§ 14-73. Inspection.

(a)

No license shall be issued or renewed unless the owner or operator or manager agrees in his application to such inspection, and/or provides waivers from tenants to facilitate same if requested, pursuant to this chapter. The application shall include copies of the waste hauling contract and the leases for all units within the building for which the license is being applied for.

(b)

Reserved.

(c)

The waste hauling contract shall clearly specify receptacle size and pickup days.

(d)

There shall be a written lease for each rental unit and the lease shall contain a clause or addendum providing as follows:

CRIME-FREE LEASE ADDENDUM

In addition to all other terms of the lease, landlord and tenant agree as follows:

(1)

The tenant, any member of the tenant's household, any guest or any other person associated with the tenant on or near the leased premises:

a.

Shall not engage in criminal activity, including drug-related criminal activity, on or near the leased premises. "Drug related criminal activity" means the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, use or possession of any illegal or controlled substance as defined in 21 USC 802.

b.

Shall not engage in any act intended to facilitate criminal activity.

c.

Shall not permit the dwelling unit to be used for or to facilitate any criminal activity.

(2)

Any activity prohibited by this agreement shall constitute a substantial violation of the lease, material noncompliance with the lease, and grounds for termination of tenancy and eviction.

(3)

A Tenant who is an innocent third party or the victim of a crime, including but not limited to actual or threatened domestic violence or sexual violence, will not be in violation of this Crime Free Lease Addendum or subject to eviction. However, nothing in this Addendum prohibits the eviction of the perpetrator of the domestic violence or sexual violence, or other criminal activity.

(4)

A Tenant will not be in violation of this Crime Free Lease Addendum or subject to eviction based on:

a)

contact made to the police or seeking other emergency services, if (i) the contact was made with the intent to prevent or respond to domestic violence or sexual violence, (ii) the intervention or emergency assistance was needed to respond to or prevent domestic violence or sexual violence; (iii) the contact was made by, on behalf of, or otherwise concerns an individual with a disability and the purpose of the contact was related to that individual's disability;

b)

An incident or incidents of actual or threatened domestic violence or sexual violence against the tenant, household member, or guest occurring in the rental unit or on the premise; or

c)

Criminal activity or a local ordinance violation occurring in the rental unit or on the premise that is directly relating to domestic violence or sexual violence, engaged in by a tenant, member of a tenant's household, guest, or other party, and against a tenant, household member, guest or other party.

(5)

A TENANT WILL NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS LEASE OR SUBJECT TO EVICTION FOR CONTACTING THE POLICE, OR FOR SEEKING OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES, AS A CRIME VICTIM OR CONCERNED PERSON. A TENANT IS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT CRIMES WITHOUT FEAR OF HIS/HER STATUS AS A TENANT.

(6)

For purposes of this Lease Addendum, the term "criminal activity" shall mean:

(a)

Murder;

(b)

Kidnapping;

(c)

Aggravated kidnapping;

(d)

Prostitution;

(e)

Solicitation of prostitution;

(f)

Pandering, obscenity;

(g)

Child pornography;

(h)

Harmful materials;

(i)

Sale of obscene publication;

(j)

Criminal housing management;

(k)

Possession of explosives;

(l)

Unlawful use of weapons;

(m)

Sale of firearms;

(n)

Gambling, keeping a gambling place;

(o)

Concealing a fugitive;

(p)

Violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act;

(q)

Violation of the Cannabis Control Act, 720 ILCS 550/1 et seq.; or

(r)

Commission of any felony crime under state or federal laws not specifically listed in this section.

(Code 1997, § 22-707; Ord. No. 07-09-24, § 1, 9-18-2007; Ord. No. 15-12-23, § 2, 12-1-2015; Ord. No. 16-02-04, § 2, 2-2-2016; Ord. No. 18-12-45, § 2, 12-18-2018)