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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*
CHAPTER 14E-1 GENERAL
CHAPTER 14E-2 WIRING AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER 14E-3 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WIRING METHODS AND MATERIALS
CHAPTER 14E-4 EQUIPMENT FOR GENERAL USE
CHAPTER 14E-5 SPECIAL OCCUPANCIES
CHAPTER 14E-6 SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 14E-7 SPECIAL CONDITIONS
CHAPTER 14E-8 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 14E-9 TABLES
CHAPTER 14E-10 INFORMATIVE ANNEXES
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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14E-6-605 Office furnishings.
The provisions of Article 605 of NFPA 70 are adopted by reference with the following modifications:
1.   Revise the first clause and subsequent exception of section 605.3 to read:
"General. Wiring systems shall be identified as suitable for providing power for lighting accessories and utilization equipment used within office furnishings. A wired partition may extend from floor to ceiling but shall not penetrate the ceiling. All internal wiring to the partitions shall be installed with a recognized wiring method. Where tight turns are encountered, 3/8" or 1/2" trade size flexible metal conduit may be installed. Where flexible metallic conduit is installed, a separate green grounding conductor of the wire type, shall be installed in the flexible metal conduit, and shall also bond all of the metal boxes together.
Exception: Where bends of a radius less than that available with 3/8" or 1/2" trade size flexible metal conduit, listed and labeled super flexible metallic conduit with nylon jackets conductors maybe used."
2.   Revise the first paragraph of section 605.5 to read:
"The electrical connection between office furnishings shall be a flexible metal conduit identified for use with office furnishings or, for office furnishings meeting the requirements of 605.9, shall be permitted to be installed using flexible cord provided that all of the following conditions are met:"
3.   Revise the title and first paragraph of section 605.6 to read:
"Lighting Equipment and Utilization Equipment. Lighting equipment and utilization equipment shall be listed, labeled, and identified for use with office furnishings and shall comply with 605.6(A), (B) and (C)."
4.   Revise section 605.7 to read:
"Office Furnishings. Office furnishings other than those meeting the requirements of 605.9 shall be permanently connected to the building electrical system by one of the wiring methods of Chapter 3."
5.   Delete section 605.8.
6.   Revise the title and first paragraph of section 605.9 to read:
"Office Furnishings, Cord- and Plug-Connected. Individual office furnishings or groups of individual office furnishings that are electrically connected, are mechanically contiguous, and do not exceed 9.0 m (30 ft) when assembled, and which are either sufficiently lightweight or equipped with features such as wheels to readily allow repositioning by users, shall be permitted to be connected to the building electrical system by a single flexible cord and plug, provided that the conditions of 605.9(A) through (D) are met."
(Amend Coun. J. 1-23-19, p. 94952, Art. I, § 23)
14E-6-610 Cranes and hoists.
The provisions of Article 610 of NFPA 70 are adopted by reference with the following modification:
1.   Revise section 610.11 to read:
"Wiring Method. Conductors shall be enclosed in metal raceways, or be Type MC cable or Type MI cable unless otherwise permitted or required in 610.11(A) through (E).
(A)   Contact Conductor. Contact conductors shall not be required to be enclosed in raceways.
(B)   Exposed Conductors. Short lengths of exposed conductors at resistors, collectors, and other equipment shall not be required to be enclosed in raceways.
(C)   Flexible Connections to Motors and Similar Equipment. Where flexible connections are necessary, flexible stranded conductors shall be used. Conductors shall be in flexible metal conduit, liquidtight flexible metal conduit, multiconductor cable, or an approved metallic flexible raceway.
(D)   Pushbutton Station Multiconductor Cable. Where multiconductor cable is used with a suspended pushbutton station, the station shall be supported in some satisfactory manner that protects the electrical conductors against strain.
(E)   Flexibility to Moving Parts. Where flexibility is required for power or control to moving parts, listed festoon cable or a cord suitable for the purpose shall be permitted, provided the following apply:
(1)   Suitable strain relief and protection from physical damage is provided.
