This table gives the location of each chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago, 1983. The right-hand column shows where the material is found in the 1990 Code by title and chapter; for example, 1983 Code Chapter 1 is found in Title 1, Chapter 4 of the 1990 Code. Chapters from the 1983 Code which have been subsequently repealed are no longer noted in this table.
1983 Code Chapter | Subject | 1990 Code Chapter |
1983 Code Chapter | Subject | 1990 Code Chapter |
1 | Organization of Code | |
2 | Corporate Seal and Emblems | |
3 | Mayor | |
4 | City Council | |
5 | City Clerk | |
6 | Department of Law | |
7 | Department of Finance | |
7.2 | Department of Human Services | |
7.3 | Department of Aging and Disability | |
8.1 | Department of Water | |
8.2 | Department of Aviation | |
8.3 | Department of Sewers | |
9 | Board of Health | |
9.1 | Commission for Health Planning | |
10 | Department of Revenue | |
11 | Department of Police | |
11.1 | Registration of Firearms | |
11.2 | Possession of Firearms | |
11.3 | Temporary Questioning | |
12 | Fire Department | |
13 | Department of Buildings | |
13.1 | Code Enforcement Bureau of the Department of Buildings | |
14 | Department of Streets and Sanitation | |
16 | Department of Consumer Services | |
17 | Environmental Control Ordinance | |
18 | Department of Housing | |
18.1 | Department of Neighborhoods | |
19 | Office of Inspector General | |
20 | Zoning, Local Improvements and Examining Boards | |
21 | Commissioners and Commissions | |
22 | Policemens' and Firemens' Death Benefits | |
23 | Municipal Libraries | |
24 | Department of Cultural Affairs | |
24.1 | Department of General Services | |
24.2 | Department of Management Information Services | |
25 | Officers and Employees | |
25.1 | Department of Personnel | |
26 | Department of Purchases, Contracts and Supplies | |
26.1 | Disclosure of Ownership Interest in Entities | |
26.2 | Governmental Ethics | |
26.3 | Campaign Financing | |
27.1 | Administrative Adjudication of Parking Violations | |
28 | Public Passenger Vehicles | |
28.1 | Public Chauffeurs | |
28.2 | Registration of School Vehicles | |
28.3 | Horse-drawn Carriages | |
29 | Wheel Tax Licenses | |
29.1 | Bicycles | |
30 | Arrangement of City Streets | |
31 | Public Sewers and Drains | |
32 | Trees, Plants and Shrubs | |
33 | Work on and Under Public Ways | |
34 | Structures on and Under Public Ways | |
34.1 | Signs Extending Over or Upon Certain Public Property | |
36 | Use of Public Ways and Places | |
36.1 | Street Performers | |
37 | Parks, Playgrounds and Airports | |
38 | Chicago Harbor | |
39 | Enforcement of Building, Electrical and Fire Regulations | |
39.1 | Registration of Multiple Dwellings | |
40 | Frontage Consents | |
41 | Administration of Zoning, Building and Housing Provisions | |
41.1 | Building Standards and Tests | |
41.2 | Building Board of Appeals | |
42 | Registration for Building Work | |
43 | Building Permits | |
44 | Building Certificates | |
45 | Building Plans | |
46 | Building Inspection | |
47 | Definitions (relating to building regulations) | |
48 | Classification of Buildings by Occupancy | |
49 | Classification of Buildings by Construction Type | |
50 | Fire Limits – Location Limitations | |
51 | Height and Area Limitations | |
52 | Residential Units | |
53 | Institutional Units | |
54 | Assembly Units | |
55 | Open Air Assembly Units | |
55.1 | Open-Air Drive-in Theaters | |
56 | Business Units | |
57 | Mercantile Units | |
58 | Industrial Units | |
59 | Storage Units | |
60 | Hazardous Use Units | |
