Streamwood Title 3 Ch. 14 Rental Residential Property § 3-14-3

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity to operate, maintain or offer to rent within the village any rental residential property, whether vacant or occupied, without first having obtained and maintained a current license or a temporary certificate, as provided in this chapter.


B. It shall be unlawful for any person to occupy a rental residential property, or for any owner or property agent to allow anyone to occupy a rental residential property, which is not currently licensed or which is without a temporary certificate, as provided in this chapter.


C. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity to offer for rent or to occupy any vacant dwelling unit or any dwelling unit that becomes vacant in a rental residential property, for which a license has been revoked or while such license is under suspension.


D. This chapter shall not apply to the following structures:


1. Single-family owner occupied structures;


2. Single-family residential structures or dwelling units which are vacant but which are not intended to be let for rent;


3. Townhouse and condominium owner occupied units;


4. Hotels, motels, and other structures which rent rooms to occupants if such occupancy is transient only;


5. Dwellings, buildings, structures and uses licensed and inspected by the state or federal government, including, but not limited to, nursing homes, retirement communities and rest homes; and


6. Dwellings, buildings and structures used or owned by other governmental agencies and public housing authorities and otherwise inspected by them for compliance. (Ord. 2000-9, 3-16-2000)