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5404 S Mozart St

Gage Park, Chicago IL 60632 19123300200000 2 units · 1934

This building has significantly more problems than most nearby buildings. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Gage Park
Above average
avg 1.6
6
FewerMore

This building has 6 building violations (7y), above the Gage Park average of 1.6.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1934
Stories
Building area2,617 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)19123300200000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Bessie Petros
Mailing address
5404 S Mozart St

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AI summary

The two-unit building at 5404 S Mozart St in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood, owned by Bessie Petros, has experienced significant issues in recent years that warrant attention. The property, constructed in 1934, currently has 6 unresolved building code violations, with the most recent occurring in July 2025 related to permit inspections, and several complaint-driven violations documented in October 2024 and April 2023. The building's service request history over the past seven years shows consistent activity, with 30 service requests recorded, including recent issues in 2026 such as a water lead test kit request, leak check, graffiti removal, and sanitation code violations, though many of these have been closed. Of particular concern is the presence of multiple open building code violations, which suggests ongoing compliance and maintenance challenges, though there was only one building permit recorded in the past seven years. The property's 311 service request history shows a mix of infrastructure and maintenance issues, with the most recent requests in 2026 primarily focused on exterior observations rather than internal building conditions.

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Risk rating

How 5404 S Mozart St'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

Grade A–B — Low risk

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

Grade C — Moderate risk

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

Grade D–F — High risk

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

Neighborhood percentile
11thpercentile

Out of 1776 buildings in this neighborhood, 1581 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
37%
No code
violation
63%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Location

Precise location is a proxy for area-level risk — some Chicago zip codes have systematically higher code-enforcement activity.

Code violations (past 7 years)

City of Chicago Department of Buildings violations issued at this address over the last 7 years — a direct record of enforcement activity.

Building size

Total building square footage is a proxy for property scale and management complexity.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 29.4%
Moderate concern 51.2%
Severe concern 19.5%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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5404 S Mozart St event timeline

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

2026
311 Request May 20
Water Lead Test Kit Request
311 RequestMay 20
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