Skip to code content (skip section selection)
Compare to:
Chicago Overview
Municipal Code of Chicago
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)*
TABLES
Chicago Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Ordinance
CHAPTER 15-28
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND COMBUSTIBLE SOLIDS
Article I. General
15-28-010   License and permits.
15-28-020   Definitions.
15-28-030   Definition by Department of Transportation.
Article II. Hazardous Chemicals
15-28-040   Storage requirements.
15-28-041   Scope.
15-28-050   Construction requirements.
15-28-060   General safety clearances.
15-28-070   Floor area limit.
15-28-080   Ventilation.
15-28-090   Sprinklers – Where prohibited.
15-28-100   Danger signs.
15-28-110   Special safety clearances.
15-28-120   Fire prevention requirements.
15-28-130   Fire-resistive separation.
15-28-140   Standard fireproof vaults.
15-28-150   Tank storage.
15-28-160   Tank construction material.
15-28-170   Safety clearances.
15-28-180   Emergency requirements.
15-28-190   Breathing apparatus required.
Article III. Oxidizing Materials
15-28-200   Storage requirements.
15-28-210   Safety clearances.
15-28-220   Fire prevention requirements.
Article IV. Nitromethane
15-28-230   Storage requirements.
15-28-240   Storage prohibited in buildings.
15-28-250   Safety clearances.
Article V. Asphalt, Tar, Pitch, Resin and Paraffin
15-28-260   Ventilation.
15-28-270   Direct heating prohibited.
15-28-280   Fire-resistive separation.
15-28-290   Floor area limit.
Article VI. Ammonium Nitrate
15-28-300   Storage requirements.
15-28-310   Arrangement of storage.
15-28-320   Fire prevention requirements.
15-28-330   Open flames prohibited.
Article VII. Organic Peroxides
15-28-340   Storage requirements.
15-28-350   Fire prevention requirements.
Article VIII. Potentially Explosive Chemicals
15-28-360   Safety clearances.
15-28-370   Transportation.
Article IX. Highly Toxic Materials
15-28-380   Storage and fire prevention requirements.
Article X. Corrosive Liquids
15-28-390   Storage requirements.
15-28-391   Scope.
15-28-400   Construction required.
15-28-410   Safety clearances.
15-28-420   Fire prevention requirements.
15-28-430   Standard fireproof vault.
15-28-440   Tank storage.
15-28-450   Tank construction materials.
15-28-460   Safety clearances.
15-28-470   Emergency requirements.
15-28-480   Breathing apparatus required.
Article XI. Radioactive Materials
15-28-490   Storage and fire prevention requirements.
Article XII. Combustible Solids
15-28-500   Definitions.
15-28-510   Picker and shredder room area limits.
15-28-520   Picker and shredder room construction requirements.
15-28-530   Ventilation.
15-28-540   Fire protection equipment.
15-28-550   Instructions.
15-28-560   Heating.
15-28-570   Reserved.
15-28-580   Danger signs.
15-28-590   General safety clearances.
15-28-600   Special safety clearances.
15-28-610   Arrangement of storage.
15-28-620   Fire-resistive separation.
15-28-630   Fire doors.
15-28-640   Exterior access.
15-28-650   Ventilation.
15-28-660   Scuppers or drains.
15-28-670   Smoking prohibited.
Article XIII. Smokehouses and Smokerooms
15-28-680   Construction requirements.
15-28-690   Portable smokerooms.
15-28-700   Noncombustible equipment.
Article XIV. Lumber Dry Kilns
15-28-710   Construction requirements.
15-28-720   Heating.
Article XV. Miscellaneous Combustibles
15-28-730   Reserved.
15-28-740   Disposal of wastepaper.
15-28-750   Coal storage.
15-28-755   Storage of hazardous materials prohibited.
Article XVI. Manufacture, Transportation or Sale of Matches
15-28-760   Parlor or double-dipped matches.
15-28-770   Packing.
15-28-780   Marking of packages.
15-28-790   Opening of packages.
15-28-800   Storage requirements.
Article XVII. Nitrocellulose Products
15-28-810   General provisions.
15-28-820   License.
15-28-830   Building regulations.
15-28-840   Storage of products.
15-28-850   Floor area limits.
15-28-860   Fire-resistive separation.
15-28-870   Heating.
15-28-880   Ventilation.
15-28-890   Construction requirements.
15-28-900   Special safety clearances.
15-28-910   Heating products.
15-28-920   Machinery used.
