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QuestionPrimary fit
Building inspection and violation findings

The anonymous official SODA product returns address/property-group-keyed violations with authority code, description and ordinance, violation/status dates, inspection context, and OPEN/COMPLIED/NO ENTRY disposition. Records are historical/informational; absence is not a pass and property groups may span buildings.

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Fire detection, alarm, and monitoring protection

Exact authority tuples identify smoke-detector installation/relocation requirements, defective or out-of-service detectors, activated closing devices, and fire-pump monitoring requirements with finding date and status. They do not provide complete system inventory, coverage, monitoring arrangement, current operability, or compliant absence.

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Fire-protection system testing and impairment status

Exact authority tuples identify sprinkler, pump and standpipe repair/operation findings and an annual fire-pump test requirement with violation/status dates. They do not prove passed tests, complete history, active impairment, correction, or current operability.

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Observed building exterior condition

Official code tuples classify dated repair findings for exterior walls, parapets, roofs, and stairs, with inspection context, comments, status, and dates. This is defect-only authority evidence, not complete or current exterior condition, and lot ambiguity remains.

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Observed roof condition

An exact roof-defect repair code is emitted with date, inspection context, comments, and authority status. A returned roof violation is useful dated defect evidence; no result is not sound-condition evidence and the record does not prove repair or current condition.

Fields it delivers

9 fields
CoverageSubnational

The dataset covers City of Chicago building permits or violations only. US-IL is the containing ISO subdivision, with the city-only limitation stated here.

Illinois, United States
Access & termsFree

The publisher provides the cited public API, download, lookup, or report directly, with no subscription, order form, or per-use payment required. An ordinary eligible business buyer can therefore use the standing route free of monetary cost, subject to any linked terms.

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