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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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13-112-210  Heating.
   No direct-gas-fired makeup-air heater may be located in any hazardous use room, nor may the discharge from a direct-gas-fired makeup-air heater be directed into a hazardous use room unless the unit shall be designed to insure that flow velocity at the outlet of the unit can never fall below 200 feet per minute, in order that there can be no possibility of backflow of air from the room.
(Prior code § 60-21)
13-112-220  Heat piping.
   Nothing in the provisions of this Code shall be construed as preventing the carrying of any piping containing any substance having a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit or less through any special room or hazardous use unit; provided, however, that such piping shall be installed with tight fitting sleeves to prevent the passage of any gas or vapor around such pipe through any enclosing walls, floors or ceilings.
(Prior code § 60-22)
13-112-230  Licenses, certificates of fitness, permits and bonds.
   For licensing provisions, certificate of fitness requirements, permits required and indemnity bonding requirements, see Chapter 15-4 of this Code.
(Prior code § 60-23)
ARTICLE IV.  MEANS OF EXIT (13-112-240 et seq.)
13-112-240  General requirements.
   The requirements of Chapter 13-160, relating to means of exit for industrial or storage units, shall apply to any hazardous use unit, except as otherwise provided in this part of this chapter dealing with means of exit.
(Prior code § 60-24)
13-112-250  Exits near openings.
   In no case shall any path of exit travel from any point in any building to a way of departure outside of the building, pass directly in front of or immediately over any window, or other wall ventilating opening, or any skylight or any opening in any vent flue for any hazardous use unit which is less than 24 feet distant therefrom; provided, however, that it shall be permissible for any means of exit to pass directly in front of or directly over any fire window or non- combustible door in any such hazardous use unit.
(Prior code § 60-25)
13-112-260  Distance to exits.
   No point on any floor of any building which is a hazardous use unit, and no point on the floor of any room or other space which is a hazardous use unit located in any building of mixed use, shall be more than 75 feet from the center of an outside exit doorway, or from a doorway to a vertical means of exit, measured along the line of exit travel; provided, however, that such maximum distance of travel to an exit shall be less where so required by this part of this chapter dealing with means of exit.
(Prior code § 60-26)
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