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3224 N California Ave

Avondale, Chicago IL 60618 13243140530000 3 units · 1912

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years. Our model still sees a moderate chance of maintenance problems in the next 12 months, from the owner's wider portfolio and the surrounding area rather than from anything recorded here. No public enforcement record to go on. Walk the building, ask the current tenants how repairs get handled, and get any promises in writing.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Avondale — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 0.6
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Avondale average of 0.6.

The bar and the rating point different ways because they measure different things: the bar counts building violations already on file, the rating forecasts the next 12 months.

Building characteristics
Units3
Year built1912
Stories
Building area2,860 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)13243140530000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
908 W Madison

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

Located in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood, 3224 N California Ave is a three-unit residential building constructed in 1912, currently owned by Promised Land Realty. The property has experienced a recent cluster of municipal service requests in 2026, with five traffic signal-related complaints and one pothole complaint recorded between January and May. While these infrastructure issues are more relevant to the immediate neighborhood than the building itself, they indicate ongoing concerns with the surrounding area’s maintenance. The building's environmental complaint history reveals several incidents from the 1990s and 2000s, including two air pollution work orders (August 1993), a noise complaint (March 2000), and an unspecified complaint (July 2000).

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Risk rating

How 3224 N California Ave's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of Chicago code enforcement data — building violations, 311 complaint history, environmental enforcement, and owner track records. It estimates the probability that the City of Chicago will find a code violation at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Lower risk — safer than most nearby

City inspectors rarely find violations here. Strong maintenance history and a clean complaint record.

Typical — about average for the neighborhood

Some past violations or complaints on record. Worth asking the landlord about any open issues before signing.

Higher risk — riskier than most nearby

Elevated violation and complaint history. City inspectors have found issues here before and are statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
18thpercentile

Out of 3681 buildings in this neighborhood, 3018 are predicted to be safer. The band is relative to this neighborhood, so a share of every neighborhood falls in each colour.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
59%
No code
violation
41%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

The data points that most influenced this building's risk rating — ranked by the weight the model placed on each one.

Property class (212)

Assessor class 212 — small residential (roughly 2–6 units). The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

Number of rooms

Total room count is a proxy for property scale.

Property class (211)

Assessor class 211 — small residential (roughly 2–6 units). The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

12-Month risk forecast
Moderate failure risk 41%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

3224 N California Ave event timeline

Building violations, environmental complaints and enforcement, permits, scofflaw listings, and 311 calls — most recent records in order.

2022
311 Request May 31
Sanitation Code Violation
311 RequestApr 15
Sanitation Code Violation

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