Fairview Heights, IL Code of Ordinances Art. XI Residential Rental License §§ 8-11-1 – 8-11-11 § 8-11-5

(A)               The City or its designee is hereby authorized, upon application, to issue new
Residential Rental Licenses and renewals thereof in the names of applicant owners, condominium,
townhouse, or homeowner’s associations or operators of rental dwelling or dwelling unit.
         (B)               No license shall be issued or renewed unless the owner, local agent or property
management agency has first made application for rental license on a form provided by the City. The
City shall develop such forms and make them available to the public.
         (C)               No license shall be issued or renewed unless the completed application form for
each building or group of buildings is accompanied by payment of the appropriate annual license fee as
established in this Article.
         (D)               Residential Rental Licenses shall be issued for a period of one (1) full year
unless otherwise specifically provided, and the full license fee shall be paid at the time of application. If
at the time that the first application is made there are less than six (6) months in the license year
remaining, the fee shall be one-half the annual fee prescribed herein. The license shall not be
transferable to another owner or rental dwelling. Each new owner of the rental dwelling unit must obtain
a Residential Rental License issued in their name. All licenses shall expire on June 30th following the
issuance of the license.
         Exception: Licenses issued for renewal based on an expiration date of December 31, 2016 will
be issued for a six (6) month period. The fee for a six (6) month license will be Twenty-Five
Dollars ($25.00) per unit as established by this Ordinance and will expire June 30, 2017. Thereafter,
the renewal fee will be Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per unit, renewable on an annual basis, due June 30th
of each year.
         (E)               No license shall be issued or renewed if at the time of application, the rental
dwelling(s), including the property on which the dwelling(s) are affixed, are not in compliance with the
Property Maintenance Code (Chapter 15) as determined by the City Land Use and Development
Department.
         (F)               If during the term of the Residential Rental License, the rental dwelling(s) fall out
of compliance with the Property Maintenance Code, (Chapter 15) and the owner/agent fails to make the
needed repairs/corrections within the time frame established by the City Land Use and Development
Department, the City may recommend suspension or revocation of the residential rental license until the
dwelling unit is brought into compliance.

(G)               Any person whose license to operate a rental dwelling unit has been suspended
or revoked, shall be entitled to an appeal process as described in Section 8-11-10 of this Article.
         (H)               It shall be a violation of this Article for an owner to operate a residential rental
dwelling/unit during the time their residential rental license issued by the City is expired,
suspended/revoked or otherwise becomes invalid.
         (I)               No Residential Rental License shall be issued or renewed for a resident or
nonresident applicant, unless such applicant designates in writing to the City the name of his local agent,
manager, or contact for the receipt of service or notice of violation of the provisions of this Article and for
service of process pursuant to this Article.
         (J)               No Residential Rental License shall be issued or renewed for a resident applicant
unless such applicant has first designated an agent for the receipts of service violations of the provisions
of this Article, when the applicant is absent from the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area for thirty
(30) consecutive days or more. Such designation shall be made in writing and shall accompany each
application form.
         (K)               All persons applying for a Residential Rental License shall complete a mandatory
Crime Free Rental-Housing Seminar as described in Section 8-11-6 of this Article.
                           (1)       In the event a Crime Free Rental-Housing Program Seminar is not
                                     available prior to obtaining the operating license, a conditional license
                                     will be issued to the applicant prior to their completion of a seminar.
                           (2)       The applicant must complete a seminar within six (6) months of the
                                     issuance of the conditional license. After the seminar is attended, a full
                                     license shall be issued for the balance of the license term.
                           (3)       If the owner or their representative does not attend the Crime Free
                                     Rental-Housing Seminar within six (6) months, the conditional license
                                     issued to the owner shall become invalid without any need of further
                                     action.
         (L)               Upon request by the City, every owner of rental property shall provide the City
with a list of all occupants of their rental unit when the request is in response to a bona-fide investigation
of a violation of this Article, violation another Ordinance(s) or any alleged violation of the law. The owner
shall provide an update of said list at least every sixty (60) days until which time the investigation in
question has been completed.