Committee on Housing and Real Estate
March 24, 2021
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5-12 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:
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5-12-030 Definitions.
Whenever used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
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(g) "Rental agreement" means all written, electronic, or oral agreements embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit by a tenant.
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5-12-040 Tenant responsibilities.
Every tenant must:
Comply with all. obligations imposed specifically upon tenants by provisions of the municipalcode applicable to dwelling units, including Section 7-28-850;
Keep that part of the premises that he occupies and usos thev occupy and use as safe as thecondition of the premises permits;
Dispose of all ashes, rubbish, garbage and other waste from-bis their dwelling unit in a clean andsafe manner;
Keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by the tenant as clean as their condition permits;
Use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air conditioningand other facilities and appliances, including elevators, in the premises;
Not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the premises or knowingly permit any person on the premises with-nis their consent to do so; and
Conduct himsolf themselves and require other persons on the premises with-hts their consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb-his their neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises.|1010|
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5-12-080 Security deposits.
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