DeKalb, IL Municipal Code Ch. 10 Landlord-Tenant Regulations § 10.04

a) Definitions as used in this Chapter:

Landlord: the owner or lessor and his/her agents of the rental unit or the building of which it is a
part.

Owner: one or more persons, jointly, severally or in common, or any organization, in whom is
vested all or part of the legal title to property, or all or part of the beneficial ownership and a right
to present use and enjoyment of the premises, including a mortgagee in possession. As used
herein, an organization shall include a corporation, government, governmental subdivision or
agency, trust, estate, partnership, association or any other legal or commercial entity.

Rental Agreement: all agreements concerning the use and occupancy of a rental unit.

Rental Property: rental units and structures.

Rental Unit: one or more rooms in a structure or portion thereof arranged, designed, and used as
a residence or living quarters by one (1) or more persons who maintain a household.

Structure: a building which contains one (1) or more rental units, including rooming houses, single-
family attached or detached dwellings, two-family attached dwellings, and multi-family dwellings.

Tenant: a person or organization entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a rental unit to the
exclusion of others.

Control: the ability to regulate, restrain, dominate, counteract or govern conduct that occurs on
the rental property or rental unit.

Unlawful activity: a citation, report, or other proof demonstrating by a preponderance of the
evidence the occurrence of one (1) or more of the following activities at the Rental Property or
Rental Unit:

    (i) Any offense defined and prohibited by Section 6-16 (Prohibited Sales and Possession) or
        Section 6-20 (Transfer, possessions, and consumption of alcoholic liquor; restrictions) of
        the Liquor Control Act of 1934, 235 ILCS 5/6-16 and 5/6-20, as may be amended from
        time to time.

   (ii) Any offense that constitutes a felony or misdemeanor under the Illinois Criminal Code of
        1961, 720 ILCS 5/1-1, et seq., as may be amended from time to time.

   (iii) Any offense defined and prohibited by Chapters 38 and 52 of the City of DeKalb Municipal
         Code, as may be amended from time to time.

Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/1-2-1.5, unlawful activity shall not mean the following:

   (i) Contact made to the police or other emergency services, if: a) the contact was made with
       the intent to prevent or respond to domestic violence or sexual violence; b) the intervention
       of emergency assistance was needed to respond to or prevent domestic violence or
       sexual violence; or c) the contact was made by, on behalf of, or otherwise concerns an
       individual with a disability and the purpose of the contact was related to that individual's
       disability;

   (ii) An incident or incidents of actual or threatened domestic violence or sexual violence
        against a tenant, household member, or guest occurring in the rental unit or on the leased
        premises; or

   (iii) Unlawful activity occurring in the rental unit or on the leased premises that is directly
         relating to domestic violence or sexual violence, engaged in by a tenant, member of a
         tenant's household, guest, or other party, and against a tenant, household member, guest,
         or other party.