Record #: O2015-97   
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 1/21/2015 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
Final action: 5/20/2015
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 13-64-210 requiring carbon monoxide detectors in garages
Sponsors: Cardenas, George A.
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 13 - Building & Construction - Ch. 64 Residential Units
Attachments: 1. O2015-97.pdf
Related files: R2015-407
 
 
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ORDINANCE
 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
 
SECTION 1. Section 13-64-210 ofthe Municipal Code ofthe City of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
13-64-210 Carbon monoxide detectors - Location.
  1. Not less than one approved carbon monoxide detector shall be installed in each residential unit. The detector shall be installed within 15 feet of all rooms used for sleeping purposes.
  2. In every hotel and motel, one approved carbon monoxide detector shall be installed for every 10,000 square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof, (a) on every floor on which a fossil fuel-burning boiler or furnace is located, and (b) on every floor on which sleeping rooms are heated by any type of warm air heating plant as defined in Chapter 13-184 that burns fossil fuel. Floor area shall be computed separately for each floor.
  3. In every garage, one approved carbon monoxide detector shall be installed for every 10,000 square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof. Floor area shall be computed separately for each floor.
 
 
SECTION 1. Chapter ## ofthe Municipal Code ofthe City of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting Section##.:
 
 
 
 
SECTION #. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
take effect 30 days after its passage and approval.
10 days after passage and publication.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alderman, # Ward