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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
CHAPTER 15-4 BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION
CHAPTER 15-8 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 15-12 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 15-16 FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 15-20 EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS
CHAPTER 15-24 FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS
CHAPTER 15-26 FUME AND FLAMMABLE COMPRESSED GASES
CHAPTER 15-28 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND COMBUSTIBLE SOLIDS
CHAPTER 15-30 RESERVED*
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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15-4-210 Flammable liquids.
   A hazardous materials license, as specified in Section 4-6-210, shall be required to keep on hand or store for use in any business 30 gallons or more of any flammable liquid having a flashpoint below 200 degrees Fahrenheit or 93 degrees Centigrade (closed cup tester). Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall require any filling station duly licensed under any other provision of this Code, to obtain a license hereunder.
(Prior code § 90-19; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616; Amend Coun. J. 4-16-97, p. 42588; Amend Coun. J. 6-6-12, p. 28356, § 35)
15-4-230 Liquefied fume hazard gases.
   A hazardous materials license, as specified in Section 4-6-210, shall be required to keep on hand or store for use in any business liquefied fume, hazard gases in single unit tank cars.
(Prior code § 90-21; Amend Coun. J. 11-30-88, p. 19547; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616; Amend Coun. J. 6-6-12, p. 28356, § 36)
15-4-240 Oxygen and hydrogen.
   A hazardous materials license, as specified in Section 4-6-210, shall be required to generate or compress oxygen or hydrogen in any form of generator, holder, container or associated apparatus.
(Prior code § 90-22; Amend Coun. J. 11-30-88, p. 19547; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616; Amend Coun. J. 6-6-12, p. 28356, § 37)
15-4-250 Nitrocellulose products.
   A hazardous materials license, as specified in Section 4-6-210, shall be required to keep any nitrocellulose products in excess of 25 pounds.
(Prior code § 90-22; Amend Coun. J. 11-30-88, p. 19547; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616; Amend Coun. J. 6-6-12, p. 28356, § 38)
15-4-252 Lumberyards and lumber storehouses.
   (a)   A hazardous materials license, as specified in Section 4-6-210, shall be required to conduct or operate a lumberyard or lumber storehouse.
   Included hereunder, but not limited hereby, shall be all lumberyards, lumber storehouses and other places where new, used, finished or unfinished lumber, timber, wood (except firewood), wooden boxes, wooden barrels, veneers, plywoods, flex woods and the like, in excess of 5,000 feet, are kept, placed, stored or piled for sale or use, other than lumber for use in the repair, erection or construction of buildings or improvements incident to the land on the premises where so kept, placed, stored or piled on the premises immediately adjacent thereto.
   (b)   It shall be unlawful to conduct or operate any lumberyard or lumber storehouse, or to pile or store lumber or any of the aforementioned wooden articles in any lot or plot of ground, without first obtaining the written consents of property owners representing the majority of the total frontage of any lot or plat of ground lying wholly or in part within limits 150 feet distant from and parallel to the boundary of the lot or plot of ground upon which said yard or storehouse is to be established or maintained; provided, however, that for the purpose of this section, only the frontage of any such lot or plot of ground as comes within the 150 foot limits herein prescribed shall be considered; and provided further, that any and all petitions containing such consents of property owners shall be based on and contain the legal description of the property affected and the date of signature. Whenever the lot or plot of ground in which said yard or storehouse is to be established is in any shape other than a rectangle, the 150 foot limiting line aforementioned shall not exceed in distance 150 feet from any point in the boundaries of such lot or plot of ground. Such written consents shall be obtained and filed with the building commissioner before a license is issued hereunder.
   (c)   It shall be unlawful for any person to establish within 200 feet of a school, church or institutional building, a lumberyard where lumber, either new or old, is sold, or is stored for seasoning or drying; or a box yard where wooden boxes either new or old are stored, sold, manufactured or repaired; or a barrel yard where wooden barrels, either new or old, are stored, sold, manufactured or repaired.
   (d)   It shall be unlawful for any person to pile or to maintain a pile of lumber, either new or old; wooden boxes, either new or old; wooden barrels, either new or old; and other materials of like combustible nature for the purpose of selling, storing, manufacturing, drying or seasoning, within 50 feet of any building or within 25 feet of any fireproof or brick building, unless the roof of the brick building shall be of fireproof construction, and all exposed windows, doors and other openings in both brick or fireproof buildings are fitted and protected with approved fire-resisting wired glass and metal sash and frames, or all windows and other openings are equipped with metal-clad shutters or doors.
   No lumber, boxes or barrels shall be piled in excess of 20 feet in height. If the area covered be in excess of 1,000 square feet, it shall be divided into areas of 1,000 square feet or less by aisles or passageways at least 48 inches wide.
(Added Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616; Amend Coun. J. 3-5-03, p. 104990, § 419; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 4-22-09, p. 58303; Amend Coun. J. 6-6-12, p. 28356, § 39)
15-4-254 Sawdust, shavings and excelsior.
   A hazardous materials license, as specified in Section 4-6-210, shall be required to keep or store for the purpose of selling at wholesale or retail, sawdust, shavings, excelsior or other similar flammable materials.
(Added Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616; Amend Coun. J. 6-6-12, p. 28356, § 40)
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