15-28-930   Drying boxes.
Article XVIII. Nitrocellulose
15-28-940   Safety clearances.
15-28-950   Construction requirements.
15-28-960   Fire-resistive separation.
15-28-970   Standard fireproof cabinets.
15-28-980   Capacity regulations.
15-28-990   Restrictions.
Article XIX. Reserved
15-28-1000   Reserved.
15-28-1010   Reserved.
15-28-1020   Reserved.
15-28-1030   Reserved.
15-28-1040   Reserved.
Article XX. Hazardous Dusts
15-28-1050   Definitions.
15-28-1060   Special safety clearances.
15-28-1070   Construction requirements.
15-28-1080   Ventilation.
15-28-1090   Inspection of ventilators.
15-28-1100   Grounding of equipment.
15-28-1110   Grain bleachers.
15-28-1120   Grain elevators and malt houses.
15-28-1130   Construction of grain bleachers.
15-28-1140   Construction of cereal, feed, flour, grist and starch mills.
15-28-1150   Construction of grain elevators and malt houses.
15-28-1160   Marine tower.
15-28-1170   Bleaching operations.
15-28-1180   Equipment.
15-28-1190   Fire protection.
15-28-1200   Dust removal.
15-28-1210   Dust collection system.
Article XXI. Underground Storage Tank Violations.
15-28-1220   Underground tank storage.
ARTICLE I. GENERAL (15-28-010 et seq.)
15-28-010 License and permits.
   For licensing provisions and permit requirements, see Chapter 15-4. For special exit requirements, see Chapter 13-112.
(Prior code §  92-1)
15-28-020 Definitions.
   As used in this chapter:
   "Corrosive liquid" means a liquid such as hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, hydrofluoric acid or any other corrosive acid, or other corrosive liquids, which when in contact with living tissue, will immediately cause severe damage of such tissue by chemical action; or in case of leakage will materially damage or destroy other containers or hazardous commodities by chemical action and cause the release of their contents; or are liable to cause a fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.
   "Corrosive liquid storage building" means a building or part of a building, designed, intended or used for no purposes other than that of the storage of corrosive liquids.
   "Hazardous chemical" means a chemical such as aluminum powder, calcium carbide, calcium phosphide, metallic potassium, metallic sodium, phosphorus, sodium peroxide or any other chemical or material which, as determined by the committee on standards and tests will in fact create an equally or more serious flame hazard or an equally or more serious explosion hazard, or an equally or more serious flame and explosion hazard when coming in contact with water or moisture or any solid substance other than one classified as an explosive which is liable to cause fires through friction, through spontaneous chemical changes or as a result of retained heat from manufacturing or processing.
   "Hazardous chemical room" means a room designed, intended or used for the purposes of storing or using of hazardous chemicals.
   "Hazardous chemical storage building" means a building, or part of a building, designed, intended or used for no purpose other than that of the storage of any hazardous chemical.
   "Highly toxic materials" means materials so toxic to man as to afford an unusual hazard to life and health during firefighting operations. Such materials as parathion, TEEP (tetraethyl phosphate), HETP (hexaethyl tetra phosphate) and similar insecticides or pesticides. Any material classed as Poison "A" or Poison "B" by the Federal Department of Transportation shall be considered highly toxic by this Code.
   "Oxidizing materials" means chlorates, permanganates, inorganic peroxides or nitrates, and other substances which readily yield free oxygen when heated.
   "Potentially explosive chemicals" means any chemical substance, other than one defined as an explosive or blasting agent, which has a tendency to be unstable and which can be exploded by heat or shock or a combination thereof. Among others, potentially explosive chemicals shall include organic peroxides, nitromethane, ammonium nitrate and others which have an equal or greater potential explosive hazard.
   "Radioactive materials" means any material or combination of materials that spontaneously emits ionizing radiation.
   "Sealed source" means a quantity of radiation so enclosed as to prevent the escape of any radioactive materials but at the same time permitting radiation to come out for use.
   "Smokehouse" means a building, or part of a building, designed, intended or used for no purpose other than that of smoking meats or fish.
   "Smokeroom" means an enclosure designed, intended or used for the smoking of meats or fish, located within any building other than a smokehouse.
(Prior code §  92-2)
15-28-030 Definition by Department of Transportation.
   Any material classed as a corrosive liquid or oxidizing material by the Federal Department of Transportation shall be considered as a corrosive liquid or oxidizing material by this Code.
(Prior code §  92-3)
Loading...