Chicago Building Ordinance Violations and Hearings

Ordinance violations filed with the Chicago Department of Administrative Hearings. The dataset is updated daily and currently lists violations issued by the Department of Buildings. Each row represents a unique violation, with multiple violations potentially associated with a single case.

Use Cases

• Analyze case disposition outcomes and associated fines for building code violations.
• Track hearing dates and continuances to model the administrative hearings process timeline.
• Identify multiple respondents cited in a single case, separated by pipe characters.
• Monitor the most recent status of violation cases, updated daily.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing current hearing statuses and dispositions.
• Managed by the authoritative City of Chicago organization.
• Includes detailed case information such as disposition dates, fines, and administrative costs.

Limitations

• Dataset is incomplete, as it currently only includes violations from the Department of Buildings.
• Hearing status reflects property condition at the time of the hearing, not necessarily the current condition.
• Respondents listed may be added for technical legal reasons and not be the alleged violators.

Provenance

Source

City of Chicago Department of Administrative Hearings and Department of Buildings.

Collection Method

Violations filed with and adjudicated by the Department of Administrative Hearings.

Freshness

Updated daily.

Geography

Chicago, Illinois, USA.