(a)

The following provisions of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance are hereby repealed: Article I; Articles VI through XXXVII; Appendices 2 through 8; and the City of Chicago Electrical Code printed in the code book; provided that any violations pending at the time of the date of this repeal shall be enforced pursuant to the terms of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance as provided in Section 102-1(c).

(b)

The following provisions of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance are hereby superseded: Articles II through V; Articles XXXVIII, XXXIX, and XXXX (XL); Appendix 1; and the Cook County Department of Environmental Control ordinance printed in the code book (the Cook County Environmental Control Ordinance, set forth in Chapter 30, Articles I through X of this Code, remains in full force and effect).

(c)

This Code shall be effective upon adoption, and the provisions of this Code shall have prospective application and effect, subject to the following:

(1)

Holders of permits that were issued under the terms of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance as amended that are actively engaged in the construction authorized by such a permit at the effective date of this Code shall be allowed to complete the work authorized by such a permit and approved revisions thereto under the terms of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance;

(2)

Applications for permits pending at the effective date of this Code shall be subject to the terms of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance or this Code at the election of the permit applicant, except that, in no event, shall such person be able to elect to be subject to the terms of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance more than 180 days after the effective date of this Code, provided that the work authorized by a permit issued under the terms of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance must be completed as provided in the permit and approved revisions thereto;

(3)

Violations pending at the effective date of this Code shall be subject to the terms of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance unless compliance with this Code is authorized by the Building Commissioner after a request in writing by the person in violation; and

(4)

Persons contemplating applying for permits that are in the design or development phase at the effective date of this Code shall be subject to the terms of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance or this Code at the election of the permit applicant, except that, in no event, shall such person be able to elect to be subject to the terms of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance more than 180 days after the effective date of this Code, provided further that the work authorized by a permit issued under the terms of the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance must be completed as provided in the permit and approved revisions thereto.

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as "The Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance".

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

This ordinance applies to:

(1)

Buildings within Cook County, located outside of the limits of a municipality, and

(2)

Buildings within Cook County located within the boundaries of a participating municipality.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

The following words and terms shall have the meanings set forth in this section, except where otherwise specifically indicated:

Appropriate enforcing authority means the:

(1)

Department of Building and Zoning, where the building is located in an unincorporated area of Cook County; and

(2)

Persons authorized by a participating municipality to enforce the Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance located within the boundaries of that participating municipality.

Default means, with respect to a residential building containing four or fewer dwelling units, when the mortgagor is 60 days past due on the mortgagor's obligation to make a scheduled payment under a mortgage or a mortgage note. With respect to all other residential buildings, "default" shall mean when the mortgagor is 90 days past due on the mortgagor's obligation to make a scheduled payment under a mortgage or a mortgage note.

Enforcing authority means the Department of Building and Zoning, with respect to vacant buildings located in unincorporated areas in Cook County and, with respect to buildings located within a participating municipality, persons authorized by a participating municipality to enforce the Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance, within the boundaries of that participating municipality.

Mortgage means any consensual lien created by a written instrument which grants or retains an interest in real estate to secure a debt or other obligation. The term includes, without limitation:

(1)

Mortgages securing reverse mortgage loans;

(2)

Mortgages securing revolving credit loans;

(3)

Every deed conveying real estate, although an absolute conveyance in its terms, which shall have been intended only as a security in the nature of a mortgage; and

(4)

Equitable mortgages.

Mortgagee means:

(1)

The holder of an indebtedness or obligee of a nonmonetary obligation secured by a mortgage or any person designated or authorized to act on behalf of such holder;

(2)

Any person claiming through a mortgagee as successor; and

(3)

Any person identified as such in a recorded document which has not been released, assigned, or superseded of record.

Mortgagor means the person whose interest in the real estate is the subject of the mortgage and any person claiming through a mortgagor as successor. Where a mortgage is executed by a trustee of a land trust, the mortgagor is the trustee and not the beneficiary or beneficiaries.

Municipality means an enforcing authority, village, or incorporated town in Cook County.

Owner means any person who alone, jointly or severally with others:

(1)

Has legal title to the property, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or

(2)

Has charge, care or control of the property as owner or agent of the owner or an executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of the estate of the owner; or

(3)

Is the agent of the owner for the purpose of managing, controlling the property or collecting rents, or is any other person managing or controlling the property or is any person entitled to the control or direction of the management or disposition of the property.

Participating municipality means a municipality which has entered into an intergovernmental agreement with Cook County to enforce the Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance within the boundaries of that municipality.

Property means any real, residential, commercial or industrial property, or portion thereof, located within unincorporated Cook County or within the boundaries of a participating municipality, including buildings or structures situated on the property.

Residential property means buildings of three stories or less in height where the whole building or parts thereof are designed or used as residential units or auxiliary uses to a residential unit.

Vacant means a building which is lacking habitual presence of human beings who have a legal right to be on the premises, or at which substantially all lawful business or construction operations or residential occupancy has ceased, or which is substantially devoid of content. In determining whether a building is vacant, it is relevant to consider, among other factors, the percentage of overall square footage of the building or floor to the occupied space, the condition and value of any items in the building and the presence of rental or for sale signs on the property; provided that a residential property shall not be deemed vacant if, a person or entity with an interest in the property proves, by a preponderance of evidence that, it has been used as a residence by a person entitled to possession for a period of at least three months within the previous nine months and a person entitled to possession intends to resume residing at the property; and further provided that multifamily residential property containing ten or more dwelling units shall be considered vacant when 90 percent or more of the dwelling units are unoccupied. A property shall not be considered vacant if there is a building that is secure, but is the subject of a probate action, action to quiet title, or other ownership dispute.

Winterize means cleaning all toilets and completely draining all plumbing and heating systems.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

(a)

The owner of any building that has become vacant shall within 30 days, after the building becomes vacant or within 30 days after assuming ownership of the building, whichever is later, file a registration statement, including proof of liability insurance in the amount prescribed in Section 102-14, for each such building with the appropriate enforcing authority on forms provided by that department for such purposes and pay a registration fee in the amount prescribed in Section 102-6, for each registered building; provided, however, that all eleemosynary, religious, educational, benevolent or charitable associations organized on a not-for-profit basis and all governmental agencies shall be exempt from the payment of the registration fee. The registration shall remain valid for one year from the date of registration. The owner shall be required to renew the registration every year as long as the building remains vacant and pay a renewal fee as prescribed in Section 102-6. The owner shall notify the Department of Building and Zoning, within 20 days, of any change in the registration information by filing an amended registration statement on a form provided by the Department of Building and Zoning for such purposes. The registration statement shall be deemed prima facie proof of the statements therein contained in any administrative enforcement proceeding or court proceeding instituted by the County against the owner or owners of the building. Registration of a building in accordance with this section shall be deemed to satisfy the registration requirement set forth in Article V, Administration and Enforcement, Section 5.3-4 of the Cook County Building Code.

(b)

The Department of Building and Zoning, with support from the Bureau of Technology, shall establish a website to publicize the registration information provided under this section in an online registry.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011; Ord. No. 20-4332, 10-22-2020.)

The registration fee for each registered building shall be $250.00 (the "base registration fee"). The renewal fee for each registered building shall be $500.00. All fees and fines laid out in this section are in addition to any fees and fines in other sections of the Cook County Building and Zoning Ordinance. The base registration fee set forth above in this section shall be doubled if the applicable registration takes place not through voluntary and timely compliance, but as the result of an enforcing authority's identification of a violation of this ordinance. Such doubled fee shall not be subject to reduction, during the relevant period, for having registered or renewed following the issuance of a citation for failure to register or renew.

The Department of Building and Zoning, with support from the Bureau of Technology, shall establish a website to publicize the registration information provided under this section in an online registry.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011; Ord. No. 20-4332, 10-22-2020.)

After filing a registration statement the building owner shall provide for access to the appropriate enforcing authority to conduct an exterior and interior inspection of the building to determine compliance with this ordinance, following reasonable notice, during the period covered by the initial registration or any subsequent renewal.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

In addition to other information required by the Commissioner of Building and Zoning, the registration statement shall include the name, street address and telephone number of a natural person 21 years of age or older, designated by the owner or owners as the authorized agent for receiving notices of code violations and for receiving process, in any court proceeding or administrative enforcement proceeding, on behalf of such owner or owners in connection with the enforcement of this Code. This person must maintain an office in Cook County, Illinois, or must actually reside within Cook County, Illinois. An owner who is a natural person and who meets the requirements of this subsection as to location of residence or office may designate himself as agent. By designating an authorized agent under the provisions of this subsection the owner is consenting to receive any and all notices of code violations concerning the registered building and all process in any court proceeding or administrative enforcement proceeding brought to enforce code provisions concerning the registered building by service of the notice or process on the authorized agent. Any owner who has designated an authorized agent under the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed to consent to the continuation of the agent's designation for the purposes of this subsection until the owner notifies the Department of Building and Zoning of a change of authorized agent or until the owner files a new registration statement. Any owner who fails to register a vacant building under the provisions of this subsection shall further be deemed to consent to receive, by posting at the building, any and all notices of code violations and all process in an administrative proceeding brought to enforce code provisions concerning the building.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

The owner of any building that has become vacant shall, within 30 days:

(a)

Post a sign affixed to the building indicating: the vacant building registration number and the name, address and telephone number of the owner or the owner's authorized agent for the purpose of service of process. The name, address and telephone number of a person responsible for day-to-day supervision and management of the building, if such person is different from the owner the authorized agent shall be indicated on the sign as well. The sign shall be legible, be no smaller than 8.5 inches by 11 inches and placed in such a location so as to be visible from the nearest public street or sidewalk, whichever is nearer; and

(b)

Maintain the building in a secure and closed condition and maintain the sign, until the building is again occupied or demolished.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

The owner of any building that has become vacant, and any person maintaining, operating or collecting rent for any building that has become vacant shall, within 30 days, do the following to enclose and secure the building:

(a)

Secure the building so that all building openings shall be closed and secured, using secure doors, windows without broken or cracked panes, commercial-quality steel security panels, filled with like-kind material as the surrounding wall, or boarded with plywood installed and secured in accordance with the rules and regulations issued by the Department of Building and Zoning or appropriate enforcing authority, as applicable to prevent entry by unauthorized persons.

(b)

Secure the building so that at least one building entrance shall be accessible from the exterior and secured with a door that is locked to allow access only to authorized persons. If two or more exit doors exist, a minimum of two exit doors shall be available to exit from the interior of the building, with at least one exit door available per 150 linear feet of horizontal travel at ground floor level.

(c)

Maintain the building in a secure and closed condition and maintain the sign until the building is reoccupied or demolished, repaired or completed with all permits required by the enforcing authority. If during the registration period and following the initial boarding and securing of the property in compliance with this section, the enforcing authority notifies the owner in writing that the property was found open or it has been judicially or administratively found to be open, in each case on two separate occasions at least 30 days apart, then the building shall thereafter be secured with only commercial-quality steel security panels or a method deemed equivalent by the enforcing authority.

(d)

Foundations, basements, cellars, and crawlspaces shall be maintained in sound and watertight condition adequate to support the building, and protected against the entry of rodents or other animals.

(e)

Exterior walls shall be free of holes, breaks, loose or rotting boards or timbers, and any other conditions which might admit rain or dampness to the interior portions of the walls or the interior spaces and shall be protected against the entry of rodents or other animals.

(f)

Exterior windows and doors shall be maintained in sound condition, and good repair. Windows and doors shall fit tightly within their frames and the frames shall be constructed and maintained in such relation to the adjacent wall construction as to prevent rain from entering the building.

(g)

Exterior windows and doors shall be equipped with hardware for locking and the locking mechanism shall be maintained in properly functioning condition.

(h)

All points of possible ingress and egress including, but not limited to, exterior windows and doors shall be secured to prevent unauthorized entry.

(i)

Any window which is broken, cracked or missing glass or glazing shall be replaced and maintained in good repair or the building opening shall otherwise be adequately secured pursuant to this section.

(j)

The roof shall be adequately supported, and shall be maintained in a weather-tight condition; the gutters, downspouts, scuppers and appropriate flashing shall be in good repair and adequate to remove the water from the building or structure.

(k)

Chimneys and flues shall be kept in sound, functional, weather-tight condition and in good repair.

(l)

Every outside stair or step shall be maintained in sound condition and in good repair; every porch, stoop, deck, veranda, balcony and walk shall be maintained in sound condition for its purpose.

(m)

All exit areas shall have continuous exterior lighting from dusk to dawn: normal intensity of lighting shall be not less than two footcandles per square foot on the floor surfaces within an eight-foot radius around said exit. This requirement may be met by the use of battery-powered or solar-powered lighting if such lighting meets the performance standards set by this paragraph.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

The interior of any building shall be maintained by the owner as follows:

(a)

It is prohibited to accumulate or permit the accumulation of junk, trash and debris, boxes, lumber, scrap metal, junk, vehicles or any other materials in such a manner that may produce any health, fire, or safety hazard, or provide harborage for rodents or other animals on the premises; materials stored by the owner or permitted to be stored by the owner shall be stacked safely, and away from stairs or hallways, and any other places of ingress and egress;

(b)

Every foundation, roof, floor, wall, stair, ceiling, and any other structural support shall be safe and capable of supporting the loads that normal use may cause to be placed thereon and shall be kept in sound condition and in good repair; floors and stairs shall be free of holes, grooves and cracks that could be potentially hazardous;

(c)

Any plumbing fixtures shall either be winterized as defined in Section 102-4 or heated to resist being frozen;

(d)

Every exit door shall be secured with an internal deadbolt lock, or with a locking mechanism deemed equivalent or better by the appropriate enforcing authority and every such exit door shall be capable of being opened from the inside easily and without the use of a key or special knowledge;

(e)

Interior stairs shall have treads and risers that have uniform dimensions, are sound, securely fastened, and have no rotting, loose, or deteriorating supports;

(f)

Every owner shall be responsible for the extermination of insects, rodents and other vermin in or about the premises.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

In addition to any other applicable code requirements for each vacant property the owner must keep the lot on which the vacant building stands in compliance with the following requirements for as long as the property remains vacant:

(a)

The lot the building stands on, and the surrounding public way shall be maintained as follows: All grass and weeds on the premises including abutting sidewalks, gutters and alleys shall be kept below ten inches in height, and all dead or broken trees, tree limbs or shrubbery shall be cut and removed from the premises;

(b)

The interior walkway leading to the main entry door, and any public sidewalk adjoining the lot shall be shoveled clear of snow;

(c)

Junk, rubbish, waste, and any material that creates a health, safety or fire hazard including, but not limited to, any mail or flyers that have been delivered to the building shall not be permitted to accumulate on any portion of the exterior lot of the building;

(d)

No portion of the lot nor any structure, vehicle, receptacle or object thereon shall be maintained or operated in any manner that causes or produces any health or safety hazard or permits the premises to become a rodent harborage or is conducive to rodent harborage;

(e)

The lot shall be maintained so that water does not accumulate or stand on the ground;

(f)

All fences and gates shall be maintained in sound condition and in good repair.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

For the purposes of this section, "unviolated" means a building: (i) that has a permanent door or window, as applicable, in each appropriate building opening, (ii) that has each such door or window secured to prevent unauthorized entry, and (iii) that has all its door and window components, including, without limitation, frames, jambs, rails, stiles, muntins, mullions, panels, sashes, lights and panes, intact and unbroken. A building that does not meet the definition of "unviolated" shall be deemed "violated".

It shall be a violation of this section for a vacant building to become violated, after the owner has provided proof to the appropriate enforcing authority that such building is unviolated. With respect to a vacant building represented by the owner as unviolated, if the enforcing authority determines, based on an inspection report prepared by the enforcing authority that such building is violated, said enforcing authority shall send by certified mail a written notice of violation to the person responsible for day-to-day supervision and management of the building or to the authorized agent for service of process as identified on the sign required by Section 102-9, or if there is no such sign, then sent by certified mail to the owner of record. The fine for violation of this section shall be not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00. Every day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

The owner of any building that has become vacant shall, within 30 days, acquire or otherwise maintain liability insurance, or a homeowner's insurance policy provided that such policy continues to cover third party liability, even if the insured building becomes vacant, in an amount of not less than $300,000.00 for buildings designed primarily for use as residential units and not less than $1,000,000.00 for any other building, including, but not limited to, buildings designed for manufacturing, industrial, storage or commercial uses, covering any damage to any person or any property caused by any physical condition of or in the building and maintain coverage until the building is no longer vacant. Any insurance policy acquired after the building has become vacant shall provide for written notice to the Department of Building and Zoning within 30 days of any lapse, cancellation or change in coverage. The owner and the owner's authorized agent for service of process shall provide evidence of insurance, upon initial registration and all subsequent registration renewals, to the Department of Building and Zoning.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

Any owner who violates any provision of this ordinance or of the rules and regulations issued hereunder shall be fined not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00 for each offense. Every day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

When a property is deemed in noncompliance with this ordinance the appropriate enforcing authority may through the State's Attorney initiate an abatement proceeding under this section in the Circuit Court or with the Department of Administrative Hearings.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

(a)

Proceedings for administrative adjudication of alleged violations of this ordinance shall be conducted pursuant to the procedures set out in Chapter 2, Article IX, of the Cook County Code of Ordinances, except in the event of a conflict between the procedures set out in Chapter 2, Article IX, and the procedures set out in this section, the procedures set out in this section shall prevail.

(b)

If an administrative law officer finds, by a preponderance of evidence, that the property is in noncompliance with this ordinance the administrative law officer shall assess fines and costs. After expiration of the period within which judicial review of the hearing officer's decision may be sought under the Illinois Administrative Review Law, the order assessing fines and costs decision, unless reversed or modified on judicial review, may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. All expenses incurred to enforce the judgment, including, but not limited to, attorney's fees, court costs, and collection fees, shall be a debt due and owing the County and may be collected in accordance with applicable law.

(c)

If an administrative law officer finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the property is in noncompliance with this ordinance the administrative law officer may enter an order of abatement which requires the owner to take all reasonable measures necessary to abate the noncompliance. If an order of abatement is entered, it shall be entered at the time of the entry of the order assessing fines and costs for violations which occurred prior to the entry of the order of abatement. The order assessing fines and costs shall not be final, until a final order is entered as to the abatement of the violations. Any owner who fails to comply with an administrative law officer's abatement order shall be subject to a fine not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00 for each offense. Each day that the violation occurs shall be considered a separate and distinct offense.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

(a)

The State's Attorney is authorized to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to abate noncompliance described in this section. If the court finds that the county has established by a preponderance of the evidence that the property identified in the notice is noncompliant, the court shall enter an order of abatement which requires the owner to take all reasonable measures necessary to abate the noncompliance. The court's order of abatement may include, but is not limited to: correcting all code violations; altering, repairing or improving the building or structure; rendering the building or structure fit for human use or habitation; vacating or enclosing the building or structure; removing or demolishing the building or structure; or, if requested by the State's Attorney and reasonable in the light of the magnitude of the harm caused or which can reasonably be expected to be caused by noncompliance, the market value of the property in its current condition, and the extent to which the defendant has failed to take effective measures to abate the noncompliance, the forfeiture to the county of all the defendant's rights, title and interest in the property.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

(a)

The mortgagee of any residential building that has become vacant and which is not registered pursuant to this section or Section 102-5 of this Code shall, within the later of 30 days after the building becomes vacant and unregistered or 60 days after a default, file a registration statement with the Department of Building and Zoning on forms provided by that department for such purposes and pay a registration fee of $250.00. The mortgagee shall be required to renew the registration every year as long as the building remains vacant. The fee for such renewal shall be $500.00. The mortgagee shall notify the Department of Building and Zoning within 20 days of any change in the registration information by filing an amended registration statement on a form provided by the Department of Building and Zoning for such purposes. The registration statement shall be deemed prima facie proof of the statements therein contained in any administrative enforcement proceeding or court proceeding instituted under this section against the mortgagee with respect to the registered building. The base registration fee set forth above in this section shall be doubled if the applicable registration takes place not through voluntary and timely compliance, but as the result of an enforcing authority's identification of a violation of this ordinance. Such doubled fee shall not be subject to reduction, during the relevant period, for having registered or renewed following the issuance of a citation for failure to register or renew.

(b)

In addition to other information required by the Building and Zoning Commissioner, the registration statement shall include the name, street address and telephone number of a natural person, 21 years of age or older, or business entity registered with the Illinois Secretary of State designated by the mortgagee as an authorized agent for receiving notices of code violations and for receiving process in any court proceeding or administrative enforcement proceeding on behalf of such mortgagee in connection with enforcement of this section. This person must maintain an office in Cook County, Illinois, or must actually reside within Cook County, Illinois. A mortgagee meeting these criteria may designate itself as agent. By designating an authorized agent under the provisions of this subsection a mortgagee consents to receive any and all notices of violations of this section concerning the registered building and all process in any court proceeding or administrative enforcement proceeding brought to enforce this section with respect to the registered building by service of the notice or process on the authorized agent. Any mortgagee who has designated an authorized agent under the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed to consent to the continuation of the agent's designation for the purposes of this subsection until the mortgagee notifies the Department of Building and Zoning of a change of authorized agent or until the mortgagee files a new registration statement. Any mortgagee who fails to register a vacant building under the provisions of this section shall further be deemed to consent to receive, by posting at the building, any and all notices of code violations and all process in the administrative proceeding brought to enforce code provisions concerning the building. The enforcing authority shall notify the designated agent of all violations and enforcement proceedings brought under this section.

(c)

The mortgagee of any residential building that has become vacant and which is not registered pursuant to Section 102-5, within the later of 30 days after the building becomes vacant and unregistered or 60 days after a default, shall:

(1)

Secure the building's doors and windows so that all such building openings are closed and secured, using secure doors, windows without broken or cracked panes, commercial-quality metal security panels, filled with like-kind material as the surrounding wall, or boarded with plywood installed and secured in accordance with the rules and regulations issued by the Department of Building and Zoning or the appropriate enforcing authority;

(2)

Secure the building so that at least one building entrance shall be accessible from the exterior and secured with a door that is locked to allow access only to authorized persons. If two or more exit doors exist, a minimum of two exit doors shall be available to exit from the interior of the building, with at least one exit door available per 150 linear feet of horizontal travel at ground floor level;

(3)

Maintain all grass and weeds on the residential real estate premises, below ten inches in height and cut and remove all dead or broken trees, tree limbs or shrubbery;

(4)

Clear or remove snow from the walkway leading to the main entry door, and any public sidewalk adjoining the lot;

(5)

Abate the accumulation of debris, trash and litter that does not constitute personal property on any portion of the exterior lot of the building;

(6)

Reasonably maintain fences and gates;

(7)

Reasonably maintain the structural integrity of stairs and steps that lead to the main entrance of the building;

(8)

Winterize the building, which shall mean cleaning all toilets and completely draining all plumbing and heating systems;

(9)

Maintain and secure the exterior of the building;

(10)

Post a sign affixed to the building indicating: the vacant building registration number and the name, address and telephone number of the mortgagee and the mortgagee's authorized agent for the purpose of service of process. The name, address and telephone number of a person responsible for day-to-day supervision and management of the building, if such person is different from the mortgagee or authorized agent shall be indicated on the sign as well. The sign shall be legible, be no smaller than 8.5 inches by 11 inches and placed in such a location so as to be visible from the nearest public street or sidewalk, whichever is nearer;

(11)

Maintain the building in a secure and closed condition and maintain the sign until the building is reoccupied or demolished with all permits required by the enforcing authority. If during the registration period and following the initial boarding and securing of the property in compliance with this section the enforcing authority notifies the mortgagee in writing that the property was found open or it has been judicially or administratively found to be open, in each case on two separate occasions at least 30 days apart then the building shall thereafter be secured with only commercial-quality metal security panels or a method deemed equivalent by the enforcing authority; and

(12)

Keep the exterior of the property free of vermin and rodents.

(d)

Any person who violates any provision of this section or of the rules and regulations issued hereunder shall be fined not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00 for each offense. Every day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. The following shall be affirmative defenses under Section 102-19 and Section 102-20:

(1)

That the owner or another mortgagee has registered the building pursuant to Section 102-5 or Section 102-19 as applicable and such registration is current;

(2)

That the mortgagee is barred from doing any action required by this section by an automatic stay pursuant to a bankruptcy proceeding, provided that the mortgagee tenders evidence including the bankruptcy case number;

(3)

That the mortgagee has cured all violations within 30 days of receiving written notice of such violations. Notice sent by U.S. mail shall be deemed received seven days after mailing. An affidavit shall be conclusive proof of mailing;

(4)

That at the time of the violation, the mortgage was not in default;

(5)

That at the time of the violation, the mortgagee was not the senior lien holder of record on the real estate;

(6)

That a receiver has been appointed for the property by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(7)

That in a foreclosure of the property, the owner or mortgagor has taken any of the following acts within the past 60 days:

(i)

Filed any pleading which asserts claims against the mortgagee or defenses;

(ii)

Filed any motion which asserts defenses or claims against the mortgagee;

(iii)

Filed any discovery for response by the mortgagee; or

(iv)

Filed a request for mediation.

(e)

The Department of Building and Zoning may issue rules and regulations for the administration of this section.

(f)

For the purposes of this section and Section 102-20, "vacant" shall mean any real estate improved with a complete structure containing one or more dwelling units or an incomplete structure if the real estate is zoned for residential development, where the structure is empty or otherwise uninhabited by persons and the structure or lot is in need of maintenance, repair or securing, and with respect to which one or more of the following conditions exist:

(1)

All lawful business or construction operations have ceased for six months;

(2)

It has been declared unfit for occupancy and ordered to remain vacant and unoccupied under an order issued by the enforcing authority or by an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(3)

No construction or legal repairs have commenced for six months;

(4)

The doors or windows are smashed through, broken, unhinged, removed or continuously unlocked;

(5)

Law enforcement officials have received at least one report of trespassers or vandalism or other illegal acts being committed at the property in the last six months;

(6)

Gas, electrical or water services to the entire premises have been terminated.

A property shall not be considered vacant if: (i) there is an unoccupied building which is undergoing construction, renovation, or rehabilitation that is proceeding diligently to completion, and the building is in compliance with all applicable ordinances, codes, regulations and legislation; (ii) there is a building occupied on a seasonal basis, but otherwise secure; (iii) there is a secure building on which there are bona fide rental or sale signs; (iv) there is a building that is secure, but is the subject of a probate action, action to quiet title, or other ownership dispute; or (v) there is otherwise a building that is secure and in substantial compliance with all applicable ordinances.

(g)

If a building is registered under paragraph (a) of this section, only the registered mortgagee shall be liable under this section during the registration period. Nothing in this section shall bar the concurrent enforcement of any provision of this ordinance against the owner or owners of a property.

(h)

To the extent permitted by law, a mortgagee's acts or omissions required by this section shall not subject the mortgagee to civil or criminal liability unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct pursuant to this ordinance. This provision shall not waive the requirement to obtain permits or licenses for performing certain work required under this section, or otherwise required by this ordinance, or the penalties provided for failure to do so.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011; Ord. No. 20-4332, 10-22-2020.)

(a)

For purposes of this section the terms "default," "mortgage," "mortgagee," "mortgagor," shall be defined as provided in Section 102-4.

(b)

For the purposes of this section the term "vacant" shall be defined as provided in Section 102-19(f).

(c)

Beginning 45 days after a default, a mortgagee shall determine, on a monthly basis, if the building on the real estate subject to its mortgage is vacant. Such determination may be made by communication with the mortgagor, a visual inspection of the real estate, or other means reasonably calculated to determine if the building is vacant.

(d)

This section shall not require a mortgagee to perform any action which it is barred from doing by an automatic stay pursuant to a bankruptcy proceeding.

(e)

To the extent permitted by law, a mortgagee's acts or omissions required by this section shall not subject the mortgagee to civil or criminal liability unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

(a)

For purposes of this section the terms "mortgage," and "mortgagee," shall be defined as provided in Section 102-4.

(b)

For the purposes of this section the term "vacant" shall be defined as provided in Section 102-19(f).

(c)

Upon the occurrence of any of the following, the requirements of Sections 102-19 and 102- 20 shall terminate with respect to a mortgagee:

(1)

The filing with the Clerk of a satisfaction or release of the mortgagee's mortgage.

(d)

Upon the occurrence of any of the following, the requirements of Sections 102-19 and 102- 20 shall terminate with respect to a building:

(1)

The filing with the Clerk of a conveyance of title to the underlying real estate, pursuant to foreclosure proceedings or otherwise

(2)

The building ceases to be vacant; or

(3)

The building is demolished with all permits required by Cook County Building and Zoning and, where the property is located within a participating municipality, with all permits required by that municipality.

(e)

Within 20 days of termination pursuant to this section, a mortgagee shall notify the Department of Building and Zoning on a form provided by the Department of Building and Zoning for such purpose.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011; Ord. No. 20-4415, 12-17-2020.)

(a)

The following buildings and structures are hereby declared to be public nuisances subject to abatement proceedings under this section:

(1)

A building or structure found to be vacant and open after the effective date of an order to secure and enclose issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or the department of administrative hearings within the previous 12 months, unless stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(2)

A building or structure that contains any violation of a health, fire, electrical, plumbing, building or zoning provision of this Code which is imminently dangerous and hazardous;

(3)

A building or structure for which the costs of the repairs necessary to bring the building or structure into compliance with applicable laws would exceed the market value of the building or structure after the repairs would have been made, or when the owner cannot show that it has readily available and sufficient assets to make such repairs or where such repairs otherwise are economically infeasible; or

(4)

A building or structure where an owner has failed to correct the code violation(s) that forms the basis of an adverse order or judgment involving that building or structure, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or a hearing officer of the department of administrative hearings, within 60 days of entry, unless such adverse order or judgment has been stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

For purposes of this section "vacant" shall be defined as provided in Section 102-19(f) for a mortgagee, for the purposes of this section "vacant" shall be defined as provided in Section 102-4 for owners; and "open" refers to a building that has any door, window or wall missing or unsecured, or has any other opening so as to allow entry by a human being.

(b)

The Office of the State's Attorney is authorized to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to abate a public nuisance described in this section. If the court finds that the County or participating municipality has established by a preponderance of the evidence that the building or structure identified in the notice is a public nuisance as described in this section, the court shall enter an order of abatement which requires the owner or owners of record, including beneficial owners of any Illinois land trust, within the time frame specified in the order, to take all reasonable measures necessary to abate the public nuisance. The court's order of abatement may include, but is not limited to: correcting all code violations; altering, repairing or improving the building or structure, rendering the building or structure unfit for human use or habitation; vacating or enclosing the building or structure; removing or demolishing the building or structure. If requested by the State's Attorney and reasonable in light of the magnitude of the harm caused or which can reasonably be expected to be caused by the nuisance, the market value of the property in its current condition, and the extent to which the defendant has failed to take effective measures to abate the nuisance, the Court may enter an order which provides for:

(1)

Forfeiture to the County or participating municipality of all of the defendant's rights, title and interest in the real estate, or

(2)

Authorization to the first or senior mortgagee, as a receiver, to take possession of the property and bring the property into compliance with the Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance.

(c)

There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the issuance of an order of forfeiture of all of the defendant's rights, title and interest in the real estate or the issuance of an order authorizing the first or senior mortgagee to take possession of the property and to bring the property into compliance with the Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance shall be appropriate for any property that is determined to be a nuisance under subparagraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(4) of this section. Whenever such an order of forfeiture authorization is issued under this section with respect to a vacant building or a building containing four or fewer residential units, the holder of the first or senior mortgage or lien on the property, disregarding any more senior mortgages or liens held by a unit of government, shall, beginning 60 days after the date the order is issued, be liable for any code violations on the property on and after that date, unless the holder has waived its rights under the mortgage or lien; provided that the 60-day period after which liability attaches may be extended by an administrative law officer or court upon a showing that the mortgage or lien holder has exercised reasonable diligence in abating the nuisance and that additional time is needed to complete the abatement. The holder of such a mortgage or lien shall have the right to take possession of the property in order to effect necessary repairs beginning on the date that an order of forfeiture issues. In any case in which an order of forfeiture is sought for property involving a vacant building or a building containing four or fewer residential units, the holder of any first or senior mortgage or lien, disregarding any more senior mortgage or lien held by a unit of government, shall be given notice and an opportunity to intervene as a party.

(d)

For any building or structure that is a public nuisance subject to abatement proceedings under this section, the owner, the owner's agent for purposes of managing or controlling or collecting rents on the building or structure, the holder of a mortgage or lien with a right to possession of the building or structure under subsection (c) of this section, and any other person or mortgagee managing or controlling the building or structure shall be fined not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each day the nuisance has existed until the nuisance is abated. The amount of any fine imposed under this section or under the Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance in any proceeding involving a building or structure that is a public nuisance under this section, the cost of the repairs, alterations, improvements, or vacating and enclosing, or removal and demolition by the enforcing authority, and the costs of bringing the abatement proceeding under this section into compliance, including inspector's and attorney's fees, shall be recoverable from the owner or owners and shall be a lien on the property upon which the building or structure is or was located and shall also be enforceable against any person or mortgagee against whom the order issues as provided by law. Any lien created under this section may, upon a showing of good cause, be waived by the Office of the State's Attorney. The lien for the costs of repairs, alterations, improvements, demolition, receivership, vacating or enclosing shall be a first lien upon the real estate and the rents and issues thereof, and shall be superior to all prior assignments of rents and all prior existing liens and encumbrances, except taxes, and shall be enforced pursuant to applicable law. No license shall be issued relating to the property subject to such lien until the lien is satisfied or, upon a showing of good cause, the lien is waived by the Office of the State's Attorney. Nothing in this section shall prevent the County or participating municipality from seeking other remedies for code violations through the use of any other administrative procedure or court proceeding, including the imposition of fines set forth for violations of the Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance.

(e)

Any property forfeited to the County under this section may be disposed of as authorized by the County Board.

