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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
CHAPTER 18-11 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 18-13 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 18-14 BUILDING ENERGY USE BENCHMARKING
CHAPTER 18-27 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 18-28 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS*
CHAPTER 18-29 PLUMBING*
Article 1. Administration (18-29-101 et seq.)
Article 2. Definitions (18-29-201 et seq.)
Article 3. General Regulations (18-29-301 et seq.)
Article 4. Fixtures, Faucets and Fixture Fittings (18-29-401 et seq.)
Article 5. Water Heaters (18-29-501 et seq.)
Article 6. Water Supply and Distribution (18-29-601 et seq.)
Article 7. Sanitary Drainage (18-29-701 et seq.)
Article 8. Indirect/Special Waste (18-29-801 et seq.)
Article 9. Vents (18-29-901 et seq.)
Article 10. Traps, Separators and Interceptors (18-29-1001 et seq.)
18-29-1001 General.
18-29-1001.1 Scope.
18-29-1002 Trap Requirements.
18-29-1002.1 Fixture traps.
18-29-1002.1.1 Open plumbing.
18-29-1002.1.2 Traps underground.
18-29-1002.1.3 Animal facilities and barn drainage.
18-29-1002.1.4 Basement floor drains.
18-29-1002.1.5 Backwater valves.
18-29-1002.2 Design of traps.
18-29-1002.3 Prohibited traps.
18-29-1002.4 Trap seals.
18-29-1002.5 Size of fixture traps.
18-29-1002.6 Deliberately omitted.
18-29-1002.7 Trap setting and protection.
18-29-1002.8 Recess for trap connection.
18-29-1002.9 Acid-resisting traps.
18-29-1002.10 Plumbing in mental health centers.
18-29-1003 Interceptors and Separators.
18-29-1003.1 Where required.
18-29-1003.1.1 Reserved.
18-29-1003.2 Approval.
18-29-1003.3 Grease interceptors.
18-29-1003.3.1 Grease interceptors and automatic grease removal devices required.
18-29-1003.3.2 Food waste disposers restriction.
18-29-1003.3.3 Additives to grease interceptors.
18-29-1003.3.4 Reserved.
18-29-1003.3.5 Hydromechanical grease interceptors; fats, oils and greases disposal systems and automatic grease removal devices.
18-29-1003.3.5.1 Grease interceptor capacity.
18-29-1003.3.5.2 Rate of flow controls.
18-29-1003.3.6 Automatic grease removal devices.
18-29-1003.3.7 Gravity grease interceptors and gravity grease interceptors with fats, oils and greases disposal systems.
18-29-1003.3.8 Engineered gravity grease interceptors (grease catch basin)..
18-29-1003.3.8.1 Location and construction.
18-29-1003.3.8.2 Basin cover.
18-29-1003.3.9 Direct connection.
18-29-1003.4 Deliberately omitted.
18-29-1003.4.1 Basin cover.
18-29-1003.5 Deliberately omitted.
18-29-1003.6 Volatile waste separator.
18-29-1003.6.1 Garages.
18-29-1003.7 Separation of liquids.
18-29-1003.7.1 General design requirements.
18-29-1003.7.2 Garage and service stations.
18-29-1003.8 Sand interceptors in commercial establishments.
18-29-1003.9 Laundries.
18-29-1003.10 Bottling establishments.
18-29-1003.11 Slaughterhouses.
18-29-1003.12 Venting of interceptors and separators.
18-29-1003.13 Access and maintenance of interceptors and separators.
18-29-1004 Materials, Joints and Connections.
18-29-1004.1 General.
Article 11. Storm Drainage (18-29-1101 et seq.)
Article 12. Swimming Pools and Other Swimming Facilities* (18-29-1201 et seq.)
Article 13. Referenced Standards
Appendix A Procedures for Calculating the Minimum Sizing of the Water Supply System
CHAPTER 18-30 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 18-31 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 18-32 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 18-36 REFERENCE STANDARDS*
APPENDIX TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO (RESERVED)*
TABLES
Chicago Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Ordinance
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Article 10. Traps, Separators and Interceptors (18-29-1001 et seq.)
18-29-1001 General.
18-29-1001.1 Scope.
   This article shall govern the material and installation of traps, interceptors and separators.
18-29-1002 Trap Requirements.
18-29-1002.1 Fixture traps.
   Each plumbing fixture shall be separately trapped by a water-seal trap, except as otherwise permitted by this chapter. The trap shall be placed as close as possible to the fixture outlet. The vertical distance from the fixture outlet to the trap weir shall not exceed 24 inches (610 mm). The distance of a clothes washer standpipe above a trap shall conform to Section 18-29-802.4. A fixture shall not be double trapped. An automatic clothes washer or laundry tub shall not discharge to a trap service or a kitchen sink.
   Exceptions:
      1.   Sections 18-29-1002.1.1 through 18-29-1002.10 shall not apply to fixtures with integral traps.
      2.   A combination plumbing fixture is permitted to be installed on one trap provided that one compartment is not more than 6 inches (150 mm) deeper than the other compartment and the waste outlets are not more than 30 inches (762 mm) apart.
      3.   Where sinks are permitted to be directly connected in accordance with the exceptions to Section 18-29-802.1.1 and 18-29-802.1.7, a grease interceptor intended to serve as a fixture trap in accordance with the manufacturer's installation instructions shall be permitted to serve as the trap for a single fixture or a combination sink of not more than three compartments where the vertical distance from the fixture outlet to the inlet of the interceptor does not exceed 30 inches (762 mm), and the developed length of the waste pipe from the most upstream fixture outlet to the inlet of the interceptor does not exceed 5 feet (1525 mm). When the developed length exceeds 5 feet (1525 mm), or more than one fixture or receptacle is connected to an interceptor, each shall be individually trapped and vented. All receptors shall be individually trapped and vented. Wastes exceeding 140°F shall be cooled before draining into any grease interceptor or interceptor or catch basin.
(Amend Coun. J. 10-14-21, p. 37722, Art. X, § 1)
18-29-1002.1.1 Open plumbing.
   All sinks, lavatories, and laundry trays shall be so installed as to provide for access to traps and waste connections.
18-29-1002.1.2 Traps underground.
   Underground traps shall be provided with accessible and removable clean-outs, except for separate "P" traps into which floor drains, urinals and other fixtures with removable drain strainers discharge.
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