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
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
CHAPTER 15-16 FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
ARTICLE I. FIRE PROTECTION (15-16-010 et seq.)
ARTICLE II. FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT (15-16-170 et seq.)
PART 1. STANDARD SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (15-16-170 et seq.)
15-16-170 Definition of system.
15-16-180 Other definitions.
15-16-190 Permit and fees.
15-16-200 Installation certification.
15-16-210 Inspections.
15-16-220 Notice of defective conditions.
15-16-230 Requirements for light hazard occupancies.
15-16-240 Requirements for extra hazardous occupancies.
15-16-250 Requirements for special systems.
15-16-260 System tests.
15-16-270 Water supply requirements.
15-16-280 Use of pressure tank for other services.
15-16-290 Gravity tanks.
15-16-300 Pressure tanks.
15-16-310 Fire pumps.
15-16-311 Test manifold.
15-16-320 Supply to tanks.
15-16-330 Filling pipe.
15-16-340 Small equipment.
15-16-350 Location and arrangement of sprinklers.
15-16-351 Display booths.
15-16-360 Sprinklers.
15-16-370 Sprinkler piping.
15-16-380 Piping supports.
15-16-390 Siamese connections.
15-16-400 Valves.
15-16-410 System drainage.
15-16-420 Hand hose connections.
15-16-430 Protection against freezing.
15-16-440 Protection against corrosion.
15-16-450 Test pipes.
15-16-451 Test pipes for high-rise buildings.
15-16-460 Dry pipe systems.
15-16-470 Dry pipe system capacity limits.
15-16-480 Quick opening devices.
15-16-490 Non-freezing systems.
15-16-500 Gauges.
15-16-510 Relief valves.
15-16-520 Painting or finishing.
15-16-530 Alarms.
15-16-540 Spare sprinklers.
15-16-550 Reserved.
15-16-560 Reserved.
15-16-570 Reserved.
15-16-580 Reserved.
15-16-590 Reserved.
15-16-600 Hydraulically calculated sprinkler systems.
15-16-601 Residential sprinklers.
15-16-610 Retroactivity.
15-16-611 Carbon dioxide extinguishing systems.
PART 2. STANDARD FIRE EXTINGUISHERS (15-16-620 et seq.)
PART 3. STANDARD INSIDE STANDPIPE SYSTEMS (15-16-710 et seq.)
PART 4. STANDARD FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS (15-16-1200 et seq.)
PART 5. SPRINKLER SYSTEMS - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS (15-16-1520 et seq.)
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...
15-16-190  Permit and fees.
   Before the installation or alteration of a sprinkler system required by the provisions of this Code, a plan, setting forth all essential details of the sprinkler system, shall be submitted to the Fire Commissioner. The plans submitted shall include hydraulic calculations when calculated and the type of sprinklers to be used. Upon finding that the plan conforms to the requirements of the Code and after payment of the sprinkler permit fee hereinafter specified, said plan shall be approved by the Fire Commissioner.
   The fees charged in connection with a sprinkler system shall be as follows:
   If the plan does not conform to the requirements of the Code and a revised plan is submitted, the fee for each revised plan submission shall be $200.00. For the approval of the sprinkler plan and the initial inspection of a sprinkler system required by the provisions of this Code, a fee of $300.00 shall be charged for the first 100 sprinkler heads or less and an additional $100.00 shall be charged for each additional 100 sprinkler heads or fraction thereof. For the test of a fire pump used in connection with a sprinkler system, a fee of $31.50 for each 50 gallons pumping capacity per minute shall be charged with a minimum fee of $315.00. These fees shall not be required for any building used solely as a school operated by the Chicago Board of Education. Where a pump serves both a standpipe and a sprinkler system, only one pump fee shall be charged.
(Prior code § 91-3; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-92, p. 27387; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun, J, 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. VIII, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 117; Amend Coun. J. 11-14-18, p. 90376, Art. V, § 4)
15-16-200  Installation certification.
