Park Forest — Ch. 18 Art. III Housing § 18-256

(a) Any person owning or operating a multifamily dwelling within the village which has an inspection program in operation shall be certified for one year upon compliance with the following:
(1) All inspections of a dwelling unit required by the person owning or operating a multifamily dwelling are performed by a person who has attended and completed a training session conducted by the building commissioner.
(2) An inspection by a trained inspector in conformance with the requirements in this article is made of each dwelling unit prior to any change in occupancy thereof by any family unit. Such inspections must be performed in accordance with a training manual supplied by the village, and a report of any such inspection shall be delivered to the village building commissioner within three days of the occupation of any family unit on a form provided by the building commissioner.
(3) Upon a review of the inspection report, the building commissioner shall issue a letter approving the occupation of the dwelling unit for which a report has been submitted so long as no Code violations are noted. If an inspection report reveals any violation of any applicable section of this Code, continued occupation thereof shall only be permitted if security to ensure the abatement of all outstanding violations in an amount equal to the cost of the work and materials necessary to abate any such violations, in a form approved by the village attorney, is filed with the village clerk. All reinspections of any dwelling unit for purposes of determining whether or not violations previously reported have been abated shall be made by the village building commissioner.
(4) The building commissioner may, at any time, inspect or reinspect any dwelling unit forming a part of a multifamily dwelling whether or not the person owning or operating such multifamily dwelling has been certified as having a valid inspection program. If an inspection by the building commissioner reveals a violation of any applicable section of this Code, continued occupation thereof by any family unit shall only be permitted if security to ensure the abatement of any such violation in an amount equal to the cost of the work and materials necessary to abate any such violation, in a form approved by the village attorney, is filed with the village clerk. All reinspections of any dwelling unit for the purpose of determining whether or not a previously reported Code violation has been abated shall be performed by the village building commissioner.
(b) Each person owning or operating a multifamily dwelling that has an inspection program shall make application for certification thereof to the building commissioner. The application shall include the address of each dwelling unit owned and operated by such person seeking certification; the name, address and phone number of the managing agent for such person; and the name, address and phone number of the designated inspectors. Each application for certification for one year shall be accompanied by an application fee of $250.00, which fee is not refundable. No application shall be acted upon until such application fee is paid in full.
(c) Any letter of approval for occupancy issued by the village building commissioner shall not be deemed a release or waiver by the village of any requirement for compliance with all applicable sections of this Code, nor shall it constitute a guarantee that no Code violations exist. Issuance of any letter of approval for occupancy shall not restrain or prohibit the village building commissioner from making further inspection of any dwelling unit and giving notice of any violation of this Code, notwithstanding the validity of a letter approving occupancy.
(d) Failure to comply with any requirement of this section shall result in the immediate termination of certification by the village building commissioner.