No leeway granted to Naperville property owner on sprinkler system requirements
Updated 5/5/2021 4:52 PM While considering whether to give a commercial property owner an additional two years to install a sprinkler system, the Naperville City Council chose fire safety enforcement over providing economic relief. In a 6-3 vote Tuesday, council members shot down a request from Rich Janor of Janor Properties LLC to defer the deadline for bringing his vacant building at 1111 S. Washington St. into compliance with the city's fire suppression requirements.
Facing challenges in his efforts to sell or lease the property, Janor was asking the council for a seven-year extension of a fire suppression agreement that expired April 14, pointing to the "hardships presented by the recent pandemic resulting in ongoing retail/commercial vacancies in Naperville."