City Of Peoria: Adequate Heating Supply Information & Emergency Repair Program

Peoria IL

06 December, 2021

12:34 PM

Description

Press release from the City of Peoria: December 6, 2021 As temperatures begin to drop, the city of Peoria Community Development Department would like to remind residents of adequate heat requirements and inform residents on the Emergency Repair Program. Residential occupancies. Every dwelling shall be provided with heating facilities capable of maintaining a room temperature of 65 degrees F. at a distance of 18 inches above floor level to an outdoor temperature of minus 10 degrees F. in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms based on the outside design temperature required for the locality by the mechanical code listed in chapter 8. Cooking Appliances shall not be used nor shall portable unvented fuel-burning space heaters be used, as a means to provide required heating.  If you are renting a property that does not have adequate heat as described above, please inform your landlord of this responsibility immediately. If they are unwilling to make corrections in a reasonable time frame, please contact the city of Peoria at 309-494-2273. Cooking appliances and portable unvented fuel-burning space heaters should not be used to provide adequate heating. These can pose serious safety risks. For more information on Code Enforcement and Community Development, please visit our website at www.AppreciatePeoria.com.  The City of Peoria offers an Emergency Repair Program for homeowners with faulty heating facilities. To be eligible for this program, homeowners must provide proof of homeowners insurance, meet income criteria, be current on property taxes, not owe any fees or fines to the city, and be current on their mortgage. For inquiries regarding the Emergency Repair Program, please visit www.appreciatepeoria.com/opportunities and select Emergency Repair Program or contact our Development Center at 309-494-8600. For questions regarding the information contained in this press release, please call Community Development Director, Joe Dulin, at 309-494-8600 or by email at [email protected]. This press release was produced by City of Peoria. The views expressed here are the author's own.