61 | Miscellaneous Buildings and Structures | |
62 | Fire-Resistive Requirements | |
62.1 | High Rise Buildings | |
63 | Chimneys, Flues and Vents | |
64 | Fire Protection | |
65 | Fire-Resistive Materials and Construction | |
67 | Exit Requirements | |
68 | Minimum Design Loads | |
69 | Materials, Methods and Tests | |
70 | Foundations | |
71 | Masonry Construction | |
73 | Concrete Construction | |
74 | Sheet and Metal Construction | |
75 | Safety Requirements | |
76 | Safeguards During Construction | |
77 | Use of Public Property | |
78 | Minimum Requirements for Existing Buildings | |
78.1 | Rehabilitation Code | |
78.2 | Men's Cubicle Hotels | |
78.3 | Transitional Shelters | |
78.4 | Temporary Overnight Shelters | |
78.5 | Security Devices in Residential Buildings | |
79 | Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks, and Inclined Lifts in Private Residences | |
79.1 | Warm Air Heating Plants | |
80 | Heating Provisions | |
81 | Ventilation | |
81.1 | Natural Light and Ventilation | |
82 | Plumbing Provisions | |
83 | Water Supply and Distribution Systems | |
85 | Mechanical Refrigeration | |
86 | Enforcement of Electrical Regulations | 14-12
|
86.1 | Electric Signs and Signboards | 14-40
|
87 | General Standards of Electrical Installation | |
87-100 – 87-110.20 Definitions and General Provisions | 14-8
| |
87-200.1 – 87-280.26 Wiring Design and Protection | 14-16
| |
87-300 – 87-390.3 Wiring Methods and Materials | 14-20
| |
87-400 – 87-480.7 Equipment for General Use | 14-24
| |
88 | Electric Equipment for Specific Uses | |
88-500 – 88-570.8 Special Occupancies | 14-28
| |
88-600 – 88-606.8 Illuminated Signs and Illumination of Signboards | 14-36
| |
88-610 – 88-680.12, 88-770.1 – 88-770.9 Specific Uses and Equipment | 14-32
| |
88-480.8, 88-820 Penalty for Violations | 14-72
| |
88-700 – 88-700.16, 88-730 – 88-730.9, 88-750 Emergency Systems | 14-48
| |
88-710 – 88-710.71 Circuits and Equipment Operating at More Than 600 Volts Between Conductors | 14-52
| |
88-720 – 88-720.10 Circuits and Equipment Operating at Less than 50 Volts | 14-56
| |
88-725 – 88-725.46 Remote-Control, Low-Energy Power and Signal controls | 14-60
| |
88-800 – 88-810.92 Communication Systems | 14-44
| |
88-9 – 88-9999 Standards and Specifications | 14-64
| |
88-10 Tables 1A – 32, Diagrams 1 – 30 | 14-68
| |
90 | Bureau of Fire Prevention | |
91 | Fire Protection Equipment | |
92 | Hazardous Materials and Combustible Solids | |
93 | Births and Deaths | |
94 | Contagious and Epidemic Diseases | |
95 | Care of Foods | |
96 | Living and Working Conditions | |
97 | Drugs and Narcotics | |
98 | Animal Care and Control | |
99 | Nuisances | |
99.1 | Recycling | |
100 | Regulations of Weights and Measures | |
100.1 | Toy Safety Ordinance | |
100.2 | Condominiums | |
101 | General Licensing Provisions | |
102 | Frontage Consents | See 13-44 |
103 | Ambulances | |
104 | Amusements | |
104.1 | Public Places of amusements | |
104.2 | Automatic Amusement Devices | |
106 | Auctioneers | |
106.2 | Audio-Video Repair Shops | |
110 | Home Repairs | |
113 | Brokers | |
114.1 | Chicago Financial Services | |
118 | Dispensaries | |
120 | Drug, Chemical or Paint Stores (Wholesale) | |
121 | Dry Cleaners and Spotters | |
122 | Electric Light Companies (Private) | |
123 | Excavators | |
125 | Explosives and Fireworks | |
127 | Filling Stations | |
127.1 | Lead-Content Motor Fuel | |
129 | Fume and Flammable Compressed Gases | |
129.1 | Flammable Liquids | |
130 | Food Sanitation | |
131 | Foreign Fire Insurance Companies | |
132 | Occupation Taxes | |
132.1 | Use Tax | |