(f)

All fees and fines laid out in this section are in addition to any fees and fines in the Cook County Building and Zoning Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

(a)

If a residential building has been determined by the appropriate enforcing authority pursuant to Section 102-22(b) to be open and vacant and an immediate and continuing hazard to the community in which the building is located, then the Commissioner of the Department of Building and Zoning shall be authorized to post a notice of not less than two feet by two feet in size on the front of the building. The notice shall be dated as of the date of the posting and shall state that unless the building is demolished, repaired, or enclosed, and unless any garbage, debris, and other hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials are removed so that an immediate and continuing hazard to the community no longer exists, then the building may be demolished, repaired, or enclosed, or any garbage, debris, and other hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials may be removed, by the enforcing authority. Not later than 30 days following the posting of the notice, the Department of Building and Zoning shall do the following:

(1)

Cause to be sent, by certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice to all owners of record of the property, the beneficial owners of any Illinois land trust having title to the property, and all lien holders of record in the property, stating the intent of the Department of Building and Zoning to demolish, repair, or enclose the building, or remove any garbage, debris, or other hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials if that action is not taken by the owner or owners or lien holders of record.

(2)

Cause to be published, in a newspaper published in the municipality, a notice setting forth:

(i)

The address of the building or description of the real estate sufficient for its identification,

(ii)

A statement that the property is open and vacant and constitutes an immediate and continuing hazard to the community, and

(iii)

A statement that the Department of Building and Zoning intends to demolish, repair, or enclose the building, or remove any garbage, debris, or other hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials if the owner or owners or lien holders of record fail to do so. This notice shall be published for three consecutive days.

(3)

Cause to be filed in the office of the Clerk, a notice setting forth (i) the address of the building or a description of the real estate sufficient for its identification; and (ii) a statement that the Department of Building and Zoning has initiated an action under Section 102-23 to cause the demolition, repair or enclosure of the building or the removal of garbage, debris or other hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials located on the property if the owner or owners or lien holders of record fail to do so. If the building is not demolished, repaired, or enclosed, or the garbage, debris, or other hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials are not removed, within 30 days of mailing the notice described in subsection (a)(1) of this section or within 30 days of the last day of publication of the notice, whichever is later, the Department of Building and Zoning shall cause to be sent, by mail, a final determination to the owners of record, the beneficial owners of any Illinois land trust having title to the property, and all lien holders of record in the property, which provides notice that the Department of Building and Zoning has determined that the necessary demolition, repair, enclosure or removal action has not been taken and that the building remains open and vacant and an immediate and continuing hazard to the community in which the building is located. The final determination shall include a statement that, unless a hearing is sought under this chapter before a court of competent jurisdiction to object to the proposed actions of the Department of Building and Zoning and a copy of the complaint served on the Cook County Board President within ten days of the mailing of the final determination, the Department of Building and Zoning intends to exercise its power to demolish, repair, or enclose the buildings, or to remove any garbage, debris, or other hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials.

Following the demolition, repair, or enclosure of a building, or removal of garbage, debris, or other hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials under this subsection, the County may file a notice of lien against the real estate for the cost of the demolition, repair, enclosure, or removal within 180 days after the repair, demolition, enclosure, or removal occurred, for the cost and expense incurred, in the office of the Clerk. The notice of lien shall consist of a sworn statement setting forth:

(i)

A description of the real estate, such as the address or other description of the property, sufficient for its identification;

(ii)

The expenses incurred by the enforcing authority in undertaking the remedial actions authorized by this chapter;

(iii)

The date or dates that the expenses were incurred by the Commissioner of the Department of Building and Zoning or his designee;

(iv)

A statement by the Commissioner of the Department of Building and Zoning that the building was open and vacant and constituted an immediate and continuing hazard to the community;

(v)

A statement by the Commissioner of the Department of Building and Zoning that the required sign was posted on the building, that notice was sent by certified mail to the owners of record, and that notice was published in accordance with this subsection; and

(vi)

A statement as to when and where the notice was published.

The lien authorized by this chapter may thereafter be released or enforced by the County as provided in 55 ILCS Division 5-41 or by a participating municipality as provided by 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1(c), previously codified as Illinois Revised Statutes, Ch. 24, Par. 11-31-1(c) and Section 2-901 et seq. of the Cook County, Illinois Code of Ordinances.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011; Ord. No. 20-4415, 12-17-2020.)

The notice requirement set out in Section 5.4-3c.(2) of the Cook County Building Ordinance shall not apply to the provisions in the Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

The Bureau of Economic Development shall engage in outreach and planning functions with Municipalities to determine participation interest. Municipalities interested in enforcing the Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance shall seek to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with Cook County to enforce the Cook County Vacant Building Ordinance within the boundaries of that municipality.

(Ord. No. 12-O-03, 12-14-2011.)

The Cook County Building Code is adopted pursuant to Cook County's Home Rule powers to secure the following purposes:

(1)

To promote and safeguard the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and the general welfare of the people.

(2)

To ensure optimum living and working conditions and prevent blight and slums.

(3)

To provide minimum standards for containing and controlling soil erosion and sediment produced by soil erosion.

(4)

To prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the erection, construction, alteration, demolition, or relocation of all buildings and structures, and camps or parks accommodating persons in house trailers, house cars, cabins, or tents.

(5)

To permit, to the fullest extent feasible, the use of materials and technical methods, devices, and improvements which tend to reduce the cost of construction without affecting the minimum requirements for the health, safety, and security of the occupants or users of buildings or structures.

(6)

To encourage, as far as may be practicable, the standardization of construction practices, methods, equipment, materials, and techniques.

(7)

To insure [ensure] the maintenance of buildings and structures in a condition reasonably safe from hazards of fire, explosion, collapse, electrocution, flooding, asphyxiation, contagion, and the spread of infectious disease.

(8)

To establish adequate standards of light, air, and sanitation in dwellings, business and commercial establishments, and places of employment.

(9)

To provide standards and requirements, as far as is practicable, in terms of performance objectives.

(10)

To define the powers and duties of administrative offices and bodies established by the Code.

(11)

To establish penalties for the violation of any provision of the Code.

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014.)

(1)

Rules. In the construction of this Code, the rules and definitions should be observed and applied, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1.

Words used in the present tense shall include the future tense, and words used in the singular number shall include the plural number, and the plural the singular.

2.

The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary.

3.

The word "may" is permissive.

4.

The masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter.

5.

The phrase "use for" shall include the phrases "arranged for," "designed for," "intended for," "maintained for," and "occupied for."

6.

(a)

The definitions contained in Subsection 102-103(2) of this section shall apply only to words, terms, and phrases that are not defined in the Cook County Electrical Code, the Cook County Plumbing Code, the 2009 International Building Code, the 2012 International Mechanical Code, the 2009 International Residence Code, and the 2012 International Energy Code, (collectively, "the new Cook County building regulations"). If a word, term, or phrase is defined in one of the new Cook County building regulations, the word, term, or phrase in such new Cook County building regulations shall control over the same word, term, or phrase in Subsection 102-103(2) of this section. For words, terms, or phrases defined in more than one of the new Cook County building regulations, the priority for authority and control shall be as follows: for words, terms, or phrases pertaining to electricity, the Cook County Electrical Code shall prevail; for words, terms, or phrases pertaining to plumbing and sanitation, the Cook County Plumbing Code shall prevail; for all other words, terms, or phrases, the 2009 International Building Code shall prevail.

(b)

If a dispute arises with respect to whether a word, term, or phrase pertains to electricity or to plumbing and sanitation, the Building Commissioner has the authority to make such a determination and that determination shall be made by considering the common usage and understanding of the various trades that are subject to the Cook County Building Regulations, and the Building Commissioner may also consult with the Department Officers listed in Subsection 102-105(1) of this Ordinance in making the decision that resolves such a dispute. The Building Commissioner's determination under this Subsection 102-103(1)6(b) shall be final.

(2)

Definitions.

Absorber is that part of the low side of an absorption system used for absorbing refrigerant vapor.

Absorption System is a refrigeration system in which the refrigerant gas evolved in the evaporator is taken up in an absorber and released in a generator upon the application of heat.

Accepted Engineering Practice shall be the compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance, or in the absence of such provisions, with the standards, tests, or principles which are accepted as representing good practice in the building profession by accredited agencies.

Accessory is any subordinate part, object, or device added or attached to a building or structure for convenience or attractiveness.

Accessory Building or Use is one which:

(a)

Is subordinate in area, extent, and purpose to the principal building or use which it serves;

(b)

Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants of the principal building or use served; and

(c)

Is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building or use served, with the single exception of such accessory off-street parking facilities as are permitted to locate elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the building use served.

Accredited Agency is an authoritative agency which is approved and accepted by this Ordinance. Conformance with the standards and specifications established by such "accredited agency" shall be accepted as meeting the requirements of this Ordinance within the limitations and conditions inherent in the provisions of this Ordinance.

Addition is any change to a building or structure which increases the area of such building or structure or any of its exterior dimensions.

Admixture is a material other than water, aggregate, or Portland cement, that is used as an ingredient of concrete or mortar and is added to the batch immediately before or during mixing.

Aggregate, in the case of materials of construction, is designated inert material which when bound together into a conglomerated mass by a matrix forms concretes, mastic, mortar, plaster, etc.

Agriculture is the use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming, dairying, pasturage, apiculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, animal and poultry husbandry, truck farming, growing of nursery stock, raising of fruit and berries, beekeeping, and the retail sale of products grown or raised on the premises though one growing season. Such retail sales shall only be allowed in a roadside stand (farmstand) as an accessory use. Agriculture also includes necessary accessary uses for packing, treating, or storing the produce; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of the normal agricultural activates. "Agriculture" shall not include the commercial feeding of garbage or offal to swine or other animals, operations for the disposal of garbage, sewerage, rubbish, or offal, mechanized industrial animal farms, commercially operated greenhouses (where retail sales are occurring), commercial milk farms, and commercial dog kennels. The minimum land area necessary to constitute an agricultural use shall be five acres.

Agricultural Building or Structure, for the purposes of this Ordinance, shall imply any building or structure existing or erected on land used principally for agricultural purposes, including farm residences.

Air Compressor is a device for supplying air under pressure to the pressure tanks or the cushion tank of a sprinkler system, or to the cushion tank of an inside standpipe system, or to a dry pipe sprinkler system, or to a pneumatic domestic water supply system.

Air Conditioning is the process by which, simultaneously, the temperature, moisture content, movement, and quality of the air in enclosed spaces intended for human occupancy may be maintained within required limits.

Air Duct is a tube or conduit or an enclosed space or chamber, used for conveying air.

Air Gap, in a water supply system, is the unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe of faucet supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or other device and the flood-level rim of the receptacle.

Aisle is the clear width and length of an area which is provided for ingress and egress between rows of fixed or movable seats and a wall, or between seats, desks, tables, counters, machines, or other equipment or materials, or between such articles or materials and a wall or part of the building structure.

Aisle, Longitudinal, in a place of assembly, is an aisle approximately perpendicular to the rows of seats served thereby.

Aisle, Transverse, in a place of assembly, is an aisle approximately parallel to the rows of seats.

Alarm Sending Station is a manually actuated device used to sound an alarm signal.

Alarm Signal is a signal indicating an emergency requiring immediate action, as an alarm from an alarm sending station or from an automatic fire alarm system.

Alarm Sounding Device is an approved horn used to signal an alarm, and which shall be distinguishable from all other sounding devices in the building.

Alcove is a recess adjoining, and connected with a larger room, with an unobstructed opening into such room.

Alley is a public right-of-way which normally affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.

Alteration is any change, rearrangement, or modification in construction or in building equipment, other than repairs, which does not increase the area or any of the exterior dimensions of the building or structure.

Amusement Building is a building, other than an Open Air Assembly Building, constructed to contain amusements in which the public takes an active part.

Amusement Device is a mechanically operated device or structure by which individuals are conveyed or moved in an unusual manner for diversion.

Amusement Structure is a structure supporting an amusement device.

Anesthetizing Locations are areas in hospitals or medical buildings in which flammable anesthetics are or may be administered to patients. Such locations include operating rooms, delivery rooms, and anesthesia rooms, and also include any corridors, utility rooms, or other areas which are or may be used for administering flammable anesthetics to patients. Recovery rooms are not classed as anesthetizing locations unless also used for administering flammable anesthetics.

Anesthetic Storage Location is any room within a consuming facility used for the storage of flammable anesthetic or disinfecting agents or anesthetic machines to which cylinders of flammable gases are attached.

Annunciator, Car is an electrical device in an elevator car which indicates visually the landings at which an elevator landing signal registering device has been actuated.

Apartment is a dwelling unit in a multiple-family dwelling.

Apartment Building is a multiple-family dwelling.

Appendage is a cornice, moulding, dormer, bay or oriel window, balcony marquee, canopy, or any other accessory projecting from and attached to a building.

Appliance shall mean a device supplied with fuel or electric power, having as its primary usage something other than space heating.

Appliance, Sealed Combustion Type is an appliance so constructed and installed that all air for combustion is derived from outside the space being heated and all flue gases are discharged to the outside atmosphere. Such appliance, having integral venting, shall be considered as being properly vented when it is installed in accordance with its listing and the manufacturer's instructions.

Approved means passed upon favorably by the Building Commissioner or other specified authoritative body referred to in the provisions of this Ordinance.

Architectural Terra Cotta is plain or ornamental (molded or extruded) hard burned building units usually larger in face size than brick, consisting of mixtures of plastic clays, fusible materials, and grog, and having a glazed or unglazed ceramic finish. (See Ceramic Veneer.)

Area Drain is a receptacle designed to collect surface or rain water from an open area.

Area of Special Flood Hazard. The land which is subject to a one-percent chance of flooding annually. This area may also be identified as that which is subject to the 100-year flood. The area is designated as Zone "A, Al-A30, AH, or AO," on the maps provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Areaway is an open subsurface space, adjacent to a building, used as an exitway, or to provide light or air; such areaway may be uncovered or covered with grating.

Artificial Barricade is an artificial mound or revetted wall of earth of a minimum thickness of three feet.

Ashlar Masonry is masonry composed of rectangular units usually larger in size than brick, properly bonded, having sawed, dressed, or squared beds, and mortar joints.

Attic is the space between the ceiling beams of a top habitable story and the roof rafters.

Automatic, as applied to fire protection assemblies such as doors, windows, or other protections for an opening, shall mean that such door, window, or other protection is so constructed and arranged that if open it will automatically close when actuated by an approved fire detection device, under a fire condition.

Automatic Detector, Thermostatic Type is a fire detector with an integral assembly of heat-responsive elements and non-coded electrical contacts which function automatically under an increase in air temperature, and either of the fixed temperature or combination fixed-temperature and rate-of-rise type.

Automatic Fire Alarm System is a system which automatically detects a fire condition and actuates an approved fire alarm signal device.

Automatic Fire Assembly is a fire assembly which may remain in an open position and will close automatically if subjected to an increase in temperature. The closing device shall be activated at a maximum temperature of 165°F., unless otherwise specified in this Ordinance.

Automatic Fire Door is a door designed to prevent the passage of fire, normally in an open position but arranged to close automatically in the event of fire, with closing mechanism released by the melting of a fusible link or other release device actuated by fire or smoke.

Automatic Sprinkler System is a standard approved system consisting of one or more sources of supply of water through a controlling valve with an alarm sending device to indicate system operation, with piping, valves, controls, and devices for automatically distributing water upon a fire in sufficient quantities ether to extinguish it or to hold it in check until it can be manually extinguished, and conforming to the requirements of this Ordinance.

Automobile Service Station is a building, structure, or premises designed or used for the retail sale and dispensing of fuel, lubricants, tires, batteries, accessories, and supplies, including installation and minor services customarily incidental thereto; facilities for chassis and gear lubrication and for the washing of motor vehicles are permitted only if enclosed in a building.

Auxiliary Use is a room or space normally provided and incidental to the principal use of a building and under the same management and control.

Awning, Fixed is a non-retractable shelter supported by cantilevering or bracketing from the face of the building, and covered with canvas, wood, metal, or other approved materials to provide protection from the elements.

Awning, Retractable is a shelter fastened to the face of the building which, when opened by the operation of folding arms or other retractable supports, provides protection from the elements under canvas, metal, or other approved materials.

Backflow is the flow of water or other liquids or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any source or sources other than its intended source. (See Back-Siphonage.)

Backflow Connection or condition is any arrangement whereby backflow can occur.

Backflow Preventer is a device or means to prevent backflow into the potable water system.

Back-Siphonage is the flowing back of used contaminated, or polluted water from a plumbing fixture or vessel into a water supply pipe due to a negative pressure in such pipe. (See Backflow.)

Balcony is:

(a)

An exterior auxiliary floor space projecting from the exterior wall of an enclosed structure and unenclosed by other than a railing or parapet wall.

(b)

As applied to places of assembly, a seating level located above the main floor of an auditorium.

Bar, Deformed is a concrete reinforcing steel member with an irregular surface designed to increase its bond with the concrete.

Bar, Plain is a concrete reinforcing steel member not qualifying as a deformed bar.

Barricaded shall mean that a building containing explosives is effectually screened from a magazine, building, railway, or highway, either by a natural barricade, or by an artificial barricade of such height that a straight line from the top of any sidewall of the building containing explosives to the eave line of any magazine, or building, or to a point 12 feet above the center of a railway or highway, will pass through such intervening natural or artificial barricade.

Base Flood. The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The base flood is also known as the 100-year flood. If the 100-year flood information is not available, the base flood shall be the flood of record.

Base Flood Area. The land subject to inundation by waters of the base flood.

Base Flood Elevation, also Regulatory Flood Elevation, is that surface elevation of the water level at the highest flood of record, except in areas where the elevation of the 100-year flood is depicted. In such cases, the base flood elevation is the elevation of the 100-year flood. The base flood elevation is generally the highest elevation of the base flood and usually marks the line between the land designated in the floodplain as the floodway fringe and the flood table land. The base flood elevation, the floodway and the floodway fringe shall be described by maps, profiles, elevation data and other sources of information which are listed and on file in the Department of Building and Zoning. The "Sources of Information" are listed according to priority of use in Article 8.95 Flood Damage Prevention Regulations of the Cook County Zoning Ordinance.

Basement is a portion of a building or structure, having one-half or more of its ceiling height below the finished lot grade level. When single-family dwellings and townhouse buildings have a split-elevation below-grade floor, the level that has one-half or more of its ceiling height below finished grade shall not be counted as a story, but rather as a basement.

Battery of Fixtures (Plumbing) is any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common horizontal waste or soil branch.

Bay Window is a window in a wall which projects beyond the wall line of the building.

Bearing-Type Connection is a bolted connection in which stress is transferred in bearing from the bolt shank to the side of a hole in which the bolt is placed.

Blasting Agent is any material or mixture, consisting of a fuel and oxidizer, intended for blasting, not otherwise classified as an explosive, in which none of the ingredients are classified as explosives, provided that the finished product, as mixed and packaged for use or shipment, cannot be detonated by means of a No. 8 test blasting cap when unconfined. Materials or mixtures classified as nitro-carbo-nitrates by Interstate Commerce Commission regulations shall be included in this definition.

Boat House, Private is a boathouse for four or less motor boats with no provision for repairing or servicing such vehicles for profit.

Boat House, Commercial is a boat house for more than four motor boats, and/or a boat house having provision for repairing or servicing such vehicles for profit.

Boiler is a closed vessel used to heat a fluid, usually water, or for the application of heat to generate steam or vapor.

Boiler Blow-Off is an outlet on a boiler to permit emptying or the discharge of sediment.

Boiler, High Pressure is a boiler in which steam is generated at pressures exceeding 15 pounds per square inch above atmospheric pressure.

Boiler, Hot Water Supply is a boiler having a volume exceeding 120 gallons, or a heat input exceeding 200,000 Btu per hour, or an operating temperature exceeding 200°F., that provides hot water to be used externally of itself.

Boiler, Low Pressure Hot Water is a boiler in which water is heated for the purposes of supplying water at a working pressure not exceeding 30 pounds per square inch and at temperatures not exceeding 250°F.

Boiler, Low Pressure Steam is a boiler in which steam is generated at pressures not exceeding 15 pounds per square inch above atmospheric pressure.

Bonder (Header) is a masonry unit which ties two or more wythes of the wall together by overlapping.

Branch (Plumbing) is any part of the piping system other than a main, riser, or stack.

Branch Interval is a length of soil or waste stack corresponding in general to a story height, but in no case less than eight feet, within which the horizontal branches from one floor or story of a building are connected to the stack.

Branch Vent is a vent connecting one or more individual vents with a stack or stack vent.

Brazed Joint is a gas-tight joint obtained by the joining of metal parts with alloys which melt at temperatures higher than 1,000°F. but less than the melting temperatures of the joined parts.

Breeching is a primarily horizontal pipe used to convey the products of combustion from a heating appliance to a flue.

Brick is a solid masonry unit. The word "brick" used without qualification indicates that its composition is primarily of clay, shale or a mixture thereof, and that these ingredients have been fused together as a result of exposure to heat. Brick may be composed of other materials when so designated, as, for example, "concrete brick" and "sand lime brick".

Brine is any liquid used for the transmission of heat without a change in its state, having no flash point above 150°F., determined by ASTM D93-52.

Brine Cooler is an evaporator for cooling brine in an indirect system.

Building is a structure, or part thereof, built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or movable property of any kind and which is permanently affixed to the land. When separated by fire walls, each unit so separated shall be deemed a separate building.

Building Code means the provisions adopted and referred to in Chapter 102 Buildings and Building Regulations, Section 102-130. Whenever the words "Building Code" are used, it shall mean those provisions, whether independently or collectively, as the context provides.

Building Drain is that part of the lowest piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning three feet outside the building wall.

Building, Existing is a building or structure which has been completed and ready for occupied prior to the adoption of the Building Code.

Building Height is the vertical distance measured from the curb level, or its equivalent, opposite the center of the front of the building to the highest point of the underside of the ceiling beams in the case of a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; and to the mean level of the underside of the rafters between the eave and the ridge of a gable, hip shed, gambrel, or any other pitched roof. Where no curb level has been established, the height of a building shall be measured from the mean elevation of the finished lot grade at the front of the building.

Building, Inhabited is a building regularly occupied in whole or in part as a habitation for human beings, or any church, school, railway station, store, or other structure where people are accustomed to assemble except any building or structure occupied in connection with the manufacture, transportation storage, or use of explosives.

Building, Pre-Ordinance is a building which was completed, or for the construction of which a permit was issued, prior to the effective date of this Ordinance.

Building, Principal is a non-accessory building in which the principal use of the lot on which it is located is conducted.

Building Sewer is that part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system which extends from the end of the building drain and which receives the discharge of the building drain and conveys it to a public sewer, private sewer, central sewage disposal system, individual sewage disposal system, or other point of disposal.

Building Storm Drain is a building drain used for conveying rain water, surface water, ground water, subsurface water, condensate, cooling water, or other similar discharge to a building storm sewer or a combined building sewer, extending to a point not less than three feet outside the building wall.

Building Storm Sewer is the extension from the building storm drain to the public or central storm sewer, combined sewer, or other point of disposal.

Building Subdrain is that portion of a drainage system which cannot drain by gravity into the building sewer.

Building Trap is a device fitting, or assembly of fittings installed in the building drain to prevent circulation of air between the drainage system of the building and the building sewer.

Buffer is a device designed to stop a descending elevator car or counterweight beyond its normal limit of travel by storing or by absorbing and dissipating the kinetic energy of the car or counterweight.

Oil Buffer. A buffer using oil as a medium which absorbs and dissipates the kinetic energy of the descending car or counterweight.

Oil Buffer Stroke. The oil-displacing movement of the buffer plunger or piston, excluding the travel of the buffer-plunger accelerating device.

Spring Buffer. A buffer which stores in a spring the kinetic energy of the descending car or counterweight.

Spring Buffer Load Rating. The load required to compress the spring an amount equal to its stroke.

Spring Buffer Stroke. The distance the contact end of the spring can move under a compressive load until all coils are essentially in contact.

Bulk Storage Plant is a location where gasoline or other volatile flammable liquids are stored in tanks having an aggregate capacity of one car load or more, and from which such products are distributed.

Bumper is a device, other than an oil or spring buffer, designed to stop a descending elevator car or counterweight beyond its normal limit of travel by absorbing the impact.

Buttress is a projecting part of a masonry wall built integrally therewith to furnish lateral stability.

Canopy is a roof-like structure projecting from a wall and supported in whole or in part by vertical supports to the ground, and erected for the major purpose of shelter from the weather.

Car, Elevator is the load-carrying unit including its platform, car frame, enclosure, and car door or gate.

Car, Enclosure is the top and the walls of the elevator car, resting on and attached to the car platform.

Car Frame (Sling) is the supporting frame to which the elevator car platform, upper and lower sets of guide shoes, car safety, and the hoisting ropes or hoisting-rope sheaves, or the plunger of a direct plunger elevator are attached.

Car Frame, Overslung. A car frame to which the hoisting-rope fastenings or hoisting-hope sheaves are attached to the crosshead or top member of the car frame.

Car Frame, Underslung. A car frame to which the hoisting-rope fastenings or hoisting-rope sheaves are attached at or below the car platform.

Car Frame, Sub-Post. A car frame all of whose members are located below the car platform.

Car Platform is the structure which forms the floor of the car and which directly supports the load.

Cast-In Place Construction is construction in which concrete is deposited in its final position.

Cement, Portland is the product obtained by finely pulverizing clinker consisting essentially of hydraulic calcium silicates, to which no additions have been made subsequent to calcination other than water or untreated calcium sulfate, except that additions not to exceed one percent, of other material, may be interground with the clinker at the option of the manufacturer, provided such materials in the amounts indicated have been shown by tests to be not harmful.

Ceramic Veneer is a type of architectural terra cotta, characterized by thinner sections ranging from one and one-eighth to two and one-half inches in thickness.

Certified Test Reports are reports by any approved independent testing laboratory.

Chase is a continuous recess in a wall, to receive pipes, ducts, conduits, etc.

Check Valve is a valve allowing flow in one direction only, and specifically designed for the fluid handled.

Child Day Care Center is any child care facility receiving three or more children for care or supervision during part or all of a day, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Day nurseries nursery schools, play group centers, and centers for mentally retarded children shall be included in the general term "Child Day Care Centers".

Chimney is a primarily vertical enclosure or structure containing one or more flues.

(a)

Interior Chimney. A chimney built within the walls of a building and having lateral support from the building structure.

(b)

Exterior Chimney. A chimney built outside the walls of a building but receiving lateral support from the exterior walls of the building.

(c)

Isolated Chimney. A chimney that is not built within the walls of a building and does not receive lateral support from the building. Guys or struts shall not be considered as lateral support for the purpose of this definition.

Cinema is an Assembly Building designed or used exclusively for the presentation of motion pictures and having a stage depth less than 15 feet.

Circuit Vent (Plumbing) is a branch vent that serves two or more traps and extends from in front of the last fixture connection of a horizontal branch to the vent stack.

Classroom is a room used for the instruction of students in a group.

Closed Cup Flash Point is the lowest temperature at which a combustible liquid, under prescribed conditions, will give off a flammable vapor which will burn momentarily.

Coal Silo or Pocket is a separate structure used for the receiving, storage, or disposing of coal.

Code means the provisions adopted and referred to in Chapter 102 Buildings and Building Regulations, Sections 102-130, 102-135, 102-140, and Section 102-150. Whenever the word "Code" is used, it shall mean those provisions, whether independently or collectively, as the context provides.

Collapsible Revolving Door is a revolving door which is designed, supported and constructed so that the wings will release and fold back in the direction of egress under pressure exerted by persons under panic conditions, providing a legal passageway on both sides of the door pivot.

Column is an upright compression member the length of which exceeds three times its least lateral dimension.

Combination Fixture (Plumbing) is a fixture combining one sink and tray or a two- or three-compartment sink or tray in one unit.

Combination Waste and Vent System (Plumbing) is a special designed system of waste piping embodying the horizontal wet venting of one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a common waste and vent pipe adequately sized to provide free movement of air above the flow line of the drain.

Combined Building Sewer is a sewer that receives both stormwater and sewage.

Combustible Material is a material which does not comply with the definition of incombustible material.

Common Vent (Plumbing) is a vent connecting at the junction of two fixture drains and serving as a vent for both fixtures.

Compact Section is a steel flexural member so proportioned that local buckling will not occur before the full plastic moment is reached.

Companion or Block Valves are pairs of mating stop valves, valving off sections of systems and arranged so that these sections may be joined before opening these valves, or separated after closing them.

Compensating-Rope Sheave Switch is a device which automatically causes the electric power to be removed from an elevator driving-machine motor and brake when the compensating sheave approaches its upper or lower limit of travel.

Compensatory Storage. An artificially excavated volume of storage within the base flood areas used to balance the loss of natural flood storage capacity when artificial fill or structures are placed within the floodplain. (Uncompensated loss of natural floodplain storage can increase off-site floodwater elevations and flows.)

Compressor is any device having one or more pressure imposing elements in a refrigerating system to increase the pressure of the refrigerant in its gas or vapor state for the purpose of liquefying the refrigerant.

Compressor Relief Device is a valve or rupture member located between the compressor and the stop valve on the discharge side arranged to relieve the pressure at a predetermined point.

Compressor Unit is a condensing unit, less the condenser and liquid receiver.

Concrete is a mixture of cement, aggregates, and water.

Concrete, gypsum is a combination of aggregate or aggregates with calcined gypsum as a binding medium, which after mixing with water sets into a conglomerate mass. (Gypsum Fiber Concrete-gypsum concrete in which the aggregate consists of shavings, fiber, or chips of wood.)

Concrete Masonry Unit is a building unit made from cement and suitable aggregates, such as sand, gravel, crushed stone, cinders, burned clay, or shale, or blast furnace slag.

Concrete, Plain is a concrete without metal reinforcement, or having been reinforced only for shrinkage or temperature changes.

Concrete, Pneumatically Placed is a mixture of fine aggregate and cement pneumatically applied by suitable mechanism, and to which water is added immediately prior to discharge from the applicator.

Concrete, Precast is construction whereby concrete members are cast in a place prepared for this purpose, to be moved to their final position.

Concrete Prestressed is construction of concrete members, cast-in-place or precast, in which controlled forces create controlled internal stresses. The following terms are used in this Ordinance in the application of provisions governing prestressed concrete:

(a)

Tendons. Steel members which generally are used to exert the prestressing force onto the concrete.

(b)

Transfer. The act of application of the prestressing force to the concrete.

(c)

Pretensioning. The system of prestressing concrete members whereby tendons are stressed prior to pouring of the concrete and the prestressing force is transmitted to the concrete by bond.

(d)

Post-Tensioning. The system of prestressing concrete members whereby tendons are stressed after the concrete has obtained a required strength and the prestressing force is transmitted to the concrete generally by anchoring the stressed tendons to the member.

(e)

Gradual Losses. The reduction from the initial force to the working force, due to shrinkage, creep of the concrete, and relaxation of the steel.

(f)

Elastic Shortening Losses. Those losses due to the elastic deformation of the concrete at the time of transfer.

(g)

Tensioning Losses. Those losses incurred in post-tensioned concrete at the time of stressing and anchoring the tendons which are due to tendon friction and anchorage set, and vary with the system used.

(h)

Forces: Jacking Force. The force exerted by the ram on the tendon.

(i)

Initial Force. The force left in the tendon immediately after transferring the prestressing force to the concrete.

(j)

Working Force. The final force left in the tendons after all losses have occurred.

Concrete, Reinforced is concrete in which metal other than that provided for shrinkage or temperature changes is embedded in such a manner that the two materials act together in resisting forces.

Condenser is a vessel or arrangement of piping or tubing in which vaporized refrigerant is liquefied by the removal of heat.

Condensing Unit is a specific refrigerating machine combination for a given refrigerant, consisting of one or more power driven compressors, condensers, liquid receivers (when required), and any regularly furnished accessories; and the individual components are designed to operate as one system.

Conflagration Hazard is the fire risk involved in the spread of fire by exterior exposure to, and from, adjoining buildings and structures.

Conflagration Hazard District is a geographical area in Cook County within which certain types of construction are limited or prohibited due to conflagration or high fire hazard.

Construction Equipment is the construction machinery, tools, derricks, hoists, scaffolds, platforms, runways, ladders, and all material-handling equipment, safeguards, and protective devices used in construction operations.

Construction Operation is the erection, alteration, repair, renovation, demolition, or removal of any building or structure; and the excavation, filling, and grading of lots in connection therewith.

Container (Refrigeration) is a cylinder for the transportation of refrigerant as prescribed by the regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the transportation of such refrigerants.

Continuous Vent (Plumbing) is a vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which it connects.

Continuous Waste (Plumbing) is a drain from two or three fixtures connected to a single trap.

Controlled Materials are materials which are selected or tested to meet the special strength, durability, and the resistance requirements upon which the design is based, as provided in Subsection 102-104(6).

Conveyor is a mechanical apparatus for carrying material from one point to another, as by an endless belt, chain of receptacles, or the like.

Cooling Tower is a structure designed or used for the cooling, by exposure to the open air, of liquids used in the operation of a refrigeration or air conditioning installation.

Coping is a cap or finish on top of a wall, pier, or pilaster to protect the masonry below from penetration of water from above.

Corbel is a shelf or ledge formed by projecting successive courses of masonry out from the face of the wall.

Corridor (Hallway) is a horizontal passageway which connects various rooms, apartments, or any interior spaces of a building or structure, and which provides a common way of travel to an exit or to another passageway leading to an exit.

Corrosive Liquid shall include those acids, alkaline caustic liquids, and other corrosive liquids which when in contact with living tissue, will cause severe damage of such tissue by chemical action; or, in case of leakage, will materially damage or destroy other containers of other hazardous commodities by chemical action and cause the release of their contents; or are liable to cause fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.

Course is a continuous horizontal layer of masonry.

Court is an open, unobstructed space on the same lot with a building and bounded on two or more sides by the walls of such building.

Court, Inner is a court surrounded on all sides by the exterior walls of a structure or by such walls and an interior lot line.

Court, Outer is a court open on one end to an open space not less than 30 feet wide. The open space shall be a public way, yard, or through court, or any combination of two or more such areas.

Court, Through is a court open at both ends to two open spaces, one of which shall be not less than 30 feet wide, the opposite not less than ten feet wide. The open spaces shall be public ways, yards, permanent easements, outer courts, or another through court, or a combination of two or more such areas.

Cross-Connection is any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise separate piping systems, one of which contains potable water and the other water of unknown or questionable safety, whereby water may flow from one system to the other, the direction of flow depending on the pressure differential between the two systems. (See Backflow and Back-Siphonage.)

Cushion Tank is a tank holding water under air pressure, connected to the discharge from a fire pump, and supplying a sprinkler system or an inside standpipe system.

Datum is a level surface, real or assumed, having an established elevation and used as a reference to establish the relative elevations of other surfaces or points.

