South Barrington CHAPTER 19 LICENSING OF SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL PROPERTIES § 3-19-1

Words or phrases as used in this Chapter and not herein defined shall be defined as provided by the current edition of the International Property Maintenance Code, International Residential Code, National Electrical Code, and the Illinois State Plumbing Code, as adopted and amended by the Village.


BOARDING ROOM:
A room within a home that is rented for sleeping and living quarters.

CODE OFFICIAL:
The Village Administrator or his/her designee.

COMMON AREAS (EXTERIOR):
The private roads and streets and private sidewalks adjacent thereto, landscaping, retaining walls, detention ponds, utility facilities, trash receptacles and enclosures, playground equipment, swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball courts or any other recreational facilities, trail areas, parking areas, private drives, detached garages, lighting fixtures, signage, mailboxes, street benches, entrance monuments, perimeter fencing and such other improvements or structures from time to time or at any time located or constructed on a common area.

COMMON AREAS (INTERIOR):
Any portion or part thereof of a multiple-family dwelling having communal areas (laundry, furnace, storage rooms, hallways, stairways, meeting rooms) and all other areas located within a dwelling, outside of a dwelling unit. Interior common areas shall also include stoops, entrance doors, roofs, attics, balconies, lighting fixtures, signage, railings, patios, storage areas, garages, exterior building surfaces, gutters and downspouts and any area of a multiple-family dwelling or building to which the owner is directly responsible for the proper maintenance thereof. Nothing herein shall be construed to permit or authorize the entrance into or access to the interior of the individual units which are occupied.



DWELLING:
A building that contains one (1) or more dwelling units used, intended, or designed to be used, rented, or leased for living purposes.

DWELLING UNIT:
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one (1) or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

MANAGING AGENT:
Any person or firm acting for another, with authority to rent, manage, and make expenditures.

MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING:
One (1) or more residential buildings, designed and built as a group of individual dwelling units, which contain three (3) or more dwelling units per building and contain either or both interior and exterior common areas as defined in this section. Each building that is separated by another building by virtue of a firewall or fire separation assembly, and has its own address and individual, ground level, outside entrance shall be considered a separate building.

OCCUPANCY/
OCCUPANT:
Any natural person living and sleeping in a dwelling unit designated as his primary residence, or any natural person having actual possession or control of such dwelling or rooming unit.

OPERATOR:
Any person who has charge, care, control or management of a dwelling or dwelling unit.

OWNER:
Any person who, alone, jointly, or severally with others, has legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without actual possession thereof; or who has charge, care or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit, owner, or other person; or is an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner; is a mortgagee in possession, or is a senior officer of a trustee of the association of unit owners of a condominium or homeowners' association. Any person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this Chapter, and the rules and regulations pursuant thereto, to the same extent as if he were the owner. The term owner shall also mean any managing agent, property agent, or any condominium or homeowners' association having the charge, care or control of any common area which part of the dwelling or dwelling unit.



PROPERTY:
Any real property, including its land and that which is affixed, incidental, or pertinent to land, including but not limited to, any premises, room, house, building, or structure, or any separate part or portion thereof, whether occupied or leased for residential purposes, owned, leased or used for commercial purposes, whether under written or oral agreement.

PROPERTY AGENT:
A person, operator, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity designated in writing by the owner to the Director of Community Development to be responsible for compliance with property maintenance of a single family dwelling or a multi-family dwelling, and authorized to receive any notices or citations.

RENTAL OR LEASE AGREEMENT:
All written and oral agreements of whatever duration, which embody the terms and conditions of the use and occupancy of a dwelling or dwelling unit.

RENTAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY:
Residential structures or dwelling units, not owner occupied, intended to be rented or leased, including single family detached structures containing only one dwelling unit, condominium units, townhouse units, duplexes, and multiple-family dwelling residential structures which are intended to be used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one (1) or more persons that maintain a household, together with all land, appurtenances, buildings and common areas, whether rented or leased, with or without compensation, to tenants, including family members.



SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING:
Single family detached structures containing only one (1) dwelling unit, condominium units, townhouse units, and duplexes which are not owner occupied and intended to be rented or leased, and intended to be used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one (1) or more persons that maintain a household, together with all land, appurtenances, buildings and common areas, whether rented or leased, with or without compensation, to tenants, including family members.

TENANT:
A person who has entered into an oral or written lease with a landlord whereby the person is the lessee under the lease, or otherwise entitled to possession of the property whether or not payment is provided for the tenancy.

VILLAGE CODE:
The Village Code of Ordinances of the Village of South Barrington, from time to time in effect, including all codes adopted by specific reference.

VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR:
The Village Administrator of South Barrington or his or her designated representatives. (Ord. 2020-1227, 3-11-2020)