136 | Nursing Homes, Sheltered Care Homes and Homes for the Aged | |
137 | Hospitals | |
137.1 | Hotels | |
141 | Itinerant Merchants | |
143 | Junk Dealers and Peddlers | |
143.1 | Recycling Facilities | |
144 | Laboratories | |
145 | Laundries and Laundry Vehicles | |
147 | Liquor Dealers | |
150 | Manufacturing Establishments | |
152 | Massage Establishments and Massage Services | |
155 | Motion Pictures | |
156 | Motor Vehicle Storage, Repair and Sales | |
156.1 | Parking Lot and Garage Operations Tax | |
156.2 | Motor Vehicle Repair Shops | |
157.1 | Vendor Licensing and Regulation at Navy Pier | |
159 | Pawnbrokers | |
160 | Peddlers | |
162 | Plumbers | |
162.1 | Plumbing Contractors | |
164 | Public Weighmasters | |
165 | Roofers and Manufacturers of Roofing Material | |
167 | Scavengers | |
168 | Secondhand Dealers | |
169 | Crane Operators | |
170 | Shooting Galleries and Gun Clubs | |
173 | Special Policemen | |
174 | Stationary Engineers and Boiler Tenders | |
175 | Steam Boiler Erectors and Repairers | |
178 | Tobacco Dealers | |
178.1 | Cigarette Tax | |
180 | Underground Work | |
182 | Warehouses | |
183 | Weapons | |
185 | Water Supply | |
185.1 | Sewer Revenue Fund | |
186 | Electricity | 14-4
|
187 | Gas | |
187.1 | Winter Gas Termination and Reconnection | |
188 | Transportation | |
189 | Telegraph | |
189.1 | Emergency Telephone System | |
190 | Minors | |
191 | Gambling | |
192 | Public Morals | |
192-1 – 192-19 Public Morals | ||
192-20 – 192-20.6 Smoking | ||
193 | Public Peace and Welfare | |
193-7.9 – 193-7.10 Smoking | ||
193-29 – 193-32, 193-35 Firearms and Other Weapons | ||
193-33, 193-34 Official Time | ||
193-7.1 – 193-7.8 News Media Credentials | ||
193.1 | Residential Landlords and Tenants | |
193.2 | Disclosure of Heating Costs to Tenants | |
194 | Air Raids and Blackouts | |
194A | Zoning Ordinance | |
194A-1, Title | 17-4 | |
194A-2, Intent and Purpose | 17-8 | |
194A-3.1 – 194A-3.2, Rules and Definitions | 17-12 | |
194A-4.1, Zoning Districts | 17-16 | |
194A-5.1 – 194A-5.14, General Provisions | 17-20 | |
194A-6.1 – 194A-6.7-2, Nonconforming Buildings, Structures and Uses | 17-24 | |
194A-7.1 – 194A-7.12-3, Residence Districts | 17-28 | |
194A-8.1 – 194A-8.11-6, Business Districts | 17-32 | |
194A-9.1 – 194A-9.11-6, Commercial Districts | 17-36 | |
194A-10.1 – 194A-10.16-3, Manufacturing Districts | 17-40 | |
194A-11.1 – 194A-11.14-12, Administration | 17-44 | |
194B | Lake Michigan and Chicago Lakefront Protection Ordinance | |
194C | Adult Use Ordinance | |
194D | Planned Manufacturing Districts | |
195A | Taxicabs (Granting Permission and Authority for Operation of Taxicabs within the City of Chicago) | |
195A-1 | For Increase in Number of Taxicab Licenses | |
198A | Public Building Commission | |
198.1A | Undertakers | |
198.2A | Victory Gardens | |
198.3A | Plumbing | |
198.5A | License Renewals During War Service | |
198.6A | License, Permit and Inspection Fees | |
198.7B | Chicago Fair Housing Ordinance | |
198.7C | Chicago Fair Labor Practice Ordinance | |
198.7D | Payment of Wages Other Than in Cash | |
198.8A | City Council Legislative Reference Bureau | |
198.10A | Rent Control | |
199 | Human Rights | |
200.2 | Chicago Hotel Accommodations Tax | |
200.3 | Chicago Employers' Expense Tax Ordinance | |
200.4 | Street Improvement Ordinance | |
200.7 | Motor Vehicle Lessor Tax | |
200.10 | Vehicle Fuel Tax | |
200.11 | Liquor Tax | |
201 | Chicago Enterprise Zone Ordinance | |
202 | Nuclear Weapon Free Zone | |
N/A | Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity | |