Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2012-7237

• Record #: O2012-7237
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 12/12/2012
• Final action: 5/20/2015
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Title 13 to further regulate smoke detectors
• Sponsors: Pope, John, Balcer, James, Solis, Daniel, Foulkes, Toni, Cullerton, Timothy M., Burns, William D., Cardenas, George A., Thompson, JoAnn, Dowell, Pat, Beale, Anthony, Quinn, Marty, Munoz, Ricardo
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 13 - Building & Construction - Ch. 64 Residential Units
• Related files: R2015-407

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/20/2015		City Council	Failed to Pass	Fail
12/12/2012	44061	City Council	Re-Referred

ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Section 13-64-150 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored, as follows:

13-64-130 Smoke detectors - Location.

Not less than one approved smoke detector shall be installed in every single-family residential unit and multiple dwelling units as defined in Chapter 13-56. Sections 13-56-020. 13-56-030 and 13-56-040. The detector shall be installed on the ceiling and at least four inches from any wall or on a wall located from four to 12 inches from the ceiling, and within 15 feet of all rooms used for sleeping purposes, with not less than one detector per level, containing a habitable room or unenclosed heating plant.

(Prior code § 52-11.1; Amend Coun. J. 4-25-84, p. 6189; Amend Coun. J. 9-8-86, p. 33588)


13-64-140 Smoke detectors - Stairwells

In buildings of Types II, III or IV construction, multiple dwellings as defined in Section 13-56-040 and buildings of mixed occupancy having any residential units, shall contain not less than one approved smoke detector at the uppermost ceiling of all interior stairwells. All approved smoke detectors herein required shall be installed on the ceiling, at least four inches from the wall or on a wall located from four to 12 inches from the ceiling.

(Prior code § 52-11.2; Amend Coun. J. 9-8-86, p. 33588)


13-64-150 Smoke Detectors - Standards


All approved smoke detectors herein required shall be either the ionization chamber or the photoelectric type and shall comply with Chapters 14-8, 14-16 through 14-36 and 14-44 through 14-72* of the municipal code of Chicago. Detectors shall bear the label of a nationally recognized standards testing laboratory that indicates that the smoke detectors have been tested and listed as a single or single and multiple station smoke detectors. All approved smoke detectors installed in buildings hereafter erected shall be permanently wired to the electrical...