Office of the City Clerk - Record #: F2022-54

• Record #: F2022-54
• Type: Report
• Status: Placed on File
• Intro date: 9/21/2022
• Final action: 9/21/2022
• Title: Inspector General's audit of Department of Buildings permit inspections process
• Sponsors: Dept./Agency
• Topic: CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Inspector General, - REPORTS - Miscellaneous

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
9/21/2022	51473	City Council	Placed on File

sa City of Chicago Office of Inspector General

Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY|910|A | CONCLUSION :|910|B| FINDING ;|910|C| RECOMMENDATIONS|910|D| DOB RESPONSE|910|ll| BACKGROUND|910|A | CONSTRUCTION WORK MAY REQUIRE PERMITS, CERTIFICATES OF
OCCUPANCY, AND INSPECTIONS|910|B | CHICAGO IS MODERNIZING ITS CONSTRUCTION CODES|910|| FINDING AND RECOMMENDATIONS 9
A | DOB CONSISTENTLY COMPLETES REQUIRED INSPECTIONS IN BUILDINGS
REQUIRING CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY 10
B | DOB SCHEDULED INSPECTIONS FOR 91.5% OF REQUESTS, BUT THE
DEPARTMENT DOES NOT ENSURE THAT ALL PERMIT HOLDERS REQUEST "l
REQUIRED INSPECTIONS 11
C | OPERATIONAL INCONSISTENCIES AND A LACK OF MONITORING TOOLS
PREVENT DOB FROM TRACKING ITS PERMIT INSPECTION PERFORMANCE 11
| OBJECTIVE, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY 15
A | OBJECTIVE 15
B | SCOPE 15
C| METHODOLOGY 15
D| STANDARDS 16
E | AUTHORITY AND ROLE 16
APPENDIX A | SOURCES OF INFORMATION TO REVIEW BUILDING PERMIT HISTORY
AND INSPECTION COMPLIANCE 17
A | DOB: BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION STATUS 17
B | CITY OF CHICAGO DATA PORTAL: BUILDING PERMITS 17
C| DOB: BUILDING RECORDS 17
D | CITY OF CHICAGO DATA PORTAL: BUILDING VIOLATIONS 18
E | CITY OF CHICAGO LAND USE AND ZONING MAP 18
APPENDIX B | COMPLETE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE 19

Acronyms
AIS Department of Assets, Information and Services
COO Certificate of Occupancy
DOB Department of Buildings
IBC International Building Code
ICC International Code Council
MCC Municipal Code of Chicago
OIG Office of Inspector General







Audit of DOB's Permit Inspections Process
City of Chicago Office of Inspector General





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Th'eDepartment-ofsiBuildings (DOB) consistently performsirequire.d^inspeGtions for buildings that require a Certificate of Occupancy (COO).

If a building does:not require a COO, DOB's inspectioniprocesses^allowfor-its construction iarnd3OGCupation?regardless ofiwhether it has passed all required inspect...