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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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13-20-017  Penalties.
   Any person violating, resisting or opposing the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter, where no other penalty is provided, shall be subject to the fines provided for in Section 13-12-040. Each day such violation shall continue shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Added Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 3)
ARTICLE II.  BUILDINGS* (13-20-020 et seq.)
* Editor's note – Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 3, added the title of Article II to read as herein set out.
13-20-020  Buildings – Inspection required.
   (a)   Subject to subsection (b) of this section, either the fire commissioner or the buildings commissioner, pursuant to a coordinated inspection schedule, or their respective assistants, shall make an annual inspection of all theaters, churches, schools, public assembly units, public places of amusement and open air assembly units. The following buildings shall be inspected by the fire commissioner or buildings commissioner as often as deemed necessary: (1) any three-story building with a basement apartment or living space; or (2) any three-story building that has commercial space on the first floor and residential space on the upper two floors; or (3) any two-story building that is commercial; or (4) any building with four or more stories that is not a single- family residence. With respect to any establishment requiring a public place of amusement license, either the fire commissioner or buildings commissioner, pursuant to a coordinated inspection schedule, or their respective assistants, shall make an inspection within the 90 days preceding the deadline for the annual renewal application for the license. If, within the 12-month period preceding any inspection under this section, the applicable premises were inspected either by the fire department or department of buildings in connection with a permit inspection, periodic inspection, code compliance inspection or certificate of occupancy, such inspection shall be deemed to meet the inspection requirement herein. The fire department and department of buildings are authorized to conduct such additional inspections as they deem necessary to maintain health and safety. It shall be the duty of every owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of any such building and of the person in charge or control of such building to permit the making of any inspection required or authorized under this section by the fire commissioner or buildings commissioner or by a duly authorized inspector at any time upon demand being duly made.
   (b)   Inspections by the buildings commissioner of places for eating, as that term is defined in Section 4-8-010 , shall be controlled by Section 4-8-042 ; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to limit inspections of any place for eating by the fire commissioner.
(Prior code § 46-2; Amend Coun. J. 7-9-84, p. 8225; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 3.4; Amend Coun. J. 9-29-04, p. 32144, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43916, Art. VIII, § 16)

 

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4-8-010
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4-8-042
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13-20-030  Buildings – Floor plan required – Copy to fire commissioner.
   It shall be the joint and several duty of the owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of every building described in Section 13-20-020 to provide a typical floor plan of such building reproduced on a sheet eight and one-half by 11 inches in size; provided, however, that no such typical plans shall be required for multiple occupancy buildings which have not been altered or converted into smaller units subsequent to the original construction in buildings not over three stories in height. Said plan shall be drawn on as large a scale as will be practicable on such sheet, and said sheet shall also state the street address of such building and shall give the class of the building, the kind of construction used therein, the height and number of stories contained therein, and the nature of the occupancy. It shall also be the joint and several duty of such owner, agent, lessee, or occupant to deliver a copy of said sheet and plan to the fire commissioner and to frame a copy of said sheet and place the same near the framed certificate hereinabove required. It shall also be the joint and several duty of the said owner, agent, lessee, or occupant to substitute a new sheet for the sheet on file with the fire commissioner, and also the sheet framed as above required, whenever such changes or alterations are made in such building as will affect the substantial accuracy of the sheet previously furnished said commissioner and framed as above required.
(Prior code § 46-4)
13-20-040  Failure of building to comply with Code provisions – Notice of noncompliance.
   Where the result of such inspection shall show that such building fails in any respect to comply with the building provisions of this Code, it shall be the duty of the building commissioner and fire commissioner to notify the owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of such building to this effect and to specify wherein such building fails to comply with the requirements of the building provisions of this Code; and it shall thereupon become the joint and several duty of such owner, agent, lessee, or occupant to proceed forthwith to make whatever changes or alterations may be necessary to make such building comply in all respects with the requirements of the building provisions of this Code, and to complete such changes and alterations within 15 days after the receipt of such notice.
(Prior code § 46-5; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604)
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