Elmwood Park, Ill., Mun. Code ch. 41B § 41B-5

[ Ord. No. 2011-14 , 6-6-2011 ; amended Ord. No. 2014-18 , 5-5-2014 ; 7-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-45 ] (a) Each applicant for a license to maintain a rental residential property for the purpose of renting it to others shall file a written application with the Code Administration Department, stating: (1) The full legal name, address, and home and work telephone number of every owner; (2) For rental residential property which is held in a trust, the name, address and phone number of the trustee and a person with the power of direction regarding such trust shall be provided; (3) The address of the rental residential property; (4) The number of dwelling units, if the rental residential property is a multiple-family rental residential property; (5) The name, address and phone number of any management company retained as property agent for the property; (6) The name, address and twenty-four-hour phone number or phone numbers of a responsible person who, in emergency situations, will be available on a twenty-four-hour basis and who has the authority to make repairs or to authorize repairs to the rental residential property as needed, whether or not on an emergency basis; and (7) If the property is a multiple-family rental residential property, the square footage of the property designated for living and sleeping purposes, including individual room sizes, as provided by the Village's property maintenance and/or dwelling code(s), as amended. (b) Each application for a new rental residential license or a renewal of an existing rental residential license shall be accompanied by a fee of $25, for single-family detached structures, single townhouse units, and single condominium units. For multiple-family residential structures, the fee shall be $25 for the first rental unit and $10 for each additional rental unit located on the subject property, excluding owner occupied units and units rented or occupied by the property owner's family members. All such fees shall be payable at the Code Administration Department. (c) All license fees shall be due and payable on or before July 1 of each calendar year. All licenses shall expire on June 30 of each calendar year. License fees that remain unpaid after June 30 shall be assessed a late payment fee of $25, in addition to the license fee. (d) As a condition for the renewal of such licenses, licenseholders shall be required to both schedule and have completed, by December 30 of the calendar year prior to the license renewal, an inspection of the rental units that are the subject of such license by the Village's Code Administration Department, except for rental units that are either occupied by the licenseholder or are located in a multiple-family rental residential property building in which one or more of the units is occupied by the licenseholder. In addition to the license fees set forth in Subsection (b) hereinabove, as a condition of the renewal of such license, licenseholders subject to such inspections shall be required to pay to the Village an annual inspection fee, as set forth hereinafter, as and for the costs of the inspections required to be conducted as a precondition for renewal of the license (e.g., as a condition of a license renewal on July 1, 2024, the required inspection of the rental residential property must be completed by December 30, 2023, and the payment of the appropriate inspection fee shall be required to be made prior to the required inspection of the rental residential property before December 30, 2023). [Amended 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-36 ] (1) The inspection fees shall be as follows: (A) Licenseholders for one to three units shall be required to pay an inspection fee of $100. (B) Licenseholders for four to six units shall be required to pay an inspection fee of $150. (C) Licenseholders for six or more units shall be required to pay an inspection fee of $250. In the event that a reinspection is required, a reinspection fee in the amount of 1/2 of the inspection fee shall be assessed and shall be required to be paid as a condition for the renewal of such licenses. (2) The areas subject to such inspection shall consist of the exterior and common areas of the rental residential property, the mechanical rooms and mechanical systems and at least one, but not more than 20%, of the units operated, maintained or rented by the licenseholder. The unit(s) to be inspected shall be determined by the Village. (3) In order to provide for such inspections to be completed in a timely fashion in advance of the deadline of December 30, the burden shall be on the licenseholder to contact the Village's Code Administration Department in order to schedule and to complete such inspections in advance of the December 30 deadline. However, nothing herein shall prohibit the Village's Code Administration Department from undertaking to conduct such inspections at any time, as mutually agreed by the licenseholder and the Village. (4) Licenseholders who have not undergone the required inspection and who have not paid the required inspection fee prior to December 30 shall not be eligible to have such license renewed until such required inspections have been completed. In the event of the nonrenewal of such license, such licenseholders and the persons occupying such premises shall be subject to the penalty provisions set forth hereinafter in § 41B-11 . (e) Whenever there is a change in the ownership of a rental residential property or the owner's property agent or manager, the owner(s) shall be required, within 30 days of such change, to file an updated written notice with the Code Administration Department indicating such changes. (f) A license for a rental residential property cannot be transferred to another rental residential property, nor to a succeeding owner.