Phoenix — Ch. 22 Art. VI Property Maintenance § 22-345

(a) Required. No person shall operate one- and two-family rental dwelling units and multiple-family dwelling units unless he or it holds a current, unrevoked operating license issued by the enforcement authority of the village, in his or its name, for the specifically named or identified one- and two-family rental dwelling units or multiple-family dwelling units.
(b) Period of license. Every operating license shall be issued for a period coinciding with the fiscal year of the village, unless sooner revoked, and may be renewed for successive periods not to exceed one year. Said license is transferable to a new person, corporation or other entity on notification to the enforcement authority of intent to transfer, prior to the actual transfer, and any such license so transferred shall remain in effect until its renewal or termination date, provided the transferee meets the requirements of this division.
(c) Licensing authorized. The village enforcement authority is hereby authorized, upon application on forms provided by the enforcement authority, to issue a new operating license or to renew an existing operating license in the name of the owner, operator or agent thereof, for the operation of one- and two-family rental dwelling units or multiple-family dwelling units, on presentation by the applicant of a certificate of compliance issued by the enforcement authority, showing compliance to the health, safety and maintenance standards set forth in this division and dated less than 180 days prior to the date of application. Applications for issuance or renewal of operating licenses shall be accompanied by an application fee in the amount established by the village board, together with all other fees required under this section.
(d) Fees. In addition to the application or renewal fee, an inspection fee per unit in the amount established by the board of trustees must be paid in full at time of application for the operating license.
(e) Renewal. Renewal of existing operating licenses must take place at least 60 days prior to the expiration date of said license and all inspection and renewal fees paid. Any renewal application without the required certificate of compliance shall be charged, per unit, an expediting fee in an amount established by the board of trustees in addition to the regular inspection and application fee.
(f) Resident or registered agent. No license shall be issued or renewed for a nonresident applicant unless such applicant designates, in writing, on the application form the name of a registered agent in the county for the receipt of service of any notices or correspondence issued pursuant to the enforcement of this division and for service of process pursuant to this division. An applicant shall be considered to be a nonresident when absent from the village for 30 days or more.
(g) Display of license. Each license issued under this division must be available for inspection on request by any officer of the village, tenant or renter, or potential renter or tenant.
(h) Record of repair or changes. Any holder of an operating license issued pursuant to this division shall keep or cause to be kept a written record in the form of a list showing the date and nature of all repairs, alterations or changes in equipment or systems related to the provisions of this division or to any rules or regulations pertaining thereto, and of all corrections made as a result of inspections made by the chief building inspector or his designee. Such record shall be made available to the enforcement authority on request to the holder of said license or their registered agent. Notice is hereby given that such record may be used in administrative or judicial proceedings pursuant to this division.
(i) Notice of violation. Whenever, upon inspection of any licensed premises or the records required to be kept under this division, a determination by the chief building inspector or his designee or the enforcement authority indicates a violation of the provisions of this division occurs, a notice of violation shall be served in accordance with the requirements of this division. The notice of violation shall contain a statement of the specific requirement violated and a provision for the licensee to correct the violation or violations in a reasonable time as determined by the enforcement authority, and a statement that the license is subject to revocation if the corrections do not take place in the time limit stated.
(j) Reinspection and suspension of the license. At the end of the time allowed for correction of the violation notice or earlier if requested by the license holder, a reinspection of the premises shall take place to determine if the corrections have taken place. If on inspection the corrections have not taken place, the enforcement authority shall issue an order suspending the operating license.
(k) Appeal of suspension order. An appeal to the enforcement authority appealing the suspension of an operating license must be in writing and submitted to the enforcement authority by the license holder or their agent, within ten days of the issue of the suspension order. Failure to correct violations and failure to appeal the suspension as provided herein shall result in the revocation of said license.
(l) Reinstatement of suspended or revoked license. Suspended or revoked operator's license for the operation of one- and two-family rental dwelling units or multiple-family dwelling units shall be reinstated only on reinspection showing all cited violations have been corrected.
(m) Conviction. If a license holder or occupant or tenant is found guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction of any violation of this Code or ordinances of the village or state or federal law in connection with the licensed premises, then the license shall be subject to revocation without further notice.
(n) Extremely hazardous conditions. In the event a condition of extreme hazard or imminent danger to the occupants or general public is found to exist on or in licensed premises, the chief building inspector or his designee, or the enforcement authority may immediately revoke the license and issue a notice of violation without a time limit to correct the hazardous condition, and order evacuation of the premises if, in the chief building inspector's opinion, evacuation is necessary to protect the occupants.
(o) Separate violation. Each item contained in a notice of violation may be considered a separate violation of this division and each day that a violation exists from the date of discovery and the date of correction shall be considered a separate violation of this division, and subject to the penalties as set forth in section 1-10 .
(p) Transfer of cited property. It is unlawful for the owner of any premises who has received compliance orders or upon whom a notice of violation has been served, to sell, transfer, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of to another party, the so-cited property, until the provisions of the compliance order or notice of violation have been complied with, or until such owner shall furnish to the enforcement authority a signed and notarized statement from the grantee, transferee, mortgagor, or lessee, acknowledging the receipt of such compliance order or notice of violation and fully accepting the responsibility, without condition, for making the corrections or repairs required by such compliance order or notice of violation.
(q) Nuisance free lease addendum. Any owner, agent or designee of rented property is required to utilize a nuisance-free lease addendum or have a clause in the lease similar to a nuisance free lease addendum for any leases executed after October 1, 2006. The village clerk shall provide at no cost, samples of the nuisance free lease addendum and shall review any clauses within actual leases with the village legal department to determine if the clause is similar to the nuisance-free lease addendum. The clause is to make criminal activity (not limited to violent criminal activity or drug related criminal activity engaged by, facilitated by or permitted by the renter, a member of the household, a guest or other party under the control of the renter) a lease violation. The landlord shall have authority under that clause to initiate an eviction proceeding as specified in the Forcible Entry and Detainer Act, 735 ILCS 5/9-101 et seq. Proof of criminal violation shall be by a preponderance of the evidence.