Dead End (Plumbing) is a branch leading from a soil, waste, or vent pipe, building drain, or building sewer, which is terminated at a developed distance of two feet or more by means of a plug or other closed fitting.

Dead Load is the weight of all permanent construction, including walls, floors, roofs, partitions, stairways, and fixed service equipment.

Deck shall mean floor surfaces, unroofed and open to the sky, above grade level and may be attached or unattached to a principal building.

Deluge System is a sprinkler system employing open sprinklers attached to a piping system connected to a water supply through a valve which is opened by the operation of a heat responsive system installed in the same areas as the sprinklers. When this valve opens, water flows into the piping system and discharges from all the sprinklers attached thereto.

Design Working Pressure is the maximum allowable working pressure for which a specific part of a system is designed.

Development. Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, construction of or substantial improvements to buildings or other structures, the placement of mobile homes, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.

Direct-Expansion System is a system in which the evaporator is in direct contact with the refrigerated material or space refrigerated, or is located in an air-circulating passage or duct connected with the space.

Dispensing Islands are areas elevated above surrounding surfaces and on which are mounted dispensing pumps or other dispensing devices. Where an individual pump or dispensing device is not mounted on an elevated island, an area extending 18 inches in all directions from the base of the pump or device shall be considered to be a dispensing island.

Double Indirect Vented Open-Spray System is one in which a liquid, such as brine or water, cooled by an evaporator located in a vented enclosure, is circulated through a closed circuit to a second enclosure where it cools another supply of a liquid, such as brine or water, and this liquid in turn is circulated to a cooling chamber and is sprayed therein.

Double (or Secondary) Refrigerant System is one in which an evaporative refrigerant is used in a secondary circuit. Each system enclosing a separate body of an evaporative refrigerant shall be considered as a separate direct system.

Downspout. See Leader.

Draft Hood or Damper is a device placed in the breeching or vent pipe, or in an appliance, and which is designed to insure the ready escape of the products of combustion in the event of no draft, back-draft, or stoppage, or prevent a back-draft from entering the appliance.

Drain is any pipe which carries waste water or water-borne wastes in a building drainage system.

Drainage System (Drainage Piping) includes all the piping within public or private premises, which conveys sewage, rain water, or other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal, but does not include the mains of a public or central sewerage system or private or public sewage treatment or disposal plant.

Dressing Room, as applied to Assembly Buildings, is a room used or intended to be used by a performer or performers for dressing or changing of clothing.

Dry Cleaning is the process of removing dirt, grease, paints, and other stains from wearing apparel, textiles, fabrics, rugs, etc., by the use of non-aqueous liquid solvents, flammable or non-flammable. Methods of dry cleaning include:

(a)

Immersion and agitation with the solvent in open vessels.

(b)

Immersion and agitation with the solvent in closed machines.

(c)

"Brushing", or "scouring" with cleaning solvents.

Dry Cleaning Plant is a plant in which dry cleaning is conducted.

Dry Cleaning Room is a room in which the dry cleaning operations are conducted, including all additional sections containing solvent or solvent handling equipment.

Dry Dyeing is the process of dyeing clothes or other fabrics or textiles in a solution of dye colors and non-aqueous liquid solvents.

Dry-Pipe System is a sprinkler system employing automatic sprinklers attached to a piping system containing air under pressure, the release of which, as from the opening of sprinklers, permits the water pressure to open a valve known as a "dry-pipe valve". The water then flows into the piping system and out the opened sprinklers.

Dual Vent. See Common Vent.

Dumbwaiter is a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car which moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction, the floor area of which does not exceed nine square feet, whose total inside height, whether or not provided with fixed or removable shelves, does not exceed four feet, the capacity of which does not exceed 500 pounds, and which is used exclusively for carrying materials.

Dwelling is a building, or portion thereof, designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy.

Dwelling, Attached is one which is joined to another dwelling at one or more sides by a party wall or walls.

Dwelling, Detached is one which is entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.

Dwelling, Multiple-Family is a Residential Building, or portion thereof, containing two or more dwelling units.

Dwelling, Single-Family is a Residential Building containing one dwelling unit only.

Dwelling, Two-Family is a Residential Building containing two dwelling units only.

Dwelling Unit consists of one or more rooms which are arranged, designed, or used as living quarters for one family only.

Efficiency Unit is a dwelling unit consisting of one principal room, exclusive of bathroom, kitchen, hallway, closets, or dining alcove directly off the principal room.

Elastic Theory and Design refers to methods based upon use of a material within its elastic range, where a maximum working stress is used.

Electrical Code means the provisions adopted and referred to in Chapter 102, Buildings and Building Regulations, Section 102-150. Whenever the words "Electrical Code" are used, it shall mean those provisions, whether independently or collectively, as the context provides.

Electrical Equipment shall mean conductors and equipment installed for the utilization of electricity supplied for heat or power, and signal light, heat, or power, not including radio apparatus or equipment for wireless reception of signals and does not include apparatus, conductors, and other equipment installed for or by public utilities, including common carriers, which are under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission, for use in their operation as public utilities.

Elevation is the vertical distance of a point above or below a known datum. The difference in elevation between two points is the vertical distance between two level surfaces in which the points lie. For the purposes of this Code, elevations should be referenced to United States Geological Survey Datum or City of Chicago Datum (0.00 CCD = 579.48 USGS).

Elevator is a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or platform which moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction, and which serves two or more floors of a building or structure; "elevator" is further defined as one of the following types:

(a)

Freight Elevator. An elevator primarily used for carrying freight, and on which only the operator and the persons necessary for unloading and loading the freight are permitted to ride.

(b)

Gravity Elevator. An elevator utilizing gravity to move the car.

(c)

Hand Elevator. An elevator utilizing manual energy to move the car.

(d)

Passenger Elevator. An elevator used primarily to carry persons other than the operator and persons necessary for loading and unloading.

(e)

Power Elevator. An elevator utilizing energy other than gravitational or manual to move the car.

1.

Electric Elevator. A power elevator where the energy is applied by means of an electric motor.

2.

Hydraulic Elevator. A power elevator where the energy is applied, by means of a liquid under pressure, in a cylinder equipped with a plunger or piston.

a.

Direct-Plunger Elevator. A hydraulic elevator having a plunger or piston directly attached to the car frame or platform.

b.

Electro-Hydraulic Elevator. A direct-plunger elevator where liquid is pumped under pressure directly into the cylinder by a pump driven by an electric motor.

c.

Roped-Hydraulic Elevator. A hydraulic elevator having its piston connected to the car with wire ropes.

(f)

Sidewalk Elevator. A freight elevator which operates between a sidewalk or other area exterior to the building and floor levels inside the building below such area, which has no landing opening into the building at its upper limit of travel, and which is not used to carry automobiles.

Elevator Control is a system of regulation by which the starting, stopping, direction of motion, acceleration, speed, and retardation of an elevator are governed, and further defined as one of the following types:

(a)

Generator-Field Control. A system of control which is accomplished by the use of an individual generator for each elevator or dumbwaiter, wherein the voltage applied to the driving-machine motor is adjusted by varying the strength and direction of the generator field.

(b)

Multi-Voltage Control. A system of control which is accomplished by impressing successively on the armature of the driving-machine motor a number of substantially fixed voltages such as may be obtained from multi-commutator generators common to a group of elevators.

(c)

Rheostatic Control. A system of control which is accomplished by varying resistance and/or reactance in the armature and/or field circuit of the driving-machine motor.

(d)

Two-Speed Alternating Current Control. A control for a two-speed driving-machine induction motor which is arranged to run at two different synchronous speeds by connecting the motor windings so as to obtain different number of poles.

Elevator Landing is that portion of a floor, balcony, or platform used to receive and discharge passengers or freight.

(a)

Landing Zone. A zone extending from a point 18 inches below a landing to a point 18 inches above the landing.

(b)

Landing, Bottom Terminal. The lowest landing served by the elevator, which is equipped with a hoistway door and hoistway-door locking device which permits egress from the hoistway side.

(c)

Landing, Top Terminal. The highest landing served by the elevator, which is equipped with a hoistway door and hoistway-door locking device which permits egress from the hoistway side.

Emergency Relief Valve is a manually operated valve for the discharge of refrigerant in case of fire or other emergency.

Engines are such prime movers as internal combustion engines, external combustion engines, gas turbine engines, and free piston engines, using either gaseous fuels or liquid fuels, or combinations thereof.

Equipment consists of all mechanical, electrical, or storage devices and fixtures requiring conformance with the Code in regard to construction, installation, operation, alteration, maintenance, and inspection. It shall include, among others: elevators, plumbing, ventilation systems, heating apparatus, refrigeration systems, boilers, and electrical equipment.

Evaporator is that part of the refrigeration system in which liquid refrigerant is vaporized to produce the refrigerating effect.

Excavation is any act by which organic matter, earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed and shall provide conditions resulting thereof.

Exit is a means of egress from a building, structure, or premises.

Exit Area is that area of a drive-in theater which is used for holding cars which are exiting from the spectator area and are awaiting passage onto the public highway.

Exit Connections shall include doorways, aisles, corridors, foyers, lobbies, and other horizontal means of exit leading to a vertical exit, a horizontal exit, or an outside exit.

Exit, Horizontal is a protected opening through or around a fire wall, or is a bridge or link connecting two buildings or structures.

Exit, Outside is an exit from the building to a public way, to an open area leading to a public way, or to an enclosed fire-resistive passage leading to a public way.

Exit, Vertical is a means of exit used for ascension or descension between two or more levels of a building or structure.

Explosive is any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion. The term "explosive" includes all materials classified as Class A, Class B, or Class C explosives by Interstate Commerce Commission regulations; and includes, but is not limited to, dynamite, black powder, pellet powders, initiating explosives, blasting caps, electrical blasting caps, safety fuse, fuse igniters, fuse lighters, squibs, cordeau detonant fuse, instantaneous fuse, igniter cord and igniters.

Exterior Trim shall be construed to include exterior wall decorations cornices gutters leaders, balconies, storm enclosures, and all ornamental elements accessory to the structural building frame.

Family consists of one or more persons, each related to the other by blood (or adoption), together with such blood relatives' respective spouses, who are living together in a single dwelling unit and maintaining a common household. A "family" shall include any domestic servants and not more than one gratuitous guest residing with said "family".

Fence is a structure forming a barrier at grade between lots, between a lot and a street or alley, or between portions of a lot or lots. A "screen fence", in contra-distinction to a solid fence, is any fence that affords visibility at right angles to any surface of such fence of 50 percent or more.

Fill is any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is deposited, placed, replaced, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved by man or machine to a new location and shall include the conditions resulting thereof.

Filling Pump is a pump used to supply water to the gravity or pressure tanks of a sprinkler system.

Finish, Interior Wall and Ceiling is defined as those materials applied over wall, partition, and ceiling constructions on the inside of a building, or subdivision thereof, including finishes utilized for decoration, acoustical correction, surface insulation, and similar purposes. Wall finishes and ceiling finishes not exceeding ten percent of the wall or ceiling area, respectively, shall be classified as interior trim. Surface decoration consisting of paint, paper, or similar surface treatment applied directly to the finish without intervening air space shall not be considered as a part of interior wall and ceiling finish unless such surface treatment is required for the purpose of increasing fire resistance.

Finishing Processes are locations where paints, lacquers, or other flammable solvents or thinners are used, or where readily ignitable deposits or residues from such paints, lacquers, or finishes may occur.

Fire Alarm System, Automatic is a system which automatically detects a fire condition and actuates a fire alarm signal device.

Fire Alarm System, Manual is an interior alarm system composed of sending stations and signaling devices in a building, operated on an electric circuit so arranged that the operation of any one station will ring all signals throughout the building or at one or more approved locations. Signals may be either non-coded or coded to indicate the floor area in which the signal originated, and may be transmitted to an outside central station.

Fire Alarm System, Standard is a manually operated fire alarm system equipped with automatic detectors, meeting the requirements of this Ordinance. Such system shall be installed in a building for the purpose of notifying the occupants of the building of conditions due to fire or other cause which necessitates that the building be vacated immediately by the occupants. Such system and all equipment and devices used in the installation of such a system shall be tested by and bear the label of approval of Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc. The workmanship, equipment, and quality of installation shall conform to the electrical requirements of this Ordinance.

Fire Area is the floor area enclosed and bounded by fire walls or the exterior walls of a building.

Fire Assembly is the assembly of a fire door, fire window, or fire shutter, including all required hardware, anchorage, door frames, and sills.

Fire Damper is an approved automatic or self-closing incombustible barrier designed to prevent the passage of air, gases, smoke, or fire through an opening, a duct, or plenum chamber.

Fire Division is the interior means of separation of one part of a floor area from another part, together with fire-resistive floor construction, to form a complete fire barrier between adjoining or superimposed floor areas in the same building or structure.

Fire Door is a door and its assembly, so constructed and assembled in places as to give specified protection against the passage of fire.

Fire Escape is an exterior vertical exit used primarily as an emergency means of egress.

Fire Extinguisher, Standard is a portable fire extinguisher which bears the label of approval of Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc.

Fire Pump is a pump used for supplying water to a sprinkler system or to an inside standpipe system at the pressure required by the system.

Fire Resistance, as applied to building materials and construction, means the ability to withstand fire or give protection from it for given periods under prescribed test conditions, according to Standard Fire Test.

Fire-Resistive Construction is that construction in which all structural elements, including walls, bearing partitions, floors, ceilings, roofs, and their supports are of incombustible materials, providing fire resistance as specified in this Ordinance.

Fire-Resistive Rating is the degree of fire resistance of a fabricated unit or assembly of units of construction, determined by an approved standard fire test expressed in hours and/or fractions of an hour.

Fixture Branch is a pipe connecting several plumbing fixtures.

Fixture Drain is the drain from the trap of a plumbing fixture to the junction of that drain with any other drain pipe.

Fixture Supply is a water supply pipe connecting the plumbing fixture with the fixture branch.

Fixture Unit is a quantity in terms of which the load-producing effects on the plumbing system of different kinds of plumbing fixtures are expressed on some arbitrarily chosen scale.

Fixture Unit Flow Rate is the total discharge flow in gallons per minute of a single plumbing fixture divided by 7.5, which provides the flow rate of that particular plumbing fixture as a unit of flow. Fixtures are rated as multiples of this unit of flow.

Flameproof or Flameproofing refer to materials which will not readily ignite and will not propagate flame under test conditions. Flameproofed materials are usually combustible materials with the addition of some treatment or coating to modify their burning properties. Flameproof denotes a lower degree of resistance than fire-retardant.

Flame Spread is the propagation of flame over a surface.

Flame Spread Rating is the measure of flame spread on the surface of materials or their assemblies, as determined by tests conducted in accordance with ASTM Designation: E84.

Flammable refers to any material which is very easily ignited and burns with unusual rapidity. The form or condition of a material, as well as its inherent properties, affects flammability, e.g., fine dry wood shavings would be considered flammable, whereas a large solid piece of wood would not. Flammable is used in a general sense without reference to specific limits of ignition temperature, flash point, or other properties.

Flammable Anesthetics are gases or vapors such as cyclopropane, divinyl ether, ethyl chloride, ethyl ether, and ethylene, which may form flammable or explosive mixtures with air, oxygen, or nitrous oxide.

Flammable Liquid is any liquid having a flash point below 200°F and having a vapor pressure not exceeding 40 pounds per square inch (absolute) at 100°F. Flammable liquids shall be divided into three classes as follows:

Class I shall include those having flash points at or below 20°F.

Class II shall include those having flash points above 20°F but at or below 70°F.

Class III shall include those having flash points above 70°F.

The volatility of flammable liquids is increased when artificially heated to temperatures equal to or higher than their flash points. When so heated, Class II and III liquids shall be subject to the applicable requirements for Class I or II liquids. These standards may also be applied to high flash point liquids when so heated even though these same liquids when not heated are outside of its scope.

Flammable Refrigerant is any refrigerant that will burn when mixed with air.

Flash Point is the minimum temperature in degrees Fahrenheit at which a flammable liquid will give off flammable vapor as determined by appropriate test procedure and apparatus, as specified below. The flash point of flammable liquids having a flash point below 175°F. (79°C.) shall be determined accordance with the Standard Method of Test for Flash Point by means of the Tag Closed Tester, A.S.T.M. D56. The flash point of flammable liquids having a flash point of 175°F. or higher shall be determined in accordance with the Standard Method of Test for Flash Point by means of the Pensky-Martens Closed Tester, A.S.T.M. D93.

Flight of Steps is a series of steps between successive landings or between a landing and a floor.

Flood is a temporary increase in normal water level (surface water elevation) that results in water inundating land or other surfaces not normally under water.

Flood Frequency. A period of years, based on a statistical analysis, during which a flood of a stated magnitude may be expected to be equaled or exceeded.

Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). An official map of a community, on which the Administrator of the Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the Special Hazards Areas and the risk Premium Zones applicable to the community. (In Cook County Zone "A".)

Flood Insurance Study (FIS). An examination and evaluation of hydrologic and hydraulic data sponsored by the Federal Insurance Administration to determine base flood flows, elevations, areas, and floodways. The FIS also determine flows, elevations and areas of flood having lesser and greater frequencies of occurrence.

Flood Level Rim is the top edge of receptacle on a plumbing fixture from which water overflows.

Flood of Record. An actual historical flood event for which sufficient records are available to establish its extent. No uniform probability of occurrence is associated with floods of records. However, the probability of occurrence may be determined for the event at specific locations.

Floodplain is the continuous area adjacent to a lake, stream, or stream bed, the elevation of which is greater than the normal water level (surface water elevation) or pool elevation but equal to or lower than the flood base elevation. Natural depressions and storm water retention or detention areas which periodically are inundated by storm water shall be considered floodplain, if so designated by the County or an agency appointed by the County. Also, any land of higher evaluation than the flood base elevation but having an area less than the minimum residential lot size established for the zone in which it is located, and surrounded by lands having an elevation equal to or less than the flood base elevation, shall be considered floodplain. The flood plain comprises both the "Floodway" and floodway fringe.

Flood Profile. Graphical representations of the elevations of the water surface of the 100-year flood along the watercourses of unincorporated Cook County.

Floodproofing. Modifications to structures made to reduce flood damages. These changes may be made to existing structures or incorporated in the design of new structures. In all instances, floodproofing must be watertight and must be adequate without the need for human intervention.

Flood Protection Elevation. The elevation to which uses regulated by this Ordinance are required to be elevated or floodproofed.

Flood Return Period. A period of years, based on a statistical analysis, during which a flood of a stated magnitude may be expected to be equaled or exceeded.

Flood Table Land is the continuous land area adjacent to the floodplain, having an elevation no greater than two feet nor less than one foot above the base flood elevation.

Floodway. A "floodway" is the channel of watercourse and those portions of the adjoining floodplains which are required to carry and discharge the 100-year flood with no significant increase in the base flood elevation.

Floodway Encroachment Lines. The lateral boundaries of the floodway which separate it from the floodway fringes.

Floodway Fringe is that portion of the floodplain which is immediately adjacent to the floodway. Although this area is prone to flooding, it is not used to transport flood water flows. The highest elevation of the floodway fringe is coterminous to the highest elevation of the floodplain.

Floor Area (as applied to area limitations) is the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of the building, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the center line of walls separating two buildings. The "floor area" of a building shall include elevator shafts and stairways at each floor, penthouses, attic space having headroom of seven feet, six inches or more, interior balconies and mezzanines, enclosed porches, and floor space used for mechanical equipment, (except equipment, open or enclosed, located on the roof). However, basement floor area, unless specifically included, shall be excluded from the determination of "floor area".

Floor Area (as applied to occupancy content):

(a)

Gross Floor Area is the area in square feet of any individual story of a building including the area within the perimeter of the outside walls of the building or section under consideration, with no deduction for elevators, stairs, mechanical shafts, closets, columns, or wall thickness, for the purpose of determining exit facilities or classification of occupancy by the number of occupants.

(b)

Net Floor Area is the area in square feet of any individual story of a building exclusive of elevators, stairs, mechanical shafts, closets, columns, and thickness of walls or other similar accessory unoccupied areas.

Floor Area Ratio (as established in the Cook County Zoning Ordinance) of the building or buildings on any zoning lot is the floor area of the building or buildings on that zoning lot divided by the area of such zoning lot, or, in the case of planned developments, by the net site area.

Floor Area Ratio Method is a method of providing natural lighting or ventilation openings as a percentage of the floor area of the spaces served by such openings.

Flue is an enclosed passageway used for the removal of the products of combustion.

Flush Valve is a device located at the bottom of the tank for the purpose of flushing water closets and similar fixtures.

Flushometer Valve is a device which discharges a predetermined quantity of water to fixtures for flushing purposes and is actuated by direct water pressure.

Foundation Pier is a subsurface structure for the support of columns, above-ground piers, or other concentrated loads, extending from the surface of the ground downward to suitable bearing.

Foundation Wall is a wall below the floor nearest grade, serving as a support for a wall, pier, column, or other structural part of a building or structure.

Foyer is a room adjoining the auditorium of a theater or other place of assembly, and serving as the principal entrance to any seating level thereof.

Freeboard. An increment of elevation added to the base flood elevation to provide a factor of safety for uncertainties in calculations, unknown localized conditions, wave actions and unpredictable effects such as may be caused by ice or debris jams.

Friction Type Connection is a high strength bolt connection in which bolts do not bear on their shanks but serve primarily to exert pressure on two members of a connection held in contact by the bolt.

Furnace, Forced Air is a fuel burning device which supplies heat to a body of air moving through it by a motor driven fan or blower and to which ducts are connected for the purpose of conveying the heated air to the space to be heated.

Fusible Plug is a device having a predetermined temperature fusible member for the relief of pressure.

Garage is a building in which one or more motor vehicles are stored, housed, kept, repaired, or serviced.

Garage, Attached is a portion of a building used as a Garage, Private that provides direct access from the garage to the main structure of a single-family residence or dwelling unit, and whose area is considered part of both the basic and total area of the main structure.

Garage, Private is a garage for four or less passenger motor vehicles, with no provision for repairing or servicing such vehicles for profit.

Garage, Public or Commercial is a building or structure used for the storage, servicing, or repair of motor vehicles, and not included in the term "garage, private".

Gas Vent is a flue for removing products of combustion from gas appliances.

General Alarm is an alarm signal sounded on all alarm sounding devices throughout the building.

Generator is a device, equipped with a heating element, used in a refrigerating system to increase the pressure of refrigerant in its gas or vapor state for the purpose of liquefying the refrigerant.

Geodesic Dome is a dome-like structure having triangulated ribs and commonly referred to in engineering terminology as a geodesic dome.

Grade:

Natural Grade is the elevation of the ground surface that existed prior to any known changes caused or made by man.

Existing Grade is the elevation of the surfaces of the existing ground features (including pervious and impervious surfaces) before any new excavation, filling, construction or any other changes or alterations are made.

Finished Grade is the elevation of the surfaces of the ground features after they have been changed or altered as a result of new work such as excavation, filling, sodding, paving, or any other construction.

Grade (Lumber) refers to the classification of lumber in regard to strength and utility.

Gravity Tank is a container holding water to supply a sprinkler system at gravity pressure.

Grease Interceptor. See Interceptor.

Grease Trap. See Interceptor.

Grout is mortar to which sufficient water has been added to make a consistency that will flow without segregation of the ingredients.

Grouted Masonry is masonry in which the interior joints are filled by pouring grout therein as the work progresses.

Habitable Room is a room occupied by one or more persons for living, sleeping, eating, or cooking; and includes kitchens serving dwelling units, but does not include bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, storage rooms, or below grade recreation rooms.

Hall, Vestibule, or Foyer in a Residence is a room or passageway at the entrance of a house or apartment.

Handrail is a member at approximately waist height, paralleling the slope of a stairway or ramp, used to aid persons in ascending or descending such stairs or ramp.

Hangar is a building or structure designed or used for the shelter, storage, or servicing of one or more aircraft.

Hazardous Chemical is any chemical listed as hazardous in Hazardous Chemicals Data, NFPA No. 49, plus chemicals not mentioned, having similar toxic, explosive, and flammable hazardous properties under similar conditions. The Building Commissioner shall have the right to make determinations as to which chemicals are hazardous.

Header. See Bonder.

Heating System, Forced Air is a central warm air heating system that is equipped with a fan or blower which provides the primary means for the circulation of air.

Heating System, Forced Hot Water is a central hot water system consisting of boiler, pipes, radiation, equipped with pump or pumps which provide positive circulation of hot water throughout the system.

Heating System, Gravity is a central warm air heating system through which air is circulated by gravity. Wall furnaces and floor furnaces shall not be considered "gravity heating systems" under this definition.

Heating System, Gravity Hot Water is a central hot water system consisting of boiler, pipes, and radiation through which heated water is circulated by gravity.

Heating System, Steam is a central heating system consisting of boiler, piping, and radiation where steam generated in the boiler is circulated through the system piping and radiation either by pump or gravity flow.

Heat Pump is a refrigeration system arranged to provide either heating or cooling.

Helicopter Landing Pad is an area designed solely for the landing and take-off of rotary wing aircraft and other aircraft capable of approximately vertical landing and take-off, and providing no facilities for storage, servicing, or repair of such aircraft.

Helicopter Landing Pad, Elevated is an area located on a building or structure one or more stories above ground level, designed solely for the landing and take-off of the abovementioned aircraft.

Heliport is an area, located on land or water, but not upon a building, designed for the landing and take-off of rotary wing aircraft and other aircraft capable of approximately vertical landing and take-off, and providing facilities for the storage, servicing, and repair of such aircraft. One or more subgrade levels of use pertinent to the heliport operation may be located beneath such landing and take-off area.

Highly Flammable Solid shall include a solid substance, other than one classified as an explosive, which is liable to cause fires through friction, through absorption of moisture, through spontaneous chemical changes, or as a result of retained heat from manufacturing or processing.

Highly Toxic Material is a material so toxic to man as to afford an unusual hazard to life and health during fire-fighting operations. Examples are: parathion, TEPP (tetraethyl phosphate), HETP (hexaethyl tetraphosphate), and similar insecticides and pesticides.

High Side refers to those parts of a refrigeration system under condenser pressure or higher.

Hoistway, Elevator or Dumbwaiter is a shaftway for the travel of one or more elevators or dumbwaiters. It includes the pit and terminates at the underside of the overhead machinery space floor or grating, or at the underside of the roof where the hoistway does not penetrate the roof.

(a)

Multiple Hoistway. A hoistway for more than one elevator or dumbwaiter.

(b)

Single Hoistway. A hoistway for a single elevator or dumbwaiter.

Hoistway Enclosure is the fixed structure, consisting of vertical walls or partitions, which isolates the hoistway from all other parts of the building or from an adjacent hoistway, and in which the hoistway doors and door assemblies are installed.

Hold-Out Area (Reservoir Parking) is that area of an open air drive-in theater used exclusively for holding cars which are awaiting admittance into the auditorium area of the theater.

Hollow Masonry Unit is a masonry unit whose net cross-sectional area in any plane parallel to the bearing surface is less than 75 percent of its gross cross-sectional area measured in the same plane.

Hood is that portion of a local exhaust ventilation system which confines hot gases or air contaminants at the point of emission and guides them into the duct work of the system.

Horizontal Branch (Plumbing) is a drain pipe extending laterally from a soil or waste slack or building drain, with or without vertical sections or branches, which receives the discharge from one or more plumbing fixture drains and conducts it to the soil or waste stack or to the building (house) drain.

Horizontal Pipe is any pipe or fitting which makes an angle of more than 45 degrees with the vertical.

Hospitals. A building or part thereof used for medical, psychiatric, obstetrical or surgical care on a 24-hour basis, for four or more inpatients. Hospital, wherever used in this Ordinance, shall include general hospitals mental hospitals, tuberculosis hospitals, children's hospitals, and any such facilities providing inpatient care.

Hotel or Motel is an establishment which is open to transient guests, in contradiction to a lodging house or apartment house, and is commonly known as a hotel or motel in the community in which it is located; and which provides customary hotel or motel services, such as maid service, furnishing and laundering of linen, telephone and secretarial or desk service, and the use and upkeep furniture. For the purposes of this Ordinance, hotels and motels shall be classified as "Multiple-Family Dwellings".

Humanly-Occupied Space is space normally frequented or occupied by people but excluding machinery rooms and walk-in coolers used primarily for refrigerated storage.

Hydrostatic Pressure. The upward pressure exerted on floor slabs or an entire structure by standing water or groundwater; which tends to float a structure or crack the floor. It is based on the difference in elevation between the surface level of the water and the structure on which it is acting. Hydrostatic pressure may also be horizontal, imposing forces on walls causing them to crack or fail.

Incombustible Construction is that construction in which all structural elements, including walls, bearing partitions, floors, ceilings, roofs, and their supports are of incombustible materials, but which are generally not fire protected.

Incombustible Material implies material which does not in itself constitute an active fuel for the spread of combustion. A material which will not ignite nor actively support combustion during an exposure for five minutes to a temperature of 1,200° Fahrenheit shall be designated "incombustible". In addition, materials having a structural base of incombustible material (as defined herein), with a surfacing not more than one-eighth inch thick which has a flames-spread rating not greater than 15 when tested in accordance with the method of test for surface burning characteristics of building materials (ASTM Designation: E84), shall be acceptable as "incombustible".

The term incombustible does not apply to the flamespread characteristics of interior finish or trim materials. No materials shall be classed as incombustible material which is subject to increase in combustibility or flamespread rating beyond the limits herein established through the effects of age, moisture, or other conditions.

Indirect Closed-Surface Refrigeration System is one in which a liquid, such as brine or water, cooled by an evaporator located in an enclosure external to a refrigerated room, is circulated to and through such a refrigerated room in pipes or other closed circuits.

Indirect Open-Spray Refrigeration System is one in which a liquid, such as brine or water, cooled by an evaporator located in enclosure external to a refrigerated room, is circulated to such refrigerated room and is sprayed therein.

Indirect Refrigeration System is one in which a liquid, such as brine or water cooled by the refrigerant, is circulated to the material or space refrigerated, or is used to cool air so circulated.

Indirect Vented Closed-Surface Refrigeration System is one in which a liquid such as brine or water, cooled by an evaporator located in a vented enclosure external to a refrigerated room, is circulated to and through such refrigerated room in pipes or other closed circuits.

Indirect Waste Pipe is a pipe that does not connect directly with the drainage system but conveys liquid wastes by discharging into a plumbing fixture or receptacle which is directly connected to the drainage system.

Individual Vent (Plumbing) is a pipe installed to vent a fixture trap and which connects with the vent system above the fixture served or terminates in the open air.

Individual Wastes are liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in industrial establishments and are free of fecal matter.

Industrial Refrigeration System is a refrigerating system used in the manufacture, processing, or storage of materials located in a building used exclusively for industrial purposes.

Interceptor (Plumbing) is a device designed and installed so as to separate and retain deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter from normal wastes and permit normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.

Interior Trim shall include moldings, cornices, wainscoting, and other wall and ceiling finishes not exceeding ten percent of the wall area nor ten percent of the ceiling area of a room or space, excluding doors and frames, and window sash and frames.

Interior Wall and Ceiling Finishes. See Finish, Interior.

Internal Gross Volume is the volume as determined from internal dimensions of the container, with no allowance for volume of internal parts.

Irritant Refrigerant is any refrigerant that has an irritating effect on the eyes, nose, throat, or lungs.

Lake is any natural or manmade body of water surrounded by land.

Landing (Stair) is a platform between two flights of stairs.

Leader (Downspout) is the water conductor from the roof to the building storm drain, combined building sewer, or other means of disposal.

Light Gage Formed Steel Members are structural members formed to shape from sheet or strip steel less than three-sixteenths inch thick, generally used for studs, floor joists, arch ribs, rafters, or decks.

Lightweight Metal Alloys are magnesium and aluminum alloys.

Limited Charge System is a refrigeration system in which, with the compressor idle, the internal volume and total refrigerant charge are such that the design working pressure will not be exceeded by complete evaporation of the refrigerant charge.

Lintel is the structural member placed over an opening in a wall, and supporting the wall construction above.

Liquid Receiver is a vessel permanently connected to the high pressure side of a system for the storage of refrigerant.

Liquid Waste is the discharge from any fixture, appliance, or appurtenance, in connection with a plumbing system which does not receive fecal matter.

Liquefied Petroleum Gases: LPG and LP Gas shall include any material which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons, or mixtures of them: propane propylene, butanes (normal butane or iso butane), and butylenes.

Live Load is the weight superimposed by the use and occupancy of the building or structure, not including the wind load, snow load, earthquake load, or dead load.

Load, Dead is the weight of all permanent construction, including framing, walls, floors, roofs, partitions, stairways, and all fixed service equipment.

Load Factor (Plumbing) is the percentage of the total connected fixture unit flow rate which is likely to occur at any point in the drainage system. It varies with the type of occupancy, the total flow unit above this point being considered, and with the probability factor of simultaneous use.

Load, Impact is the load resulting from moving machinery, elevators, craneways, vehicles, and other similar forces and kinetic loads.

Load, Lateral Soil is the lateral pressure exerted by the weight of the adjacent soil, including due allowance for hydrostatic pressure.

Load, Wind is the lateral pressure on the building or structure exerted by the wind.

Lobby is the enclosed vestibule between the principal entrance to the building and the doors to the main floor of the auditorium or assembly room of a theater or place of assembly, or to the main floor corridor of a business building.

Local Ventilating Pipe (Plumbing) is a pipe on the fixture side of the trap, through which vapor or foul air is removed from a room or fixture.

Lodge Hall is a hall or meeting place of a local branch of a fraternal order or society such as the Masons, Knights of Columbus, Moose, American Legion, and other similar organizations.

Lodging House is a building originally designed for or used as a single-family or two-family dwelling, all or a portion of which contains lodging rooms which accommodate persons who are not members of the keeper's family. Lodging or meals, or both, are provided for compensation on a weekly or monthly basis.

Loop Vent (Plumbing) is the same as a circuit vent except that it loops back and connects with a stack vent instead of a vent stack.

Lot is a zoning lot as defined herein, except as the context shall indicate a lot of record, in which case a "lot" is a lot of record.

Lot of Record is a lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the Clerk of Cook County; or a parcel of land, the deed to which was recorded in the office of said Clerk prior to the adoption of the Cook County Zoning Ordinance.

Lot Area, Gross is the area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side, and rear lot lines, but not including any area occupied by the waters of a duly recorded lake or river.

