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MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO
TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2 CITY GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
TITLE 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
TITLE 4 BUSINESSES, OCCUPATIONS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
TITLE 5 HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TITLE 6 HUMAN RIGHTS*
TITLE 7 HEALTH AND SAFETY
TITLE 8 OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
TITLE 9 VEHICLES, TRAFFIC AND RAIL TRANSPORTATION
TITLE 10 STREETS, PUBLIC WAYS, PARKS, AIRPORTS AND HARBORS
TITLE 11 UTILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
TITLE 12 RESERVED
TITLE 13 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE 14 RESERVED*
TITLE 14A ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE CHICAGO CONSTRUCTION CODES*
TITLE 14B BUILDING CODE*
TITLE 14C CONVEYANCE DEVICE CODE*
TITLE 14E ELECTRICAL CODE*
TITLE 14F FIRE PREVENTION CODE*
TITLE 14G FUEL GAS CODE*
TITLE 14M MECHANICAL CODE*
TITLE 14N 2022 ENERGY TRANSFORMATION CODE*
TITLE 14P PLUMBING CODE*
TITLE 14R BUILDING REHABILITATION CODE*
TITLE 14X MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS*
TITLE 15 FIRE PREVENTION
TITLE 16 LAND USE
TITLE 17 CHICAGO ZONING ORDINANCE
TITLE 18 BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE
APPENDIX TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO (RESERVED)*
TABLES
Chicago Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Ordinance
TITLE 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
   Ch. 1-4   Code Adoption – Organization
   Ch. 1-8   Corporate Seal and Emblems
   Ch. 1-12   Official City Time
   Ch. 1-14   Official Neighborhoods and Community Areas
   Ch. 1-16   Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
   Ch. 1-19   Debt Due and Owing to the City
   Ch. 1-20   Cost Recovery – Liability for Costs of Providing Services
   Ch. 1-21   False Statements
   Ch. 1-22   False Claims
   Ch. 1-23   Qualifications Relating to City Business or City Benefits
   Ch. 1-24   Reserved
   Ch. 1-25   Reserved
CHAPTER 1-4
CODE ADOPTION – ORGANIZATION*
* Editor's note – Prior history for Chapter 1-4 includes Sections 1-1 through 1-21; Ordinance passed on 4-6-90, Coun. J. p. 13720; Ordinance passed on 6-27-90, Coun. J. p. 17764.
1-4-010   Municipal Code of Chicago adopted.
1-4-020   Adoption of chapter and section numbers.
1-4-030   Effective date.
1-4-040   Administrative copies – City clerk powers and duties.
1-4-050   Code revisions – Publication.
1-4-060   Publication of Code – Conditions.
1-4-070   Distribution of Code.
1-4-080   Numbering of Code sections – References to former Code provisions.
1-4-090   Definitions for Code provisions.
1-4-100   Interpretation of language.
1-4-110   References to sections include penalty references – Exceptions.
1-4-120   Penalty for violation of Code.
1-4-125   Restitution – License or permit violations.
1-4-130   Maximum fine or penalty.
1-4-140   Offenses having two penalties.
1-4-145   Reserved.
1-4-150   Zoning ordinance adopted.
1-4-160   Scope of repeal.
1-4-170   Reference to statutes.
1-4-180   Repeal shall not revive any ordinance.
1-4-190   Liberal construction of provisions.
1-4-200   Severability.
1-4-010 Municipal Code of Chicago adopted.
   This ordinance, consisting of Titles 1 through 18, inclusive, shall be known as the "Municipal Code of Chicago" and shall be treated as a new and original comprehensive ordinance, completely superseding the Municipal Code of Chicago adopted August 30, 1939, and subsequent code amendments adopted prior to February 28, 1990, with the exception of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance and amendments thereto.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764; Amend Coun. J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 3.1)
1-4-020 Adoption of chapter and section numbers.
   The corporation counsel shall advise and assist the city clerk in renumbering chapters and sections described in ordinances passed after February 7, 1990, amending the Municipal Code as then in effect, in order to assure that they comport with the numbering system of this Code. The revised numbers of those chapters and sections as determined by the city clerk and the corporation counsel are hereby adopted for general use.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764)
1-4-030 Effective date.
   The Municipal Code of Chicago shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764)
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