Skokie — Ch. 22 Art. XIV Rental Unit Registration § 22-500

For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply: 1.
Common Exterior: The open space and exterior of a building on the premises and on adjoining property under the control of the property Owner. The premises or property shall include the principal building, accessory structures, driveways, parking areas and all improvements to the property. Such common areas may serve, in whole or in part, one or more Multi-Unit Building.
2. Common Interior: Any portion or part thereof of a Multi-Unit Building having communal areas (laundry, furnace, storage rooms, hallways, stairways, meeting rooms, etc.) and all other areas, but not including a Dwelling. Interior common areas shall also include structural, mechanical and other elements or areas of a Multi-Unit Building for which the Owner is directly responsible for the proper maintenance thereof.
3. Dwelling: Any rooms or group of rooms located within a building and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, bathing and eating.
4. Multi-Unit Building: A structure that is designed and built with two (2) or more Dwellings.
5. Operator: Any person who has charge, care, control or management of a rental unit or building, in which rental units are let, including but not limited to building managers, managing agents, brokers or superintendents.
6. Owner: Any person who alone, jointly or severally with others has legal title to any Multi-Unit Building, or Dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or is an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of the Owner; is a mortgagee in possession, or is a senior officer or a trustee of the association of unit Owners of a homeowners' association. Owner shall also mean any homeowners' association or other legal entity having the charge, care or control of any common area which serves in whole or in part one or more Multi-Unit Buildings.
7. Person: Any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity.
8. Residential Rental Unit: A Dwelling, whether in a Multi-Unit Building, single-family home, townhouse, co-op or any other structure that is occupied by individuals other than the Owner, pursuant to Section 22-505 of the Skokie Village Code, or is vacant, that is being advertised to rent or is rented, through the exchange of money, goods, or services.
9. Tenant: Any occupant of a Residential Rental Unit.
10. Neighborhood Standards Officer: A Village Officer trained in the Crime Free Housing Program, including the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Program, as well as other types of property management and standards training, and working under the supervision of the Police Department and in cooperation with the Property Standards Division. In addition, the Neighborhood Standards Officer shall complete training regarding fair housing statutes and domestic violence education.