13-32-200 Fences – Permit required.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or construct any fence more than five feet in height, or a solid fence of any height visible from a public street on property containing a Chicago landmark designated in accordance with applicable provisions of Chapter 2-120 of this Code, without first obtaining a permit from the building commissioner.

(Prior code § 43-16; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2828; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.11; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1)

13-32-210 Moving buildings.

   No person shall be permitted to move any building which has been damaged to an extent greater than 50 percent of its value by fire, decay, or otherwise; nor shall it be permissible to move any frame or unprotected noncombustible building of such character as is prohibited to be constructed within the fire limits to any point within the fire limits; nor shall it be permissible to move any building to a location at which the uses for which such building is designed are prohibited by this Code. The permit fee to move any building shall be as set forth in Section 13-32-310. Such permits shall be granted (1) upon securing and filing the written consent of two-thirds of the property owners according to frontage on both sides of the street in the block in which such building is to be moved ; and (2) if all of the requirements of this code applicable to the moving of buildings are met, including, but not limited to, the requirements of sections 13-32-210, 13-40-110 and 13-116-110. No permit shall be issued to move any building used or designed to be used for purposes for which frontage consents are required until frontage consents in the block to which such building is to be moved have also been secured and filed as required by the provisions of this Code relating to such use.

   No building used for residence or multiple dwelling purposes shall be moved from one lot to another or from one location to another upon the same lot unless the space to be occupied on such lot shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 13-64 of this Code.

(Prior code § 43-17; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-07, p. 17167, § 38)

13-32-220 Industrial Private Event Venues.

   (a)   No building permit shall be issued for the alteration, construction, reconstruction, erection, demolition, relocation, or other work of a building in which an industrial private event venue license is located if such will increase the floor area of the building by more than 10% of the total amount of the floor area in the building on the effective date of this section; provided that in those instances where there is a conflict between any applicable provision of this code, the more restrictive provision shall apply.

   (b)   This section shall not apply to building permit applications for the alteration, construction, reconstruction, erection, demolition, relocation, or other work: (1) that is necessary to remedy conditions imminently dangerous to life, health or property, as determined in writing by the department of buildings, the board of health or the fire department; or (2) to any auxiliary building or structure, such as a garage.

(Added Coun. J. 2-10-16, p. 18766, § 8)

Editor's note – Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23559, repealed former § 13-32-220, which pertained to tanks for flammable liquids – permit required.