Lot, Corner is a lot situated at the intersection of two streets, the interior angle of such intersection not exceeding 135 degrees.

Lot, Depth is the mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line, measured within the lot boundaries.

Lot Line, Exterior is a boundary line between a lot and a street, alley, public way, or railroad right-of-way.

Lot Line, Front shall be that boundary of a lot which is along an existing or dedicated public street, or, where no public street exists, is along a public way; where such public way is not a dedicated street the right-of-way of such public way shall be deemed to be 66 feet, unless otherwise provided. The owner of a corner lot may select either street lot line as the front lot line.

Lot Line, Interior is a boundary line between two adjoining lots.

Lot Line, Rear shall be that boundary of a lot which is most distant from, and is, or is most nearly, parallel to the front lot line.

Lot Line, Side shall be any boundary of a lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.

Lot, Through is a lot having a pair of opposite lot lines along two substantially parallel streets, and which is not a corner lot. On a "through lot" both street lot lines shall be deemed front lot lines.

Lot Width is the mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot, measured within the lot boundaries.

Lot, Zoning is a single tract of land located within a single block, which (at the time of filing for a building permit) is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit, under single ownership or control. Therefore, a "zoning lot or lots" may or may not coincide with a lot of record.

Low Side refers to those parts of a refrigeration system at or below evaporator pressure.

Machinery (Refrigeration) is the refrigerating equipment forming a part of the refrigerating system, including any or all of the following: compressor, condenser, generator, absorber, liquid receiver, connecting pipes, or evaporator.

Machinery Room (Refrigeration) is a room other than a boiler room, in which a refrigerating system is permanently installed and operated but not including evaporators located in a cold storage room, refrigerator box, air cooled space, or other enclosed space. Closets solely contained within, and opening only into, a room shall not be considered machinery room but shall be considered a part of the machinery room in which they are contained or open into. It is not the intent of this definition to cause the space in which a self-contained system is located to be classified as a machinery room.

Machinery Room, Class T (Refrigeration) is a room having machinery, but no flame producing apparatus, permanently installed and operated and also conforming to the following:

(a)

Any doors, communicating with the building, shall be approved self-closing tight-fitting Class B fire doors.

(b)

Walls, floor, and ceiling shall be tight and of not less than one-hour fire-resistive construction.

(c)

Exterior openings, if present shall not be under any fire escape or any open stairway.

(d)

All pipes piercing the interior walls, ceiling, or floor of such room shall be tightly sealed to the walls, ceiling, or floor through which they pass.

(e)

Emergency remote controls to stop the action of the refrigerant compressor shall be provided and located immediately outside the machinery room.

Magazine is any building or structure used for the storage of explosives.

Main of any system of continuous piping is the principal artery of the system, to which branches may be connected.

Main Vent (Plumbing) is the principal artery of the venting system, to which vent branches may be connected.

Marine Service Station is that portion of a property where flammable liquids used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment on shore piers, wharves, or floating docks into the full tanks of motor craft.

Marquee is a roof-like structure of a permanent nature which projects horizontally from the wall of a building and derives its support from said building.

Marquee Sign is a display sign attached to, or hung from, a marquee.

Masonry is a built-up construction or combination of building units of such materials as clay, shale, concrete, glass, gypsum, or stone, set in mortar; or plain concrete.

Mechanical Joint (Refrigeration) is a gas-tight joint, obtained by the joining of metal parts through a positive-holding mechanical construction.

Mechanical Ventilation is the process of supplying or removing air, by mechanical means, to or from any space.

Mezzanine is an intermediate or fractional story between the floor and ceiling of any story of a building, used for a purpose accessory to the principal use, and extending over only part of such floor.

Mixed Occupancy refers to a building designed or used for two or more occupancies representing different occupancy classifications.

Mixer is a vessel or device for the mixing of refrigerant or other liquids with another substance.

Mortar is a plastic mixture of cementations materials, fine aggregates, and water, used to bond masonry or other structural units.

Motel. See Hotel.

Motion Picture Trial Exhibition Room is a room used to preview, edit, or view motion pictures, with a limited audience of 20 or less persons, and without charge to the audience.

Motor Vehicle is any passenger vehicle, truck, truck-trailer, trailer, or semi-trailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power.

Moving Stairway is a moving inclined continuous stairway or runway for raising or lowering passengers.

Multiple System is a refrigeration system employing the direct system of refrigeration in which the refrigerant is delivered to two or more evaporators in separately refrigerated spaces.

Natural Barricade is a natural feature of the ground, such as a hill, or timber of sufficient density that the surrounding exposures which require protection cannot be seen when the trees are bare of leaves.

Newel Post is an upright post at the end of a stair railing.

Non-positive Displacement Compressor is a compressor in which increase in vapor pressure is attained without changing the internal volume of the compression chamber.

Normal Loading (of Wood) is a design load that stresses a member or fastening to the full allowable stress tabulated in this Ordinance. This loading may be applied for approximately ten years, either continuously or cumulatively, and 90 percent of this load may be applied for the remainder of the life of the structure.

Nursery Day. See Child Day Care Center.

Nursery School. See Child Day Care Center.

Nursing Home. A building or part thereof used for the lodging, boarding and nursing care on a 24-hour basis, for four or more persons who, because of mental or physical incapacity, may be unable to provide for their own needs and safety without the assistance of another person. Nursing home, wherever used in this Code, shall include nursing and convalescent homes, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and infirmaries or homes for the aged.

Occupancy is the use of any building or structure for any one of, or combination of, the following purposes: residential, institutional, assembly, educational, office, commercial, industrial, storage, high hazard, or unclassified.

Occupancy Content is the maximum allowable number of persons occupying a building, floor, room, or space: the maximum number of persons to be provided for on any floor or part thereof shall be in accordance with the actual occupancy for which the floor or part thereof is designed, as prescribed in this Code.

Occupied (as used to determine exit requirements) refers to the presence of persons in a building or space for normal purposes, subject to ruling by the Building Commissioner in case of doubt as to whether an area is occupied. Examples: a crawl space under a building is not an occupied space even though on occasion a plumber may enter to repair pipes. However, an open space under a building regularly used for storage purposes, or by children at play, is occupied. A department store is occupied as such only during business hours. After closing time when no customers are present but some employees remain for cleaning, arranging stock, etc., the building is no longer occupied as a department store and all the exits required for department store occupancy do not necessarily need to be kept unlocked. However, as a place of employment the building is still occupied, and under the general provisions of this Ordinance sufficient exits may be kept available for use to provide for the number of employees actually present.

Offset in a line of piping is a combination of elbows or bends which brings one section of the pipe out of line but into a line parallel with the other section.

One-Hundred Year Flood. A flood magnitude with a one-percent statistical chance of being equaled or exceeded during any year. A flood this large would be reached once during a 100-year period, on the average. However, the occurrence of such an event does not diminish the chance of its reoccurring again at any time.

Open Air Parking Structure is an unenclosed or partially enclosed structure which is at least 50 percent open on two or more sides and is used exclusively for the parking or storage of passenger motor vehicles.

Open Space is a street, alley, waterway, park, yard, court, or other permanent unobstructed space open to the sky.

Open Web Steel Joists are open web, load-carrying, shop-fabricated, truss type secondary structural steel members.

Ordinary Construction is that construction, other than heavy timber construction, in which the structural elements of the interior framing are entirely or in part of wood or other elements not more combustible than wood, and the exterior structural elements are composed of masonry or other incombustible materials.

Ordinary Materials are materials meeting the requirements of this Ordinance for minimum strength, durability, and fire resistance for materials, without special selection, testing, and supervision, as required for "Controlled Materials", Subsection 102-104(6).

Oriel Window is a window projected beyond and suspended from the wall of the building, or cantilevered therefrom.

Overhead Sewer: A plumbing system which incorporated a device or apparatus by which sewage, liquid waste or other water-borne waste is lifted by mechanical or other means for further discharge into the building sewer and conveyance to the receiving sewer system.

Overhead Structure is all of the structural members, platforms, etc., supporting elevator machinery, sheaves, and equipment at the top of a hoistway.

Oxidizing Material includes substances such as chlorates, permanganates, peroxides, or nitrates, that yield oxygen readily to stimulate combustion.

Panel is the section of a floor or wall contained between the supporting frame of two adjacent rows of columns and girders or column bands of floor construction.

Parapet, Roof is that part of any wall entirely above the roofline, and designed primarily to deter the spread of fire from building to building.

Partition is a vertical separating construction between rooms or spaces; such partition, being not over one story in height.

Partition, Bearing is a partition used to support loads other than its own weight.

Passageway (Hallway, Grade) is an enclosed hallway, exit way, or corridor connecting an exit to a street or to an open space or court communicating with a street.

Patient Care Facility is a building designed or used for the temporary or permanent housing of persons who require medical, mental, physical, or emotional care and treatment.

Patio shall mean floor surfaces, unroofed and open to the sky, at grade level and may be adjacent to or separated from a principal building.

Penthouse is an enclosed structure on or above the roof of a building, other than a "roof structure," used primarily for living or recreational accommodations. Penthouses occupying an aggregate area exceeding one-third of the roof area shall be considered a story of the building and shall be subject to all applicable requirements of this Ordinance.

Permit is an authorization by the Building Commissioner to proceed with construction, alteration, installation, or demolition.

Person includes any individual or group of individuals, corporation, partnership, trust, association, or any other organized group of persons, including governmental agencies.

Pier is an isolated column of masonry or concrete. A bearing wall not bonded at the sides into associated masonry shall be considered a pier when its horizontal dimension measured at right angles to the thickness does not exceed four times its thickness.

Piping refers to the pipe or tube mains for interconnecting the various parts of a system.

Plastic shall include any of various nonmetallic compounds, synthetically produced (usually from organic compounds by polymerization), which can be molded into various forms at some point in their manufacture.

Plastic Theory and Design refers to design methods based upon the ultimate strength of a material and shape, where the working load is a fraction of the ultimate load.

Plenum Chamber is an enclosed air compartment for the purpose of retaining and distributing air under pressure.

Plumbing Code means the provisions adopted and referred to in Chapter 102 Buildings and Building Regulations, Sections 102-135 and 102-140. Whenever the words "Plumbing Code" are used, it shall mean those provisions, whether independently or collectively, as the context provides.

Plumbing Fixtures are installed receptacles, devices, or appliances which are supplied with water or which receive or discharge liquids or liquid-borne wastes, with or without discharge into the drainage system with which they may be directly or indirectly connected.

Plumbing System includes the water-supply and distribution pipes; plumbing fixtures and traps; soil, waste, and vent pipes; building drains and building sewers including their respective connections, devices, and appurtenances within the property lines of the premises, and water-treating or water-using equipment

Poisonous Gas shall include any noxious gas of such nature that a small amount of the gas when mixed with air is dangerous to life. Examples are chloropicrin, cyanogen, hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen peroxide, and phosgene.

Position Indicator is a device that indicates the position of an elevator car in the hoistway. It is called a hall position indicator when placed at a landing, or a car position indicator when placed in the car.

Positive Displacement Compressor is a compressor in which increase in vapor pressure is attained by changing the internal volume of the compression chamber.

Potable Water is water which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes, and meets the requirements of the Cook County Health Department.

Potentially Explosive Chemical shall include any chemical substance, other than one classified 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.

Pre-Action System is a sprinkler system employing automatic sprinklers attached to a piping system containing air that may or may not be under pressure, with a supplemental heat responsive (thermostatic) system of more sensitive characteristics than the automatic sprinklers themselves, installed in the same areas as the sprinklers; actuation of the heat responsive system, as from a lire, opens a valve which permits water to flow into the sprinkler piping system and to be discharged from any sprinkler which is open.

Pre-Signal Alarm is an alarm signal sounded on the pre-signal alarm sounding devices only.

Prefabricated means fabricated prior to erection or installation in a building or structure.

Prefabricated or Factory-Assembled Building is a completely assembled and erected building or structure, including the service equipment, of which the structural parts consist of prefabricated individual units or subassemblies using ordinary or controlled materials; and in which the service equipment may be of either prefabricated or at-site construction.

Pressure Imposing Element (Refrigeration) is any device or portion of the refrigerating equipment used for the purpose of increasing the refrigerant vapor pressure.

Pressure Limiting Device (Refrigeration) is a pressure-responsive mechanism designed to automatically stop the operation of the pressure-imposing element at a predetermined pressure.

Pressure Relief Device (Refrigeration) is a pressure-actuated valve or rupture member designed to automatically relieve excessive pressure.

Pressure Relief Valve (Refrigeration) is a pressure-actuated valve held closed by a spring or other means, and designed to automatically relieve pressure in excess of its setting.

Pressure Tank is a container holding water to supply a sprinkler system at a pressure greater than that due to gravity.

Pressure Vessel is a refrigerant-containing receptacle of a refrigerating system, other than expansion coils, headers, and pipe connections.

Primary Structural Member is any member of the structural frame of a building used as a column, grillage beam, girder, beam framing between columns, beam used to support masonry walls, truss, isolated lintel spanning eight feet or more, and any member required to brace a column or truss.

Private or Private Use in the classification of plumbing fixtures, applies to fixtures in residences and apartments and to fixtures in private bathrooms of hotels and similar installations where the fixtures are intended for the use of a family or an individual.

Private Sewer is a sewer privately owned and not directly controlled by public authority.

Projection Block is that portion of a theater or assembly room containing a projection room alone or in combination with other rooms incidental to its operation.

Property Room is a room used for the storage of any accessory materials used in conjunction with a theatrical or similar performance, except scenery, commonly known and described as stage properties.

Proscenium is the vertical plane of separation between an auditorium and a stage.

Public or Public Use in the classification of plumbing fixtures, applies to fixtures in general toilet rooms of schools, gymnasiums, hotels, railroad stations, public buildings, bars, public comfort stations, and other installations (whether pay or free) where a number of fixtures are installed so that their use is similarly unrestricted.

Public Sewer is a central sewer directly controlled by public authority.

Public Way is any sidewalk, street, alley, highway, or other thoroughfare.

Pyroxylin (Cellulose Nitrate Plastic) shall mean any plastic substance, material, or compound, other than cellulose nitrate film or explosives having cellulose nitrate as a base, by whatever name known, when in the form of blocks, slabs, sheets, tubes, or fabricated shapes.

Pyroxylin Plastic Factory is any building or portion of a building where articles are manufactured in whole or part from pyroxylin plastics in quantities above 25 pounds.

Pyroxylin Plastic Storage Building is any building, not a pyroxylin factory as defined above, which is used to store pyroxylin plastics, whether alone or as parts of other objects, in quantities above 25 pounds.

Radioactive Material shall include any material or combination of material that spontaneously emits radiation.

Railing is a member at the edge of a drop-off, serving the purpose of preventing people from falling over the edge.

Ramp is an inclined passageway connecting two levels.

Receiver (Refrigeration) is a vessel permanently connected to a system by inlet and outlet pipes for storage of a liquid refrigerant.

Refrigerant is a substance which produces a refrigerating effect by its absorption of heat while expanding or vaporizing.

Refrigerating System is a combination of interconnected refrigerant-containing parts constituting one closed refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant is circulated for the purpose of extracting heat.

Refrigeration is the process of removing heat from a substance or an enclosed space of a building or structure.

Refrigerating System, Commercial is a refrigerating system assembled or installed in building used for business or commercial purposes.

Reinforced Brick Masonry is brick masonry in which steel reinforcing bars are embedded in such a manner that the two materials act together in resisting forces.

Reinforced Concrete is concrete in which reinforcement other than that provided for shrinkage or temperature changes is combined in such manner that the two materials act together in resisting forces.

Relief Vent (Plumbing) is a vent the primary function of which is to provide circulation of air between drainage and vent systems.

Remote System (Refrigeration) is a refrigerating system in which the compressor or generator is located in a space other than the cabinet, fixture, or space containing the evaporator.

Repair is the replacement or renewal, excluding additions or alterations, of any part of a building, structure, device, or equipment with like or similar materials or parts, for the purpose of maintenance of such building, structure, device, or equipment.

Residential-Custodial Care Facility. A building, or part thereof, used for the lodging or boarding of four or more persons who are incapable of self-preservation because of age or physical or mental limitation. This includes facilities such as homes for the aged, nurseries (custodial care for children under six years of age) and mentally retarded care institutions. Day care facilities that do not provide lodging or boarding for institutional occupants are not to be included under this section of the ordinance.

Residential Restrained Care Institutions. A building, or part thereof, used to house occupants under some degree of restraint or security.

Return Offset (Plumbing) is a double offset installed so as to return the pipe to its original alignment.

Revent Pipe (Plumbing) (sometimes called an individual vent) is that part of a vent pipe line which connects directly with an individual waste or group of wastes, underneath or back of the fixture, and extends either to the main or branch vent pipe.

Rigid Frames are continuous structural frames of buildings or structures in which the beam-to-column connections are assumed to have sufficient rigidity to hold the angles between intersecting members virtually unchanged.

Riser (Plumbing) is a water supply pipe which extends vertically one full story or more to convey water to branches or fixtures.

Riser (Stair) is the vertical surface of a step between two successive treads or between a tread and a landing or floor.

Risk Premium Rate Zones. Flood hazard areas designated according to the degrees of flooding they would experience during the base flood. The symbols used to designate these zones are as follows:

Riverine. Relating to, formed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream, creek or brook.

Roof is the roof slab or deck with its supporting members, not including vertical supports.

Roof Covering is the covering applied to the roof for weather resistance or fire resistance.

Roof Drain is a drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface of a roof and to discharge it into the leader (downspout).

Roof Structure is a structure erected above the roof for supporting or enclosing a stairway or equipment used in the operation of a building, such as tanks, fans, or elevator machinery, but containing no habitable space for living or recreational accommodations.

Roughing-In (Plumbing) is the installation of all parts of the plumbing system which can be completed prior to the installation of fixtures. This includes drainage, water supply, and vent piping, and the necessary fixture supports.

Row of Seats is a group of adjoining seats arranged side by side.

Rubble is any one of the following:

(a)

Coursed Rubble. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds, well bonded, and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds or courses.

(b)

Random Rubble. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones, well bonded, and brought at irregular vertical intervals to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.

(c)

Rough or Ordinary Rubble. Masonry composed of nonshaped or field stones laid without regularity of coursing, but well bonded.

Runway is any aisle or walkway constructed and maintained as a temporary passageway for pedestrians or vehicles during construction, demolition, or alteration of a building.

Rupture Member, in a refrigeration system, is a pressure relief device having a diaphragm of member which will rupture or blow out at a predetermined pressure.

Safety Clearance is a space open to the sky, continuous on all sides of a building or structure, between such building and any other building, or property line, or the near side of every adjoining and adjacent public way or public park, or the right-of-way line of any railway, or the shore line of any navigable stream or river. Where two or more of the above apply, the condition providing the larger safety clearance shall be meant.

Sanitary Sewer is a pipe which carries sewage and excludes storm, surface, and ground water.

Scaffold is any temporary elevated platform which is used for supporting workmen, materials, or both.

Sealed Absorption System (Refrigeration) is a system in which all refrigerant-containing parts are made permanently tight by welding or brazing against refrigerant loss.

Sealed Unit (Refrigeration) is a pressure imposing element which operates without stuffing box, or which does not depend upon contact between moving and stationary surfaces for refrigerant retention.

Secondary Structural Member is any member of the structural framework other than a primary member (see Primary Structural Member) including joists, and fill-in beams framed into other beams or girders.

Sediment is solid material both mineral and organic that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water, gravity or ice and has come to rest on the earth's surface.

Self-Closing Door is one which closes upon release by the person passing through. A self-closing door may be an automatic-closing door also, and an automatic-closing door may be self-closing.

Self-Closing Fire Assembly is a fire assembly which is kept in a normally closed position and is equipped with an approved device to insure closing and latching after having been opened for use.

Self-Closing Fire Door is one which is kept normally in the closed position and which if opened is returned to the closed position by a spring or weight or other closing device.

Self-Contained System is a refrigerating system the components of which including the piping or tubing connecting the components, the motive force therefore, and the necessary controls, are enclosed in a single enclosure of one or more compartments.

Septic Tank is a watertight receptacle which receives the discharge of a drainage system or part thereof, and is designed and constructed so as to separate solids from the liquids, digest organic matter through a period of detention, and allow the liquids to discharge into the soil outside of the tank through a system of open-joint or perforated piping, or disposal pit.

Sewage is any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution, and may include liquids containing chemicals in solution.

Shaft is a vertical opening or enclosed space extending through two or more floors of a building, or through a floor and a roof.

Shell Type Apparatus (Refrigeration) is a refrigerant-containing vessel having tubes for the passage of a heating, cooling, or refrigerating fluid.

Siamese Connection is an inlet fitting installed on the outside of a building and connected to the system main of a sprinkler system or to the standpipe main of an inside standpipe system for the use of the fire department only, to supply water to the system.

Side Vent (Plumbing) is a vent connecting to the drain pipe through a fitting at an angle not greater than 45 degrees to the vertical.

Sign is a name, identification, description, direction, display, or illustration which is affixed to, or represented directly or indirectly upon, a building, structure, or piece of land; and which directs attention to an object, project, place, activity, person, institution, organization, or business.

Sign, Directional, is a sign that indicates the direction or location of an exit stairway or fire escape.

Sign, Exit is a sign which is located over, or immediately adjoining a means of egress from a building or structure.

Sign Facing is the opaque or transparent surface or surfaces of the sign upon, against or through which the message of the sign is exhibited.

Sign, Ground is a sign supported by uprights or braces upon the ground.

Sign, Outdoor shall include all fabricated signs and their supporting structures erected on the ground or attached to or supported by a building or structure.

Sign, Projecting is a sign which is attached to a wall of a building and projects therefrom.

Sign, Roof is a sign erected on the roof of a building.

Sign Structural Trim Of shall consist of the molding battens, cappings, nailing strips, latticing, and platforms which are attached to a sign structure.

Sign Structure consists of the supports, uprights, bracing, and framework of the sign.

Sign, Wall is a sign which is affixed flat to, or painted on, a wall of a building. However, incidental lighting reflectors may project from such wall a distance not exceeding eight feet, within the meaning of this definition.

Signal System, Elevator Separate is one consisting of buttons or other devices located at the landings, which, when actuated by a waiting passenger, illuminate a flash signal or operate an annunciator in the car indicating floors at which stops are to be made.

(a)

Signal Device, Elevator Car Flash. One providing a signal light in the car, which is illuminated when the car approaches the landings at which a landing signal registering device has been actuated.

(b)

Signal Registering Device, Elevator Landing. A button or other device, located at the elevator landing, which when actuated by a waiting passenger, causes a stop signal to be registered in the car.

(c)

Signal Transfer Device, Elevation Automatic. A device by mean of which a signal registered in a car is automatically transferred to the next car following, in case the first car passes a floor for which a signal has been registered without making a stop.

(d)

Signal Transfer Switch, Elevator. A manually operated switch, located in the car, by means of which the operator can transfer a signal to the next car approaching in the same direction, when he desires to pass a floor at which a signal has been registered in the car.

Site is a lot or parcel of land, or a contiguous combination thereof, where construction work is or is to be performed.

Skylight is a single light-admitting section of a roof.

Sleeping Accommodations means a room, space, or portion thereof, used primarily for sleeping purposes.

Slidescape is a straight or spiral chute erected on the interior or exterior of a building, and which is designed as a means of human egress to the street or other open space.

Smoke Detector is a device which will detect the presence of smoke and which will automatically actuate an alarm or other device.

Smokepipe is a primarily horizontal pipe or breeching used to convey the products of combustion from a heating appliance to a flue.

Smokeproof Tower is an enclosed stairway with access from the floor area of the building either through outside balconies, landings, or ventilated fire-resistive vestibules, opening on a street or yard or open court, and with a direct exit or exit passageway to the street at the grade level.

Smokestack is a primarily vertical enclosed passage, used for the removal of the products of combustion.

Soil Erosion is the detachment and movement of soil from the land's surface by wind or water.

Soil Pipe is any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closets or fixtures having similar functions, with or without the discharge from other fixtures, to the building drain or building sewer.

Soldered Joint is a gas-tight joint obtained by the joining of metal parts with metallic mixtures or alloys which melt at temperatures below 1000°F. and above 400°F.

Solid Masonry is masonry consisting wholly of solid masonry units laid contiguously in mortar, or plain concrete.

Solid Masonry Unit is a masonry unit whose net cross-sectional area in every plane parallel to the bearing surface is 75 percent or more of its gross cross-sectional area, measured in the same plane.

Special Industrial Explosive Device is any explosive power-pack containing an explosive charge in the form of a cartridge or construction device. The term includes, but is not limited to, explosive rivets, explosive bolts, explosive charges for driving pins or studs, cartridges for explosive-actuated power tools, and charges of explosive used in jet tappings of open hearth furnaces and jet perforation of oil well casings.

Special Industrial High Explosive Material shall include sheets, extrusions, pellets, and packages of high explosives, containing dynamite, trinitrotoluol, pentaerythritrolte-tranitrate, cyclotrimethhylene-trinitramine, or other similar compounds used for high energy-rate forming, expanding, and shaping in metal fabrication, and for dismemberment and quick reduction of scrap metal.

Spectator Area (Drive-In Theater) shall mean that area of an open air drive-in theater where automobiles are parked so that spectators within them may view the screen.

Spray Booth is a power-ventilated structure provided to accommodate a spraying operation, designed to confine and limit the escape of spray, vapor, and residue and to safely conduct or direct them to an exhaust system.

Sprinkler Alarm is a local alarm unit installed so that any flow of water from a sprinkler system will result in an audible alarm signal on the premises.

Stack (Plumbing) is the vertical main of a system of soil, waste, or vent piping.

Stack Group (Plumbing) is a term applied to the location of fixtures in relation to the stack so that by means of proper fittings, vents may be reduced to a minimum.

Stack Vent (Plumbing) (sometimes called a waste vent or soil vent) is the extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack.

Stack Venting (Plumbing) is a method of venting a fixture or fixtures through the soil or waste stack.

Stage is the space in a theater or assembly room separated from the auditorium, equipped for theatrical or similar performances that provide for the use of curtains, portable or fixed scenery, lights, or mechanical appliances.

Stage Block is that portion of a theater or assembly room containing only the stage or the stage in combination with dressing rooms, storage and property rooms, workshops, and other rooms incidental to its operation.

Stage Workshop is any shop or room in which carpentry, electrical work, painting, or any other work incidental to the preparation, operation or maintenance of any stage is done.

Stairway consists of one or more flights of stairs with connecting landings, forming a continuous and uninterrupted passage from one floor to another.

Stairway, Enclosed is a stairway separated from the rest of the building by fire resistive walls or partitions.

Stairway, Exterior is a stairway on the outside of a building or structure.

Stairway, Interior is a stairway within a building or structure.

Standard Fire Test is the test method and conditions of acceptance of the Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, ASTM E119.

Standpipe System is an arrangement of piping installed in a building, with outlets located in such a manner that water can be discharged in streams through hose attached to such hose outlets for the purpose of extinguishing a fire and so protecting the building and its contents; pumps, tanks, and other equipment necessary to provide an adequate supply of water to the hose outlets shall be provided.

Standpipe, Dry is a system in which a portion of the piping nearest the hose outlets normally is kept filled with air and so arranged that the operation of an outlet will automatically admit water to the system.

Standpipe Main is the pipe which conveys the water from the fire pump to the standpipe risers.

Standpipe, Wet is a system in which the pipes are kept filled with water.

Stop Valve is a shut-off valve for controlling the flow of refrigerant.

Storm Drain. See Building Storm Drain.

Storm Sewer is a sewer used for conveying rain water, surface water condensate cooling water, or similar liquid wastes.

Story is the space between any two floors or between the topmost floor and the ceiling. For the purposes of this Ordinance, a basement shall not be considered a story.

Stream is any natural, artificial, or channelized water course that transports continuous or periodic flowing water.

Street is a public or private right-of-way which affords a primary means of access to abutting property, but does not include driveways to buildings.

Street Floor includes any story or floor level accessible from the street, or from outside the building at grade, with the floor level at main entrance not more than four feet above nor more than one foot below street or grade level at these points, and so arranged and utilized as to qualify as the main floor. Where due to differences in street levels there are two or more stories accessible from the street, each is a street floor for the purpose of determining exit requirements. Where there is no floor level within the specified limits for a street floor above or below grade, the building has no street floor.

Stressed-Grade (Lumber) is a lumber grade defined in such terms that a definite working stress may be assigned to it.

Structural Alteration is any change, other than incidental repairs, which would prolong the life of the supporting members of a building. The addition, removal or alteration of bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, or foundations would constitute structural alteration.

Structural Clay Tile is a hollow masonry unit composed of burned clay, shale, fire clay, or mixtures thereof, and may be load-bearing (designed to carry super-imposed loads), or non-load-bearing.

Structural Glued Laminated Lumber shall mean any member comprising an assembly of laminations of lumber in which the grain of all laminations is approximately parallel longitudinally, and in which the laminations are bonded with adhesives.

Structural Steel Members are primary or secondary members of rolled steel structural shapes other than light gage steel or steel joist members.

Structure is an assembly of materials forming a construction for occupancy or use, including among others; buildings, stadia, reviewing stands, platforms, antenna towers, observation towers, radio towers, and other communication towers, windmills, open sheds, shelters, coal silos, gas or liquid storage tanks, display signs, piers, fences and trestles.

Subsoil Drain is a drain which receives only subsurface or seepage water and conveys it to a place of disposal.

Substantial Improvement. For the purposes of this definition "substantial improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimension of the structure.

Sump is a tank or pit which receives sewage or liquid waste, located below the normal grade of the gravity system, and which must be emptied by mechanical means.

Surface Water Elevation is the normal water level elevation of a lake, stream, or stream bed as depicted on maps as described under the definition of "flood base elevation".

Swimming Pool, Private, shall be defined to include pools and auxiliary structures and equipment at private residences intended only for the use of the owner or friends.

Swimming Pool, Public, shall mean an artificial basin of water which has been modified, improved, constructed or installed primarily for the purpose of public swimming, and auxiliary structures including dressing and locker rooms, toilets, showers and other areas and enclosures that are intended for the use of persons using the pool. Public swimming pools shall include: pools for community use, pools at apartments, condominiums, and other groups or associations having five or more living units, clubs, churches, camps, schools, institutions, Y.M.C.A.'s, Y.W.C.A.'s, parks, recreational areas, motels, hotels and other commercial establishments.

Tank Heater is a device for heating the water in a gravity tank or pressure tank to prevent the water from freezing.

Tent is any portable structure or enclosure, the roof of which and/or one half or more of the sides of which are constructed of fabric, or a similar light pliable material.

Terminal Grain Elevator is any grain elevator with a capacity of 125,000 bushels or more, or any gram elevator where grain is received by rail and/or water.

Terminal Stopping Device, Elevator Emergency is a device which automatically causes the power to be removed from an electric elevator driving-machine motor and brake, or from a hydraulic elevator machine, at a predetermined distance from the terminal landing, and independently of the functioning of the operating device and the normal terminal stopping device, if the normal-terminal stopping device does not slow down the car as intended.

Terminal Stopping Device, Elevator or Dumbwaiter, Final is a device which automatically causes the power to be removed from an electric elevator or dumbwaiter driving machine motor and brake, or from a hydraulic elevator or dumbwaiter machine, independent of the functioning of the normal-terminal stopping device, the operating device, or any emergency terminal stopping device, after the car has passed a terminal landing.

Terminal Stopping Device, Elevator Machine Final (Stop-Motion Switch) is a final terminal stopping device operated directly by the driving machine.

Terminal Stopping Device, Elevator or Dumbwaiter Normal is a device or devices to slow down and stop an elevator or dumbwaiter car automatically at or near a terminal landing independently of the functioning of the operating device.

Test Blasting Cap is a cap containing two grams of a mixture of 80 percent mercury fulminate and 20 percent potassium chlorate, or a cap of equivalent strength.

Theater is an Assembly Building designed or used primarily for theatrical or motion picture performances and containing a stage or a projection block.

Thermoplastic Material is a solid plastic material which is capable of being repeatedly softened by increase of temperature and hardened by decrease of temperature.

Thermosetting Material is a solid plastic material which is capable of being changed into a substantially infusible and insoluble product when cured under the application of heat.

Tower is a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions either isolated or forming part of any building.

Trap (Plumbing) is a fitting or device so designed and constructed as to provide, when properly vented, a liquid seal which will prevent the back passage of air without materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste water through it.

Trap Seal (Plumbing) is the maximum vertical depth of liquid that a trap will retain, measured between the crown weir and the top of the dip of the trap.

Travel Distance is the distance from a point on a floor of a building or structure to a vertical exit, a horizontal exit, or an outside exit, measured along the line of travel, except that in one-story Low or Moderate Hazard Industrial and Storage Building travel distance may be considered as the distance from any point to an aisle, passageway, or other exit connection.

Treads are the horizontal surfaces in a flight of steps.

Trouble Signal is a signal indicating trouble of any nature, such as a circuit break or ground, occurring in devices or wiring.

Unfired Pressure Vessel is a closed container having an inside diameter larger than six inches, designed for a pressure in excess of 15 psig., other than pressure from the water mains, and constructed in accordance with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code (Section VIII) for Unfired Pressure Vessels and so stamped or tagged in accordance therewith.

Unit System is a refrigerating system which can be removed from the users premises without disconnecting any refrigerant-containing parts, water connections, or fixed electrical connections.

Vacuum Breaker. See Backflow Preventer.

Variance means grant of relief from the requirements of this Ordinance which permits construction in a manner that would otherwise be prohibited by this Ordinance.

Vent Duck is a tube, pipe, conduit, or continuous enclosed passageway used for the conveying of air, gases, vapors, or entrained particles.

Vent Opening is the net free area of an opening used to vent a structural space for heat or explosion.

Vent Pipe is an enclosed passageway used for the removal of the products of combustion from a gas-fired appliance.

Vent Stack (Plumbing) is a vertical vent pipe installed primarily for the purpose of providing circulation of air to and from any part of the drainage system.

Vent System (Plumbing) is a pipe or pipes installed to provide a flow of air to or from a drainage system or to provide a circulation of air within such system to protect trap seals from siphonage and back pressure.

Ventilating Opening is an aperture opening upon a public way, yard, court, public park, public waterway, or onto the roof of the building or structure in which the opening is situated. It shall be a window, skylight, or other opening which is provided for ventilating purposes and which is equipped with adjustable louvers, dampers, or other devices to deflect or diffuse the air currents.

