ARTICLE VIII. POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE CHEMICALS (15-28-360 et seq.)

15-28-360 Safety clearances.

   Potentially explosive chemicals buildings or outside storage areas shall have a safety clearance to any building, combustible storage in the open, flammable liquid storage, lot line or public way. Such safety clearances shall be as follows:

   Organic peroxides:

 

Weight (Pounds)	Distance (Feet)
50 – 100	35
101 – 500	50
501 – 1,000	65
1,001 – 3,000	100
3,001 – 5,000	150

 

   In no case shall a safety clearance of less than 500 feet be provided to any lot line of any plot of ground on which is situated a school, hospital or other institutional building, assembly or open air assembly building.

(Prior code §  92-31)

15-28-370 Transportation.

   Vehicles carrying potentially explosive chemicals shall comply with Sections 15-24-1150 to 15-24-1210 inclusive. Wherever the phrase flammable liquids is used, it shall mean potentially explosive chemicals and wherever the phrase truck, tank truck, semitank truck, or tank vehicle is used, it shall mean vehicles on which potentially explosive chemicals are transported. The truck shall meet applicable Department of Transportation and/or Interstate Commerce Commission regulations and all requirements of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago.

(Prior code §  92-31.1)

ARTICLE IX. HIGHLY TOXIC MATERIALS (15-28-380 et seq.)