Life Safety Evaluations (Deprecated 2015)
OUTDATED. This dataset will not be updated further due to changes in how the source data are maintained. For more information on the City’s life safety ordinance, see https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bldgs/provdrs/inspect/svcs/life_safety_high-riseordinance.html and the contact information on that page. -- This dataset is a listing of the report status of all residential buildings required to submit a Life Safety Evaluation under city ordinance. Because the Chicago building code has since 1975 required new high-rise residential buildings to be constructed with sprinkler systems, the Life Safety Ordinance mostly impacted high-rise residential buildings constructed prior to 1975. This dataset does not describe the overall safety of a building, only whether or not the life safety evaluation was submitted and approved by the City of Chicago. Please note that the majority of reports “failed” initially as a result of a new reporting process and changes to building standards.
Columns
| Name | Socrata field name | Column name in sgr mount | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building Street Number | building_street_number | building_street_number | Text | |
| Building Street Direction | building_street_direction | building_street_direction | Text | |
| Building Street Name | building_street | building_street | Text | |
| Report Status - Original LSE Report Approved | original_lse_report_approved | original_lse_report_approved | Text | |
| Inspection Status - Date Passed | lse_report_reviewed_on_date | lse_report_reviewed_on_date | Calendar date | |
| Scheduled Inspection Date | scheduled_inspection_date | scheduled_inspection_date | Calendar date | |
| Inspection Status - Inspection Results | results_of_lse_committee_review | results_of_lse_committee_review | Text | |
| Construction Status (Self-Reported by Building Representative) | self_reported_by_building_representative | self_reported_by_building_representative | Text | |
| Report Status - LSE Report Resubmitted | lse_report_submitted | lse_report_submitted | Text | |
| Rescheduled Inspection Date | rescheduled_inspection_date | rescheduled_inspection_date | Calendar date | |
| Building Street Type I | building_street_type_i | building_street_type_i | Text | |
| Report Status - Resubmitted Report Approved | resubmitted_report_approved | resubmitted_report_approved | Text | |
| Installing a full sprinkler system instead of an alternative LSE Compliance scope of work (Self-Reported by Building Representative) | installing_a_full_sprinkler_system_instead_of_an_alternative_lse_compliance_scope_of_work_self_reported_by_building_representative | installing_a_full_sprinkler_system_instead_of_an_alternative_ls | Text |