City of Columbia, IL
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2020-08-17
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 194 Housing Code
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Article VII Fire Safety
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 14 City Council
- Ch 18 City Plan
- Ch 25 Discrimination
- Ch 31 Emergency Services
- Ch 35 Ethics
- Ch 42 Finances
- Ch 53 Identity Theft Prevention Program
- Ch 79 Officers and Employees
- Ch 85 Personnel Code
- Ch 90 Purchasing
- Ch 96 Records
- Ch 102 Wards
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Adult Uses
- Ch 110 Alarm Systems
- Ch 120 Animals
- Ch 125 Architectural Review
- Ch 132 Bed-And-Breakfast Establishments
- Ch 138 Building Construction
- Ch 142 Business Licensing
- Ch 144 Cannabis
- Ch 146 Driveways
- Ch 154 Electrical Code
- Ch 160 Excavations
- Ch 165 Fees and Charges
- Ch 170 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 175 Foreign Fire Insurance Companies
- Ch 187 Historic Preservation
- Ch 194 Housing Code
- Ch 194 Art VII Fire Safety
- § 194-7.1 Overcrowding of rooms; cooking facilities in sleeping rooms.
- § 194-7.2 Minimum fire safety requirements.
- § 194-7.3 Storage of flammable liquids prohibited.
- § 194-7.4 Cooking and heating equipment.
- Ch 202 Industrial Standards
- Ch 209 Junk Dealers
- Ch 223 Liquor Code
- Ch 230 Massage Establishments
- Ch 235 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 244 Noise
- Ch 249 Nuisances
- Ch 256 Offenses
- Ch 260 Oil and Gas Wells
- Ch 267 Parks and Public Areas
- Ch 271 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 275 Play Vehicles
- Ch 278 Plumbing Code
- Ch 280 Property Maintenance
- Ch 288 Raffles
- Ch 302 Signs and Awnings
- Ch 308 Solid Waste
- Ch 313 Storage Trailers
- Ch 319 Stormwater Management
- Ch 324 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 330 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 335 Taxation
- Ch 340 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 350 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 360 Water and Sewers
- Ch 368 Weeds
- Ch 377 Yard Sales
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
If any
room in a dwelling is overcrowded, the Building Official may order
the number of persons sleeping or living in the room to be so reduced
that there shall be not less than 400 cubic feet of air to each adult
and 200 cubic feet of air to each child under 12 years of age occupying
such room.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Cooking
facilities. No cooking shall be permitted in any sleeping room in
any dwelling or dwelling unit, and no cooking facility or appliance
shall be permitted in any sleeping room.
No person shall occupy as owner-occupant, or shall let to another
for occupancy, any structure which does not comply with the applicable
provisions of the fire prevention sections of the Building Code of
the municipality and the following additional requirements for safety
from fire.
No dwelling, multifamily dwelling unit, or rooming unit shall
be located within a building containing any establishment handling,
dispensing or storing flammable liquids with a flash point of 110°
F. or lower.
All cooking and heating equipment, components and accessories
in every heating, cooking and water heating device shall be maintained
free from leaks and obstructions, and kept functioning properly so
as to be free from fire, health and accident hazards. All installations
and repairs shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the
Building Code, or other laws or ordinances of the municipality applicable
thereto. Portable cooking equipment employing flame is prohibited.
