Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2014-9420

• Record #: O2014-9420
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 11/19/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Housing and Real Estate
• Final action: 5/20/2015
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 5-12-020 by excluding single-room occupancy buildings from provisions governing Residential Landlord and Tenant ordinance
• Sponsors: Cardenas, George A., Balcer, James, Brookins, Jr., Howard, Cappleman, James, Willie B. Cochran, Zalewski, Michael R., Moore, Joseph, Pope, John, Moreno, Proco Joe, Mitts, Emma, Burnett, Jr., Walter
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 5 - Housing & Economic Development - Ch. 12 Residential Landlords & Tenants
• Related files: R2015-407

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/20/2015		City Council	Failed to Pass	Fail
11/19/2014	98973	City Council	Referred

ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,; now, therefore.


BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:


SECTION I. Section 5-12-020 ofthe Municipal Code ofthe City of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
J 5-12-020 Exclusions.
Rental ofthe following dwelling units shall not be governed by this chapter, unless the rental agreement thereof is created to avoid the application of this chapter:
Dwelling units in owner-occupied buildings containing six units or less; provided, however, that the provisions of Section 5-12-160 shall apply to every rented dwelling unit in such buildings within the City of Chicago:
Dwelling units in hotels, single-room occupancy buildings (as defined in section 13-4-010 of this code) motels, inns, bed- and-breakfast establishments, roominghouses and boardinghouses, but only until such time as the dwelling unit has been occupied by a tenant for 32 or more continuous days and tenant pays a monthly rent, exclusive ofany period of wrongful occupancy contrary to agreement with an owner. Notwithstanding the above, the prohibition against interruption of tenant occupancy set forth in Section 5-12-160 shall apply to every rented dwelling unit in such buildings within the City of Chicago. No landlord shall bring an action to recover possession of such unit, or avoid renting monthly in order to avoid the application of this chapter. Any willful attempt to avoid application of this chapter by an owner may be punishable by criminal or civil actions;

Housing accommodations in any hospital, convent, monastery, extended care facility, asylum or not-for-profit home for the aged, temporary overnight shelter, transitional shelter, or in a dormitory owned and operated by an elementary school, high school or institution of higher learning; student housing accommodations wherein a housing agreement or housing contract is entered into between the st...