Ventilation is the process of supplying or removing air by natural or mechanical means to or from any space in a building.

Ventilation, Mechanical is a process of supplying or removing air, by mechanical means, to or from any space in a building.

Ventilation, Natural is a process of supplying or removing air through windows, transoms, or other openings in the exterior of a building by non-mechanical means.

Ventilation Opening Area is the free open area of a ventilation device (window louver, etc.) in its most open position.

Vertical Openings are openings through floors, such as for stairways, elevators, or conveyors, or for purposes of light and ventilation.

Vertical Pipe is any pipe or fitting which is installed in a vertical position or which makes an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the vertical.

Walkway, Moving is a level or inclined conveyor belt-like system designed for the transporting of persons.

Wall, Apron is that portion of a skeleton or panel wall below the sill of a window.

Wall, Bearing is a wall which supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.

Wall, Cavity is a wall built of masonry units or of plain concrete, or a combination of these materials, arranged to provide an air space within the wall, and in which the inner and outer parts of the wall are tied together with metal ties.

Wall Composite is a wall built of a combination of two or more masonry units of different materials bonded together one forming the back-up and the other the facing elements.

Wall, Curtain is a non-bearing enclosure wall.

Wall, Faced is a wall in which the masonry facing and backing are of different materials and are so bonded as to exert a common reaction under the load.

Wall, Fire is a wall which subdivides a building into limited fire areas or which separates two or more buildings to restrict the spread of fire and which extends continuously through all stories to a level above the roof.

Wall, Fire Separation is a wall used to divide the floor area of a building or structure into separate parts for fire protection, for different uses, for restricted occupancy, or other purposes specified in this Ordinance.

Wall, Hollow is a wall built of masonry units so arranged as to provide an air space within the wall between the inner and outer parts of a wall.

Wall, Hollow Unit is a wall composed entirely of hollow masonry units.

Wall Hydrant is a multiple outlet fitting installed on the outside of a building and connected to the standpipe main of an inside standpipe system, for the use of the fire department only, to obtain an additional supply of water from the fire pump in the building.

Wall, Non-bearing is a wall which supports no vertical load other than its own weight.

Wall, Parapet is a low wall primarily designed for protection of roofs from exposure fires.

Wall, Party is a wall on an interior lot line used or adapted for joint service between two buildings.

Wall, Retaining is a wall designed to support adjacent earth or soil.

Wall, Skeleton or Panel is a non-bearing wall supported at each story.

Wall, Spandrel is that portion of a wall above the top of a window in one story and below the sill of the window in the story above.

Wall, Veneered is a wall having a facing of masonry or other material securely attached to the backing, but not so bonded as to exert a common reaction under load.

Waste Pipe is a pipe which conveys only liquid waste, free of fecal matter.

Watercourse. A river, stream, creek, brook, branch or other drainageway in or into which stormwater runoff and floodwaters flow either regularly or intermittently.

Water Curtain is a system of approved open or closed sprinkler heads or perforated pipes installed on the exterior of a building at eaves, cornices, window openings, and on mansard or peak roofs, with water supply under manual control; or installed around openings in floors or walls of a building with water supply under thermostatic control. Such water curtain is designed to prevent the spread of fire through unenclosed interior and exterior openings.

Water Distributing Pipe in a building or premises is a pipe which conveys water from the water service pipe to the plumbing fixtures and other water outlets.

Water Main is a water-supply for public or community use.

Water Outlet, as used in connection with the water distributing system, is the discharge opening for the water (1) to a fixture; (2) to atmospheric pressure except into an open tank which is part of the water-supply system); (3) to a boiler or heating system; (4) to any water-operated device or equipment requiring water to operate, but not a part of the plumbing system.

Water Service Pipe is the pipe from the water main or other source of water supply to the building served.

Water Supply System of a building or premises consists of the water service pipe, the water distributing pipes, and the necessary connecting pipes, fittings, control valves, and all appurtenances in or adjacent to the building or premises.

Water Supply Piping Sprinkler System refers to the piping from the source of supply to the sprinkler heads. The different sections of piping are:

(a)

Branch line. A horizontal pipe which conveys the water from a branch main to the sprinkler heads.

(b)

Branch main. A horizontal pipe which conveys the water from a system main or riser to the branch lines.

(c)

Standpipe risers or standpipe. A vertical pipe which extends upward through a building and conveys the water from the standpipe main to the hose outlets.

Welded Joint is a gas-tight joint obtained by the joining of metal parts in the plastics or molten state.

Wet Vent (Plumbing) is a vent which receives the discharge from wastes other than water closets.

Window, Fire is a window and its assembly, so constructed and assembled in place as to give specified protection against the passage of fire.

Window Glass Area shall mean the nominal area of the window disregarding muntins, but not check rails or frame.

Wood Frame Construction is construction in which the structural members are composed of wood (or other combustible materials), having dimensions less than those required for heavy timber construction.

Wythe, Chimney is a partition between two chimney flues in the same stack or chimney.

Wythe, Masonry, is each continuous vertical section of a wall one masonry unit in thickness.

Yard is an open space, on the same zoning lot with a building or structure unoccupied and unobstructed from its lowest level to the sky, except as may otherwise be permitted in the Cook County Zoning Ordinance. A "yard" extends along a lot line, and to a depth or width specified in the yard requirements of the Cook County Zoning Ordinance.

Yoke Vent (Plumbing) is a pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack to a vent stack for the purpose of preventing pressure changes in the stacks.

Zoning Ordinance is the Cook County Zoning Ordinance, as amended.

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014; Ord. No. 20-4415, 12-17-2020.)

(1)

[Generally.]

1.

In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, and welfare.

2.

Where the conditions imposed by any provision of this Ordinance upon the construction, alteration, or maintenance of building or structures are either more restrictive or less restrictive than comparable conditions imposed by any other provision of this Ordinance or of any other applicable law, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, the regulations which are more restrictive (or which impose higher standards or requirements) shall govern.

3.

This Ordinance is not intended to abrogate any easement, covenant or any other private agreement provided that where the regulations of this Ordinance are more restrictive (or impose higher standards or requirements) than such easement, covenant, or other private agreement, the requirements of this Ordinance shall govern.

4.

No building or structure which was not lawfully existing at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance shall become or be made lawful solely by reason of the adoption of this Ordinance; and to the extent that, and in any manner that, such building or structure is in conflict with the requirements of this Ordinance, said building or structure remains unlawful hereunder.

5.

Nothing contained in the Code shall be deemed to be a consent, license, or permit to locate, construct, or maintained any building, structure, or facility, or to carry on any trade, industry, occupation, or activity.

6.

The provisions in the Code are accumulative and additional limitations upon all other all other laws and ordinances heretofore passed or which may be passed hereafter, covering any subject matter in the Code.

7.

Wherever a publication or standard is specified or referred to in this Ordinance, the edition implied shall be that listed in one of the appendices [in Section] 102-130.

(2)

Severability. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the President and Board of Commissioners of Cook County that the several provisions of this Ordinance be separable in accordance with the following:

1.

If any court of competent jurisdiction, including an administrative proceeding, shall adjudge any provisions of this Ordinance to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect any other provision of this Ordinance not specifically included in said judgment.

2.

If any court of competent jurisdiction, including an administrative proceeding, shall adjudge invalid the application of any provision of this Ordinance to a particular building or structure, such judgment shall not affect the application of said provision to any other building or structure not specifically included in said judgment.

(3)

Scope of regulations.

1.

All buildings and structures erected, constructed, altered, demolished, or relocated within the boundaries of Cook County and located outside the limits of cities, villages, and incorporated towns shall be subject to all regulations of the Code pertaining to such buildings and structures. In addition, all camps or parks accommodating persons in mobile homes, manufactured homes, house trailers, house cars, cabins, or tents, within the boundaries of Cook County and located outside the limits of cities, villages, and incorporated towns shall be subject to the Code. Furthermore, all existing buildings and structures shall comply with the Code governing installation, alteration, addition, repair, and maintenance and all other requirements of the Code that are applicable specifically to existing buildings and structures.

2.

a.

Buildings and structures used for agricultural purposes on farms, including farm residences, shall be exempt from the Code. The determination of farm exempt status shall be made solely by the Building Commissioner who may seek assistance from other persons and agencies, including, but not limited to, the Cook County Zoning Administrator, the Cook County Assessor, and such other federal, state, and local agencies, as well as any private agencies such as the Cook County Farm Bureau, that the Building Commissioner determines are helpful to his determination.

b.

Retail sales of products grown or raised on the premises though one growing season shall only be allowed in a roadside stand (farmstand) as an accessory use. Members of the general public shall not be allowed in any building exempt from the Code, except a roadside stand (farmstand) used for retail sales, unless otherwise allowed by the Building Commissioner.

3.

Where a building permit for a building or structure has been issued in accordance with law prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, and provided that construction is begun within six months of such effective date and diligently prosecuted to completion, said building or structure may be completed in accordance with the approved plans on the basis of which the building permit has been issued.

4.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Chapter 102, Article IV of this Code shall have applicability throughout the County of Cook, except within any municipality which has an ordinance governing crane operators. In such case, the municipal ordinance shall prevail within the municipality's jurisdiction.

(4)

Safeguards during construction and demolition. The provisions of this section shall apply to all work in connection with the erection, alteration, repair, relocation, servicing, and demolition of buildings and structures. In addition, Part I of the Health and Safety Rules of the Illinois Department of Labor, issued under the provisions of the Health and Safety Act of 1936, where additional to the herein contained provisions, or more stringent, shall apply. The American Standard Safety Code for Building Construction A10.2 shall be considered accepted engineering practice with respect to the provisions of this Section.

1.

Scaffolds.

a.

Construction. All scaffolds shall be designed and constructed in accordance with accepted engineering practice to support the loads that may be imposed thereon, with a safety factor of at least four. In no case shall scaffolds be designed for a live load of less than 125 pounds per square foot.

b.

Guard Rails and Toe boards. Every scaffold, the platform level of which is more than eight feet above the ground or above a permanent or temporary floor, other than ironworkers' scaffolds; carpenters' bracket scaffolds; and scaffolding wholly within the interior of a building and covering the entire floor space of any room there in and not having any sides exposed to a hoistway, elevator shaft, or stairwell; shall be provided with guard rails not less than 36 inches above the platform level and with solid toe boards not less than six inches high, extending the entire length and along the ends, except where ramps or runways connect with them, unless otherwise enclosed or guarded. If material on the platform of exterior scaffolds is piled higher than the toe boards, the space between guardrails and toe boards shall be filled with wire mesh screens securely attached.

c.

Overhead Protection. Where there is danger of objects falling onto a scaffold from above substantial overhead protection shall be provided not more than ten feet above the scaffold platform.

d.

Planking. When planks are used for the platforms of scaffolds they shall be not less than two inches thick nominal dimensions of sound seasoned lumber.

e.

Scaffolding. Where the extent or location of scaffolding used is such as to create a fire hazard the Building Commissioner may require the use of incombustible material or of approved fire-retardant treated lumber that has been treated by a pressure impregnation process. The Building Commissioner may also require the use flame proofing of tarpaulins. However, scaffolding in connection with one story residential buildings shall be exempt from this regulation.

2.

Sidewalk Sheds and Walkways.

a.

Sheds Required. Whenever a building or structure within ten feet of a street line is to be erected to exceed 40 feet in height, or whenever such a building or structure more than 25 feet in height is to be demolished, unless the street is officially closed during the construction or demolition, the owner or the person doing or causing such work to be done shall erect and maintain during such work adjacent to the street lines, sheds of sufficient strength and stability, in accordance with accepted engineering practice, to sustain safety the weight of materials that maybe placed thereon, and to withstand the shocks incident to the handling of such materials or their preparation for use, and to the accidental jars from trucks delivering material.

b.

Railings and Toe Boards. When the roofs of such sheds are used for the storage of material or for the performance of work of any kind, substantial railings not less than three feet high and solid toe boards not less than six inches high shall be placed along the open sides and end of such roofs.

c.

Walkways.

(1)

Where deemed necessary by the Building Commissioner, sidewalk sheds shall be constructed to afford an unobstructed walkway for pedestrians not less than eight feet high and four feet wide.

(2)

When the area occupied by the sidewalk or temporary walkway is to be excavated, such walk shall be designed to support a load of not less than 150 pounds per square foot and shall be provided with suitable ramps at each end. Such walkways shall be not less than four feet wide and provided with a fence or a handrail of dressed lumber not less than three feet high.

(3)

Those sections of temporary sidewalks or walkways over which motor vehicles may pass shall be designed to support a load of not less than 250 pounds per square foot.

3.

Temporary Fence, Barricade, and Construction Fencing.

a.

Where the interior wall of a building is within eight feet of a public sidewalk, or the Building Commissioner deems necessary due to the proximity of a building operation to a street line, during such building operation the owner or person doing or causing such work to be done, shall erect and maintain a fence not less than six feet high. The fence shall extend along the sidewalk or street line for the entire length of the building and each end shall be turned and extended to the building line. Such fence may extend not more than eight feet from the street line into the street and shall be built solid for its full length except for such openings, provided with gates, sliding doors, or doors swinging inward as may be necessary for a proper prosecution of the work.

b.

If a permit authorizes demolition, construction, or substantial excavation, the permit holder shall cause a safety fence to be installed around the property, in a location and manner approved by the Building Commissioner. The construction fencing herein shall be the same height and construction type as provided in Subsection 102-104(4)3.a.

c.

Fences required in this section shall be erected not more than seven days nor less than four days before the commencement of any work, including site prep, grading work, and installation of utilities. The fencing shall remain in place until a Certificate of Compliance under Subsection 102-105(3)3 has been issued for the structure, or the work has been otherwise completed to the satisfaction of the Building Commissioner.

d.

"No Trespassing" signs shall be mounted on the fencing in conspicuous locations around the construction site.

e.

Gates and doors must be closed at all times except to allow ingress and egress into the construction site. The gate or doors must be locked at all times not within the permitted hours of construction stated in Subsection 102-104(5).

f.

Fencing required by this section shall also be required for public construction projects that do not require a building permit.

4.

Hoists—Materials Only. Temporary interior and exterior hoists shall be constructed, installed, and maintained in accordance with accepted engineering practice on matters not covered in this Ordinance. Such temporary construction hoists shall not be used to haul passengers.

a.

Interior Hoists. Temporary construction hoists on the interior of buildings or structures shall have the car substantially constructed, the guides rigidly secured, and overhead machinery safety supported. The floor openings or other spaces through which they operate shall be enclosed on all sides and for their full height, except for the necessary doors for loading and unloading, with barriers so constructed that loose material cannot fall through.

b.

Exterior Hoists. Temporary construction hoists on the exterior of buildings or structures shall be erected on sufficiently solid foundations to avoid injurious settlement or distortion.

c.

Hoisting Machinery.

(1)

Hoisting machinery, including boilers, if any, shall be placed to avoid unnecessary hazards and to provide ample room for free and safe movements of operation.

(2)

Such machinery shall be enclosed to exclude unauthorized persons and, if placed outside the building, further protection against falling objects shall be provided.

(3)

When such hoisting machinery is placed within a building or structure, or within ten feet of any part thereof, only incombustible materials shall be used for the exterior covering of the enclosures.

(4)

If hoisting machinery is operated by steam with boiler on or adjacent to premises, suitable spark guards shall be provided for the smokestack.

5.

Temporary Use Elevators.

a.

An elevator being installed for permanent use, or a temporary use elevator, may be used during construction of the building for carrying workmen or other authorized persons when it is specifically approved for such use by the Building Commissioner. To be approved for use such elevator and its hoistway shall be provided with the following equipment:

(1)

An approved type governor and car safety;

(2)

A car with solid top and sides, except at car openings;

(3)

A suitable hoist way enclosure for the full height of the shaft;

(4)

Approved-type gates at least six feet high at all hoist way openings;

(5)

An approved locking device on the hoistway door or gate, operable only from the hoistway side of the enclosure; and

(6)

Car safety and terminal stopping devices which have been tested with rated load in the car, in the presence of an Inspector from the Building Department, to determine that they are in safe and proper operating condition.

b.

Capacity of said elevator shall be governed by the maximum horizontal free area inside the car in accordance with the Code. Car speed shall not be over 250 feet per minute. Car and counter weight buffers, counter weights and weight frame, car sling, and platform may remain as part of the permanent installation.

c.

A competent operator shall be in charge of such elevator.

6.

Flooring.

a.

Temporary Working Floors. In buildings where construction of the super-structure precedes the construction of the permanent floor panels, a substantial temporary floor shall be constructed and maintained at a level not more than two floors below the level at which erection work is being performed. This floor shall be planked over, except spaces required for construction work, for raising or lowering materials, and for stairways or ladders.

b.

Permanent Floors. In buildings or structures the permanent structural floor, except for necessary temporary openings, shall be installed as the construction progresses. There shall be not more than four unfilled floors above the highest permanent floor, nor more than one unfilled floor between permanent floors.

7.

Floor Openings. All floor openings, unless guarded by permanent enclosures or full-height temporary barriers, shall be covered with substantial temporary flooring, or guarded on all sides by substantial railing not less than four feet high set at least two feet from the edges of the openings, and by toe boards not less than six inches high set along the edges of the openings, except for such parts of the opening as are necessarily open for traffic purposes.

8.

Roofs and Skylights of Adjoining Buildings. When a building or structure is to be carried above the roof of an adjoining building, protection for the skylights and roof of such adjoining building shall be provided, at his own expense, by the person constructing or causing the construction of such building or structure; provided that if the owner, lessee, or tenant of the adjoining building should refuse permission to have the roofs and skylights protected, the responsibility and expense for the necessary protection shall devolve on the person refusing such permission.

9.

Stair Facilities.

a.

Temporary Stairs. When the construction of a building has progressed to a height exceeding 60 feet above grade or when a building exceeding 60 feet in height is undergoing alterations, unless one or more permanent stairways have been installed, at least one temporary stairway shall be provided, continued in height as rapidly as the work progresses to the highest floor that has been installed, and maintained in serviceable condition until a permanent stairway has been completed.

b.

Ladders. Until either permanent or temporary stairways are installed, suitable substantial ladders securely fastened at top and bottom, shall be provided and maintained to provide means of reaching the various levels.

10.

Fire Protection.

a.

Reinforced Concrete Construction. In every building of reinforced concrete construction, forms of combustible material shall be stripped from the concrete and removed from the building as soon as practicable.

b.

Standpipes. In all buildings in which stand pipes are required, such stand pipes shall be installed as the construction progresses, in such a manner that they are always ready for fire department use to the topmost floor that has been installed. Such stand pipes shall be provided with a fire department connection on the outside of the building at the street level, and with one outlet at each floor. All outlets, connections, and fittings shall be designed to fit standard fire department equipment.

c.

Fire Extinguishers.

(1)

In every building operation, wherever a tool house, storeroom, or other shanty is placed, or a room or space is used for storage, dressing room, or workshop, at least one approved hand pump tank or portable chemical extinguisher of non-freezing type or protected against freezing shall be provided and maintained in an accessible location.

(2)

When a water supply of not less than 100 gallons per minute at 25 pounds nozzle pressure, ready for use at all times, is installed as the building operation progresses, a small hose, at least 50 feet in length, with a one-half-inch nozzle, may be substituted for each such fire extinguisher.

d.

Access to Fire Extinguishing Equipment. During building operations, free access from the street to fire hydrants and to outside connections for stand pipes, sprinklers, or other fire extinguishing equipment, whether permanent or temporary, shall be provided and maintained at all times. No material or construction equipment shall be placed within ten feet to such hydrant or connection, nor between it and the center line of the street.

11.

Heating.

a.

Permanent Heat. The permanent heating equipment shall be installed and put in operation as soon as practicable.

b.

Temporary Heat.

(1)

When salamanders or other temporary heating devices are used, if a temporary heating plant is impracticable and until a permanent heating plant is installed, they shall not be set on combustible flooring or platforms unless thoroughly insulated therefrom by a bed of sand or cold ashes not less than four inches thick, or by other efficient protection, extending at least two feet horizontally beyond such devices on all sides. The legs of such devices, which shall be at least 12 inches long, shall rest on the insulation and shall not extend through it.

(2)

Such devices shall be so located that there is a clearance of not less than six feet above nor less than two and one-half feet on all sides, between such device and unprotected woodwork or combustible material, equipment, or construction. Nor shall such device be placed within ten feet in any direction of tarpaulins or other covers, except as such tarpaulins or covers are flame-proofed in an approved manner.

(3)

Salamanders and similar heating devices shall be of a substantial type with protective screen covers, and shall be under constant supervision so long as they are in use.

12.

Welding and Cutting.

a.

Protective Shield. When gas cutting is done within 25 feet of combustible material, or when any welding or cutting is done above combustible material or above a place where workers are employed or where persons are likely to pass, incombustible shields shall be interposed to protect such materials and persons against sparks and hot metal or slag.

b.

Welding Equipment. Welding equipment, including, but not limited to, such items as regulators torches, and hoses, when not attached to cylinders ready for use, shall be stored in clean locations away from grease, oil, and excessive heat.

c.

Cylinders for Oxygen and Fuel Gases.

(1)

Oxygen and fuel gas cylinders, unless secured on a special truck, shall not be moved unless the cylinder caps, if provided for in the cylinder design, are in place, nor shall cylinders be stored without the caps in place.

(2)

Suitable cradles shall be used for lifting or lowering oxygen or fuel gas cylinders. Ordinary rope slings or electromagnets shall not be used.

(3)

Cylinders shall be placed away from the welding position so that they will not be unduly heated by radiation from heated materials, by sparks or slag, or by misdirection of the torch flame. Cylinders shall be stored away from combustible materials and in locations where they are not liable to excessive rise in temperature, physical damage, or tampering.

(4)

Closed spaces shall be ventilated properly while welding or cutting is being done therein.

d.

Oxygen Equipment. Oxygen cylinders, valves, regulators, hoses, and other apparatus and fittings shall be kept free from oil or grease.

e.

Acetylene. Under no circumstances shall acetylene gas be brought in contact with unalloyed copper, except in a blowpipe or torch.

f.

Cutting Structural Members. Before steel beams or other structural shapes or elements of construction are severed by flame cutting or other means, they shall be secured by ropes or chains to prevent dropping or swinging.

g.

Protective Equipment. Welders and cutters shall be protected from the rays of the arc or flame and from hot metal by proper protective clothing and by helmets, hand shields, or goggles equipped with suitable filter lenses.

13.

Storage of Material.

a.

Within Building. Materials or equipment needed in a building operation, if stored within the building, shall be so placed that they will not load any part of the construction in excess of the design load, nor interfere with the safe prosecution of the work.

b.

Outside Building.

(1)

Materials and equipment shall not be stored in a street, alley, sidewalk, or any other public space except by special permission of the Cook County Superintendent of Highways.

(2)

In whatever manner building material may be stored or equipment set up in a street, a safe walkway not less than four feet wide, unobstructed for its full length and adequately lighted at all times, shall be maintained for use of the public.

c.

Covering Material. Materials stored within the building, or within ten feet of the building, which require covering, shall be protected by incombustible material.

14.

Disposal of Waste. Waste material and rubbish shall not be stored nor allowed to accumulate within the building or in the immediate vicinity, but shall be removed from the premises as rapidly as practicable. No material shall be disposed of by burning on the premises or in the immediate vicinity. Dry material or rubbish shall be wetted down, if necessary, to lay dust or prevent being blown about.

15.

Warning Lights. All pits, excavations, fences, barriers, builder's equipment, building materials, or rubbish in or upon a street, alley, sidewalk, or any other public space, shall have placed upon or by them, illuminated lamps with red globes, flares, or other approved lights, in such manner that there shall be one light at each end, and at intermediate points as may be necessary to afford proper warning after darkness.

16.

Lighting. All parts of buildings or structures under construction and all sheds, scaffolds, and other equipment in connection therewith, where work is being performed or persons must necessarily pass, shall be adequately lighted to insure safety.

17.

Temporary Wiring. Transformers, wiring, equipment, and over-current protection shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of Section 102-150 (2014 Cook County Electrical Code).

18.

Sanitation. Until permanent provision is made, every building or structure in the course of erection, alteration, repair, or demolition shall be provided with suitable and adequate toilet and drinking water facilities, consisting of not less than one water-closet type fixture and one urinal for each 30 workers, and one drinking fountain for each 75 workers. An equivalent mobile water supply system may be used in lieu of drinking fountains.

19.

Accidents.

a.

First Aid. On every building operation, a first aid cabinet containing, among other things a supply of iodine or mercurochrome and aseptic gauze bandages shall be provided and maintained.

b.

Medical Attention. Arrangements shall be made for prompt medical attention in case of need.

20.

Demolition.

a.

Procedure. Except where there is adequate space and special permission has been received from the Building Commissioner in the demolition of buildings, one story at a time shall be completely removed. No wall, chimney, or other construction shall be allowed to fall in mass on an upper floor. Bulky material, such as beams and columns, shall be lowered and not allowed to fall.

b.

Chutes. Chutes for the removal of material and debris shall be provided in all such parts of demolition operations that are more than 20 feet above the point where the removal of material is affected. Such chutes shall be completely enclosed. They shall not extend in an unbroken line for more than 25 feet, but shall be equipped at intervals of 25 feet or less with substantial stops to prevent descending material from attaining dangerous speeds. The bottom of each chute shall be equipped with a gate or stop, with suitable means for closing or regulating the flow of material.

(5)

Construction hours. Hours of construction shall between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., except for emergency work on public improvements or public utilities, and the operation of pumps when continuous pumping is necessary for removal of water from the construction area. A variance may be requested from the Department of Building and Zoning when it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that construction outside these hours would be in the overall public interest or operationally essential, and for a limited time period.

(6)

Materials, Methods, Standards, and Tests.

1.

Scope. The provisions of this Subsection shall govern the quality and strength of materials and the methods of design and construction hereafter used in the construction of buildings and structures. Materials and methods of design and construction shall conform to the requirements of accepted engineering practice and the recognized standards and tests consistent therewith.

2.

Used Materials. Unless otherwise required herein, used materials which meet the minimum requirements for new materials and all other special requirements of this Ordinance shall be permitted.

3.

New Materials. All new building materials, equipment, appliances, systems, or methods of construction not provided for in this Ordinance and not previously approved for use by the Building Commissioner or certified by the Building Ordinance Commission, as established in Subsection 102-105(2), shall be subject to the tests prescribed in this Section, and shall require application to, and approval by, the Building Commissioner. See Subsection 102-105(2) for the procedure for approval of new materials and methods.

4.

Classification of Construction Materials. All materials and methods used in the design and construction of buildings and structures shall be classified as "controlled materials" or "ordinary materials" as defined herein.

a.

Controlled Materials.

(1)

Controlled materials, as applied to the requirements of this Ordinance, means materials which have been designed or constructed under the following conditions:

(a)

All controlled materials shall be selected or tested to meet the specific strength, durability, and fire resistance requirements upon which the design is based.

(b)

The design, preparation of working drawings, including details and connections, the checking and approval of all shop and field details, and the inspection of the work during construction shall be under the supervision of a registered architect or structural engineer.

(2)

The records of all tests, inspections, and detail approvals shall be made available to the Building Commissioner at all times during the progress of the work, and such records as he may designate shall be filed with the Building Department.

b.

Ordinary Materials. Ordinary materials are materials meeting the requirements of this Ordinance for minimum strength, durability, and fire resistance for materials, without special selection testing, and supervision, as required for "controlled materials".

5.

Accepted Engineering Practice. The regulations, specifications, standards, and tests of the technical organizations which are referred to in the Code are hereby incorporated herein by such reference with the same effect as though set forth. Authenticated copies of all such regulations, specifications, standards, and tests shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Commissioner, available for public inspection and use.

Adopted Standards. For the purpose of this section, the publications listed in Chapter 35 of the 2009 International Building Code shall be deemed to represent accepted engineering practice with respect to the materials, equipment, systems, and methods of construction respectively specified therein, except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Code or in any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.

6.

Exterior Wall Materials. Materials other than solid wood used for the outer surface of exterior walls shall be weather resistant and durable and shall not be subject to damage by continued exposure to moisture or frost. Such materials shall be not less resistant to moisture absorption than Grade MW clay or shale brick as determined by the Standard Specifications for Building Brick ASTM C62. Veneers of metal shall be of non-corrosive materials or shall be protected on all sides with porcelain enamel or equally effective corrosion resistive treatment.

7.

Welded Construction.

a.

When welded construction is used, the owner or his representative shall furnish to the Building Commissioner a certificate from a laboratory of recognized standing, certifying that all welding of all structural members was done under its inspection and meets all requirements of the architect's or structural engineer's design drawings and specifications, and, further, that all welders were certified by a laboratory of recognized standing.

b.

Upon completion of all structural welding operations, the contractor responsible for the fabrication and erection of the structure shall furnish to the Building Commissioner a certificate showing that the fabrication and erection of such welded structure has fulfilled the requirements of the architect's or structural engineer's design drawings and specifications.

8.

Prefabricated Construction. Prefabricated buildings, structures, and components shall comply with all requirements of the Code, and with accepted engineering practice, as to structural strength, fire resistance, weather resistance, safety, durability, sanitation, and other required qualities, and shall meet all the requirements of the Code concerning plans and specifications and materials and methods of construction.

a.

Accessibility to Inspection. All construction elements, components, and details, including plumbing, heating, and wiring installation, shall be readily visible to the building inspector at the site prior to completion of the structure. Prefinished panels containing plumbing, heating, or wiring elements concealed from inspection are expressly prohibited.

b.

Prefabricated Construction Tests. Tests for prefabricated construction shall be required as specified in Subsection 102-104(6)9. The Building Commissioner may also require, when not available from existing authoritative test data, comparative tests of standard types of construction for similar uses.

9.

Tests. Tests of structural materials, when required, shall comply with the provisions of this Section.

a.

Test Specimens. The selection and construction of all test specimens and the details of test procedure herein shall conform to the applicable standards of authoritative testing agencies and laboratories. All test specimens and construction shall be truly representative of the materials, workmanship, and details to be normally applied in practice.

b.

Tests of Materials.

(1)

When the strength, durability, weather-resistance, and other qualities of a material necessary to the conditions of its use have not been established by accepted engineering practice, or are in reasonable doubt, tests shall be made as hereinafter provided.

(2)

Tests of materials shall also be made where specifically required by the provisions of this Ordinance.

(3)

Materials, when required, shall be subjected to sustained and repetitive loading to determine resistance to fatigue, and to tests for durability and weather-resistance when applicable to the use of the material.

(4)

When not otherwise required in this Ordinance, the applicable standards and specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials shall be deemed accepted practice in the conduct of tests of materials, assemblies, and systems.

c.

Tests of Structural Assemblies.

(1)

When a structural assembly is not capable of design by accepted engineering analysis, or when there is reasonable doubt as to its strength or stability, the safe load-bearing capacity of such structural assembly shall be determined by tests acceptable to the Building Commissioner.

(2)

Such tests shall simulate the loads and conditions of application to which the complete structure will be subjected in normal use.

d.

Conditions of Acceptance. In evaluating the physical properties of structural assemblies, the structural requirements shall be based on the following conditions of acceptance.

(1)

Floor, Wall, and Roof Transverse Tests.

(a)

Test Load. The test assembly shall sustain, without failure, super-imposed loads equal to two and one-half times the design live load for floors, and two and one-half times all loads other than dead loads of roofs.

(b)

Deflection. Under design live load, the deflection shall be not greater than 1/360 of the span for plastered construction and 1/240 of the span for unplastered construction.

(c)

Residual Deflection. If the deflection is greater than the computed theoretical deflection after 24 hours under the total static test load, upon removal of the load the construction shall recover not less than three-quarters of the total test load deflection.

(2)

Wall and Partition Compression Tests.

(a)

Test Load. The assembly, both with and without window framing, shall sustain, without failure, superimposed loads equal to two and one-half times the vertical design live loads.

(b)

Recovery. After 24 hours under the static test load, and after removal of the superimposed load, the specimen shall recover not less than one-half of all vertical and horizontal distortion and strain.

(3)

Wall Racking Tests.

(a)

Test Load. The assembly shall sustain the design live load without excessive distortion and not less than two and one-half times the design live load without failure.

(b)

Recovery. After 24 hours under the total static load, upon removal of the load, the construction shall recover not less than one-half of the total deflection.

(c)

Comparative Tests. When not available from existing authoritative test data, the Building Commissioner may require comparative tests of standard traditional forms of construction assemblies of similar dimensions and sizes, to assist in determining the adequacy of the new construction.

(4)

Concentrated Load Tests. Where design for concentrated loads is required, floor construction not capable of design shall be subjected to a concentrated load test when such loading exceeds in stress effect the prescribed uniformly distributed load.

e.

Workmanship Tests.

(1)

Whenever there is reasonable doubt as to the stability of structural safety of a completed building or structure, or part thereof, for the intended use, the Building Commissioner may require a load test of the building unit or portion of the structure.

(2)

Unless otherwise provided for in this Ordinance, the structure under consideration shall be subjected to a superimposed load equal to two times the design live load, which shall be left in position for a period of 24 hours. If during the test, or upon removal of the test load, the structure shows evidence of failure, the Building Commissioner shall order such reinforcements or modifications deemed necessary to insure adequacy of the structure for the rated capacity; or in lieu thereof, he may determine the safe load capacity to which the structure shall be limited.

(3)

The structure shall be considered to have successfully passed the test if the total deflection does not exceed the theoretical deflection computed by accepted engineering formulae; or if the total deflection exceeds the theoretical value, the structure shall be considered safe for the design load if it recovers 75 percent of the maximum deflection within 24 hours after removal of the test load.

(7)

Maintenance, Repair, and Alteration.

1.

Maintenance. All buildings and structures, both existing and new, and all parts thereof, shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition. All devices or safeguards which are required by the Code in a building or structure when erected, altered, or repaired shall be maintained in good working order. The owner or his designated agent shall be responsible for the maintenance of buildings and structures.

2.

Application of Provisions—Existing Buildings. Every existing building or structure shall comply with the requirements of the Code in effect and applicable to such building of structure at the time of its construction or alteration, and shall comply with such provisions of the Code that are specifically made applicable to existing buildings.

3.

Relocation of Buildings or Structures. It shall be unlawful for any person to move any building from one location to another unless such building is altered or reconstructed so as to conform to the provisions of the Code governing such building in its new location.

