Skip to code content (skip section selection)
Compare to:
Chicago Overview
Prior Chicago Building Code
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
Subdivision 403 - High-Rise buildings
Subdivision 406 - Motor-Vehicle-Related Occupancies
Subdivision 407 - Special Institutional
Subdivision 411 - Special Amusement Buildings
Subdivision 413 - Combustible Storage
Subdivision 414 - Hazardous Materials
CHAPTER 4-108 FILLING STATIONS
CHAPTER 4-115 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 15-20 EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS
CHAPTER 15-24 FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS
CHAPTER 15-26 FUME AND FLAMMABLE COMPRESSED GASES
CHAPTER 15-28 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND COMBUSTIBLE SOLIDS
ARTICLE I. GENERAL (15-28-010 et seq.)
ARTICLE II. HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS (15-28-040 et seq.)
ARTICLE III. OXIDIZING MATERIALS (15-28-200 et seq.)
ARTICLE IV. NITROMETHANE (15-28-230 et seq.)
ARTICLE V. ASPHALT, TAR, PITCH, RESIN AND PARAFFIN (15-28-260 et seq.)
ARTICLE VI. AMMONIUM NITRATE (15-28-300 et seq.)
ARTICLE VII. ORGANIC PEROXIDES (15-28-340 et seq.)
ARTICLE VIII. POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE CHEMICALS (15-28-360 et seq.)
ARTICLE IX. HIGHLY TOXIC MATERIALS (15-28-380 et seq.)
ARTICLE X. CORROSIVE LIQUIDS (15-28-390 et seq.)
ARTICLE XI. RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (15-28-490 et seq.)
ARTICLE XII. COMBUSTIBLE SOLIDS (15-28-500 et seq.)
ARTICLE XIII. SMOKEHOUSES AND SMOKEROOMS (15-28-680 et seq.)
ARTICLE XIV. LUMBER DRY KILNS (15-28-710 et seq.)
ARTICLE XV. MISCELLANEOUS COMBUSTIBLES (15-28-730 et seq.)
ARTICLE XVI. MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION OR SALE OF MATCHES (15-28-760 et seq.)
ARTICLE XVII. NITROCELLULOSE PRODUCTS (15-28-810 et seq.)
ARTICLE XVIII. NITROCELLULOSE (15-28-940 et seq.)
ARTICLE XIX. MOTION PICTURE TRIAL EXHIBITION ROOMS (15-28-1000 et seq.)
ARTICLE XX. HAZARDOUS DUSTS (15-28-1050 et seq.)
ARTICLE XXI. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK VIOLATIONS. (15-28-1220 et seq.)
Subdivision 421 - Special Detailed Requirements
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

You are viewing an archived code

Loading...
15-28-810  General provisions.
   Sections 15-28-280 to 15-28-930 shall apply to all nitrocellulose products except nitrocellulose film used in the motion picture industry. For regulation covering motion picture nitrocellulose film, see Sections 15-28-1000 to 15-28-1040 of this Code.
(Prior code §  92-70)
15-28-820  License.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, store or keep any nitrocellulose products, in excess of 25 pounds, without first obtaining a license therefor.
(Prior code §  92-71)
15-28-830  Building regulations.
   No license shall be issued to any person for the storage or manufacture of nitrocellulose products and no person shall store or manufacture nitrocellulose products in any building in which a hazardous use, as defined by Chapter 13-56 of this Code, is prohibited.
   No person shall manufacture, fabricate, assemble, adapt, mold, press, develop or complete within any 24-hour period more than 25 pounds of nitrocellulose products in other than a nitrocellulose building or a nitrocellulose room constructed as required hereafter.
(Prior code §  92-72)
15-28-840  Storage of products.
   Nitrocellulose products in the process of manufacture, fabrication, assembly, adaptation or completion, including finished and wrapped products not packed in the final shipping containers, but not including products wrapped and packed in final shipping containers, shall be stored on shelving meeting the requirements for standard fireproof vaults under Section 15-24-370 of this Code.
   It shall be unlawful to store any nitrocellulose products which are finished, wrapped and packed in the final shipping containers in any building except in a standard fireproof vault, or in a standard fireproof cabinet or in a nitrocellulose room constructed as required hereafter.
(Prior code §  92-73)
15-28-850  Floor area limits.
   Any nitrocellulose products room other than a standard fireproof vault shall not exceed the limits of floor area required by Section 15-28-830 for certain types of fire-resistive construction.
(Prior code §  92-74)
15-28-860  Fire-resistive separation.
   Every nitrocellulose products room shall have an enclosure of two-hour fire-resistive construction, if it has a floor area of 1,000 square feet or less and of three- hour fire-resistive construction of solid masonry or concrete if it has a floor area exceeding 1,000 square feet but not more than 2,000 square feet; and of four- hour fire-resistive construction if it has a floor area exceeding 2,000 square feet; provided, however, that these requirements shall not apply to a standard fireproof vault intended for any of the purposes of such a room.
(Prior code §  92-75)
Loading...