(2)   In Class I, Division 2 locations, the cord is approved for extra-hard usage."
14E-6-620 Elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving walks, platform lifts, and stairway chairlifts.
The provisions of Article 620 of NFPA 70 are adopted by reference with the following modification:
1.   Revise section 620.21 to read:
"Wiring Methods. Conductors and optical fibers located in hoistways, in escalator and moving walk wellways, in platform lifts, stairway chairlift runways, machinery spaces, control spaces, in or on cars, in machine rooms and control rooms, not including the traveling cables connecting the car or counterweight and hoistway wiring, shall be installed in rigid metal conduit, intermediate metal conduit, electrical metallic tubing, or metal wireways, or shall be Type MI cable unless otherwise permitted in 620.21(A) through (C).
(A)   Elevators.
(1)   Hoistways and Pits.
(a)   Cables used in Class 2 power-limited circuits shall be permitted, provided the cables are supported and protected from physical damage and are of a jacketed and flame-retardant type.
(b)   Flexible cords and cables that are components of listed equipment and used in circuits operating at 30 volts rms or less or 42 volts dc or less shall be permitted in lengths not to exceed 1.8 m (6 ft) provided the cords and cables are supported and protected from physical damage and are of a jacketed and flame-retardant type.
(c)   The following wiring methods shall be permitted in the hoistway in lengths not to exceed 1.8 m (6 ft):
(1)   Flexible metal conduit
(2)   Liquidtight flexible metal conduit
(3)   Flexible cords and cables, or conductors grouped together and taped or corded, shall be permitted to be installed without a raceway. They shall be located to be protected from physical damage and shall be of a flame-retardant type and shall be part of the following:
a.   Listed equipment
b.   A driving machine, or
c.   A driving machine brake
Exception to 620.21(A)(1)(c)(1), (2), and (3): The conduit length shall not be required to be limited between risers and limit switches, interlocks, operating buttons, and similar devices.
(d)   A sump pump or oil recovery pump located in the pit shall be permitted to be cord connected. The cord shall be a hard usage oil-resistant type, of a length not to exceed 1.83 m (6 ft), and shall be located to be protected from physical damage.
(2)   Cars.
(a)   Flexible metal conduit, and liquidtight flexible metal conduit of metric designator 12 (trade size 3/8), or larger, not exceeding 1.8 m (6 ft) in length, shall be permitted on cars where so located as to be free from oil and if securely fastened in place.
(b)   Hard-service cords and junior hard-service cords that conform to the requirements of Article 400 (Table 400.4) shall be permitted as flexible connections between the fixed wiring on the car and devices on the car doors or gates. Hard-service cords only shall be permitted as flexible connections for the top-of-car operating device or the car-top work light. Devices or luminaires shall be grounded by means of an equipment grounding conductor run with the circuit conductors. Cables with smaller conductors and other types and thicknesses of insulation and jackets shall be permitted as flexible connections between the fixed wiring on the car and devices on the car doors or gates, if listed for this use.
(c)   Flexible cords and cables that are components of listed equipment and used in circuits operating at 30 volts rms or less or 42 volts dc or less shall be permitted in lengths not to exceed 1.8 m (6 ft) provided the cords and cables are supported and protected from physical damage and are of a jacketed and flame-retardant type.
(d)   The following wiring methods shall be permitted on the car assembly in lengths not to exceed 1.8 m (6 ft):
(1)   Flexible metal conduit
(2)   Liquidtight flexible metal conduit
(3)   Flexible cords and cables, or conductors grouped together and taped or corded, shall be permitted to be installed without a raceway. They shall be located to be protected from physical damage and shall be of a flame-retardant type and shall be part of the following:
a.   Listed equipment
b.   A driving machine, or
c.   A driving machine brake
(3)   Within Machine Rooms, Control Rooms, and Machinery Spaces and Control Spaces.
(a)   Flexible metal conduit, and liquidtight flexible metal conduit of metric designator 12 (trade size 3/8) or larger, not exceeding 1.8 m (6 ft) in length, shall be permitted between control panels and machine motors, machine brakes, motor-generator sets, disconnecting means, and pumping unit motors and valves.
