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North Chicago signals stronger enforcement at Brookstone at Coles Park after fire-safety violations
Summary
City staff said Brookstone will face adjudication over dozens of fire- and building-code violations and the council directed staff to identify any uninhabitable units and coordinate with Lake County agencies; adjudication hearings are set for May 8.
The North Chicago City Council’s judiciary committee pressed city staff on April 21 to move more aggressively after inspectors found dozens of fire- and building-code violations at the Brookstone at Coles Park apartment complex.
Brookstone is scheduled to appear before the city’s adjudication officer on May 8 on public-safety compliance and again that afternoon for building-code violations, city staff said. The property was cited with about 48 violations tied to fire- and sprinkler-system problems; the transcript records enforcement at $750 per violation per day pending adjudication.
Committee members framed the issue as an immediate…
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