Hanover Park — Ch. 82 Rental Residential Housing Code § 82-5

(a) Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall have the meaning hereafter described:
Agent means a person authorized to act for and under the direction of another person when dealing with third parties.
Code official means the official who is charged with the administration and enforcement of this chapter, or any duly authorized representative.
Crime free housing seminar means a seminar sponsored by the Hanover Park Police Department to provide information to landlords and their designated agents regarding the landlord-tenant requirements under the Village Code, including the crime-free housing lease provision.
Multiple-unit building means rental residential property with more than two rental residential dwelling units, which are not single-unit dwellings, in a building with all units in that building owned by the same owner.
Property agent means a person, operator, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity designated in writing by the property owner to the code official to manage a rental residential property, including the authority to receive notices or citations.
Rental residential dwelling unit means a residential dwelling unit let or intended to be let for rent or lease. It does not include an owner-occupied dwelling unit.
Rental residential property means the lot and rental residential dwelling unit or units on that lot.
Short-term rental means the use and/or occupancy for a period of 30 or less days of a principal single-family residence, multiple family dwelling unit, single-family detached dwelling, townhome, cluster house, or a unit in a two-family dwelling together with any accessory or any portion of the foregoing, pursuant to a written or oral agreement which permits and/or provides for occupancy by any person other than the owner thereof, or an immediate family member of the owner thereof, and whether or not the permission of such occupancy is in exchange for consideration therefore or not. Except as otherwise provided herein, leasing, renting, offering or inviting the leasing or renting, or otherwise permitting the short-term rental as defined above located within the village for 30 days or less at a time shall be prohibited, with the exception of a hotel or similar establishment duly licensed by the village, and such conduct shall be prohibited, whether engaged in or participated in by the owner(s) of the property, one or more agent(s) of the property owner(s), and/or by any person(s) leasing, or seeking to lease as a lessor(s), or renting or seeking to rent as lessee(s) and/or otherwise occupy a premises as tenant(s) and/or temporary occupant(s) thereof.
Single-unit dwelling means rental residential property with only a single-family attached or detached rental residential dwelling unit as defined in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Village.
Tenant means an occupant of a rental residential dwelling unit.
Owner means any person, agent, operator, firm, or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official records of the county or municipality as holding title to the property; or otherwise having control of the property, including the guardian of the estate of any such person and the executor or administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real property by a court having jurisdiction.
(b) Words or phrases as used in this chapter and not herein defined shall be defined as provided by the Property Maintenance Code and Building Code of the village as adopted and amended in chapter 18 .
Cross reference-- Definitions generally, § 1-2 .