Rosemont CHAPTER 5: RESIDENTIAL RENTAL REGULATIONS § 4-5-1

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:


APPLICABLE ORDINANCES: Refers to all applicable Village of Rosemont ordinances and codes including, but not limited to, the Village Zoning Ordinance, Building Code, Property Maintenance Code, and Health and Safety Codes.


DWELLING UNIT: One or more rooms containing cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities which is designed, occupied or intended for use by an individual or one family or household; a house designed for occupancy is a dwelling unit. Each apartment in a building which contains one or more apartments is a separate dwelling unit.


LICENSEE: A person to whom a residential rental license has been issued.


OWNER: The following:


A. Any person who alone, jointly, or severally with others has legal title to any land or premises on which a rental dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming unit is located; or


B. Any person who acts as a manager or oversees the maintenance, operation or rental of a rental dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming unit for a legal title holder of the land or premises on which the rental dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming unit is located; or


C. Any person authorized to act as the agent of a legal title holder of the land or premises on which the rental dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming unit is located in connection with management or rental of the rental dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming unit; or


D. Any person who is an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of a legal title holder of the land or premises on which the rental dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming unit is located; or


E. Any person who is a mortgagee in possession, or has been appointed to serve as the trustee, of the land or premises on which the rental dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming unit is located.


PERSON: A natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association and any other entity which has the authority to enter into a contract under the laws of the State of Illinois.


RENTAL DWELLING: Except as provided in this definition, a building in which there is a single dwelling unit, where a rent in the form of a monetary payment or the provision of services is received from or on behalf of one or more occupants of the dwelling in return for the right to occupy the dwelling. A dwelling occupied by an owner is not a rental dwelling for purposes of this chapter. A rectory, parsonage or similar religious facility where living quarters are provided for persons who perform religious services or provide religious counseling and/or for persons who provide janitorial or maintenance services in consideration for providing such services or counseling is not a rental dwelling for purposes of this chapter. A dwelling owned by the Village of Rosemont or another unit of local government or by the State of Illinois or the United States of America is not a rental dwelling for purposes of this chapter.


RENTAL DWELLING UNIT: A dwelling unit in a building which contains more than one dwelling unit, other than a unit in which an owner resides, where a rent in the form of a monetary payment or the provision of services is received from or on behalf of one or more occupants of the dwelling unit in return for the right to occupy or use such unit. A dwelling unit located in a building owned by the Village of Rosemont or another unit of local government or by the State of Illinois or the United States of America is not a rental dwelling unit for purposes of this chapter.


ROOMING HOUSE: Except as provided in this definition, a building containing more than one bedroom where rent in the form of a monetary payment or the provision of services is received from or on behalf of one or more occupants of the building in return for the right to occupy or use one or more of the bedrooms in the building for sleeping purposes where such occupant or occupants are required to share dining, cooking or bathroom facilities with persons who occupy different rooms in the same building for sleeping purposes. A building which is licensed by the Village as a hotel or motel is not a rooming house for purposes of this chapter. A group home, daycare facility or medical care facility which is licensed by the State of Illinois or has been issued a permit by the State of Illinois is not a rooming house for purposes of this chapter.


ROOMING UNIT: Except as provided in this definition, any room or group of rooms located in a building which form a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for sleeping, but not for dining and/or cooking purposes, where rent in the form of a monetary payment or the provision of services is received from or on behalf of one or more occupants of the room or group of rooms in return for the right to occupy or use the room or group of rooms for sleeping purposes. A room located in a building which is licensed by the Village as a hotel or motel is not a rooming unit for purposes of this chapter. A room located in a group home, daycare facility or medical care facility which is licensed by the State of Illinois or for which a permit has been issued to the owner by the State of Illinois is not a rooming unit for purposes of this chapter. A room or group of rooms in a rectory, parsonage or similar religious facility where living quarters are provided for persons who perform religious services or provide religious counseling or to persons who provide janitorial and maintenance services in consideration for providing such services or counseling is not a rental unit for purposes of this chapter.


(Ord. 2007-3-6H, 3-6-2007)