4.

Change of Occupancy. When the occupancy of an existing building is so changed as to transfer it from one occupancy classification to another, the provisions of the Code which are higher for the new occupancy than for the former occupancy shall be fully comprehend with.

5.

Alterations, Additions, and Repairs.

a.

Costing more than 50 percent. The provisions of the Code for new buildings shall apply to an entire existing building on which, during a 12-month period, alterations, additions, and repairs are made costing more than 50 percent of the value of the building before alteration, addition, and repair; and shall apply to a building which is destroyed or damaged by fire or other casualty or act of God to the extent that the cost of restoring the building to its condition prior to the occurrence shall exceed 50 percent of the value of the building before such destruction or damage. Repair work done to maintain structural integrity of the foundations shall not be included when calculating the cost of repairs.

b.

Costing less than or equal to 50 percent. Structural and non-structural alterations, additions, and repairs, costing not more than 50 percent (excluding cost of repair work done to maintain the structural integrity of the foundations) of the value of the building before alteration, addition, and repair, may be made within a 12-month period without making the entire building comply with the requirements of the Code for a new building, provided the alterations, additions, and repairs in themselves comply fully with applicable requirements of the Cook County building regulations.

c.

Affidavits Required. Before the issuance of a permit for the alteration, addition, repair, or replacement of any part of an existing building or structure, the Building Commissioner shall require that the owner or his agent file with the Building Commissioner an affidavit stating the estimated cost of the proposed alteration, addition, repair, or replacement and the current value of the building or structure. Upon completion of the work covered by the permit, the Building Commissioner shall require that the owner or his agent file with the Commissioner an affidavit stating the actual cost of the work performed under the permit.

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014; Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016; Ord. No. 17-1345, 4-12-2017.)

(1)

The Building Department. There is hereby created the Building Department of the County of Cook, vested with the administration of the Code and consisting of the Building Commissioner, Deputy Building Commissioner, and such other officers and employees as are herein designated and such as the county board of Commissioners may provide for in its annual appropriation ordinance.

Said Building Department shall include the office of the Commissioner, administrative services, engineering services, and inspection services.

All officers and employees of said department shall be under the direction and supervision of the Building Commissioner, and shall perform such duties as may be required of them by said building commissioner and by provisions of this Ordinance.

(1.5)

Department Officers—Qualifications and Functions:

1.

Building Commissioner.

a.

The Building Commissioner shall be the head of said Building Department and may be a registered architect, registered structural engineer, registered professional engineer, or an administrator with at least ten years responsible experience in the construction industry or a related field. While he serves as Building Commissioner he shall not be actively engaged in any other business. He shall be appointed by the President of the Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the President.

b.

The Building Commissioner shall institute such measures and prescribe such rules and regulations for the control and guidance of his officers and employees and shall secure maximum working efficiency, including the careful examination of drawings and plans and diligent inspection of all buildings, structures, or premises and mechanical installations.

c.

The Building Commissioner may, also, adopt rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance with reference to materials and workmanship in construction, repair, or maintenance of building, structures, or premises, and the installation and operation of equipment therein, except when the administration of any provision is specifically placed in another official or department. Said rules shall be published and shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Commissioner and copies of all such rules shall be transmitted to the County Board at the first regular meeting held after the adoption of same.

d.

No "acting" appointment shall be made for the position of Building Commissioner unless such person shall possess the full qualifications required for Building Commissioner.

2.

Deputy Building Commissioner.

a.

The Building Commissioner may appoint a Deputy Building Commissioner. The person certified to fill this office may be a registered architect, registered structural engineer, registered professional engineer, or an administrator with at least five years responsible experience in the construction industry or a related field.

b.

The Deputy Building Commissioner shall act as Building Commissioner in the absence of the Building Commissioner, and while so acting shall discharge all the duties and possess all the powers imposed upon, or vested in, the Building Commissioner. The Deputy Building Commissioner shall, under the direction of the Building Commissioner, have general supervision of all matters pertaining to the work of the Building Department.

3.

Chief Plan Examiner. The Building Commissioner shall appoint a Chief Plan Examiner who shall have charge of all plan examination, engineering, cost estimating, and all other related matters. He shall be a registered architect, registered structural engineer, or a registered professional engineer in the State of Illinois, with at least five years experience in the design and construction of buildings.

4.

Inspection Supervisor. The Building Commissioner may appoint an Inspection Supervisor. The person certified to fill this position may be a registered architect, registered structural engineer, or a registered professional engineer, with at least five years experience in the design and construction of buildings, or a qualified building mechanic with at least ten years responsible experience in the construction and/or inspection of buildings. He shall be in charge of supervising and coordinating all inspection activities of the department.

5.

Chief Building Inspector. The Building Commissioner may appoint a Chief Building Inspector. The person certified to fill this position may be a registered architect, registered structural engineer, or a registered professional engineer, with at least five years experience in the design and construction of buildings, or a qualified building mechanic with at least ten years responsible experience in the construction and/or inspection of buildings. The Chief Building Inspector shall be in charge of all general building inspections which are not the responsibility of other chief inspectors established by this Ordinance.

6.

Chief Electrical Inspector. The Building Commissioner may appoint a Chief Electrical Inspector. The person certified to fill this position may be a registered electrical engineer with a minimum of five years practical experience, or an electrician with a minimum of ten years experience in electrical installation work. The Chief Electrical Inspector shall be in charge of all electrical inspections.

7.

Chief Plumbing Inspector. The Chief Plumbing Inspector may be appointed by the Building Commissioner. The Person certified to fill this position shall be a licensed plumber with at least ten years experience in plumbing installation work. He shall be in charge of all plumbing inspections, tank and water heater installations, and plumbing plan examination.

8.

Chief Elevator Inspector. The Building Commissioner may appoint a Chief Elevator Inspector. The person certified to fill this position may be a registered professional engineer with at least five years experience in the design or construction of elevators, or a qualified person with at least ten years responsible experience in the construction, installation, design, and/or inspection of elevators; at least five years of which shall have been inspection experience. The Chief Elevator Inspector shall be in charge of the inspection of all elevators an similar mechanical devices.

9.

Chief Ventilation Inspector. The Building Commissioner may appoint a Chief Ventilation Inspector. The person certified to fill this position may be a registered professional engineer with at least five years experience, or a qualified mechanic with at least ten years responsible experience, in the design, installation, and/or inspection of warm air heating systems, air conditioning systems, ventilating units, and industrial sanitation ventilation installations. He shall be in charge of all air conditioning and ventilation, industrial sanitation ventilation, and warm air furnace inspections.

10.

Fire Prevention Inspector. The Building Commissioner may appoint a Fire Prevention Inspector. The person certified to fill this position may be a registered architect, registered structural engineer, or a registered professional engineer, with at least five years experience in the design and construction of fire protection systems, or a qualified building mechanic with at least ten years responsible experience in the design, installation, and/or inspection of fire protection systems. He shall be in charge of all fire safety and prevention inspections.

11.

Chief Boiler and Refrigeration Inspector. The Building Commissioner may appoint a Chief Boiler and Refrigeration Inspector. The person certified to fill this position may be a registered professional engineer with at least five years experience, or a steam engineer, pipe fitter, boiler maker, or boiler inspector with at least ten years experience, such experience in both instances being in the design, construction, maintenance, repair or operation of steam and hot water boilers, unfired pressure vessels and refrigeration equipment. Such person shall, in addition to the previous qualifications, hold a valid Commission or Certification of Competency as an inspector of boilers from the State of Illinois, or from a state having a standard of examination substantially equal to that of the State of Illinois, or from the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. He shall be in charge of all steam and hot water boiler, unfired pressure vessel, and refrigeration equipment inspections.

(2)

The Building Ordinance Commission.

1.

Creation and Membership. For the purpose of considering amendments, appeals, and the approval of new building materials or methods, there is hereby created a Building Ordinance Commission. The commission shall consist of eight members appointed by the President of the County Board of Commissioners. They shall serve without compensation. One member of the Commission shall be the chairman of the Building Committee of the County Board, who shall be the chairman of the Building Ordinance Commission; another member shall be the County Building Commissioner, who shall be the secretary of the commission. He shall be an ex officio member without the privilege of vote in those matters requiring voting. Of the six other members, one shall be a registered architect, one shall be a registered structural engineer, and one shall be a registered professional engineer, all of whom shall be licensed by the State of Illinois, and each shall have been a resident of Cook County for a period of at least six months preceding the date of appointment.

2.

Establishment of Sub-Committees. The chairman of the full commission shall establish three standing sub-committees, each consisting of three members, as listed below, and such other sub-committees as he may deem necessary. The standing sub-committees shall be:

a.

Sub-Committee on Appeals.

b.

Sub-Committee on Amendments.

c.

Sub-Committee on Standards and Tests.

The chairman of each sub-committee shall be appointed by the chairman of the full commission. The sub-committees shall review and make recommendations on those matters forwarded to them by the secretary of the full commission.

3.

Appeals and Variations.

a.

An appeal may be taken to the Building Ordinance Commission by any person, firm or corporation, or by any officer, department, board, or bureau aggrieved by a decision of the Building Commissioner. Application for appeal may be made when it is claimed that:

(1)

The true intent of the Cook County Building Ordinance or the regulations adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted; or

(2)

The provisions of the ordinance do not fully apply.

The appeal shall be taken within such time as shall be prescribed by the Building Ordinance Commission by filing with the Building Commissioner a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The Building Commissioner shall, within seven days of the receipt thereof, transmit to the Sub-Committee on Appeals all of the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. This Sub-Committee shall thereupon hold a public hearing on the appeal within 60 days of the receipt thereof.

b.

The Sub-Committee on Appeals shall make written findings of fact and shall submit same, together with its recommendations, to the Building Ordinance Commission for final action. Such final action shall be taken not more than 60 days from the date of termination of the public hearing.

c.

All decisions and findings of the Building Ordinance Commission, on appeals, shall in all instances be final administrative determinations and shall be subject to review by court as by law may be provided. A copy of such findings shall remain on file in the Office of the Building Commissioner as public records.

d.

In addition to the remedies provided in this subsection pertaining to appeals, any person, firm, or corporation, aggrieved by a decision of the Building Commissioner may seek a variation of the provisions of the Code governing construction, installation, alteration, addition, repair, and maintenance of buildings and structures. The variation shall be heard before the Building Ordinance Commission as set forth in Subsection 102-105(2)3.d(5) below. In order to qualify for a variation, the following requirements shall apply:

(1)

The applicant for a variation shall meet the requirements set forth in Subsection 102-105.(2)3.a(1) and (2) herein;

(2)

The applicant for a variation shall also establish that there are practical difficulties and particular hardships that prevent the applicant from strictly following the provisions of the Code;

(3)

The applicant for a variation shall also establish and meet the standards for zoning variations set forth in Section 13.6.3 of the 2001 Cook County Zoning Ordinance;

(4)

The Building Commissioner shall have the exclusive authority to determine which provisions of the Coded are subject to variation;

(5)

The procedure for a variation shall be conducted pursuant to Subsection 102-105(2)3.a. and b. herein; and

(6)

The decision and findings of the Building Ordinance Commission is a final administrative decision pursuant to Subsection 102-105(2)3.c. herein.

4.

Amendments.

a.

Proposed amendments to the Cook County Building Ordinance shall be filed with the Building Commissioner, in such form and accompanied by such information as shall be required by the Building Commissioner and the Building Ordinance Commission. Such amendments shall be forwarded by the Building Commissioner to the Sub-Committee on Amendments. This Sub-Committee shall thereupon hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment, within 60 days of the receipt thereof, and report its subsequent findings to the full Commission.

b.

The Building Ordinance Commission shall not recommend the adoption of a proposed amendment unless it finds that the adoption of such an amendment is in the public interest and is not solely for the interest of the applicant.

c.

The Building Ordinance Commission shall make written findings of fact and shall submit same, together with its recommendations, to the County Board for final action. If an application for a proposed amendment is not acted upon finally by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County within 60 days of the time of receipt of the Building Ordinance Commission's recommendations, it shall be deemed to have been denied.

5.

Application for Approval of New Materials or Methods.

a.

Submission of New Materials or Methods. Any person desiring to submit any building materials, methods, or systems of construction, or arrangements of material to determine the adaptability or safety of such materials, methods, systems, or arrangements for building purposes, or to establish the safety qualifications of any substance for occupancy purposes - such materials, methods, systems, or arrangements not having been provided for in the provisions of this Ordinance and not having been previously approved for use by the Building Commissioner or certified the Building Ordinance Commission - shall make application in writing to the Building Commissioner setting forth the merits claimed, the purposes desired, together with such laboratory tests and other supporting data as the applicant may wish to furnish. If, in the judgment of the Building Commissioner, further evidence is necessary to ensure the adaptability or safety of such materials, methods, systems, arrangements or safety qualifications, he may require further tests to be made or additional data to be submitted by the applicant.

b.

Recommendation by the Building Commissioner. Upon the completion of his investigation of the tests and data submitted the Building Commissioner shall report to the Sub-Committee on Standards and Tests the results of such investigation and recommend whether or not the use of such materials methods, systems, or arrangements of materials for construction should be permitted in buildings erected under the provisions of this Ordinance. Such recommendation shall be in writing and shall set forth the reasons relied upon in making such recommendation.

c.

Certification by the Building Ordinance Commission.

(1)

If, on consideration of the report and recommendation of the Building Commissioner, and on the basis of such further investigation as it may deem necessary, the Sub-Committee on Standards and Tests shall determine that such materials, methods, systems, or arrangement of materials for construction are satisfactory for use in buildings constructed under this Ordinance, it shall report such findings to the Building Commissioner, who shall record such certification in the records of the Building Department. The Commission may, in its judgment, also submit such recommendations as it deems necessary to the County Board.

(2)

In addition, the Sub-Committee on Standards and Tests, upon the request of the Building Commissioner, is empowered and authorized to make such other analyses and recommendations of combinations of materials of standard practice in the building industry, and of mechanical equipment, devices, and appurtenances relative to building construction and maintenance.

6.

Meetings and Rules. All meeting of the Building Ordinance Commission, and respective Sub-Committees, shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such times as the Commission may determine. A copy of every report or recommendation of the Building Ordinance Commission shall be file immediately in the office of the Building Commissioner and shall be a public record. The Building Ordinance Commission shall adopt its own rules and procedure, not in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance or with applicable Illinois Statutes.

7.

Periodic Review of the Ordinance.

a.

In addition to the called meetings of the Commission, the Building Ordinance Commission shall meet not less frequently than annually, commencing two years from the date of adoption of this Ordinance, for the purpose of reviewing the ordinance in its entirely and suggesting necessary amendments to keep the provisions current and coordinated with contemporary practice. The Building Commissioner and his staff shall assist the Commission in this task.

b.

The secretary of the Building Ordinance Commission shall be responsible for preparing an annual report to the County Board of Commissioners appraising the current status of the Building Ordinance and the actions of the building Ordinance Commission.

(3)

Permits, Certificates and Plans.

1.

Building Permits.

a.

Permit Required.

(1)

It shall be unlawful to erect, construct, alter, relocate, or demolish, or to commence the erection, construction, alteration, relocation, or demolition of any building or any structure, including, but not limited to, decks, sheds, fences, roofs, driveways, and windows, install equipment for the operation of a building or structure, including, but not limited to, plumbing, electrical, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), and mechanical equipment, elevators, sprinklers, and similar equipment, and the installation of insulation requiring the cutting or removing of drywall, without first filing with the Building Commissioner an application in writing and obtaining a permit, make site improvements that change surface topography or affect storm water drainage, or install or modify stormwater infrastructure, except as provided in [paragraph] c., below.

(2)

Permit shall also be required for all proposed construction, substantial improvements, or other development, including the placement of mobile homes within floodplain areas having special flood hazards.

(3)

The building permit application will be reviewed to assure that any proposed construction within flood plain areas are:

(a)

Designed and anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement of the structure.

(b)

Constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage.

(c)

Constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damage.

(d)

At the time of issuance and/or prior to complying such building permits, the following information shall be noted and recorded:

(i)

Elevation of the lowest floor (including basement);

(ii)

Where the elevation of the lowest floor is below grade, on one or more sides, the elevation of the floor immediately above;

(iii)

Where a structure has been floodproofed; the elevation to which the structure was floodproofed.

(e)

The Building Commissioner may, at his discretion, request additional drawings and documented sources of information to verify that construction location will be outside the floodplain or flood table areas.

(4)

Such permits, or placard indicating the possession of same, shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the exterior of the premises for which it is issued, and shall remain so posted at all times until the work is completed and approved.

b.

Prior Approval of Other Authorities.

(1)

Central or Public Sewage Treatment Plants. No Building permit shall be issued for the construction of a central or public sewage treatment plant until approval of the plans has been secured from the Metropolitan Sanitary District and the Cook County Department of Public Health.

(2)

Hospitals and Nursing Homes. No building permit shall be issued for the construction of a hospital or nursing home until a permit for such construction has been granted by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health.

(3)

No Building permit shall be issued for construction in a floodplain until Plan approval (when applicable) has been secured from the following agencies:

United States Corps of Engineers

Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Water Resources

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago

North Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District

Cook County Clerk's Office Map Department

Cook County Health Department

Cook County Highway Department

Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals

(4)

No building permit shall be issued until approval has been obtained from all authorities with jurisdiction.

c.

Exceptions.

(1)

Ordinary repairs to buildings and structures may be made without application or notice to the Building Commissioner, subject to the provisions of Subsection 102-104(7); however, such repairs shall not include the cutting away of any wall, partition, or portion thereof, the removal, replacement or cutting of any structural support, or the removal or change of any required means of egress, or rearrangement of parts of a structure affecting the exit requirements; nor shall ordinary repairs affect the light or ventilation, room size requirements, sanitary or fire-resistive requirements; nor shall ordinary repairs include the use of materials not permitted by the provisions of this Ordinance; nor shall ordinary repairs increase the height, area, or capacity of the building, nor shall ordinary repairs include any alteration or repair of any electrical wiring or equipment, other than ordinary repairs to portable lamps and appliances.

(2)

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection with respect to ordinary repairs, the following work or installations shall not require a permit: sidewalks not more than 30 inches above adjacent grade, provided such sidewalks is not over any basement or story below, and are not part of an accessible route; painting, papering, tiling, carpeting, cabinets, counter tops, and similar finish work, however, such finish work shall be subject to applicable fire safety and fire resistive regulations in the Code; swings, swing sets, and other playground equipment as accessory uses to detached single-family dwellings; prefabricated, above-ground swimming pools less than 24 inches deep as accessory uses to detached single-family dwellings; prefabricated storage containers less than 81 square feet in size; non-fixed and movable fixtures, cases, racks, counters, and partitions; and residential exterior siding.

d.

Completion of Work Authorized by a Permit. The work authorized by a permit issued under the 1997 Cook County Building and Environmental Ordinance shall be governed by Subsection 102-1(c). The work authorized by a permit issued under this Code shall be governed by this Code, as amended.

e.

Application Form. An application for a permit shall be submitted in such form as the Building Commissioner may prescribe. Such application shall contain, the full names and addresses of the applicant and of the owner, and, if the owner is a corporate body, of its responsible officer, the complete legal description of the property to which the permit application pertains, the real estate index number of the legally described property, performance, demolition, or other required bonds, proof of insurance, and proof of compliance with applicable Cook County ordinances pertaining to alimony, child support, and County taxes and fees, as well as such additional information as the Building Commissioner shall require from time to time. The application shall also describe briefly the proposed work and shall give such additional information as may be required by the Building Commissioner.

f.

Those Authorized to Make Application. Applications shall be made by the professional responsible for the design of the proposed work, the owner, the owner's agent, the owner's contractor, or such other person authorized by the owner and allowed by the Building Commissioner to make application.

g.

Amendments to Application..

(1)

Nothing in this Ordinance shall prohibit the filing of amendments to an application or to a plan or other record accompanying same, at any time before the completion of the work for which the permit was issued. Such amendments shall be filed with, and be deemed a part of the original application if approved before the certificate of compliance has been issued otherwise a new application for the alteration shall be made and a permit secured.

(2)

All proposed amendments or changes to work authorized in a permit that has been issued, must be made by submitting an application for a revised building permit for such amendments or changes. No such changed work shall begin until the revised building permit has been issued. Such a revised permit shall be treated as an original permit for purposes of application of the Code.

h.

Plans to Accompany Application. Applications for permits shall be accompanied by drawings of the proposed work, drawn to scale showing when necessary, floor plans, sections, elevations structural details, computations, and stress diagrams, as the Building Commissioner may require, and as specified in Subsection 102-105(3)2, herein.

i.

Approval of Zoning Administrator. Applicants shall obtain the approval of the Zoning Administrator, in the form of a zoning certificate, on all drawing and plans for the construction, erection, addition to relocation, or alteration of any building or other structure for which a building permit is required, prior to the issuance of such building permit by the Building Commissioner.

j.

Action on Application. The Building Commissioner shall examine or cause to be examined all applications for permits and amendments thereto within a reasonable time after filing. If the application or the plans do not conform to the requirements of all pertinent ordinances and laws, said commissioner shall reject such application in writing stating the reasons therefor. It the proposed work conforms to the requirements of the Cook County Building Ordinance, and all laws and ordinances applicable thereto, he shall issue a permit. The permit shall contain the complete legal description of the area to which the permit pertains and, also, the real estate index number of the legally described property. One copy of the permit shall be submitted to the applicant, one copy shall be retained in the files of the Building Department, and within 15 days, one copy of the permit shall be submitted to the Township Assessor of the township in which the property is located and one copy to the County Assessor.

k.

Revocation of Permit. The Building Commissioner may revoke a permit in the event there has been any false statement or misrepresentation as to a material fact in the application of plans on which the permit was based.

l.

Approval of Plan in Part and Temporary Permit Issuance. The Building Commissioner may issue a temporary permit for alterations, relocation or demolition of existing structures and for the construction of foundations before the entire plans and specifications for the whole building have been submitted, provided adequate information and detailed statements have been filed complying with all the pertinent requirements of this Ordinance. The holder of such permit shall proceed at his own risk with the building operation and without assurance that a final permit for the entire structure shall be granted.

m.

Permit for Demolition or Relocation.

(1)

Service Connections. Before a building may be demolished or relocated, the owner or agent shall notify all utilities having service connections within the building, such as water, electric, gas, sewer, and any other connections. A permit to demolish or relocate a building shall not be issued until a release is obtained from the utilities concerned, stating that their respective service connections and appurtenant equipment, such as meters and regulators, have been removed or sealed and plugged in a safe manner.

(2)

Relocation. No permit to relocate a building or structure shall be issued until notice of application thereof shall have been given to the owners of cables, wires, or other impediments the temporary removal of which will be necessary, and an opportunity has been given said owners to be heard upon such application.

(3)

Bond for Demolition.

(a)

Before any permit is issued granting authority to demolish a building or structure, the person engaged in such work shall file with the County Clerk a bond with sureties to be approved by the County Comptroller to indemnify, keep, and save harmless the County of Cook against any loss, cost, damage, expense, judgment, or liability of any kind whatsoever which the County may suffer, or which may accrue against, be charged to, or be recovered from said County or any of its officials from or by reason or on account of accidents to persons or property during any such demolition operations, and from or by reason or on account of anything done under or by virtue of any permit granted for any such demolition operation. However, the required bond shall be waived in the event the building or structure to be demolished does not exceed 20 feet in height nor 625 square feet in area, and is to be demolished by the owner of such building or structure.

(b)

Such bond in each case shall extend to and cover all such demolition operations carried on through permits obtained thereunder by such person during any year beginning January first and ending December 31, and no permit shall be issued for any wrecking work, except as hereinbefore otherwise provided, during such year until such bond is filed. Said bond shall be in the penal sum of $20,000.00 for all wrecking operations on such buildings and other structures not more than three stories in height, and there shall be an additional bond filed in the penal sum of $20,000.00 or a bond in the penal sum of $40,000.00 shall be filed in the first instance, in case of wrecking operations on buildings and other structures four or more stories in height, and there shall be an additional bond filed in the penal sum of $500.00, conditioned upon the restoring and leveling of the premises upon which such wrecking operations have been completed.

(c)

Upon the filing of such bond or bonds, the person engaged in the work of demolishing such buildings and other structures may obtain permits for such wrecking operations as are authorized under the said bond or bonds as hereinabove provided for during the year in which the same is or are filed; provided, however, that in case of accident or casualty in the progress of any wrecking operations carried on under any permit so issued, or the happening of any circumstance which might, in the opinion of the Building Commissioner, render such bond or bonds inadequate, the said Building Commissioner may, in his discretion, require such additional bond as he may deem necessary to fully protect the County of Cook from loss resulting from the issuance of such permits before he allows the work to proceed or before any additional permits are issued by him.

n.

Compliance with Permit.

(1)

All work performed under a permit issued by the Building Commissioner shall conform to the approved application and plans, and any approved amendments thereto. It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent, architect, structural engineer, contractor, or builder engaged in erecting, altering, or repairing any building to make any departure from the drawings or plans as approved by the Building Commissioner, of a nature which involves any violation of the provisions of the Code on which the permit has been issued. Any such departure from the approved drawings or plans involving a violation of requirements shall operate to annul the permit which has been issued for such work and shall render the same void.

(2)

Where any work done under a permit authorizing erection, alteration, or repair of a building or structure is being done contrary to the approved drawings and plans, the Building Commissioner shall have power to stop such work at once and to order all persons engaged thereon to stop and desist therefrom The work shall not be resumed until satisfactory assurance has been given to the building commissioner that it will be according to the approved drawings and plans.

(3)

No person shall begin any work for which a building permit is required or any work of excavation in preparation therefore until the permit has been obtained. If any person violates this Section the Building Commissioner shall order the work stopped at once and enforce that order in addition to the penalty for violation.

o.

Commissioner's Signature. Every permit issued by the Building Commissioner under the provisions of this Ordinance shall have his signature affixed thereto; but this shall not prevent him from authorizing a subordinate to affix the Building Commissioner's signature.

p.

Expiration of Permit. If work authorized by a permit is not completed within 12 months of its issuance, such permit shall become invalid until an extended permit has been taken out by the Owner or his agent at a fee of ten percent of the original permit cost or $25.00, whichever is greater. An extended permit shall be valid for six months following the date of expiration of the original permit and must be applied for within ten days after the expiration of the original permit. Unless otherwise determined by the Building Commissioner, one extension only shall be granted, and if work has not been completed within 18 months after the date of issuance of the original permit, all rights under the permit shall thereupon terminate. Where, under authority of a permit or extended permit, work has begun and has been abandoned for a continuous or cumulative period of 12 months, all rights under such permit shall thereupon terminate.

2.

Building Plans and Drawings.

a.

Submission of Plans. All plans and drawings for buildings, structures, and equipment shall be presented to the Building Commissioner for his approval. Each set of plans presented shall be approved by the Building Commissioner before a permit will be granted. All such plans and drawings shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements of this Section and applicable requirements specified in the Code; in addition, all plans and drawings shall comply with any rules and regulations established by the Building Commissioner. However, plans may be waived for minor alterations not involving structural changes and for residential accessory buildings of not over 625 square feet in area, if sufficiently described in the application.

b.

Signature of Architect or Engineer. No plans shall be approved for permit unless such plans are signed and sealed either by a registered architect, a registered structural engineer, or a registered professional engineer, licensed by the State of Illinois; provided, however, that the person who signs and seals such plans shall be permitted to do so within the limitations of the particular act under which he is licensed to practice; and each licensed professional shall sign and seal those portions of drawings for which he is responsible.

c.

Compliance with Ordinance. It shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner to require that all drawings and plans submitted to him for approval, for any building or structure, shall be accompanied by a certificate of the architect, structural engineer, or professional engineer preparing such drawings and plans, that said drawings and plans comply with the requirements of the provisions of the Code.

d.

Preliminary Drawings and Plans. The Building Commissioner may, in his discretion, review and approve preliminary drawings and plan, a true copy of which shall be filed with the Building Commissioner, before the entire working drawings and plans and detailed statements of said building have been completed and submitted for permit, if such preliminary drawings and plans and detailed statements shall be of sufficient clarity to indicate the nature and character of the work proposed and to show their compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance; provided, however, that the complete working drawings and plans shall be submitted to the Building Commissioner before actual construction is begun. The Building Commissioner shall examine the completed drawings and plans and, if approved, shall issue a permit therefor.

e.

Filing of Plans. True copies of the drawings and plans bearing the approval stamp of the Building Commissioner shall be filed with the Building Department and shall remain on file in that office for a period of six months after the occupation of such building, after which, upon demand, such drawings and plans shall be returned by the Building Commissioner to the person by whom they have been deposited. It shall not be obligatory upon the Building Commissioner to retain such drawings and plans in his custody for more than six months after the certificate of compliance has been issued.

f.

Plans and Permit at Construction Site. In all construction work for which a permit is required, the approved and stamped drawings and plans shall be kept on file, and the permit posted, at the construction site while the work is in progress, and the permit shall remain posted until the work is completed and approved.

g.

Altering Approved Drawings. It shall be unlawful to erase, alter, or modify any lines, figures, or coloring contained upon drawings or plans bearing the approval stamp of the Building Commissioner. If, during the progress of such work, it is desired to deviate in any manner affecting the construction or other essentials of the building from the terms of the application, drawing, or plan, notice of such intention to alter or deviate shall be given to the Building Commissioner and an amended drawing or plan showing such alteration or deviation shall be submitted for his approval; his written approval shall first be obtained before such alteration or deviation shall be made.

h.

Accompanying Plats. Every application for a permit for the erection of, alteration of, addition to, demolition of, or relocation of any building or structure shall be accompanied by:

(1)

A plat of the piece or parcel of land, lot, lots, block, or blocks, or parts or portions thereof, drawn to a scale showing the actual dimensions and certified by a Registered Land Surveyor licensed by the State of Illinois as a true copy of the piece or parcel, land, lot, lots, block, or blocks, or portions thereof, according to the registered or recorded plat of such land; and

(2)

A plat drawn to scale in such form as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the County Zoning Administrator, after consultation with the Building Commissioner, showing the ground area, height, and bulk of the building or structure and such other information as may be required for the proper enforcement of the Code and the Cook County Zoning Ordinance

Required plats may be submitted in electronic form, and be otherwise consistent with the current submission requirements established by the Building Commissioner.

3.

Certificate of Compliance.

a.

Contents of Certificate. No building or structure shall be occupied or used, in whole or in part, until a certificate of compliance shall have been issued by the Building Commissioner and posted on the premises stating the purpose for which such building may be used in its several parts, the maximum permissible live loads of the several floors, the number of occupants that may be accommodated in the several stories, in case such number is limited by a provision of law or by the permit, and all special stipulations of the permit, if any.

b.

Temporary Certificate. Upon request of the holder of a permit, or of the owner, the Building Commissioner may issue a temporary certificate of compliance for building or structure, or part thereof, before the entire work covered by the permit shall have been completed, provided such portion or portions may be occupied safely prior to full completion of the building without endangering life or public welfare.

Whenever a building is occupied under the provisions of this section, all objections outstanding on said Temporary Certificate shall be corrected within 30 days, weather conditions permitting. The building permit holder or owner or his agent shall be present on all inspections necessary to assure compliance with the County Ordinances. The Building Commissioner or his assigned deputy is authorized to make reasonable inspections of the premises at reasonable hours to assure completion of all outstanding work.

The fee to be charged for a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy hereunder shall be as established by separate resolution of the County Board of Commissioners, and as set forth in Section 32.1 of the Code.

c.

Certificate for Altered Buildings or Structures. No building or structure enlarged or extended, or altered, wholly or in part, as to change its classification or occupancy, and no altered building or structure for which a certification of compliance has not been heretofore issued, shall be occupied or used in whole or in part until a certificate of compliance shall have been issued by the Building Commissioner; provided that if the occupancy or use of such building was not discontinued during the work or alteration, the occupancy or use of the building or structure shall not continue for more than 30 days after completion of the alterations unless such certificate shall have been issued.

d.

Certificate for Change of Occupancy.

(1)

No change of occupancy shall be made in a building, land or structure, including the change of ownership or the change of the use of any building, land or structure for which a business license has been issued, unless a new Business Occupancy Certificate is secured.

(2)

The occupancy of a building or structure shall not be deemed to have changed because of a vacancy of six months or less so long as the identical occupancy is re-established.

(3)

Any change in occupancy or new occupancy of a business with a use of structure or use of land located in unincorporated Cook County shall be required to obtain a Business Occupancy Certificate; fee shall be charged as provided by Section 32-1 of the Code.

(4)

After the initial occupancy period, businesses shall be subject to Annual Inspection and related fees as provided in this Code.

e.

Issuance of Certificate of Compliance. No certificate of compliance shall be issued until construction has been completed and the premises inspected and certified by the Building Department to be in conformity with the plans and drawings upon which the building permit was based. All facilities relating to water and sewerage system shall have been completed before the issuance of a certificate of compliance. A certificate of compliance shall be issued, or written notice shall be given to the applicant stating the reasons why a certificate cannot be issued, not later than 14 days after the Building Department is notified in writing that the building or premises is ready for occupancy.

4.

Registration of Buildings.

I.

[Definitions.] For the purpose of this Section only, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(a)

"Building" shall mean a structure, or part thereof, enclosing space designated or used for four or more family units, or designed or used for sleeping accommodations for ten persons or more, not exclusively used for family units, including condominiums.

(b)

"Condominium" shall mean buildings subject to the Illinois Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/1 et seq.

(c)

"Cooperative" shall mean a multiple dwelling complex owned by a cooperative corporation, organized pursuant to 805 ILCS 310/1 et seq.

(d)

"Department" means the Cook County Department of Building and Zoning.

(e)

"Mortgage" shall mean any consensual interest or consensual lien created by a written instrument which grants or retains an interest in realty to secure a debt or other obligation. Real estate installment sales contracts shall be deemed mortgages for the purposes of this section.

(f)

"Owner" shall mean the legal title holder or contract purchaser if ownership of the property is subject to a real estate installment sales contract.

II.

Regulations of Condominiums and Cooperatives. In addition to the registration requirements in Subsection III., Condominiums and Cooperatives shall be registered by providing the name(s) of the owner(s) of each of the condominium or cooperative units, as well as the name(s) of the condominium or cooperative association, and the management company.

III.

