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December 16, 2004

Chicago Adopts High-Rise Ordinance

Chicago Aldermen have voted unanimously to require fire sprinklers in older commercial high-rises. The ordinance was drafted after six people died during a blaze last year in the downtown Cook County Administration Building. It requires sprinklers in commercial high-rises built before 1975, the year the sprinklers became mandatory.