Rolling Meadows — Ch. 18 Art. XI Rental Dwellings § 18-381

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Community development director includes the community development director and/or his or her designee.
Dwelling unit means a single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation, a rooming house or a rooming unit.
Landlord means the owner, lessor or sublessor of the dwelling unit or the building of which it is a part.
Multiple dwelling means any building containing four or more dwelling units and not otherwise classified as single-family semi-detached or single-family attached.
Notice , unless otherwise stated, means all notices required in this article, which shall be in writing and which shall be served by one party upon the other by registered or certified mail, return receipt required, or personally upon the landlord, lessee or member of his household over the age of 12 years.
Occupant means any individual, over one year of age, living, sleeping, cooking or eating in or having possession of a dwelling unit. A guest in a dwelling unit shall be considered an occupant if the guest stays in the unit for more than seven consecutive nights or more than ten nights in any 30-day period.
Operator means any person who has charge, care, control or management of a building or part thereof in which dwelling units are rented.
Owner means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom is vested all or part of the legal title to the premises, or all or part of the beneficial ownership and a right to present use and enjoyment of the premises, including a mortgage holder in possession.
Person means an individual or a corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal or commercial entity.
Premises means a dwelling unit and the structure of which it is a part and facilities and appurtenances therein and grounds, areas and facilities held out for the use of tenants.
Rental dwelling unit means a dwelling unit occupied or available for occupancy by one or more persons, other than the owner of record, under a rental agreement, implied or written, with or without compensation, whether the rental dwelling unit be a multiple dwelling, single-family detached, single-family attached or single-family detached, rooming house or rooming unit.
Rooming house means any residential house or part thereof in which one or more bedrooms are let separately through an agreement as a single habitable rooming unit, and which does not make provisions for separate dining and/or cooking facilities.
Rooming unit means any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit to be used or intended to be used for living or sleeping, but not for dining and/or cooking purposes. Specifically excluded from this definition is any room or group of rooms that is used for custodial care of persons, such as adult daycare or group homes, or religious housing such as rectories or parsonages, or institutional housing, or hotel and motel rooms.
Tenant means a person entitled under a rental agreement, implied or written, with or without compensation, to occupy a rental dwelling unit.