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McCoy, 32, and the mistreatment of nine others.
The apartment building, located at 3130 N. Lake Shore Travel, is over 60 years old and does not have up-to-date sprinklers and fire alarms. The erection is not required to adhere to current regulations because it was built before 1975. All Chicago apartment buildings built before that year are allowed to follow outdated regulations regarding sprinklers and fire alarms.
All Chicago apartment buildings were hypothetical to update the safety requirements to the current standards by Jan. 1, 2012, but Urban district Council passed a recent ordinance (49-0) to extend the deadline to Jan. 1, 2015.
Bill McCaffrey from the Activity be contingent of Buildings said the deadline extension is likely due to building owners' concerns about finances.
McCoy died from exhilaration exposure when she took the elevator to her apartment on the 12th floor, not knowing there was a fire. The edifice does not have a fire alarm system that sounds throughout the entire building, so McCoy could not sanction the 12th-floor alarms from the first floor.
Source: The Depaulia