[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Chatham as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 7-12-2007 by L.L. No. 1-2007]
The purpose of this article is to protect the health, safety,
and welfare of residents of the Village of Chatham and to protect
the diverse building structures in the Village of Chatham from deterioration,
and to accomplish the foregoing at the lowest cost to property owners
and occupants.
The Village Board finds and declares that the registration of
rental property is intended to and will ensure the protection of persons
and property in all existing rental structures and on all structures
required to be registered under this article of the Village Code and
ensure that rental property owners and prospective rental property
owners are informed of and adhere to the Code provisions.
This article of the Village Code shall apply to every rental
structure, including dwellings, dwelling units, and units used for
commercial enterprise that are leased, rented, let, assigned, or otherwise
classified as rental property, with or without valuable consideration,
by an owner-occupant, an absentee owner, or legal agent on behalf
of the owner.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Building Inspector or his designee.
Any person who has charge, care, or control of a building
or any part thereof.
The Village of Chatham Police Department shall enforce the
provisions of this article.
Any person or entity who, alone or with others, has fee title
or an equitable interest in real property.
A structure occupied by its owner or by members of his or
her family on a nonrental basis.
Any structure which is wholly or partly used or intended
to be used as habitable space for human occupants or used for commercial
enterprise.
A.
Registry of rental property. All rental property shall be registered
with the Village by the owner as required herein.
B.
All rental property existing as of the effective date of this article
shall be registered on or before 60 days after the effective date
of this article.
C.
The owner of new rental property or property that is newly converted
to rental property shall register the rental property prior to allowing
occupancy.
D.
The owner of any rental property already registered with the Village
shall reregister within 30 days after any change occurs in registration
information. A new owner of a registered property shall reregister
the property within 60 days of assuming ownership.
E.
The Village shall maintain a registry of all rental properties containing
the following information, which shall be provided by the owner on
forms available from the Clerk of the Village of Chatham:
(1)
The name, legal residence address, and telephone number of the owner
and any agent in control of the rental property, and in the event
the owner or agent is not a natural person, then the owner information
shall be that of the president, general manager, or other chief executive
officer of the organization. Where more than one natural person has
an ownership interest, the required information shall be included
for each owner, agent, and/or responsible person who may be reached
day and night by appropriate authorities of the Village of Chatham.
(2)
The number and type of rental units on the rental property.
(3)
The address of the rental property.
(4)
The employer identification number in the event that the rental property
is owned by a corporation or other business entity.
It shall be a violation of this article for an owner or a responsible
person to provide inaccurate information for the registry of rental
property or to fail to provide the information required herein for
the registry.
An owner who fails to register, reregister, or otherwise comply
with the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject
to a fine not exceeding $250 or to imprisonment for not more than
seven days, or both, for each violation.
