Building Permit and Inspection Records
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ADDRESS: 5218 S PRAIRIE AVE
| Inspection # 11709680 | ||
|---|---|---|
| VIOLATIONS | BUILDING CODE CITATION | VIOLATION DETAILS |
| CN077014 | Failed to maintain fence in good condition and repair. (7-28-060, 13-196-630, 13-196-641) | Toprails missing or bent on fence. |
| CN101015 | Failed to maintain interior walls and ceilings free from holes or cracks. (13-19-540(c)) | Shared bath loose plaster and peeling paint above the toilet. 1B-bath water damaged ceiling, loose plaster, peeling paint also. |
| CN104015 | Replace broken, missing or defective window panes. (13-196-550 A) | South-2nd floor, taped window pane cracked. |
| CN106015 | Failed to maintain interior stairway system in safe condition and sound repair. (13-196-570) | Pickets missing from handrail at 1st level. (Tenants blocked access to upper floors) |
| CN138106 | Remove and stop nuisance. (7-28-060) | Junk, furniture and debris in rear yard and on landings. |
| CN139016 | Remove lid or door of abandoned refrigerator, ice box, or ice chest or remove from place accessible to children. (7-28-040) | Old refrigerator stored on sidewalk. |
| CN165017 | Replace defective bathroom floor with non-absorbent, water impervious, and easily cleanable material. (13-196-540 F) | 1B-loose and cracked ceramic floor tiles in bath. |
| CN190019 | Arrange for inspection of premises. (13-12-100) | Unable to verify detectors and interior conditons and occupancy for entire building. No access to basement. |
| CN196029 | Post name, address, and telephone of owner, owner's agent for managing, controlling or collecting rents, and any other person managing or controlling building conspicuously where accessible or visible to public way. (13-12-030) | Owner's information sign missing address. |
| CN197019 | Install and maintain approved smoke detectors. (13-196-100 thru 13-196-160) Install a smoke detector in every dwelling unit. Install one on any living level with a habitable room or unenclosed heating plant, on the uppermost ceiling of enclosed porch stairwell, and within 15 feet of every sleeping room. Be sure the detector is at least 4 inches from the wall, 4 to 12 inches from the ceiling, and not above door or window. | 4-rooming units,(A,B,C,D) missing smoke detectors. There was NO detector in the rooms nor common area. |
| CN197087 | Install carbon monoxide detector within 40 feet of every sleeping room in residential structure. (13-64-190, 13-64-210) A carbon monoxide detector is needed whenever there is a heating appliance on the premises that burns fossil fuel such as gas, oil, or coal, or air that is circulated through a heat exchanger. Install according to manufacturer instructions. A hard wired model requires an electrical wiring permit. In a single family residence, be sure the detector is on or below the lowest floor with a place to sleep. In a multiple dwelling residence heated by a boiler, install a detector in the same room as the boiler. Otherwise, each apartment follows single family guidelines. The owner is responsible for installation and written instructions, the tenant for testing, maintenance, and batteries. | 5218-1S: missing carbon monoxide detector. |
| CN198019 | File building registration statement with Building Dept. (13-10-030, 13-10-040) | Building not registered 2013-2015. |
| NC2011 | Performed or allowed work to be performed without submitting plans prepared, signed and sealed by a licensed architect or registered structural engineer for approval and without obtaining a permit to perform the work. (13-32-010, 13-32-040, 13-40-020, 13-12-050) | 6-DU converted to rooming units. Tenants blocked full access. No plans and permits authorising interior alterations. |
| PL157047 | Stop leaking water. (18-29-102.3) | Baths shows signs of leaking. |