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BUILDING CODE AND RELATED EXCERPTS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO
DIVISION 1 - ADMINISTRATION
DIVISION 2 - DEFINITIONS
DIVISION 3 - USE AND OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATIONS
DIVISION 4 - SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON USE AND OCCUPANCY
DIVISION 5 - GENERAL BUILDING HEIGHTS AND AREAS
DIVISION 6 - TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION 7 - FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION 8 - INTERIOR FINISHES (NA)
DIVISION 9 - FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
DIVISION 10 - MEANS OF EGRESS
DIVISION 11 - ACCESSIBILITY
DIVISION 12 - INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT
DIVISION 13 - ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
DIVISION 14 - EXTERIOR WALLS (NA)
DIVISION 15 - ROOF ASSEMBLIES AND ROOFTOP STRUCTURES (NA)
DIVISION 16 - STRUCTURAL DESIGN
DIVISION 17 - STRUCTURAL TESTS AND SPECIAL INSPECTIONS
DIVISION 18 - SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
DIVISION 19 - CONCRETE
DIVISION 20 - ALUMINUM (NA)
DIVISION 21 - MASONRY
DIVISION 22 - STEEL
DIVISION 23 - WOOD
DIVISION 24 - GLASS AND GLAZING (NA)
DIVISION 25 - GYPSUM BOARD AND PLASTER (NA)
DIVISION 26 - PLASTIC (NA)
DIVISION 27 - ELECTRICAL
DIVISION 28 - MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
DIVISION 29 - PLUMBING SYSTEMS
DIVISION 30 - ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS
DIVISION 31 - SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION (NA)
DIVISION 32 - ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
DIVISION 33 - SAFEGUARDS DURING CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION 34 - EXISTING STRUCTURES
DIVISION 35 - REFERENCED STANDARDS

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DIVISION 1 – ADMINISTRATION
Subdivision 101 – General
CHAPTER 1-4
CODE ADOPTION – ORGANIZATION*
* Editor's note – Prior history for Chapter 1-4 includes Sections 1-1 through 1-21; Ordinance passed on 4-6-90, Coun. J. p. 13720; Ordinance passed on 6-27-90, Coun. J. p. 17764.
1-4-010   Municipal Code of Chicago adopted.
1-4-020   Adoption of chapter and section numbers.
1-4-030   Effective date.
1-4-040   Administrative copies – City clerk powers and duties.
1-4-050   Code revisions – Publication.
1-4-060   Publication of Code – Conditions.
1-4-070   Distribution of Code.
1-4-080   Numbering of Code sections – References to former Code provisions.
1-4-090   Definitions for Code provisions.
1-4-100   Interpretation of language.
1-4-110   References to sections include penalty references – Exceptions.
1-4-120   Penalty for violation of Code.
1-4-125   Restitution – License or permit violations.
1-4-130   Maximum fine or penalty.
1-4-140   Offenses having two penalties.
1-4-145   Failure to appear at a hearing.
1-4-150   Zoning ordinance adopted.
1-4-160   Scope of repeal.
1-4-170   Reference to statutes.
1-4-180   Repeal shall not revive any ordinance.
1-4-190   Liberal construction of provisions.
1-4-200   Severability.
1-4-010  Municipal Code of Chicago adopted.
   This ordinance, consisting of Titles 1 through 18 , inclusive, shall be known as the “Municipal Code of Chicago” and shall be treated as a new and original comprehensive ordinance, completely superseding the Municipal Code of Chicago adopted August 30, 1939, and subsequent code amendments adopted prior to February 28, 1990, with the exception of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance and amendments thereto.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764; Amend Coun. J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 3.1)

 

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Titles 1
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1-4-020  Adoption of chapter and section numbers.
   The corporation counsel shall advise and assist the city clerk in renumbering chapters and sections described in ordinances passed after February 7, 1990, amending the Municipal Code as then in effect, in order to assure that they comport with the numbering system of this Code. The revised numbers of those chapters and sections as determined by the city clerk and the corporation counsel are hereby adopted for general use.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764)
1-4-030  Effective date.
   The Municipal Code of Chicago shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764)
1-4-040  Administrative copies – City clerk powers and duties.
   The city clerk shall keep at least one current printed copy of this Code and shall maintain at least one location at City Hall where the public may access the Code.
   In determining whether any ordinance hereafter passed, or any part thereof, shall be inserted into the Code, and in determining the form, title, chapter and section in which it shall be inserted, the city clerk shall be guided by the advice of the corporation counsel.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 1)
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