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BUILDING CODE AND RELATED EXCERPTS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO
DIVISION 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Subdivision 101 - General
Subdivision 104 - Duties and Powers of Officials
Subdivision 105 - Permits and Fees
Subdivision 106 - Construction Documents
Subdivision 109 - Inspections
Subdivision 110 - Registration and Certificates
Subdivision 111 - Utilities
Subdivision 112 - Boards and Commissions
Subdivision 113 - Violations and Enforcement
Subdivision 115 - Unsafe Structures and Equipment
Subdivision 116 - Licensing
Subdivision 117 - Ethics
Subdivision 118 - Limitations
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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15-4-940  “No Smoking” signs.
   Standard “No Smoking” signs shall be conspicuously posted in every room, building or premises where smoking is prohibited. A standard “No Smoking” sign shall have a white field with the words “No Smoking” printed in red letters four inches high with one-half-inch face.
(Prior code §  90-92)
ARTICLE XVIII.  MISCELLANEOUS HAZARDS (15-4-950 et seq.)
15-4-950  Storage of ashes.
   Ashes stored inside any nonfireproof building shall be stored only in masonry bins, approved metal ash cans, or steel truck tanks. All ash containers shall be kept at least five feet from combustible material. Ashes shall not be stored inside or outside of any building in wood receptacles, or dumped in contact or in proximity to any combustible material.
(Prior code §  90-93)
15-4-960  Oily rags and waste.
   Oily rags and waste shall be kept during the day in approved waste cans of heavy galvanized iron with self- closing covers and shall be removed from the building each night. Such waste cans shall be kept at least two feet away from any combustible wall or partition or exterior window opening.
(Prior code §  90-94)
15-4-970  Rubbish.
   Rubbish shall not be allowed to accumulate in any part of any building, nor outside of and adjacent to any buildings, and special care shall be paid to elevator and air shafts, under benches, in closets, in dark and out-of- the-way places around electric machinery, steam pipes and in premises and buildings in which oils are stored or used. All weeds, grass or other growth, when same constitutes a fire hazard, shall be cut down and removed by the owner or occupant of the property.
(Prior code §  90-95)
15-4-980  Workmen's clothes lockers.
   Workmen's clothes shall be placed in well ventilated lockers or closets, or shall be hung in the open away from flammable material and where the air will circulate freely about them. Where wooden lockers or closets are permitted, 75 percent of the area of the door on such wooden locker or closet shall be open and covered only with wire mesh to provide ventilation and allow inspection of the contents without opening the door of such locker or closet. In oil or grease risks they shall not be allowed in wooden lockers. No oily waste or oily rags shall be permitted in clothes lockers or closets in locker rooms.
(Prior code §  90-96)
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