(PDF, 52KB)
• Historic Stair Geometry(PDF, 48KB)
• One and Two Family Residential Historic Codes(PDF, 8KB)

Existing Building Code Resources

• Chicago Building Code 1898-1938
• HUD-Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials and Assemblies(PDF, 5MB)
• Legacy Building Code Library(PDF, 76KB) published by Association for Preservation Technology
• National Institute of Building Sciences Role of Existing Building Codes(PDF, 1MB)
• Building Codes and Historic Preservation Webliography by Apti.Org(PDF, 63KB)
• Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. Building Codes on Main Street
• 2023 2-Day Existing Building Code Training for Design professionals
• North Carolina Dept of Insurance 2015 IEBC training
• North Carolina IEBC Diagrams and Explanations(PDF, 717KB)

Existing Building Code Presentations

Performance Method Presentations

• 2021-11-09 Performance Method presentation to Great Bend Kansas(PDF, 3MB)
• 2022 Presentation to Association for Preservation Technology and Main Street America(PDF, 673KB)
• 2023 Traditional Building Conference Series Lake Forest IL(PDF, 170KB)
• 2024 Traditional Building Conference Series
• 2024 Presentation to Naperville Preservation on Adaptive Reuse and IEBC
• 2024 Lunch and Learn for Aurora Downtown
• 2024 Preservation Partners of the Fox Valley Presentation