   After completing a sprinkler installation, the contractor shall submit to the fire commissioner a written certification that the system has been installed in accordance with the plans approved by the fire commissioner and tested in accordance with the provisions of Section 15-16-260. The form of such certification shall be as required in NFPA 13-2013.
(Prior code § 91-4; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 118; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VII, § 20)
15-16-210  Inspections.
   Every standard sprinkler system now existent or which may hereafter be installed shall be inspected annually by an independent contractor licensed under the Illinois Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act and such inspections may be overseen by or in the presence of the fire commissioner. Whenever such annual inspection shows the standard sprinkler system to be in good working order and in compliance with this Code, the fire commissioner shall issue a certificate to that effect, and for each such inspection and certificate, a fee of $300.00 shall be charged. Buildings with multiple sprinkler system zones shall rotate the zone to be tested annually, insuring that the sprinkler system is operating properly. If a doubt exists regarding the capability of any component of a standard sprinkler system, the fire commissioner may order any test outlined in NFPA Standard 25, Standards for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems, to determine the capability of that component.
(Prior code § 91-5; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-92, p. 27387; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 119)
15-16-220  Notice of defective conditions.
   If an inspection or test discloses any condition such as defective parts, frozen tanks, closed valves or obstructed sprinklers, which would handicap the operation of the building's sprinkler equipment, the fire commissioner shall immediately be notified. Notice shall then immediately be sent by the fire commissioner to the building's owner or owners or to the owner's agent or to the person in control of the building containing such sprinkler systems, to remove or correct the defective condition as set forth in said notice within such time as may be specified by the fire commissioner in the notice.
(Prior code § 91-6; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 120)
15-16-230  Requirements for light hazard occupancies.
   The following classes of occupancies, as defined in Chapter 13-56, when provided with sprinkler systems, may have such sprinkler systems designed in accordance with the light hazard classification of Sections 15-16-350, 15-16-370, and 15-16-600 of this code.
   Class A-2 Multiple Dwellings;
   Class B Institutional;
   Class C Assembly;
   Class E Business.
   Areas of such occupancies used for storage, garage, building maintenance or shop purposes shall be sprinkled in accordance with the provisions of this code for industrial occupancies. In buildings of mixed occupancy the provision for light hazard sprinkler systems shall apply only to those portions of the building occupied by the above occupancies.
(Prior code § 91-7; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VII, § 21)
15-16-240  Requirements for extra hazardous occupancies.
   The following classes of occupancy when provided with sprinkler systems shall have such sprinkler systems designed in accordance with the extra hazard classifications of Section 15-16-350 and the density requirements of Section 15-16-600 of this code.
   The following industrial units – Class G-2:
      Paper processing;
      Plastics processing;
      Plywood and particle board manufacturing;
      Rubber reclaiming or milling;
      Tire manufacturing;
      Upholstering with plastic foam.
   The following storage units – Class H-2:
      Aircraft hangars;
      Alcoholic beverages containing more than 20 percent alcohol;
      Baled rags;
      Flammable liquids;
      Paper and paper products warehouse;
      Furniture storage warehouse;
      Freight warehouse;
      Rubber tire storage.
   The following hazardous use units:
      Occupancies primarily involved in processing mixing, storing, and dispensing volatile flammable liquids;
      Pyroxylin plastic manufacturing and processing;
      Cotton picking and opening operations.
(Prior code §  91-8; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1)
15-16-250  Requirements for special systems.
   All deluge, pre-action and combination dry pipe pre-action sprinkler systems shall be designed in accordance with NFPA 13-2013.
   The area protected by a single pre-action valve shall not exceed 5,000 square feet except that in storage occupancies which are operated continuously at a temperature less than 32 degrees Fahrenheit a single pre- action valve may be used to protect an area up to 40,000 square feet. Each pre-action valve shall be trip tested annually as provided in NFPA 25-2014.
(Prior code § 91-9; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31216, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. VII, § 22)
Loading...