Wheeling — Ch. 4.84 Rental Residential Property § 4.84.050

(a) Each applicant for a license to maintain a residential property for the purpose of renting it to others shall file a written application with the code official stating:
(1) The full legal name, address, email, home and work telephone numbers of each and every owner.
(2) If the residential property is held in a trust, state the name, address, work phone number of the trustee and each beneficial interest holder.
(3) The address of the rental residential property.
(4) The number of dwelling units within the rental property.
(5) The name, address, email and phone number of any management company retained as property agent for the property and the name, address, and phone number of the person specifically assigned to the rental residential property.
(6) The name, address, email and twenty-four hour phone number or numbers of a responsible person who, in emergency situations, will be available on a twenty-four-hour basis and who has the authority to make repairs as needed.
(7) The square footage designated for living and sleeping purposes including room sizes as stipulated by the village's property maintenance code as amended.
(b) Whenever there is a change in the ownership of a rental residential property or the owner's property agent, the owners shall within thirty days of such changes, file an updated written notice with the code official indicating such changes.
(c) Each application for a new license or a renewal of an existing license shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars for each rental residential building. In addition thereto, a dwelling unit fee of fifty dollars will be added for each dwelling unit to be inspected in excess of one. All such fees shall be payable at the offices of the community development department.
(d) All license fees shall be due payable upon submission of the license application or renewal forms. All licenses shall expire at the end of the one, two or three year anniversary date of issuance of the original license, or subsequent renewal of an existing license granted in accordance with the time frames established in Section 4.84.060 (g).
(e) No structural, mechanical, electrical, or plumbing alterations or repairs, or any remodeling, shall be made to the units in a licensed property unless all zoning and building code requirements have been met.
(f) A copy of the record of tenant names required under Section 4.84.100 (a) shall be kept on file by the property owner and/or property agent and made available upon request to the code official or his designee.
(g) For each application for a new license or a renewal of an existing license for a rental residential property that is a unit or dwelling place within a multi-unit condominium, townhome development or other similar collective ownership arrangement, the applicant must verify on the application or license renewal form that the rental or lease of the unit or dwelling does not violate or is otherwise in conformance with any rental or lease restriction and/or limitation established by the condominium and/or homeowners' association or any other applicable covenant, restriction, rule or regulation to which the unit or dwelling is subject.
(h) Payment of outstanding fines or fees, such as past due water bills or administrative citations, shall be required prior to license renewal or the issuance of a new license.
(i) The landlord shall comply with the requirements of the Wheeling Safe Communities Program, as described in Section 4.84.056 to obtain a license.