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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
CHAPTER 11-20
GAS SUPPLY AND SERVICE
Article I. Gas Service
11-20-010   Purity of gas.
11-20-020   Apparatus for testing purity.
11-20-030   Calorific value.
11-20-040   Pressure.
11-20-050   Deposit for meter.
11-20-060   Removal of meters.
11-20-061   Termination of service – Notice required – Violation – Penalty.
11-20-065   Reserved.
Article II. Inspection of Meters
11-20-070   Inspector's uniform or badge.
11-20-080   Standards.
11-20-090   Pressure for testing.
11-20-100   Disconnecting meters to be inspected.
11-20-110   Representative at tests.
11-20-120   Time interval between tests.
11-20-130   Accuracy of meters.
11-20-140   Testing new meters.
11-20-150   Testing meters at consumer's request.
11-20-160   Fees.
11-20-170   Inspection conclusive.
11-20-180   Tampering with meters or certificates.
Article III. Violation – Penalty
11-20-190   Violation – Penalty.
ARTICLE I. GAS SERVICE (11-20-010 et seq.)
11-20-010 Purity of gas.
   Any person engaged in the business of furnishing or supplying illuminating gas in the city to any consumer shall be and hereby is required to furnish and supply such gas so far free from sulphurated hydrogen that it shall not discolor a test paper imbued with acetate of lead when such test paper is exposed to a column of gas issuing at a rate of not less than five cubic feet per hour for 60 seconds under a pressure of one and five- tenths inches of water, and so that 100 cubic feet of such gas shall not contain more than 30 grains of sulphur, and so that 100 cubic feet of such gas shall not contain more than five grains of ammonia.
(Prior code § 187-1)
11-20-020 Apparatus for testing purity.
   All tests to be made for the purpose of establishing the percentage of sulphurated hydrogen in illuminating gas furnished by any person furnishing gas in the city, shall be made or conducted with the Tutweiler sulphurated hydrogen apparatus, and the sulphur in other forms shall be determined by means of the gas referees' sulphur-determining apparatus and methods ordinarily employed in the use of the same.
(Prior code § 187-2)
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