[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Woodridge as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 12-15-2003 by L.L. No. 6-2003]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any portion of a building or the whole thereof rented or
leased to any person or persons for dwelling purposes. Expressly excluded
from this definition are hotels, motels, rooming houses and boardinghouses,
and summer bungalows if covered by any other Village, town, county
or state laws, rules, regulations or ordinances, unless such structure
is occupied year round. Also expressly excluded are single boarders
or foster children living with the owner of said property within the
same living unit as the owner.
The owner of a property containing rented residential apartment
units must, before renting, apply to the Building Inspector and/or
his assistant for a certificate of rental safety.
It is the express intent of this article to require owners of
rented residential apartment units to have a certificate of rental
safety which shall be renewed every 12 months.
A.Â
The Building Inspector and/or his assistant after inspecting the
premises shall, within five working days from the date of inspection,
issue a certificate of rental safety or, if the premises are in violation,
shall send the owner or agent a written list of each such violation,
together with a specific time in which the owner must correct same.
B.Â
The Building Inspector and/or his assistant shall reinspect the premises
within five working days after he has been notified that the corrections
have been made.
C.Â
The inspection which is authorized pursuant to this article shall
be made after receiving permission from the owner or person in control
of the premises. Prior to receiving permission, the Building Inspector
and/or his assistant shall advise the owner of the premises or the
person otherwise in control that they may refuse to grant permission
for the inspection. The owner or such other person in control shall
also be advised that in the event that permission to perform the inspection
is not granted, then the Building Inspector and/or his assistant will
apply to a court of proper jurisdiction to obtain an appropriate warrant
to inspect the premises; provided, however, that an inspection without
permission or without a warrant may be conducted in emergency situations.
This article shall cover all property and buildings in which
one or more units are located.
Application in triplicate for certificates of rental safety
shall be supplied to the owner or his agent of any rented residential
apartment units by the Building Inspector and/or his assistant and
shall, among other pertinent information, contain the name of the
owner, location of the unit, number of units available and the number
of rooms in each apartment.
A certificate of rental safety issued by the Building Inspector
shall state that, as of the date of inspection, the rented residential
apartment units and the building housing the same are not in violation
of any state or local codes, ordinances and/or local laws applicable
to rented residential apartment units and buildings. In addition thereto,
each certificate of rental safety shall state the name of the owner,
address of the premises, identity of the unit by number or other suitable
means and shall state the number of people permitted to occupy said
unit, which number shall be arrived at by applying the provisions
of the housing or building code.
The owner, his agent and/or representative shall be in violation
of the provisions of this article if he shall lease, sublet or otherwise
rent or occupy a rented residential apartment unit without obtaining
a certificate of rental safety. Once such certificate shall be issued,
it shall be valid for a twelve-month period.
Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions
of this article shall, for the first conviction thereof, be punished
by a fine of not less than $250 and not more than $5,000; for a second
or subsequent conviction within 12 months after any previous conviction,
such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 and
not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more that 15 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of continued violation
shall constitute a separate additional violation.
The certificate of rental safety issued for any unit, or a copy
thereof, shall be posted conspicuously at all times.
The Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Woodridge is
hereby authorized to adopt a resolution or by resolutions a schedule
or schedules of reasonable and uniform fees that are required to be
paid for rental safety certificates, inspections or any other associated
fees that are now required or provided by this article or that may
hereafter be required or provided for.[1] Such resolution or resolutions shall be adopted at a regular
meeting of the Village Board of Trustees, and the fees so established
may be revised or amended from time to time by a resolution or resolutions
adopted at a regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees. Said
sum shall be paid on application thereof and shall be deposited in
the general fund of the Village of Woodridge.
