Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2018-8121

• Record #: SO2018-8121
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/31/2018
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Housing and Real Estate
• Final action: 1/23/2019
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Title 5 by adding new Chapter 5-13 entitled "Chicago Relocation Plan Ordinance"
• Sponsors: Osterman, Harry, Burnett, Jr., Walter, Dowell, Pat, Waguespack, Scott, Santiago, Milagros, Moreno, Proco Joe, Sadlowski Garza, Susan, King, Sophia D., Reboyras, Ariel, Mell, Deborah, Taliaferro, Chris, Pawar, Ameya, Thompson, Patrick D., Cappleman, James, Arena, John, Tunney, Thomas, Maldonado, Roberto, Ervin, Jason C., Scott, Jr. Michael, Smith, Michele, Mitchell, Gregory I., Moore, Joseph
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 5 - Housing & Economic Development - Ch. 13 Chicago Relocation Plan Ordinance

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
1/23/2019	94266	City Council	Passed as Substitute	Pass
1/22/2019		City Council	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
1/16/2019		Committee on Housing and Real Estate	Recommended to Pass
11/7/2018		Committee on Housing and Real Estate	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
10/31/2018	88744	City Council	Referred

SUBSTITUTE
ORDINANCE


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


SECTION 1. Title 5 of the Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 5-13, as follows:


5-13-010 Title.
This chapter shall be known as the "Chicago Relocation Plan Ordinance."


5-13-020 Purpose and Intent.
This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to achieve its purpose, which is to promote the public welfare by protecting senior tenants, including those senior tenants who need assistive devices or need reasonable accommodations, of affordable housing buildings undergoing renovation and rehabilitation resulting in the temporary relocation or internal transfer of those tenants. The legislative intent of this chapter is to advance the City's vital interest in protecting senior tenants in affordable housing units, including those administered by the CHA, while promoting the habitability of affordable housing by requiring owners and developers to have a written relocation plan prior to receipt of City Funding to ensure that disruptions to those tenants are minimized.


5-13-030 Definitions.
"Affected Tenant" means a Tenant age 55 and older subject to Temporary Displacement or Mandatory Internal Transfer from a Subsidized Dwelling Unit.

"Assistive Device" means an aid, tool, or instrument used by a person with disabilities to assist in activities of daily living. Examples of assistive devices include grab bars, tongs, knobturners, and oven-rack pusher/pullers.

"CHA" means the Chicago Housing Authority.

"City Funding" means any financing appropriated or approved by the City of Chicago after September 1, 2019, for the rehabilitation, demolition, disposition, conversion, redevelopment, or new construction of a residential property, including, but not limited to, bond financing, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Community Development Block Grant funds, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds, Tax Increment Financing, and the Affordable Housing Opportunit...