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)

13-20-050 Inspection fee – Schedule.

   (a)   The fee for the annual inspection of buildings, except public assembly units, shall be paid to the comptroller and shall be based on the number of square feet of floor area as follows:

      For the first 25,000 square feet or fraction thereof.....$80.00

      For each additional 25,000 square feet or fraction thereof.....$40.00

   The fee for annual inspection of public assembly units shall be paid to the comptroller and shall be based on the number of square feet of floor area as follows:

      For the first 25,000 square feet or fraction thereof.....$120.00

      For each additional 25,000 square feet or fraction thereof.....$60.00

   For purposes of determining the amount of the fee every part of a building or structure separated by dividing walls as required by the provisions of Chapter 13-48 shall be considered a separate building.

   (b)   The fee for the inspection of places for eating, as that term is defined in Section 4-8-010 , shall be controlled by Section 4-8-042.

(Prior code § 46-6; Amend Coun. J. 7-9-84, p. 8218; Amend Coun. J. 3-29-89, p. 26819; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-93, p. 42192; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-03, p. 14216, § 8.2; Amend Coun. J. 9-29-04, p. 32144, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 10)

 

Notes

4-8-010

The hyper-linked material is not part of the Chicago Building Code infobase and therefore is not included herein.  The material is included in other provisions of the Chicago Municipal Code.  The complete Chicago Municipal Code is available for purchase from American Legal Publishing in both print and Folio® versions.  Please click here for the appropriate American Legal order form in printable Adobe® PDF format.  For additional information, you may visit American Legal's website by clicking here.

13-20-051 Reinspection fee.

   (a)   Except as otherwise provided in this Code, whenever the Department of Buildings conducts a subsequent inspection following an initial inspection of a building to verify code compliance, compliance with approved permits or approved permit plans or license compliance, the Commissioner of Buildings is authorized to assess a reinspection fee of $100.00 against the building's owner, agent, general contractor or subcontractor identified on a permit application, lessee or occupant, except where the subsequent inspection is necessary due to an error made by the City. The Commissioner of Buildings is further authorized to assess a reinspection fee based on the costs to the department for such inspection, including actual and related costs incurred per inspection against the building's owner, agent, general contractor or subcontractor identified on a permit application, lessee or occupant for any reinspection that occurs outside of department business hours as promulgated by rule.

   (b)   The reinspection fee shall also be assessed whenever (i) any scheduled inspection cannot take place due to the absence of the building's owner, agent, general contractor or subcontractor identified on a permit application, lessee or occupant or any other action or inaction by the building's owner, agent, general contractor or subcontractor identified on a permit application, lessee or occupant; or (ii) a scheduled inspection was canceled less than twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled inspection; or (iii) a scheduled inspection took place but the work to be inspected was not complete or ready for inspection; or (iv) a scheduled inspection occurred but the work was contrary to the permit or approved plans or was contrary to code. In the event that a reinspection occurs as the result of an event enumerated in (i) through (iv) above then the Commissioner may, at the Commissioner's sole discretion, require that the reinspection occur outside of the department's business hours as promulgated by rule and is further authorized to assess a reinspection fee based on the costs to the department for such inspection, including actual and related costs incurred per inspection against the building's owner, agent, lessee or occupant for any reinspection that occurs outside of department business as promulgated by rule.

   The reinspection fee shall be paid to the Comptroller.

(Added Coun. J. 12-12-01, p. 75777, § 7.1; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-04, p. 39833, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-04, p. 39840, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-17-09, p. 72419, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 10; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61755, Art. I, § 4)

13-20-060 Inspection fee – Exemptions.

   All Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges of Chicago shall be exempt from payment of 100% of any annual inspection fee required under this chapter for the annual inspection of buildings, when the building, or part thereof, so inspected, is located in or upon premises used or occupied or owned by the Chicago Public Schools or City Colleges of Chicago.

   Not-for-profit hospitals that qualify for a disproportionate share adjustment consistent with Section 148.120 of Subchapter d of Chapter I of Title 89 of the Illinois Administrative Code, as amended, codified at 89 Ill. Adm. Code § 148.120, and dispensaries and homes which are operated without a charge being made for the care of patients, shall be exempt from payment of 20% of the inspection fee required under this chapter for the annual inspection of buildings, when the building, or part thereof, so inspected, is located in or upon premises used or occupied exclusively and owned by such not-for-profit hospital, dispensary or home.

   Public museums that are eligible to receive funds for capital development under subdivision (7) of § 1-25 of the Department of Natural Resources Act, as amended, codified at 20 ILCS 801/1-1 et seq., shall be exempt from payment of 20% of the inspection fee required under this chapter for the annual inspection of buildings, when the building, or part thereof, so inspected, is located in or upon premises used or occupied exclusively and owned by such public museum.

   Operators of eligible hospitals, dispensaries, homes and public museums shall file with their claim for exemption from the payment of such fees an affidavit stating that the entity claiming an exemption under this section meets the eligibility requirements for such exemption as set forth herein.

   Fee exemptions under this section do not apply to specially requested inspections or inspections outside of department business hours as promulgated by rule pursuant to Section 13-20-016; or to document review fees as defined in Section 13-20-014; or third-party inspection fees, third-party review fees or other fees under a sundry program as defined in Section 13-32-031.

(Prior code § 46-7; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun, J, 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. VIII, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61755, Art. I, § 5)

ARTICLE III. CURTAINS* (13-20-070 et seq.)

* Editor's note – Coun. J. 11-3-99, p. 13842, § 3, added the title of Article III to read as herein set out.