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.

13-20-070 Inspection of iron or steel curtain – Fee.

   The fee for semi-annual inspection of an asbestos iron or steel curtain shall be $100.00.

(Prior code § 46-8; Amend Coun. J. 7-9-84, p. 8218; Amend Coun. J. 3-29-89, p. 26819; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-93, p. 42192)

ARTICLE IV. AMUSEMENT PARKS AND DEVICES* (13-20-080 et seq.)

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

13-20-080 Inspection of amusement park buildings – Fee.

   Either the fire commissioner or buildings commissioner, pursuant to a coordinated inspection schedule, shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, all buildings to be used for purposes of exhibition, amusement, or entertainment, which are attended by the public, that are within or connected with an amusement park, each year before said buildings are open to the public, for the purpose of ascertaining whether said buildings comply with the provisions of this Code and rules promulgated thereunder by the buildings department and fire department. If, within the 12-month period preceding such annual inspection, 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 annual inspection requirement herein. The fire commissioner and buildings commissioner are authorized to conduct such additional inspections as they deem necessary to maintain health and safety. The fee for an annual inspection under this section shall be the same as that charged for an annual inspection of public assembly units under Section 13-20-050 for each building so inspected.

(Prior code § 46-9; Amend Coun. J. 7-9-84, p. 8218; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43916, Art. VIII, § 17)

13-20-090 Inspection of amusement park devices – Permits – Fees.

   The building commissioner shall inspect, or cause to be inspected annually and periodically, all mechanical amusement riding devices where such devices are erected and operated within a building, amusement park, fair or carnival situated on any lot, tract of land or public way, before said devices will be opened to the public. A fee for each annual inspection of a mechanical amusement riding device in an amusement park, other than coin-operated riding device, shall be $100.00.

   Where said devices are taken down, removed, reassembled or re-erected in another location, the building commissioner shall inspect or cause to be inspected said devices after each removal and before said devices are opened to the public for the purpose of ascertaining whether they comply with the provisions of this Code. No device shall be operated unless it complies with the provisions of this Code.

   Every permit application for a mechanical amusement riding device shall be accompanied by proof of commercial general liability insurance and property damage insurance, which shall name the City of Chicago, its officers and employees as an additional insured on a primary, noncontributory basis for any liability arising directly or indirectly from the permittee's operations in an amount of not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage. Such proof of insurance shall be filed with the building commissioner and city comptroller. The applicant or permittee shall maintain such insurance policy in full force and effect at all times during the permit period. Each policy shall include a provision to the effect that the policy shall not be subject to cancellation, reduction in the amounts of its liabilities, or other material change until notice thereof has been received in writing by the city comptroller, not less than 30 days prior to such action. Failure to maintain insurance coverage as required by this section shall result in the revocation of the mechanical amusement riding device permit.

   A permit as required in Section 13-32-190 for every new or previously unregistered mechanical amusement riding device installed or altered, a fee as provided in Section 13-32-310 shall be paid. Where amusement riding devices are erected within a building above the lowest floor, a plan shall be either made or checked and certified by an architect or structural engineer approving the strength of the floor load.

   Every permit application for a mechanical amusement riding device shall be accompanied by a letter from the organization sponsoring the carnival, a letter from the owners of the property where the rides are to be located, an alderman's letter of permission, a description of toilet facilities, and, if applicable, a public way use permit for use of the public way.

   Every carnival permit and inspection for a mechanical amusement riding device shall be for a term of not more than 14 days. A renewal of every carnival permit and reinspection for a mechanical amusement riding device shall be made every 14 days. A fee as provided in Section 13-32-310 shall be paid.

   A permit and inspection for each location shall be required annually for every coin-operated mechanical amusement riding device. A fee as provided for in Section 13-32-310 shall be paid.

(Prior code § 46-10; Amend Coun. J. 7-9-84, p. 8218; Amend Coun. J. 6-8-88, p. 14117; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-93, p. 42192; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. VI, § 44; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 37901, Art. II, § 43; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 74459, Art. II, § 4)