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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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13-112-090  Fire resistive separation.
   Every hazardous use unit shall be separated from every other hazardous use unit and from every other occupancy in the same building by construction of the character as required by Chapters 15-24, 15-26 and 15-28 and Sections 13-56-280 and 13-112-010 of this Code.
(Prior code § 60-9; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 24)
13-112-100  Communicating openings.
   There shall be no opening between a hazardous use unit and any adjoining or adjacent building except in the ground story or first story; provided, however, that adjoining and adjacent hazardous use units of the same class of occupancy which are used by the same person may have communication on any floor, subject to the applicable provisions of Section 13-56-280 of this Code.
(Prior code § 60-10)
13-112-110  Courts.
   Every court used in part for the purposes of a hazardous use unit and in part for any other purpose shall meet the most restrictive requirements in the building provisions of this Code for a court for any of the purposes for which the building is designed, erected, altered or used.
(Prior code § 60-11)
ARTICLE III.  ROOMS AND FLOOR AREAS (13-112-120 et seq.)
13-112-120  General requirements.
   The requirements of this Code relating to size and location of rooms in an industrial or storage unit, shall apply to a hazardous use unit in accordance with the provisions of Section 13-112-110 except as otherwise provided by Chapters 15-24, 15-26 and 15-28 of this Code.
(Prior code § 60-12; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 24)
13-112-130  Floor areas.
   There shall be no limitation of floor areas in hazardous use units of Type IA or Type IB construction, except as required by Chapters 15-24, 15-26 and 15-28 of this Code.
(Prior code § 60-13; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 24)
13-112-140  Rooms prohibited in basements.
   None of the following herein described hazardous use units:
   Asphalt, tar, pitch, resin or paraffin heating room;
   Corrosive liquid storage room;
   Dip tanks having a capacity or liquid surface area in excess of the following:
 
Capacity
Liquid Surface Area
Class I
10 gallons
4 square feet
Class II
60 gallons
10 square feet
Class III
125 gallons
15 square feet
 
   Drying room for any article or material which will give off explosive or flammable vapors during the drying process;
   Flammable liquids storage (except as provided in Section 15-24-270 of this Code);
   Fume or flammable compressed gas;
   Grinding or dust producing;
   Hazardous chemical;
   Highly flammable material storage;
   Highly toxic materials;
   Japanning or enameling;
   Nitrocellulose products;
   Paint spraying or mixing except for water base paint;
   Picker or shredder;
   Standard fireproof vault;
   Sulphur storage;
shall be located in any story below grade in any building hereafter designed, erected, altered or converted for any purpose; provided, however, that one or more rooms built for no purpose other than that of the operation of water purification plants or a refrigerating unit may be located in any basement of any building.
(Prior code § 60-14)
13-112-150  Lot occupancy.
   The location of any hazardous use unit shall conform to such regulations and limitations of other provisions of this Code applicable thereto and more restrictive than the building provisions of this Code.
(Prior code § 60-15; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 228)
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