The Chicago Plumbing Code

Table § 18-29-403.1

OCCUPANCY/USE

WATER CLOSETS (Urinals, see Section 419.2)

LAVA- TORIES

BATHTUB/ SHOWERS

DRINKING FOUNTAINS (See Section 410.1)

OTHERS

Male

Female

A

S

S

E

M

B

L

Y

Restaurants and Nightclubs (more than 100)

1 per each 30 to 90

1 per each 25 up to 100

1 per 500

1 service sink

1 per each 50 above 90

1 per each 30 above 100

Theaters, halls, museums, coliseums, arenas, etc.

1 per each 30 up to 60

1 per each 15 up to 60

1 per 1,000

1 service sink

1 per each 70 between 61 and 340

1 per each 30 between 61 and 340

1 per each 100 above 340

1 per each 50 above 340

Churches b

1 per each 30 up to 90

1 per each 20 up to 100

1 per 1,000

1 service sink

1 per each 50 above 90

1 per each 25 above 100

Stadiums, etc. (open air)

1 per each 60 up to 240

1 per each 30 up to 240

1 per 50

1 per 1,000

1 service sink

1 per each 100 between 241 and 1040

1 per each 50 between 241 and 1040

1 per each 150 above 1040

1 per each 75 above 1040

Health Club

1 per each 30 up to 90

1 per each 25 up to 100

1 per 50

1 per 500

1 service sink

1 per each 50 above 90

1 per each 30 above 100

Business
(see Sections 403.2, 403.4 and 403.5)

1 for first 10
2 for 11-25
1 additional for each 25 in excess of 25

1 per 40

1 per 100

1 service sink

Educational

1 per 100

1 service sink

Factory and industrial

(See Section 411)

1 per 400

1 service sink

High hazard
(see Sections 403.2 and 403.4)

(See Section 411)

1 per 1,000

1 service sink

I

N

S

T

I

T

U

T

I

O

N

A

L

Residential care

1 per 10

1 per 10

1 per 8

1 per 100

1 service sink

Hospitals, ambulatory nursing home patients c

1 per room d

1 per room d

1 per 15

1 per 100

1 service sink per floor

Day nurseries, sanitariums, non-ambulatory nursing home patients, etc. c

1 per 15

1 per 15

1 per 15 e

1 per 100

1 service sink

Employees, other than residential care c

1 per 25

1 per 35

1 per 100

Visitors, other than residential care

1 per 75

1 per 100

1 per 500

Prisons c

1 per cell

1 per cell

1 per 15

1 per 100

1 service sink

Asylums, reformatories, etc. c

1 per 15

1 per 15

1 per 15

1 per 100

1 service sink

M

E

R

C

A

N

T

I

L

E

Mercantile � Stores, malls, etc. (see Sections 403.2, 403.4 and 403.5)

1 per each 25 up to 100

1 per each 15 up to 90

1 per 40

1 per 1,000

1 service sink

1 per each 40 above 100

1 per each 25 above 90

Mercantile � Restaurants & nightclubs of 100 or less
(see Sections 403.2, 403.4 and 403.5)

1 per each 30 to 90

1 per each 25 up to 100

1 per 50

1 per 500

1 service sink

1 per each 50 above 90

1 per each 30 above 100

R

E

S

I

D

E

N

T

I

A

L

Hotels, motels

1 per guestroom

1 per guest- room

1 per guestroom

1 service sink

Lodges

1 per 10

1 per 10

1 per 8

1 per 100

1 service sink

Multiple family

1 per dwelling unit

1 per dwelling unit

1 per dwelling unit

1 kitchen sink per dw. unit., 1 auto. clothes washer connect per 20 dw. units

Dormitories

1 per 10

1 per 10

1 per 8

1 per 100

1 service sink

One- and two-family dwellings

1 per dwelling unit

1 per dwelling unit

1 per dwelling unit

1 kitchen sink per dw. unit.; 1 auto. clothes washer connection per dwelling unit f

Storage
(see Sections 403.2 and 403.4)

1 per 100

1 per 100

(see Section 411)

1 per 1,000

1 service sink

a The fixtures shown are based on one fixture being the minimum required for the number of persons indicated or any fraction of the number of persons indicated. The number of occupants shall be determined by the building code.

b Fixtures located in adjacent buildings under the ownership or control of the church shall be made available during periods the church is occupied.

c Toilet facilities for employees shall be separate from facilities for inmates or patients.

d A single-occupant toilet room with one water closet and one lavatory serving not more than two adjacent patient rooms shall be permitted where such room is provided with direct access from each patient room and with provisions for privacy.

e For day nurseries, a maximum of one bathtub shall be required.

f For attached one- and two-family dwellings, one automatic clothes washer connection shall be required per 20 dwelling units.

(Amend Coun. J. 3-27-02, p. 82090,�� 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II,�� 1)