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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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Subdivision 106 – Construction Documents
CHAPTER 13-40
BUILDING PLANS
13-40-010   Building plans and drawings – General requirements.
13-40-020   Plan approval – Architect's or engineer's seal required.
13-40-030   Final drawings and plans required to comply with code provisions – Certification.
13-40-040   Approval of preliminary plans.
13-40-050   Approval of working drawings.
13-40-060   Encroachment on public domain prohibited.
13-40-070   Foundations below datum – Plans submitted for approval.
13-40-080   Filing of drawings and plans.
13-40-090   Plans to be kept on file at construction- site.
13-40-100   Alteration or modification of plans prohibited – Amended plan required.
13-40-110   Filing of plat – Records.
13-40-120   Fire escape stairways – Change in plans prohibited without consent.
13-40-130   Tanks for flammable liquids.
13-40-135   Exterior concrete masonry unit walls.
13-40-140   Warm air furnaces.
13-40-145   Authority of building commissioner to require inspection reports.
13-40-150   Violation – Penalty.
13-40-010  Building plans and drawings – General requirements.
   All plans and drawings for buildings or for structures other than buildings shall be presented to the building commissioner for his or her approval, and each set of plans presented, shall be approved by the building commissioner before a permit will be granted. All such plans and drawings shall be drawn to a scale of not less than one-eighth of an inch to the foot, on paper or cloth, in ink, or by some process that will not fade or obliterate. All distances and dimensions shall be accurately figured, and drawings made explicit and complete, showing the lot lines and the entire sewerage and drain pipes and the location of all plumbing fixtures within such building or structure.
(Prior code § 45-1; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.12; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1)
13-40-020  Plan approval – Architect's or engineer's seal required.
   No plans shall be approved for permit unless such plans are signed and sealed either by an architect licensed to practice architecture, as provided by the Illinois Architectural Act, or by a structural engineer licensed to practice structural engineering, as provided by the Illinois Structural Engineering Act, or by a registered professional engineer licensed to practice professional engineering as provided by The Illinois Professional Engineering Act, provided, however, that the person who signs and seals such plans shall be permitted to do so within the limitations of the particular act under which he is licensed to practice, and provided further, that plans for installations which involve the design of or changes in the supporting structure or which materially affect the structural loadings must be signed and sealed by an architect or structural engineer duly licensed as aforesaid.
(Prior code § 45-2)
13-40-030  Final drawings and plans required to comply with code provisions – Certification.
   It shall be unlawful for any architect or structural engineer or professional engineer or other person permitted under the laws of the state to make drawings and plans, to prepare or submit to the buildings commissioner, for his approval, any final drawings or plans for any building or structure, which do not comply with the requirements in the building provisions of this Code. It shall be the duty of the building commissioner to require that all drawings and plans submitted to him or her for approval, for any building or structure, shall be accompanied by a certificate of such architect or structural engineer or professional engineer preparing such drawings and plans, that said drawings and plans comply with the requirements in the building provisions of this Code.
(Prior code § 45-3; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.12; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1)
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