(b)   Where motor-generators, machine motors, or pumping unit motors and valves are located adjacent to or underneath control equipment and are provided with extra-length terminal leads not exceeding 1.8 m (6 ft) in length, such leads shall be permitted to be extended to connect directly to controller terminal studs without regard to the carrying-capacity requirements of Articles 430 and 445. Auxiliary gutters shall be permitted in machine and control rooms between controllers, starters, and similar apparatus.
(c)   Flexible cords and cables that are components of listed equipment and used in circuits operating at 30 volts rms or less or 42 volts dc or less shall be permitted in lengths not to exceed 1.83 m (6 ft), provided the cords and cables are supported and protected from physical damage and are of a jacketed and flame-retardant type.
(d)   On existing or listed equipment, conductors shall also be permitted to be grouped together and taped or corded without being installed in a raceway. Such cable groups shall be supported at intervals not over 900 mm (3 ft) and located so as to be protected from physical damage.
(e)   Flexible cords and cables in lengths not to exceed 1.8 m (6 ft) that are of a flame-retardant type and located to be protected from physical damage shall be permitted in these rooms and spaces without being installed in a raceway. They shall be part of the following:
(1)   Listed equipment
(2)   A driving machine, or
(3)   A driving machine brake
(4)   Counterweight. The following wiring methods shall be permitted on the counterweight assembly in lengths not to exceed 1.8 m (6 ft):
(1)   Flexible metal conduit
(2)   Liquidtight flexible metal conduit
(3)   Flexible cords and cables, or conductors grouped together and taped or corded, shall be permitted to be installed without a raceway. They shall be located to be protected from physical damage, shall be of a flame-retardant type, and shall be part of the following:
a.   Listed equipment
b.   A driving machine, or
c.   A driving machine brake
(B)   Escalators.
(1)   Wiring Methods. Flexible metal conduit or liquidtight flexible metal conduit shall be permitted in escalator and moving walk wellways. Flexible metal conduit or liquidtight flexible conduit of metric designator 12 (trade size 3/8) shall be permitted in lengths not in excess of 1.8 m (6 ft).
(2)   Class 2 Circuit Cables. Cables used in Class 2 power-limited circuits shall be permitted to be installed within escalators and moving walkways, provided the cables are supported and protected from physical damage and are of a jacketed and flame-retardant type.
(3)   Flexible Cords. Hard-service cords that conform to the requirements of Article 400 (Table 400.4) shall be permitted as flexible connections on escalators and moving walk control panels and disconnecting means where the entire control panel and disconnecting means are arranged for removal from machine spaces as permitted in 620.5.
(C)   Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlift Raceways.
(1)   Wiring Methods. Flexible metal conduit or liquidtight flexible metal conduit shall be permitted in platform lifts and stairway chairlift runways and machinery spaces. Flexible metal conduit or liquidtight flexible conduit of metric designator 12 (trade size 3/8) shall be permitted in lengths not in excess of 1.8 m (6 ft).
(2)   Class 2 Circuit Cables. Cables used in Class 2 power-limited circuits shall be permitted to be installed within platform lifts and stairway chairlift runways and machinery spaces, provided the cables are supported and protected from physical damage and are of a jacketed and flame- retardant type.
(3)   Flexible Cords and Cables. Flexible cords and cables that are components of listed equipment and used in circuits operating at 30 volts rms or less or 42 volts dc or less shall be permitted in lengths not to exceed 1.83 m (6 ft) provided the cords and cables are supported and protected from physical damage and are of a jacketed and flame-retardant type."
14E-6-625 Electric vehicle charging systems.
The provisions of Article 625 of NFPA 70 are adopted by reference without modification.
14E-6-626 Electrified truck parking spaces.
The provisions of Article 626 of NFPA 70 are adopted by reference without modification.
14E-6-630 Electric welders.
The provisions of Article 630 of NFPA 70 are adopted by reference without modification.
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