Registration Required. The owner of any building shall file a registration statement with the Department of Building and Zoning on forms provided by the Department for such purpose for each building owned. Registration statements shall be deemed prima facie proof of the statement therein in any administrative enforcement proceeding or court proceeding instituted by the County against the owner of the building.

The registration statement shall include the following information:

(a)

The name, street address and telephone number of each owner of the building. If the owner is a partnership, corporation, trust or voluntary unincorporated association the statement shall also include the name, street address, telephone number and shall identify a responsible partner or officer. If the owner is a corporation, the statement shall also include the name, street address and telephone number of the registered agent of the corporation;

(b)

The name, street address and telephone number of a mature person, 21 years of age or older, designated by the owner as the authorized agent for receiving notices of Ordinance violations and for receiving process in any court proceeding or administrative enforcement proceeding on behalf of the owner in connection with enforcement of this Ordinance. This person must reside within Cook County, Illinois or in a county contiguous with Cook County. An owner who is a natural person and who meets the requirements of this subsection as to location of residence may designate himself as agent;

(c)

The name, street address and telephone number of any person other than the owner who, on behalf of the owner, manages or controls the building. The name, street address and telephone number of any person other than the owner who, on behalf of the owner, or acts as an agent for the owner by being authorized to have physical control over the building, and who is available by telephone on a 24-hour basis to respond to building maintenance emergency calls. This person must reside within Cook County Illinois or in a county contiguous with Cook County;

(d)

The name, street address and telephone number of each lending institution or party holding a mortgage on the property, if any;

(e)

The street address and property index number of the building and the number of family dwelling units contained in the building.

For the purposes of this section, a post office box is not sufficient as an address.

IV.

Time of Registration. The owner of a building shall register the building with the Department no later than June 1 for the initial year and no later than September 15 for each year thereafter. The registration fee shall be shall be as established by separate resolution of the County Board of Commissioners, and as set forth in Section 32.1 of the Code. The registration fee shall not be prorated and is not refundable: If registration shall lapse for more than one year, the fee will revert to the initial registration fee. The owner shall certify to the Department of Building and Zoning that the information provided on the registration is true and correct.

Upon any change of ownership, or change of any other person required to be included in the registration statement filed pursuant to Subsection III, the owner or the new owner shall submit a new registration and initial registration fee within 45 days of becoming the owner of record.

Upon registration and payment of the fee, the Building Commissioner shall issue a certificate of registration to the owner which shall certify that the owner has registered the building in compliance with Subsection III.

V.

Amended Registrations. The owner of a building required to register under this Section shall notify the Department of Building and Zoning of any change in registration information, other than change of owner, by filing an amended registration statement on a form provided by the Department for that purpose within 20 business days of the occurrence of the change. There shall be no additional fee for filing an amended registration statement.

VI.

Registration Records. The Building Commissioner shall maintain all building registration records. These records shall consist of the registration information obtained under this Section and shall be solely and exclusively gathered and maintained by the Department for administrative and enforcement purposes consistent with the Code. The information shall be held as confidential information and shall be exempt from public disclosure, except as may be required by law, and shall he provided only to authorized County Officials and employees and their agents.

VII.

Notice of Violations. By designing an authorized agent under this Section the owner consents to receive any and all notices of violations concerning the registered building, and all process in any court proceeding or administrative proceeding brought to enforce the Code concerning the registered building by service of notice or process on the authorized agent.

Any owner who has designed an authorized agent shall be deemed to consent to the continuation of that agent's designation for the purposes of the Code until the owner notifies the Department of Building and Zoning of a change of authorized agent.

Any owner who fails to register a building or fails to name an authorized agent shall be deemed to consent to receive, by posting at the building, any and all notices of Code violations concerning the building.

VIII.

Enforcement.

(a)

The Building Commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this Section and, in addition to any other remedies provided by law including institution of proceedings in the Violations Division of the Department of Building and Zoning, may request prosecution by the Cook County State's Attorney of owners who fail to comply.

(b)

The Building Commissioner may refuse to issue any permit for any construction, alternation, installation, razing or other work requiring a permit under any other provisions of the Code, or may refuse to grant any certificate of compliance in accordance with any other provisions of the Code, for failure to register a building under this Section. Presentation of a current certificate of registration shall be proof of compliance.

IX.

Penalties.

(a)

Each day that any building is not registered in accordance with as required by this Section shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(b)

In addition to any other penalties provided in this Section, any person convicted of violating this Section shall be fined as provided in Section 32.1 of the Code.

(c)

The intentional submission of false information on a registration statement or an amended registration statement shall be an offense punishable by a fine as provided in Section 32.1 of the Code. Each day that such information remains uncorrected by the owner shall constitute a separate and distinct Offense.

X.

Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or word of this Ordinance shall be held to be invalid, either on its face or as applied, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the other sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or words of this Ordinance, and the applications thereof; and to that end the sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and words of this Ordinance shall be deemed severable.

(4)

Enforcement.

1.

General. No building permit or certificate of compliance shall be approved or issued until all applicable provisions of this Ordinance have been complied with.

2.

Department Liability. In all cases where any action is taken by the Building Commissioner, or his duly appointed representative, to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance such acts shall be done in the name of on behalf of Cook County, and the said Building Commissioner or representative in so acting for the County shall not render himself liable personally. He is hereby relieved from all personal liability from any damage that may accrue to persons or property as a result of any such act committed in good faith in the discharge of his duties. Any such suit brought against said Building Commissioner or his representative by reason thereof shall be defended by the State's Attorney's office. The Building Commissioner or his representative shall be saved harmless from all costs or fees arising from such legal action.

3.

Methods of Enforcement.

a.

Registration for Building Work.

(1)

Contractors Registration Record. The Building Commissioner shall have the authority to create a secure, physical document or electronic database as may be necessary or prudent to record name, address or other contact information for every person, firm, or corporation engaged in constructing, altering, repairing, relocating, or demolishing the whole or any part of buildings or structures, or related appurtenances, within the unincorporated area of Cook County. This record shall be entitled the "Contractors Registration Record," and shall transfer as necessary all information from the current registration book or records. Any such document or database shall record the name and address of each person, firm or corporation, and the name of any individual comprising any such firm or corporation. The Building Commissioner shall ensure that all data provided for the Contractors Registration Record is securely and accurately recorded and maintained.

(2)

Registration of persons, firms, or corporations. Every person, firm, or corporation must register its name and address in the Contractors Registration Record, in the method prescribed by the Building Commissioner, before undertaking the erection, enlargement, alteration, repair, relocation, or demolition of any building or structure for which permits are required by this Ordinance. In the case of a firm or corporation, the names of each individual comprising the firm and the names of each officer or a corporation shall be so registered. No permit shall be granted for the erection, enlargement, alteration, repair, relocation, or demolition of any building or structure unless the name and address of the person that is about to undertake such work is contained in the Contractors Registration Record. Registration may be done in person or electronically as provided by the Code, the Building Commissioner, or pursuant to the policy of the Cook County Department of Building and Zoning.

(3)

Installation or alteration of electrical equipment shall be done only by a registered electrical contractor, regardless of who is issued a permit.

(4)

Prior to the commencement of actual construction for which a permit has been issued, the permit shall file with the Building Commissioner, on a form provided by the Building Commissioner, the name of the person(s), firm(s), or corporation(s), engaged to perform the work. When the work is to be subcontracted, the party engaged for each subcontract shall also be listed. The Building Commissioner shall then determine that the name and address of this person(s), firm(s), or corporation(s) is (are) contained in the Contractors Registration Record. No construction work shall commence until the Building Commissioner certifies that the contractor(s) is (are) duly registered.

(5)

In addition to the requirements of paragraph (4) above, a person desiring to be registered as an electrical contractor shall be registered for the current year as an electrical contractor in a city or village within the State of Illinois in conformity with the appropriate state statutes.

(6)

(i)

It shall be a violation for any person, firm or corporation registered, as proved by subsection 102-105(4)3.a.(1) to:

(a)

Perform or direct the performance of any work, requiring the issuance of a permit under this Code, without the issuance of a permit; or

(b)

Perform or direct work deviating from the drawings, plans or scope of any work done under the authority of a permit issued pursuant to this Code where said deviation would require prior written approval or the issuance of a new permit; or

(c)

Perform or direct work in violation of a stop work order; or

(d)

Perform or direct work that results in the issuance of a stop work order; or

(e)

Upon completion of work requiring a rough or final inspection or certification, fail to contact the Building Department to schedule a required inspection; or

(f)

Upon completion of work requiring a Certificate of Compliance, failed to contact the Building Department to obtain a required Certificate of Compliance; or

(g)

Utilize or direct any person of a building or construction trade or craft who is not registered by Cook County to perform work that is required to be performed by a person registered by Cook County; or

(h)

When a permit requires the listing of the name or identification number of a person required to be registered by Cook County to perform the work, utilized or directed any person of a building or construction trade or craft to perform work other than the person or entity whose name or identification number is listed on the permit; or

(i)

List or allow the listing or use of one's registration name or identification number on a permit application or a permit when that work is performed by another person; or

(j)

Make a false statement on a permit application or aided and abetted another person in making a false statement on a permit application; or

(k)

Perform or direct work contrary to this Code or failed to perform work required by this Code, and such action resulted in a substantial defect, error or deficiency requiring a re-inspection or re-review by the Building Department; or

(l)

Fail to correct any substantial defect, error or deficiency as direct by the Building Department; or

(m)

Perform or direct work that poses an immediate or imminent threat to the health and safety of workers or the public; or

(n)

Conduct any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in the application for such registration or permit application.

(ii)

Any person, firm or corporation found to be in violation of a first offense of this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00. Any person, firm or corporation found to be in violation of a second offense of this subsection, occurring within two years of the first offense, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $2,000.00. Any person, firm or corporation found to be in violation of a third offense of this subsection, occurring within two years of the first offense, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $2,000.00 nor more than $3,000.00. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. For purposes of this subsection, multiple violations occurring on the same date shall be deemed a single violation.

(iii)

If any person, firm or corporation required to be registered, as proved by subsection 102-105(4)3.a.(1), is found to be in violation of this subsection, as determined by a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction, the Building Commissioner shall have the power to suspend their registration, after giving notice of such, for up to one year. Reinstatement of a suspended registration shall be automatic, provided that all fines and fees due and owing to the County have been paid in full, in addition to an administrative fee of $50.00.

(iv)

The notice of suspension shall include:

(a)

A general statement attesting to the basis for the suspension;

(b)

The duration of the suspension period, not to exceed one year;

(c)

The beginning and end date of the suspension period;

(d)

A statement informing the registrant of their right to petition the Building Commissioner requesting the reconsideration of their suspension and the reinstatement of their registration privileges. The petition shall include proof that any issue of noncompliance has been abated or corrected and that all related penalties and fees have been paid. In addition to any other penalties and fees, a fee of $150.00 shall be paid to the County for every inspection or review conducted by the Building Department to verify compliance. Furthermore, a fee of $50.00 shall be paid to the County for reinstatement of any registration. The petition must be served on the Building Commissioner within 14 days of the notice of suspension; and

(e)

The process by which the person, firm or corporation may reinstatement their registration at the end of the suspension period

(7)

If any person, firm or corporation required to be registered, as proved by subsection 102-105(4)3.a.(1), is found to be in violation of this subsection, as determined by a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction, at least three times within two calendar years, the Building Commissioner shall have the power to revoke their registration after giving notice of such. Reinstatement of a revoked registration shall require a petition demonstrating rehabilitation to the satisfaction of the Building Commissioner.

(i)

The notice of revocation shall include:

(a)

A general statement attesting to the basis for revocation;

(b)

A statement informing the registrant of their right to petition the Building Commissioner requesting the reconsideration of the revocation and the reinstatement of their registration privileges. The petition must be served on the Building Commissioner within 14 days of the notice of revocation; and

(c)

The process by which the person, firm or corporation may request the reinstatement of their revoked registration. Prior to the reinstatement of a revoked registration, in addition to any other penalties and fees, a fee of $150.00 shall be paid to the County for every inspection or reviewed conducted by the Building Department to verify compliance. Furthermore, a fee of $50.00 shall be paid to the County for reinstatement of a revoke registration.

(ii)

The Building Commissioner reserves the right to revoke a registration at any time where any person, firm or corporation is found to be in violation of this subsection, as determined by a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction, where the basis for the violation:

(a)

Resulted in great bodily harm or the loss of life to any natural person; or

(b)

Resulted in the damage or loss of property in an aggregated amount of $100,000.00 or more; or

(c)

Was the result of or resulted in a conviction or finding of liability, as determined by a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction, for an act or underlying act: (i) related to bribery or attempted bribery of a government official or government vendor; or (ii) related to fraud or theft or attempted fraud or theft involving a government project, government program, government procurement or government contract, then no reinstatement shall be allowed unless the conviction or finding of liability is reversed or vacated. No petition shall be considered and no reinstatement shall be allowed less than one year or more than five years after the revocation of the license. Only one such petition for reinstatement may be filed or considered per violation.

(iii)

If the Building Commissioner suspends or revokes any person's, firm's or corporation's registration under this subsection, the Building Commissioner may process an application for or revision to a permit if the permit is for work that would correct the basis for the suspension or revocation.

(iv)

Any suspension or revocation of a registration shall also apply to any subsequent company that has a 20-percent or more common identity/ownership interest with the suspended or revoked registration.

(8)

(i)

Prior to the registration of any contractor, the contractor shall present to the Building Commissioner at the time of registration, proof of liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000.00.

(ii)

Prior to the registration of a plumbing contractor, the contractor shall file with the Cook County Clerk, and present to the Building Commissioner at the time of registration, an indemnifying bond with good and sufficient sureties in the penal sum of $20,000.00, such bond being payable to the County of Cook, for the use of any persons with whom such contractor may thereafter contract to do work, to indemnify any such persons and the County of Cook for damages sustained due to the failure of such contractor to perform the work so contracted for in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the Cook County building regulations, the approved permit plans, or the contract between the contractor and such person(s). In addition, such contractor shall present to the Building Commissioner at the time of registration, proof of liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000.00.

b.

Inspection. The Building Commissioner shall provide for preliminary, final, and periodic inspections of such buildings, structures, equipment, sites, or parts thereof as shall be provided by this Section or as otherwise required in the provisions of this Ordinance, or as may be prescribed by an administrative rule of the Building Commissioner.

(1)

Preliminary Inspection. The Building Commissioner shall conduct preliminary inspections from time to time during construction of the work for which he has issued a permit; and he shall maintain a record of such examinations and inspections and of all violations of this Ordinance. The holder of the permit shall be notified of any violation found.

(2)

Final Inspection. Upon completion of the building or structure, and before issuance of the certificate of compliance required in Subsection 102-105(3)3, a final inspection shall be made and any violations of the approved plans and permit, if any, shall be noted and the holder of the permit shall be notified of the discrepancies. All violations shall be corrected before issuance of the certificate of compliance.

(3)

Periodic Inspection. The Building Commissioner shall cause to be inspected annually, semi-annually, or otherwise, such buildings, structures, equipment, sites, or parts thereof, as shall be provided in this Section, or as may otherwise be required in the Code.

(a)

Periodic Re-Inspection for Permits.

(i)

A each stage of construction, as defined in the permit application, it shall be the duty of the permit holder to notify the appropriate inspector when work completed for each stage is ready for inspection.

(ii)

If the inspection reveals that there are violations of the approved plans, the holder of the permit shall be notified of the violations, and it shall thereupon become the joint and several duty of such permit holder, owner, agent, lessee, or occupant to proceed forthwith to make whatever repairs, changes, or alterations may be necessary to make such stage of construction comply in all respects with the requirements of this ordinance and the approved plans, and to complete such repairs, changes, and alterations within 30 days after the receipt of such notice.

(iii)

At each stage, if a re-inspection is required due to failure to notify or failure to conform to the approved plans, a re-inspection fee shall be charged as provided by the Field Inspection Fee Schedule in Section 32.1 of the Code.

(iv)

Where a re-inspection is required, it shall be at the sole discretion of the inspector whether work on other stages of the construction may commence.

(b.1)

Periodic Inspection of Buildings.

(i)

The Building Commissioner and his assistants shall make an annual inspection of all buildings, structures, and uses for which a certificate of compliance (occupancy) or business license has been issued; except single-family dwellings. It shall be the duty of every owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of any such building and of the person in charge or control of same to permit the making of such annual inspection by the Building Commissioner or by a duly authorized building inspector at any reasonable time upon demand being duly made.

(ii)

Whenever any such inspection shows the building to be in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Code, it shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner to issue, or cause to be issued, a certificate setting forth the result of such inspection, containing the date thereof, and a statement to the effect that such building complies in all respects with the provisions of this Section or complies with all building provisions of the Code under which such building was constructed, upon the payment of the inspection fee established by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners.

(iii)

It shall be the joint and several duty of the owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of the building so inspected, and of each and every person in charge and control of the same to frame the said certificate and place it in a conspicuous place near the main entrance of such building.

(iv)

It shall be the joint and several duty of the owner, agent, lessee, or occupant or every building described above to provide a typical floor plan of such building reproduced on a sheet eight and one-half by 11 inches in size. Said plan shall be drawn on as large a scale as will be practicable on such sheet, and said sheet shall also state the street address of such building and shall give the occupancy class and construction type of the building, and the height and number of stories contained therein. It, shall also be the joint and several duty of such owner, agent, lessee or occupant to deliver a copy of said sheet and plan to the Building Commissioner and to frame a copy of said sheet and place the same near the framed certificate hereinabove required. It shall also be the joint and several duty of the said owner agent, lessee, occupant to substitute a new sheet framed the sheet on file with the Building Commissioner, and also the sheet framed as above required, whenever such changes Or alterations are made in the building as will affect the substantial accuracy of the sheet, previously furnished said commissioner and framed as above required.

(v)

Where the result of such inspection shall show that such building fails in any respect: to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance, it shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner to notify the owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of such building to this effect and to specify wherein such building fails to comply with the requirements of the provisions of this Ordinance; and it shall thereupon become the joint and several duty of such owner, agent, lessee or occupant to proceed forthwith to make whatever changes or alterations may be necessary to make such building comply in all respects with the requirements of the provisions of this Ordinance and to complete such changes and alterations within 30 days after the receipt of such notice.

(b.2)

Periodic Inspection of Amusement Parks and Devices.

(i)

The Building Commissioner shall inspect, or cause to be inspected all building; or structures to be used for purposes of exhibition amusement, or entertainment, which are attended by the public, that are within or connected with an amusement park, each year before said buildings are open to the public, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they comply with the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules and regulations of the Building Department. The fee for such annual inspection shall be as established by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners.

(ii)

The Building Commissioner shall inspect, or cause to be inspected annually, all amusement devices, mechanisms, and structures within an amusement park, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they comply with the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules and regulations of the Building Department. The fee for such annual inspection shall be established by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners. The Building Commissioner shall inspect annually, or cause to be inspected, all amusement devices operated by motive power and all riding, sliding, sailing, swinging, or rolling devices Situated on any lot tract of land outside of any amusement park before said devices are opened to the public. Where said devices are taken down, removed, and reassembled or re-erected in another location, the Building Commissioner shall inspect or cause said devices to be re-inspected after each removal and before said devices are opened to the public, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they comply with the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules and regulations of the Building Department.

(c)

Periodic Inspection of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Moving Stairs, and Platform Lifts.

(i)

Every elevator, movable stage, movable orchestra floor, platform lift, dumbwaiter, or moving stairway or walkway now in operation, or which may hereafter be installed, together with the hoistway and all equipment thereof, shall be inspected under and by the authority of the Building Commissioner at least once every six months, and in no case shall any new equipment be placed in operation until an inspection of the same has been made. It shall be duty of every owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of any building wherein any such equipment is installed, and of the person in charge or control of any such equipment to permit the making of a test and inspection of such elevator, dumbwaiter, or moving stairway or walkway, and all devices used in connection therewith upon demand being made by the Building Commissioner, or by his authorized elevator inspector within five days after such demand has been made, or sooner if deemed necessary by the Building Commissioner.

(ii)

Whenever any elevator, movable stage, movable orchestra floor, platform lift, dumbwaiter or moving stairway or walkway has been inspected and the tests herein required have been made of all safety devices with which such equipment is required to be equipped, and the result of such inspection and tests shows such equipment to be in good condition, and that such safety devices are not good working condition and in good repair, it shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner to issue or cause to be issued a certificate setting forth the result of such inspection and tests and containing the date of inspection, the weight which such equipment will safely carry, and a statement to the effect that the shaft doors, hoistway, and all equipment, including safety devices, comply with all applicable provisions of this Ordinance, upon the payment of the inspection fee required. It shall be the joint and several duty of the owner, agent, lessee, or occupant of the building which such equipment is located, and of each person in charge or control of such equipment, to frame the certificate and place the same m a conspicuous place in each elevator and near each dumbwaiter, movable stage, movable orchestra floor, platform lift, or moving stairway or walkway.

(iii)

Where the result of such inspection or tests shows that such elevator, movable stage, movable orchestra floor, platform lift, dumbwaiter, or moving stairway or walkway is in an unsafe condition or in bad repair, or shows that any of the safety devices which are required by the provisions of this Ordinance have not been installed, or if installed, are not in good working order or not in good repair, such certification shall not be issued until such elevator, its hoistway, and its equipment, or such dumbwaiter, movable stage, movable orchestra floor, platform, lift, or moveable stairway or walkway, or such device or devices, shall have been put in good working order.

(iv)

Whenever any elevator inspector finds any elevator or dumbwaiter, its equipment and hatchway, including doors, or any moving stairway or walkway, moveable stage, movable orchestra floor, or platform lift man unsafe condition, he shall immediately report the same to the Chief Elevator Inspector who shall, upon receiving a report of the unsafe condition of such equipment and hatchway, including doors, order the operation of such equipment to be stopped and to remain inoperative until it has been placed in a safe condition; it shall be unlawful for any agent, owner, lessee, or occupant of any building, wherein any such equipment is located, to permit or allow the same to be used after the receipt of a notice from the Building Department, which notice is in writing, that such equipment is in an unsafe condition and until it has been restored to a safe and proper condition as required by the provisions of this ordnance.

(v)

The fee for semi-annual inspection of an elevator, movable stage, orchestra floor, platform lift, dumbwaiter, or moving stairway or walkway shall be as established by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners.

(d)

Periodic Inspection of Boilers.

(i)

All steam or hot water boilers, hot water supply boilers, and. unfired pressure vessels shall be subject to regular annual internal and external inspection under and by the authority of the Building Commissioner, with the exception of the following:

Boilers subject to federal inspection and control.

Boilers bearing a current and proper State of Illinois boiler inspection certificate.

Boilers with less than 100 square feet of water heating surface.

Boilers operating at a maximum of 15 pounds per square inch.

(ii)

Further, all boilers subject to periodic inspection by an approved insurance company may be exempted from annual inspection by the Building Department, under the following conditions:

The insurance company's boiler inspector shall hold a commission from the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors.

The insurance company's regulations shall be at least as stringent as the boiler requirements of this Ordinance.

The inspection report shall be forwarded to the Building Department within 14 days after the inspection.

The inspection report on boilers for which insurance is refused shall include the reasons therefore.

(iii)

It shall be the duty of the owner, agent, lessee, or user of every boiler subject to inspection to prepare the boiler for inspection. The Chief Boiler Inspector may require a hydrostatic pressure test where he deems it necessary.

(iv)

When an inspection has been made and the installation has been approved, the Chief Boiler Inspector shall deliver to the owner or agent, upon the payment of the fee established by the resolution of the County Board of Commissioners, a certificate of inspection together with a general description of such equipment stating for what purpose it is to be used and the pressure in points at which may be safely used. This certificate shall be framed and placed in a conspicuous place near the equipment.

(v)

Any boiler or unfired pressure vessel that has been in use eight years or more may, at the request of the Chief Boiler Inspector, be required to be drilled in order to determine the exact thickness and condition of the apparatus. The owner or agent shall be served with a written notice, and may show cause to the Chief Boiler Inspector why such boiler or vessel should not be drilled. If, after the owner or agent has been heard, or at the end of five days the Chief Boiler Inspector deems it necessary, then such boiler or vessel shall be drilled at points near the water line, at the bottom of the boiler shell, or at such other points as the Chief boiler Inspector may direct, and the thickness of material determined. The pressure allowed shall be governed by the ascertained thickness and the general conditions of the equipment. The drilling and plugging shall be done at the expense of the owner.

(e)

Periodic Inspection of Grandstands. The Building Commissioner shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, all tiers of seats and grandstands each year before such seats and grandstands are opened to the public, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they comply with the provisions of the Code and the rules and regulations of the Building Department. A fee shall be charged for such annual inspections as established by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners.

(f)

Periodic Inspection of Billboards, Signs, and Signboards.

(i)

It shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner to exercise supervision over all outdoor non-illuminated billboard signs, signboards more than 120 square feet in area, all outdoor illuminated billboards, signs, and signboards more than six square feet in area, erected or being maintained under the provisions of the Code, and to cause inspection of all such billboards, signs, and signboards, to be made once each year.

(ii)

The name of the owner of any outdoor non-illuminated billboard or signboard more than 120 square feet in area, any outdoor illuminated billboards or signboards more than six square feet in area, shall appear on all such structures. Whenever it shall appear to the Building Commissioner that any such billboard, sign, or signboard, has been erected in violation of the provisions of the Code or is in an unsafe condition or has become unstable or insecure, or is in such a condition as to be a menace to the safety or health of the public, he shall thereupon issue, or cause to be issued, a notice in writing to the owner of such billboard, sign, or signboard, or person in charge, possession, or control thereof, informing him of the violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, and directing him to make such alterations or repairs thereto as shall be necessary to place such billboard, sign, or signboard in a safe, substantial, and secure condition, and to make the same comply with the requirements of the provisions of the Code within such reasonable time as may be stated in said notice, not to exceed 30 days.

(iii)

If the owner or person in charge, possession, or control of any billboard, sign, or signboard, when so notified, shall refuse, fail, or neglect to comply with and conform to the requirements of such notice, the billboard, sign, or signboard, shall constitute a public nuisance and the Building Commissioner shall, upon the expiration of the time therein mentioned, abate said nuisance by tearing down, or causing to be torn down, any part or parts of the billboard, sign, or signboard, which is constructed or maintained in violation of the provisions of the Code, and shall charge the expense to the owner or person in possession, charge, or control of the billboard, sign, or signboard, and the expense incurred shall be recovered from the owner or person by appropriate legal proceedings.

(iv)

If the owner of the billboard, sign, or signboard, or the person in charge, possession, or control thereof cannot be found, the Building Commissioner shall attach, or cause to be attached to the billboard, sign, or signboard, a notice of the same import as that required to be sent to the owner or the person in charge, possession, or control thereof, where the owner is known; and if the billboard, sign, or signboard, shall not have been made to conform to the provisions of the Code and placed in a secure, safe, and substantial condition, in accordance with the requirements of the notice, within 30 days after the notice shall have been attached to the billboard, sign, or signboard, it shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner thereupon to cause the billboard, sign, or signboard, or such portion thereof which is constructed or maintained in violation of the provisions of the Code to be torn down. Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall prevent the Building Commissioner from adopting such precautionary measures as may be necessary or advisable in case of imminent danger in order to place the billboard, sign, or signboard, in a safe, secure, and substantial condition, the expense of which shall be charged to and recovered from the owner of the billboard, sign, or signboard, or the person in charge, possession, or control thereof in any appropriate proceedings therefor.

(v)

Every person constructing and erecting billboards, signs, or signboards, shall file with the County Clerk a bond, with sureties to be approved by the Building Commissioner, in the penal sum of $25,000.00, conditioned upon the fact that such person shall faithfully comply with all the provisions of this Section with respect to the construction, alteration, location and safety of billboards, signs, or signboards, and for the payment of the inspection fees established by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners; and conditioned further to indemnify, save, and keep Cook County and its officials harmless from any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, actions, suits, or judgments which may be presented, sustained, brought, or obtained against Cook County or any of its officials because of the construction, maintenance, alteration, or removal of any part or parts of said billboards, signs, or signboards, or by reason of any accidents caused by or resulting in any manner therefrom.

(vi)

The fee for such annual inspections of billboards, signs, and signboards, shall be as established by separate resolution of the County Board of Commissioners, and as set forth in Section 32.1 of the Code.

(g)

Periodic Inspection of Canopies and Marquees. The Building Commissioner shall make or cause to be made an annual inspection of canopies and marquees attached to buildings or other structures to determine that such canopies or marquees are in a safe condition and constitute no menace to the public health or safety. The annual inspection fee to be charged for the inspection of canopies and marquees shall be as established by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners.

(h)

Periodic Inspection of Revolving Doors. Every revolving door now in operation or which may hereafter be installed, together with all the equipment and mechanism thereof, shall be inspected annually under the authority of the Building Commissioner, to determine that such revolving door is in good working order and in compliance with this Ordinance. The fee for such annual inspection shall be as established by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners.

(i)

Periodic Inspection of Mechanical Ventilating System. Every mechanical ventilating system shall be inspected annually by the Building Commissioner, to determine continued compliance with applicable provisions of the Code. The fee for such annual inspection shall be as established by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners.

(j)

Periodic Inspection of Gas Containers. Every tank or gas container containing more than 2,500 cubic feet of fire or explosive hazard gas shall be inspected at least once every five years, under the direction of a building inspector appointed by the Building Commissioner. For every such five-year inspection and subsequent certificate of compliance, a fee shall be charged as established by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners.

(4)

Right of Entry.

(a)

In the discharge of his duties, the Building Commissioner or his authorized inspector shall have the authority to enter, at any reasonable hour, any building, structure, or premises within the unincorporated areas of Cook County to enforce the provisions of the Code.

(b)

The Building Commissioner shall adopt an official identification card for himself and his representatives which shall be displayed for the purpose of identification.

(c)

The assistance and co-operation of health, police, legal and other officers shall be available to the Building Commissioner as required in the performance of his duties.

c.

Complaints and Reports.

(1)

Investigation. It shall be the duty or the Building Commissioner to cause an investigation to be made of all complaints made to the department which come within its jurisdiction. A record of such investigation shall be kept on file together with the reports and findings signed by the inspector or inspectors.

(2)

Compliance.

(a)

When such investigation, whether upon complaint or otherwise, shall disclose that violations of the Code do, in fact, exist, the Building Commissioner shall give notice in writing to the owner, occupant, lessee, or person in possession, charge, or control of such building, structure, premises, or place to make such changes, alterations, or repairs, or to perform such work, or to take such action as the provisions of the Code may require within such time as shall be designated by the Building Commissioner which shall in no event be less than 30 days after the service of such notice.

(b)

In the event that satisfactory changes, alterations, repairs, or requirements ordered by notice of the Building Commissioner are not commenced within the time specified in said notice, the Building Commissioner shall advise the State's Attorney of such violations of the Code or of any default of such notice, and shall recommend legal prosecution.

d.

Stop Order. If any construction, alteration, installation, relocation, or demolition is done in or on any building, structure, or premises, or any part thereof, which construction alteration installation, relocation, or demolition is in violation of any of any provisions of the Code or is being done, or has been done, without the permit or permits required therefor by any of the provisions of the Code, or is being done, or has been done, contrary to the drawings or plans as approved by the Building Department in issuing such permit or permits; or if any building, structure, mechanical installation, or equipment thereof is maintained or operated without or contrary to, the certificate or certificates required therefor by any of the provisions of the Code, the Building Commissioner is hereby empowered an required forthwith to issue a stop order, directing such construction, alteration, installation, relocation, or demolition, or such maintenance or operation to cease immediately. If, after a stop order has been issued, there is any reason to believe that further work on such construction, alteration, installation, relocation or demolition is being carried on, said official shall request the State's Attorney to proceed forthwith to obtain an injunction as provided by law against the continuing of such work, or the continuing of maintenance or operation.

e.

Injunction to Secure Compliance. If the Building Commissioner shall determine, upon due investigation, that any building or structure fails to conform to the minimum standards of health and safety as set forth in the provisions of the Code, and the owner or owners of such building or structure shall fail, after due notice, to cause such property to conform with the provisions of the Code, the Building Commissioner may, in addition to any other remedies, penalties, or means of enforcement, request the State's Attorney to make application on behalf of the County of Cook to any court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction requiring compliance with said provisions of the Code or for such order as the court may deem necessary or appropriate to secure such compliance. The State's Attorney may then institute such proceedings on behalf of the County of Cook as provided by law.

f.

Closing Building or Premises.

(1)

The Building Commissioner shall have the power, and it shall be his duty to order any building or premises vacated and closed, or any structure or equipment thereof removed or its operation stopped, where it is discovered that there is any violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance which imperils life, safety, or health, and to keep same closed, removed, or shut down until such provisions are complied.

(2)

When the Building Commissioner has ordered a building or structure vacated and closed he shall post or cause to be posted in a conspicuous place near each entrance to the building or structure, in letters not less than two inches high, a notice substantially as follows:

"THIS BUILDING IS IN DANGEROUS
CONDITION AND ITS USE OR
OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
PROHIBITED BY THE
BUILDING COMMISSIONER"

(3)

Whenever any building, structure, or part thereof shall have been vacated and shall have been posted with a sign as hereinbefore specified, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to enter such building.

(4)

It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, cover, or obliterate any notice or notices lawfully posted by the Building Commissioner.

g.

Demolition, Repair, or Enclosure of Dangerous and Unsafe Buildings. If any building shall be found to be in a dangerous and unsafe condition or uncompleted and abandoned, the Building Commissioner shall notify in writing the owner or owners thereof, directing said owner or owners to put such building in a safe condition or to demolish it. Where, upon diligent search, the identity or whereabouts of the owner or owners of any such building shall not be ascertainable such notice shall be mailed to the person or persons in whose name such real estate was last assessed. If, after 30 days subsequent to the giving of such notice, said owner or owners fail to put such building in a safe condition or to demolish it, the Building Commissioner shall notify the State's Attorney and recommend initiation of proceedings in accordance with this Section. Upon receipt of such notification and recommendation, the State's Attorney is hereby authorized to apply to the Circuit Court of Cook County, or any court of competent jurisdiction, for an order authorizing the County to demolish, repair, or enclose or to cause the demolition, repair, or enclosure of said building, and further, to request the court to enter a judgment in favor of the County of Cook for any expenses incurred in the demolition, repair, or enclosure of the building or structure.

h.

