Combustible material adjacent to cooking top.
Municipal Code of Chicago § 18-28-917.4.5
in effect18-28-917.4.5 Combustible material adjacent to cooking top.
Any portion of combustible material adjacent to a cooking top section of a food service range, even through listed for close-to-wall installation, that is not shielded from the wall by a high shelf, warming closet, and so on, shall be protected as specified in 18-28-917.4.2 for a distance of at least 2 feet (0.6 m) above the surface of the cooking top.
Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2688267Fetched: 10/24/2026
