City of Chicago v. RN Realty, L.P.

After considering the City of Chicago’s petition for rehearing and the first division of the First District’s decision in City of Chicago v. Cotton, 356 Ill. App. 3d 1 (2005), I respectfully dissent from the majority’s decision with which I earlier concurred.

The evidence in this case demonstrates that the condition of the building’s roof and exterior walls violated the Building Code’s provision that “[t]he foundation, exterior walls, and exterior roof *** shall be kept in sound condition and repair.” Chicago Municipal Code § 13— 196 — 530 (1999). Under the plain language of section 13 —…