Wheeling — Ch. 4.84 Rental Residential Property § 4.84.010

The purpose of this Chapter is to provide for the licensing and inspection of rental residential property so as to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of the village including: (a)
To protect the public health and safety by ensuring rental units comply with minimum housing standards of village ordinances.
(b) To protect the character and stability of residential areas.
(c) To correct and prevent housing conditions that adversely affect or are likely to adversely affect the life, safety, general welfare and health, including the physical, mental and social well being of persons occupying dwellings.
(d) To prevent the overcrowding of dwellings by requiring compliance with minimum space standards per occupant for each dwelling unit.
(e) To facilitate the enforcement of minimum standards for the maintenance of existing residential buildings and thus to prevent slums and blight.
(f) To preserve the value of land and buildings throughout the village.
(g) To protect, preserve, and promote the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens through the reduction, control, and prevention of criminal and nuisance activities. In that regard, the village board finds that the repeated commission of criminal offenses and violations of this code within the village by tenants, members of a tenant's household, tenant's guest(s), and any person under tenant's control adversely affects the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens. This Chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purposes and policies.