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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
CHAPTER 13-4 DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 13-8 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-9 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-10 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-11 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-12 ENFORCEMENT OF BUILDING, ELECTRICAL AND FIRE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 13-14 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-16 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-20 BUILDING INSPECTION
CHAPTER 13-24 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-28 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-32 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-34 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-36 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-40 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-44 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-48 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-52 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-56 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-60 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-64 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-68 BUSINESS UNITS
CHAPTER 13-72 CONDOMINIUMS
CHAPTER 13-76 HIGH RISE BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 13-78 HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS - EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 13-80 INSTITUTIONAL UNITS
CHAPTER 13-84 ASSEMBLY UNITS
CHAPTER 13-88 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-92 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-96 MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
CHAPTER 13-100 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-104 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-108 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-112 HAZARDOUS OCCUPANCIES*
CHAPTER 13-116 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-120 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-124 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-128 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-132 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-136 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-140 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-144 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-148 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-152 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-156 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-160 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-164 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-168 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-172 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-176 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-180 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-184 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-192 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-196 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-200 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-204 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-206 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 13-208 TEMPORARY OVERNIGHT SHELTERS
CHAPTER 13-212 TRANSITIONAL SHELTERS
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)*
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Chicago Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Ordinance
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13-112-130 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. XXII, § 16, repealed § 13-112-130, which pertained to floor areas.
13-112-140 Rooms prohibited in basements.
   None of the following herein described hazardous use units:
   Asphalt, tar, pitch, resin or paraffin heating room;
   Corrosive liquid storage room;
   Dip tanks having a capacity or liquid surface area in excess of the following:
 
Capacity
Liquid Surface Area
Class I
10 gallons
4 square feet
Class II
60 gallons
10 square feet
Class III
125 gallons
15 square feet
 
   Drying room for any article or material which will give off explosive or flammable vapors during the drying process;
   Flammable liquids storage (except as provided in Section 15-24-270 of this Code);
   Fume or flammable compressed gas;
   Grinding or dust producing;
   Hazardous chemical;
   Highly flammable material storage;
   Highly toxic materials;
   Japanning or enameling;
   Nitrocellulose products;
   Paint spraying or mixing except for water base paint;
   Picker or shredder;
   Standard fireproof vault;
   Sulphur storage;
shall be located in any story below grade in any building hereafter designed, erected, altered or converted for any purpose; provided, however, that one or more rooms built for no purpose other than that of the operation of water purification plants or a refrigerating unit may be located in any basement of any building.
(Prior code § 60-14)
13-112-150 Lot occupancy.
   The location of any hazardous use unit shall conform to such regulations and limitations of other provisions of this Code applicable thereto and more restrictive than the building provisions of this Code.
(Prior code § 60-15; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 228)
13-112-160 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. XXII, § 16, repealed § 13-112-160, which pertained to court requirements.
13-112-170 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. XXII, § 16, repealed § 13-112-170, which pertained to ventilation.
13-112-180 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. XXII, § 16, repealed § 13-112-180, which pertained to fire doors.
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