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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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13-124-290  Reserved.
Editor’s note – Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 74459, Art. III, § 1, repealed § 13-124-290, which pertained to material hoist standards.
13-124-300  Reserved.
Editor’s note – Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 74459, Art. III, § 1, repealed § 13-124-300, which pertained to personnel hoist standards.
ARTICLE II.  SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (13-124-310 et seq.)
13-124-310  Guards – Required.
   Guards to prevent persons from falling shall be provided as required in Sections 13-124-320 and 13-124-330, inclusive.
(Prior code § 75-1)
13-124-320  Guards – Required – Where.
   Guards shall be required at every point of danger including the following:
   (a)   At all edges of every floor, balcony, mezzanine or other space used or intended for human occupancy which is at a height of more than two feet above the floor, ground or pavement directly below, except that loading platforms and similar uses need not be equipped with guards;
   (b)   At all windows or doorways having a sill two feet or less above the floor of a room or space, unless such window or doorway opens directly upon the ground, pavement or guarded space, the level of which is less than two feet below the sill of such opening or unless the construction of the window serves the same purpose;
   (c)   At all sides of every open areaway exceeding three feet in depth except the side providing access to a stairway.
(Prior code § 75-1.1; Amend Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 4.8)
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