Open Excavations. Whenever an open excavation exists which constitutes a danger to the public by reason of its depth or proximity to public ways or walks, the Building Commissioner shall have power to order the owner, in writing, to fill such open excavation with solid dry fill only, or to fence such open excavation adequately, setting forth in said order a period of 15 days for compliance therewith.

i.

Construction Without Permit. Any person who causes any construction repairs, or alterations to be made in or for any building, structure, or any part thereof, without first obtaining the permit or permits required therefor by any of the provisions of this Ordinance; or fails to post such permit, or placard indicating the possession of same, as provided in Subsection 102-105(3)1; or causes any construction, repair, or alterations to be made in or for any building, structure, or any part thereof, contrary to the drawings or plans as approved in issuing such permit or permits under the Code; or causes any building, structure, or equipment thereof to be maintained or operated without, or contrary to, the certificate or certificates required therefor by any of the provisions of the Code, shall be fined as provided in Section 102-105(4)5, hereunder.

j.

Bond Required for Septic Tank Installation and Performance.

(1)

No building permit shall be issued for the construction, erection or installation of any building or structure to be used for human habitation in the unincorporated area of Cook County, Illinois, where the plans and specifications provide for a sewage disposal unit through the media of a septic tank system, unless and until at the time of application for such unit the installer files with the County Clerk a performance bond payable to the Board of Commissioners of Cook County in the penal sum of $10,000.00.

Said bond shall be based upon the satisfactory and adequate performance of the septic tank system (installed pursuant to plans approved by the Cook County Department of Public Health) for a period of two years from date of approval of said septic tank installation based on inspection by duly authorized representatives of the Cook County Building Department (or the Cook County Department of Public Health).

(2)

The septic tank system shall not be deemed to be adequate to protect public health of the residents unless the design of such system shall be made or designed to accommodate modern appliances, such as disposals, washing machines, dishwashers, and other appliances whose principle of operation depend upon the use of water to be discharged through said septic tank system.

(3)

The performance bond provided for in paragraph (1) hereof shall not be deemed to be in compliance with this Ordinance and shall not be accepted for filing unless and until:

(a)

Said bond shall be issued by a surety licensed to do business in the State of Illinois as such.

(b)

Said bond shall provide by its terms that 'adequate and satisfactory performance' shall mean a sewage disposal system free of noxious odors within the area of the subject living unit which services the home or building and which carries away waste water from said home or building immediately upon release.

(4)

The existence or appearance of any ground water or effluent directly attributable to the inadequacy of said septic tank system shall be deemed to be prima-facie evidence that said septic tank system is inadequate, unsatisfactory and a menace to the public health of persons residing on said property and served by said septic tank system.

(a)

Upon written notice to the installer of any septic system of any home or structure from the Cook County Department of Public Health or the Building Department that said septic tank system is inadequate and unsatisfactory and in the opinion of the County Health Department constitutes a menace to health of the people residing on said property and served by said septic tank systems, said principal or surety may have 48 hours within which to determine the cause of failure or inadequacy of said septic tank system, and no more than 30 days from date to such notification within which to make the necessary repairs or corrections.

(b)

In the event of failure of the principal after due notice to investigate and to make the necessary corrections and repairs as set forth by the Building Commissioner or the Cook County Department of Public Health, the County of Cook, a Body Politic and Corporate may undertake corrections or repairs of said septic tank system in that manner most practicable and expedient designed to alleviate the said health hazard.

(c)

Payment of said repairs or corrections of said septic tank system shall not be withheld, but be made promptly, and any matters not disposed of shall thereafter be settled in accordance with the law.

4.

Persons Liable.

a.

Unless otherwise specifically provided, the owner, his agent for the purpose of managing, controlling, or collecting rents, and any other person managing or controlling a building premises, in any part of which there is a violation of the provisions of the Code enumerated in this Section 102-105, shall be liable for any violation therein, existing or occurring, or which may have existed or occurred, at or during any time when such person is or was the person owning or managing, controlling, or acting as agent in regard to said buildings or premises. Wherever used in said provisions of this Ordinance, the "owner" shall include any person entitled under any agreement to the control or direction of the management or disposition of the building or premises or of any part of the building or premises where the violation in question occurs.

b.

The liabilities hereunder imposed on an owner shall attach to a trustee under a land trust, holding title to such building, structure, or premises without the right of possession, management, or control, unless said trustee in a proceeding under said provisions of the Code discloses in a verified pleading or in an affidavit filed with the court, the name and last known address of each person who was beneficiary of the trust at the time of the alleged violation and of each person, if any, who was then acting as agent for the purpose of managing, controlling, or collecting rents, as the same may appear on the records of the trust.

c.

Any architect, structural engineer, contractor, or builder, individual or corporate, who has designed, constructed, repaired, altered, removed, or demolished any building or any part or equipment thereof in violation of or in a manner which fails to conform with the provisions of this Ordinance enumerated in this Section shall each be subject to the fine established in Section 102-105(4)5, hereunder for each and every violation of any of the said provisions existing in such design, construction, repair, alteration, removal, or demolition.

5.

Penalty for Violation. Any violation of, or resistance to, or interference with the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense; and each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.

(5)

Amendments. The Cook County Board of Commissioners may, from time to time, in the manner set forth in Subsection 102-105(2) of this Article, amend the provisions or regulations contained in this Ordinance, for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, comfort, and general welfare.

(6)

Fees.

a.

Fees required for permits, certificates, and inspections of buildings and structures shall be as set forth in Chapter 32, Section 32-1 or as established by Ordinance of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. All fees shall be collected by the Building Commissioner for deposit with the County Treasurer. Fees established by the Cook County Board of Commissioners for permits, certificates and inspections shall constitute a debt to Cook County upon issuance of an invoice, and such debt shall be collectible as provided by law, unless, within 30 days of such an invoice, the applicant shall inform the Building Commissioner in writing that he or she does not intend to go forward with the project for which the permit, certificate or inspection fees were incurred. Further, no application fee for a permit, certificate or inspection shall be refunded under any circumstances.

b.

The Cook County Building and Zoning Commissioner is hereby authorized, empowered and directed upon request to collect a fee of an amount per page for each copy the Department's Building and Zoning records, such fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 32, Section 32-1 or as established by Ordinance of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

(7)

Related cook county documents.

1.

The documents listed herein are official Cook County regulatory ordinances, codes, and documents that are referred to in the Code and that relate to building construction and regulation:

Cook County Zoning Ordinance;

Cook County Zoning Book of Maps;

Cook County Comprehensive Land Use and Policy Plan; and

Cook County Environmental Control Ordinance (Chapter 30, Environment).

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014; Ord. No. 15-0675, 1-21-2015; Ord. No. 15-0889, 4-1-2015; Ord. No. 15-4041, 9-9-2015; Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016; Ord. No. 20-3328, 7-30-2020; Ord. No. 20-4332, 10-22-2020.)

The following provisions of the 2021 International Building Code are hereby adopted by reference to provide the regulations of buildings and structures in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois: Chapter 1, Part 1; Chapters 2 through 26; Chapter 28; Chapters 30 through 35; Appendices C through I; and Sections J101, J102, and J106 through J108, of Appendix J. The above provisions are applicable in full force and effect as if set out at length in this Code. Any provision of the 2021 International Building Code not specifically listed above, is specifically excluded and not adopted.

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014; Ord. No. 21-3425, 7-29-2021.)

The following provisions of the 2021 International Mechanical Code are hereby adopted by reference to provide additional regulations of buildings and structures in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois: Chapter 1, Part 1; Chapters 2 through 9; Chapter 10 (except to the extent there is a conflict with Section 102-135); Chapter 11; Chapter 12 (except to the extent there is a conflict with Section 102-135); Chapters 13 through 15; and Appendix A. The above provisions are applicable in full force and effect as if set out at length in this Code. Any provision of the 2021 International Mechanical Code not specifically listed above, is specifically excluded and not adopted.

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014; Ord. No. 15-0675, 1-21-2015; Ord. No. 21-3425, 7-29-2021.)

The County adopts the following provisions of the 2021 International Residential Code by reference to provide the regulations of residential buildings and structures: Chapter 1, Part 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3, Sections R301 through R312; Chapter 3, Sections R314 through R328 (except R328.5 through R328.7); Sections R329 through R330; Chapters 4 through 19; Chapter 20 (except to the extent there is a conflict with Section 102-135); Chapters 21 through 22; Chapter 23 (except to the extent there is a conflict with Section 102-135); Chapter 24 (except to the extent there is a conflict with Section 102-135); Chapter 44; Appendices AA through AB; Appendix AE (except AE104 through AE110); Appendix AF; Appendix AH; Appendix AJ; Appendix AK; Appendix AM; and Appendix AO. The above provisions are applicable in full force and effect as if set out at length in this Code. Any provision of the 2021 International Residential Code not specifically listed above is specifically excluded and is not adopted.

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014; Ord. No. 20-0516, 5-21-2020; Ord. No. 21-3425, 7-29-2021.)

The following provisions of the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code are hereby adopted by reference to provide the regulations with respect to energy conservation of buildings and structures in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois: Of the IECC-Commercial Provisions: Chapter 1, Part 1; and Chapters 2 through 6. Of the IECC-Residential Provisions: Chapter 1, Part 1; and Chapters 2 through 6. The above provisions are applicable in full force and effect as if set out at length in this Code. Any provision of the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code not specifically listed above, is specifically excluded and not adopted.

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014; Ord. No. 21-3425, 7-29-2021.)

The County adopts the following provisions of the 2021 International Fire Code by reference to provide the regulations with respect to fire and fire safety of buildings and structures in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois: Chapter 1, Part 1; Chapter 2 through Chapter 11; Chapter 12 (except to the extent where there is a conflict with Section 102-150); Chapter 20 through 40; Chapters 50 through 67; Chapter 80; and Appendices D through H; Appendix J; Appendix K; and Appendix M. The above provisions are applicable in full force and effect as if set out at length in this Code. Any provision of the 2021 International Fire Code not specifically listed above is specifically excluded and is not adopted.

(Ord. No. 21-3425, 7-29-2021.)

The County adopts the following provisions of the 2021 International Existing Building Code by reference to provide the regulations of existing buildings and structures in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois: Chapter 1, Part 1; Chapter 2 through 16; and Appendices B and C. The above provisions are applicable in full force and effect as if set out at length in this Code. Any provision of the 2021 International Existing Building Code not specifically listed above is specifically excluded and is not adopted.

(Ord. No. 21-3425, 7-29-2021.)

The provisions of Sections 102-102, 102-103, 102-104, 102-105, the 2021 International Building Code set forth in Section 102-110, the 2021 International Mechanical Code set forth in Section 102-115, the 2021 International Residential Code set forth in Section 102-120, the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code set forth in Section 102-125, the 2021 International Fire Code set forth in Section 102-126, and the 2021 International Existing Building Code set forth in Section 102-127 shall be collectively known as and referred to as "the Cook County Building Code."

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014; Ord. No. 21-3425, 7-29-2021.)

The 2014 State of Illinois Plumbing License Law, Plumbers Licensing Code, and Plumbing Code are hereby adopted by reference to provide the regulations of residential buildings and structures in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois:

The Illinois Plumbing License Law, codified at 225 ILCS 320; the Illinois Plumbers Licensing Code, codified at 68 Illinois Administrative Code, Part 750; and the Illinois Plumbing Code, codified at 77 Illinois Administrative Code, Part 890. The above provisions are applicable in full force and effect as if set out at length in this Code. The above provisions shall be collectively known as and referred to as "the Cook County Plumbing Code." Any provision of the 2014 State of Illinois Plumbing License Law, Plumbers Licensing Code, and Plumbing Code not specifically listed above, is specifically excluded and not adopted.

When a connection to a central sewerage system or a central water system is not reasonably available for a building or use due to factors beyond the control of the owner, including, but not limited to, distance, cost, terrain, physical impediments, and unavailability:

(a)

An individual sewage disposal system may be approved by the Building Commissioner, with the assistance of the Cook County Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Public Health, in conformity with 77 Illinois Administrative Code, Part 905.

(b)

In recreational areas, pit or vault privies may be approved by the Building Commissioner, with the assistance of the Cook County Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Public Health, in conformity with 77 Illinois Administrative Code, Part 800, subpart D, and subpart I.

(c)

An alternative or private water source may be approved by the Building Commissioner, with the assistance of the Cook County Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Public Health, in conformity with 77 Illinois Administrative Code, Part 900.

(d)

In recreational areas, an alternative water source may be approved by the Building Commissioner, with the assistance of the Cook County Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Public Health, in conformity with 77 Illinois Administrative Code, Part 800, subpart C, and subpart I.

(Ord. No. 16-2292, 4-13-2016.)

102-140.890. APPENDIX A Plumbing Materials, Equipment, Use Restrictions and Applicable Standards

102-140.890. TABLE A Approved Materials and Standards. All materials must meet at least one of the approved standards listed.

Agency Notes:

¹

Solvent cement must be handled in accordance with ASTM F 402-1993.

²

Type M copper tubing, DWV copper tubing, and galvanized steel pipe are approved for above-ground uses only.

³

Approved for corrosive waste or corrosive soil conditions.

⁴

PVC pipe with cellular core is approved only for gravity drainage and venting.

⁵

Approved for three stories or less in height for single-family occupancy only.

Agency Note:

¹

Solvent cement must be handled in accordance with ASTM F 402-1988.

²

PVC pipe with cellular core and vitrified clay pipe are approved only for gravity drainage.

Agency Note:

¹

Solvent cement must be handled in accordance with ASTM F 402-1988.

²

Water service pipe must meet the appropriate NSF standard for potable water.

³

Type K or L copper may be installed underground.

Agency Notes:

¹

Water distribution pipe must meet the appropriate NSF standard for potable water.

Agency Notes: The water pressure at each fixture installation shall meet the manufacturer's minimum recommended level for the fixture.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 4215, effective February 18, 2004)

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014.)

The 2014 Cook County Electrical Code is hereby adopted and is fully set forth in Cook County, Illinois Code of Ordinances, Part II-Land Development Ordinances, Appendix B-Electrical Code. The above provisions are applicable in full force and effect. The above provisions shall be collectively known as and referred to as "the Cook County Electrical Code."

(Ord. No. 14-5599, 11-19-2014.)

(a)

Heating Requirements for Residential Rental Units: From September 15 of each year until June 1 of the following calendar year, every Rental Unit according to the definition provided in Section 102-183 of this Code of Ordinances, shall safely and adequately heat all Habitable Rooms and bathrooms within its walls to a temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and 66 degrees Fahrenheit from 10:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. the following morning.

(b)

Heating Requirements for Commercial or Industrial Uses: From September 15 of each year until June 1 of the following calendar year, every structure containing an occupied commercial or industrial use according to the definitions of the Cook County Zoning Ordinance of 2001 shall safely and adequately heat all occupied spaces in those structures to a temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit during all times that employees or members of the public are on premises.

(c)

Persons Responsible for Providing Heat: Any person who owns, maintains or controls any structure or use discussed in Subsections 102-151(a) and (b) above may require that the occupant provide the necessary heat at the occupant's expense, but such agreement or requirement does not relieve the owner from ensuring the required heating appliances or equipment.

(d)

Prohibited Heating Methods: Gas appliances designed primarily for cooking or water heating purposes or portable heating equipment that require gasoline, propane, butane or other such fuel are not safe or adequate means of heat within the meaning of this Section and are prohibited.

(e)

Certain Exceptions for Commercial and Industrial Uses: The heating requirements of Subsection 102-151(c) may not apply when any structure or any portion of any structure containing a commercial or industrial use requires temperatures below the requirements of this Section 102-151, but the temperature provided still must reasonably protect the health, safety and welfare of occupants, employees and members of the public.

(f)

Applicability: The provisions of this Section shall apply to every existing building regardless of the age of the structure or the amount of time such use of the property in question has existed.

[(g)]

Defenses: Upon notice of violation or as part of any litigation or cause of action resulting from an alleged violation of this Section 102-151, an owner, manager, or person exercising control according to the terms of this Section may be found not liable of a violation if that person proves with clear and convincing evidence at hearing before a court or administrative law court that any of the following occurred:

1.

The violation:

i.

Was remedied within seven days from when the owner, manager or person exercising control knew or reasonably should have known of the violation, and

ii.

The occupants affected by the violation were offered reasonable accommodations during the period of violation to ensure their safety, or offered a pro-rata discount of any rent, lease or other contractual arrangement to compensate for the period of the violation.

2.

The violation has been caused by the current building occupant, and that in spite of reasonable attempts by the owner, manager, or person exercising control to maintain the building free of such violations, the current occupant caused the violations.

3.

An occupant or resident of the building affirmatively refused entry to all or a part of the building for the purposes of correcting the violation.

(Ord. No. 20-0516, 5-21-2020.)

Effective December 1, 2016, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any crane, as defined in this section, on any construction, rehabilitation, repair or demolition project undertaken within Cook County, as provided in Section 102-104(3) of this Code without first having registered as a crane operator. It shall be unlawful to employ any person or to permit or direct any person on such a project to operate a crane as defined in this chapter on or after December 1, 2016, unless such person has registered as a crane operator as provided herein.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the following means ascribed to them in this article, except were the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Approved accredited certifying entity means any organization whose certification program for crane operators is accredited by the City of Chicago or its equivalent. Equivalency to the City of Chicago certification program shall be determined by the Building Commissioner and provided for on the crane operator certification application or issued by rule or regulation.

Building Commissioner means the head of the Building and Zoning Department of the County of Cook, as set forth in Section 102-105 of the Building Code, or the Building Commissioner's designee.

Crane means any power-operated mechanical hoisting equipment with a manufacturer's rated capacity of one ton (2,000 pounds) or more that lifts, lowers, rotates or moves a load horizontally or vertically. Such equipment includes, but is not limited to:

(1)

Articulating cranes, including knuckle-boom cranes used to deliver material on to a structure with or without a properly functioning automatic overload prevention device;

(2)

Crawler cranes;

(3)

Floating cranes;

(4)

Cranes on barges;

(5)

Locomotive cranes;

(6)

Mobile cranes, such as wheel-mounted, rough-terrain, all-terrain, commercial truck-mounted, and boom truck cranes;

(7)

Multi-purpose machines when configured to hoist and lower (by means of a winch or hook) and horizontally move a suspended load;

(8)

Industrial cranes (such as carry deck cranes);

(9)

Service/mechanic trucks with a hoisting device;

(10)

Cranes on monorails;

(11)

Tower cranes (such as a fixed jib, i.e. "hammerhead boom"), luffing boom and self-erecting;

(12)

Pedestal cranes;

(13)

Portal cranes;

(14)

Overhead and gantry cranes;

(15)

Derricks;

(16)

Powered window washing units if used to erect portions of a building;

(17)

Track backhoes if used to erect portions of a structure;

(18)

Rack and pinion/skips;

(19)

Chicago booms;

(20)

Hydraulic crawler/hydraulic truck cranes (lattice booms);

(21)

Drumhoists;

(22)

Variations of the equipment listed in items (1) through (21) of this definition; and

(23)

Any other equipment that the Building Commissioner reasonably determines is appropriately characterized as a crane as set forth in rules and regulations duly promulgated by the Building Commissioner.

The term "crane" does not include:

(i)

Dedicated pile drivers;

(ii)

Straddle cranes;

(iii)

Sideboom cranes;

(iv)

Elevators;

(v)

Powered window washing units unless the unit is used to erect portions of a building;

(vi)

Skid steers;

(vii)

All-terrain forklifts unless the forklift is configured to hoist and lower (by means of a winch or hook) and horizontally move a suspended load;

(viii)

Mast-climbing work platforms, but shall include booms attached to mast-climbing work platforms if the boom has a manufacturer's rated capacity of one ton (2,000 pounds) or more;

(ix)

Any equipment listed in subsection (c) of 29 CFR 1926.1400 unless such equipment is listed in items (1) through (23), inclusive, of this definition;

(x)

Variations of the equipment set forth in items (i) through (ix) of this definition; and

(xi)

Any other equipment that the Building Commissioner reasonably determines is not appropriately characterized as a crane as set forth in rules and regulations duly promulgated by the Building Commissioner.

Department means the Building and Zoning Department of the County of Cook.

Registered Crane Operator means any person registered or required to be registered under this Section.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

(a)

In order to register as a crane operator under this article, the applicant for crane operator registration must complete and file an application with the Building Commissioner on a form provided by the Department and satisfy the County's crane operator requirements as determined by the Building Commissioner and provided for in the application.

(b)

To qualify for registration and be approved as a crane operator in Cook County, the applicant must provide evidence on a form acceptable to the Building Commissioner that:

(1)

The applicant is at least 21 years old;

(2)

The applicant is certified as a crane operator by an approved accredited certifying entity;

(3)

The applicant has worked as a crane operator for at least 2,000 hours during the preceding 48-month period or that the applicant has completed an apprenticeship program that is recognized by an approved accredited certifying entity;

(4)

The applicant has not had a crane operator's or comparable registration suspended or revoked by the County or any other jurisdiction or a crane operator's license suspended or revoked by any other jurisdiction; provided, however, that upon good cause shown and after a full investigation, the Building Commissioner may waive this prohibition;

(5)

The applicant has no history of substance abuse during the preceding three years or that the applicant has successfully completed a certified substance abuse rehabilitation program;

(6)

The applicant has the present physical ability to safely operate a crane; and

(7)

The applicant has the ability to read, write, and speak English at a level that allows effective communication on the job site.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

The fee for initial registration of all crane operators shall be $105.00, which sum shall be paid by the applicant for registration in advance and upon filing the application for registration; provided, however, that any registrant may renew his registration upon the payment of an annual renewal fee of $52.50.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

At all times while operating a crane, the crane operator shall carry his or her registration on his or her person. Failure to produce a crane operator's registration upon request of the Building Commissioner or his representative while operating a crane within Cook County, as provided in Section 102-104(3) shall be punishable by a fine of $200.00.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

It shall be the duty of each crane operator or person employing such crane operator to immediately report to the Department any and all accidents or safety issue(s) regarding the operation, assembly, disassembly, or jumping of a crane.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

(a)

All crane equipment shall be kept in safe working condition at all times by the owner of the crane equipment and the registered crane operator.

(b)

If any safety device or operational aid used or required to be used in connection with the operation of a crane is not working properly, the person operating such crane shall immediately shut down the crane until the required safety device or operational aid is repaired or replaced and the crane is restored to proper working order.

(c)

The Building Commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations to protect the public safety in connection with the operation, maintenance, assembly, disassembly, or jumping of cranes. Such regulations may include any structural, communication, reporting or other requirements deemed by the Building Commissioner to be necessary or appropriate to securing the safety of the crane operator or the general public.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any applicable rule or regulation duly promulgated by the Building Commissioner under this chapter.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

(a)

All applications for registration as a crane operator shall be made in such form and accompanied by such information as required by the Department.

(b)

Every application for a registration fee as shall accompany registration set forth in Section 102-163 and Chapter 32, said fee shall be payable to the Cook County Collector.

(c)

Each registration will run concurrent to Cook County's fiscal year, December 1 through November 30. Each registration may be renewed provided that the registered crane operator submits a renewal application prior to registration expiration. New applicants shall submit an application for a crane operator registration prior to operating a crane in Cook County.

(d)

No registration shall be transferable to another person.

(e)

The Department shall have the authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a registration if it determines the registrant has failed to comply with any provision of this Section. The notice of denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation will include a statement informing the registrant of his/her right to appeal the Department's determination. Any registrant wishing to appeal the denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of a registration must, within 28 calendar days of the date on the notice of denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation, serve the Commissioner of Building and Zoning with written notification of the person's request for appeal by certified mail, return receipt requested, with a brief statement of the grounds for the appeal. After receiving the request, the Commissioner of Building and Zoning shall refer the request to the Cook County Department of Administrative Hearings for a hearing officer, administrative law officer, or administrative law judge to be appointed to conduct the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Cook County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Administration, Article IX, Administrative Hearings. If after the administrative hearing the Department of Administrative Hearings reverses the determination of the Department, then the Department shall lift the suspension, reinstate the registration, or issue a new registration in accordance with Department policy or procedures. However, a determination issued by the Department of Administrative Hearings in favor of the registrant does not forfeit the Department right to file an appeal with the Circuit Court. If the Department finds that the registrant is in compliance with this article, then the Department shall lift the suspension, reinstate the registration, or issue a new registration.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

The Department shall prescribe reasonable rules, definitions, and regulations as are necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this article.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

(a)

Any person who operates a crane without meeting the requirements of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder shall be subject to a fine of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $10,000.00 for each violation. Each day of illegal operation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(b)

Any person who employs an unregistered person as a crane operator or who permits or directs an unregistered person to operate a crane shall be subject to a fine of not less than $2,000.00 nor more than $30,000.00 for each violation. Each day of illegal operation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Ord. No. 16-1664, 4-13-2016.)

This Ordinance [Article] shall be known and may be cited as the "Cook County Residential Rental License Ordinance."

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

The Cook County Board of Commissioners has deemed it necessary to establish a Residential Rental License for Unincorporated Cook County in order to effectively protect the public health, general welfare, and safety of its residents. This Residential Rental License Ordinance is adopted pursuant to Cook County's home rule powers.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the unincorporated area of Cook County and such other areas as may be designated by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in accordance with State Statutes but excluding all publicly owned property or rights-of-way under the jurisdiction of any governmental agency.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this Ordinance [Article] shall have the following meanings ascribed to them in this Ordinance [Article], except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Cook County or County means the County of Cook, Illinois.

Department means the Cook County Department of Building and Zoning.

Dwelling Unit means any room or group of rooms located within a Multi-Unit Building and forming a single habitable unit with facilities, which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, bathing, and eating.

Multi-Unit Building means a structure that is designed and built with four or more Dwelling Units.

New Owner means any Person that owns a Dwelling Unit that is initially offered as Rental Property on or after June 1, 2017, and any Person who becomes an Owner on or after June 1, 2017.

Owner means any Person who alone, jointly or severally with others has legal title to any Rental Unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or is an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of the Owner; or is a mortgagee in possession thereof.

Person means any natural person, trust, court appointed representative, syndicate, association, partnership, firm, club, company, corporation, business trust, institution, agency, government corporation, municipal corporation, district or other political subdivision, contractor, supplier, vendor, vendee, operator, user or owner or any officer, agent, employee, or other representative, acting either for himself/herself or for any other person in any capacity, or any other entity recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.

Rental Property means any residential property whose Owner receives payment in exchange for the right to occupy or use the property by another during any time of the year.

Residential Rental License means a license required by County ordinance as a condition to offering residential property for rental purposes in unincorporated Cook County.

Rental Unit means a Dwelling Unit which is being offered as Rental Property, and is not Owner occupied.

Sheriff means the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois or his/her designee.

Tenant means a Person who occupies a Rental Unit by way of an agreement with the Owner (or designee).

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

(a)

The Department will provide a copy of this Ordinance [Article] on its website at least 60 calendar days prior to the effective date of this Ordinance [Article].

(b)

The County Clerk shall publish a copy of this Ordinance [Article] in a newspaper of general circulation within 30 days of passage by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

It shall be unlawful for any Person to rent any Dwelling Unit unless the Owner has obtained a current Residential Rental License from the Department for such Rental Unit.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

The Department is authorized, upon application thereof, to issue and renew Residential Rental Licenses for Rental Units provided that all applicable requirements are met.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

(a)

All applications for Residential Rental License issuance and renewal shall be made in such form and accompanied by such information as required by the Department.

(b)

The initial Residential Rental License application and applicable fee must be submitted by the Owner to the Department no later than June 1, 2017.

(c)

Each year thereafter, a Residential Rental License renewal application and applicable fee must be submitted by the Owner to the Department no later than September 15th, provided that there has been no change of ownership.

(d)

Any New Owner shall submit a new Residential Rental License application and applicable fee to the Department within 45 days of becoming the owner of record.

(e)

Every application for Residential Rental License issuance or renewal shall be accompanied by a License Fee established by the Cook County Board of Commissioners and set forth in Chapter 32 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances, payable to Cook County Collector. License Fee payments remitted after the date on which the fee is due, shall be subject to a Late Fee equal to the amount of the License Fee. The Residential Rental License Fee shall be separate and apart from any other fee required pursuant to Part II, Chapter 102 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances or other applicable law. The License Fee shall not be prorated and is not refundable, except as provided in Section 102-187(f), below.

(f)

Applications for Residential Rental License issuance or renewal which fail to comply with this section shall be returned by the Department to the Owner with instructions to re-apply, and the accompanying application fee will be refunded.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

In order to obtain a license or renewal, the Owner shall allow inspection of the Rental Unit by the Department consistent with lawful lease provisions pertaining to access by the landlord and that take into consideration the possessory rights of the tenant. The scheduling of the inspection shall provide sufficient notice to tenants as provided in Section 102-191. If consent is denied or withheld, the Department shall have the authority to seek an Order of Inspection from a tribunal with jurisdiction to enter such an Order.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

Each Residential Rental License shall be effective until September 15th of each year, unless the Residential Rental License is suspended or revoked, or ownership of the Rental Unit is transferred prior to expiration resulting in automatic termination of the Residential Rental License.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

No Residential Rental License shall be transferable to another Person, or to another Rental Unit.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

(a)

The Department is authorized and empowered to make all inspections of Rental Units. Such inspection shall be for the purpose of determining whether the Rental Unit meets all applicable requirements referenced in Section 102-192(a) below.

(b)

All inspections will take place during regular County business hours, Monday through Friday, excluding County holidays.

(c)

The Department shall notify the Owner of any inspection at least three business days in advance. The Department shall provide the name and contact information of a representative of the Department that the Owner may contact to reschedule the Rental Unit inspection, if necessary, to a mutually agreeable date and time.

(d)

The Owner shall provide sufficient notice of inspection to tenant (i.e., at least two calendar days in advance), and shall work with the Department to accommodate the tenants' schedule. If consent is denied or withheld, the Department shall have the authority to seek an Order of Inspection from a tribunal with jurisdiction to enter such an Order.

(e)

The Department will inspect each Rental Unit at least once every four years to ensure compliance with all applicable requirements of this Section, the Cook County Building Ordinance, Part II, Chapter 102 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances; the Cook County Zoning Ordinance, Part II, Appendix A of the Cook County Code of Ordinances; and the Cook County Public Health and Private Nuisance Ordinance, Chapter 38, Article III, Section 51-55 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances. The provisions of the respective Cook County Code Ordinances shall apply.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

(a)

Owners must comply with all applicable requirements of this Ordinance [Article] and the following Cook County Code Ordinances:

(1)

The Cook County Building Ordinance, Part II, Chapter 102 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances;

(2)

The Cook County Zoning Ordinance, Part II, Appendix A of the Cook County Code of Ordinances; and

(3)

The Cook County Public Health and Private Nuisance Ordinance, Chapter 38, Article III, Section 51-55 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances.

(b)

Failure to comply with all applicable requirements of this Ordinance [Article] and the applicable Cook County Code Ordinances may result in Residential Rental License suspension, denial or revocation.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

(a)

The Department shall have the authority to issue to the Owner a notice of violation recommending denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of an Owner's Residential Rental License if it determines the Owner has failed to comply with any provision of this Ordinance [Article], the Cook County Building Ordinance, Part II, Chapter 102 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances, the Cook County Zoning Ordinance, Part II, Appendix A of the Cook County Code of Ordinances and the Cook County Public Health and Private Nuisance Ordinance, Chapter 38, Article, III, Section 51-55. However, no Residential Rental License shall be denied issuance or renewal, be suspended, or revoked except after a hearing with the Cook County Department of Administrative Hearings in accordance with Cook County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Administration, Article IX, Administrative Hearings.

(1)

After the Department issues a notice of violation recommending denial, nonrenewal, suspension or revocation to the Owner, a copy of this notice of violation, along with copies of any documents supporting the above recommendation shall be forwarded to the Department of Administrative Hearings. The notice of violation and documents supporting the recommendation shall be "Prima Facie" or on its face legally sufficient to deny issuance, deny renewal, suspend or revoke the license, until disproved by documentary evidence.

(2)

At the conclusion of the administrative hearing, the hearing officers, or administrative law officer or administrative law judge, shall make a final determination and order. The Department and/or Administrative Hearing Officer shall inform the Owner of the Administrative Hearing determination; both the Department and Owner have the right to seek judicial review of the Administrative Hearing decision.

(b)

A Person whose license has been denied renewal, suspended or revoked may seek re-issuance or reinstatement of the license in accordance with procedures prescribed by Department.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

(a)

Failure by the Owner to provide sufficient notice of the inspection to Tenant.

(b)

Operating without a valid Residential Rental License shall constitute a separate violation of this Ordinance [Article].

(c)

Knowingly furnishing false or misleading information or complaint(s) to the Department shall constitute a separate violation of this Ordinance [Article].

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

In addition to such fines, penalties, and injunctive relief as provided in the Cook County Building Ordinance, Part II, Chapter 102 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances; the Cook County Zoning Ordinance, Part II, Appendix A of the Cook County Code of Ordinances; and the Cook County Public Health and Private Nuisance Ordinance, Part I, Chapter 38, Ordinance III, Section 51-55 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances, any Person determined to have violated this Ordinance [Article] may be subject to a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense and/or Residential Rental License suspension, denial and/or revocation. A separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed each day upon which said Person shall continue any such violation, or permit any such violation to exist after notification thereof.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

If, upon re-inspection, the Department finds that the subject property has been brought into compliance, then the Department shall lift the suspension, reinstate the Residential Rental License, or issue a new Residential Rental License.

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)

(a)

The Department shall prescribe reasonable rules, definitions, and regulations as are necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this Ordinance [Article]. Such rules, definitions, and regulations shall include, but are not limited to, reasonable procedures consistent with existing practices of Persons doing business in Cook County.

(b)

The Cook County Department of Building and Zoning shall have the authority to make such decisions and determinations as are necessary with respect to the enforcement of this Ordinance [Article], and to impose such requirements and orders as are necessary under Part II, Chapter 102 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances to bring Dwelling Units, Rental Units, buildings, structures, property, and premises into compliance with this chapter. Representatives of the Department may enter all Dwelling Units, Rental Units, buildings, structure, property and premises in order to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance [Article] and chapter during reasonable hours subject to reasonable notice, to the extent consistent with the provisions of this Ordinance [Article] and other applicable law. The Sheriff of Cook County is authorized to, and shall assist the Department, in enforcement of this Ordinance [Article].

(Ord. No. 16-2505, 6-29-2016.)