Safety clearances.
Municipal Code of Chicago § 15-28-360
in effect15-28-360 Safety clearances.
Potentially explosive chemicals buildings or outside storage areas shall have a safety clearance to any building, combustible storage in the open, flammable liquid storage, lot line or public way. Such safety clearances shall be as follows:
Organic peroxides:
Weight (Pounds) | Distance (Feet)
50 – 100 | 35
101 – 500 | 50
501 – 1,000 | 65
1,001 – 3,000 | 100
3,001 – 5,000 | 150
In no case shall a safety clearance of less than 500 feet be provided to any lot line of any plot of ground on which is situated a school, hospital or other institutional building, assembly or open air assembly building.
(Prior code § 92-31)
Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2679762Fetched: 10/24/2026