A. Compliance with regulations. Each tenant of a residential dwelling rental unit is responsible for abiding by all applicable statutes, ordinances, and regulations and respecting the character of the neighborhood in which the unit is located.
B. Egregious and objectionable conduct. In addition to all other acts prohibited under this article or other applicable law, each tenant of a residential dwelling rental unit is prohibited from engaging in or allowing others on the premises to engage in:
1. Egregious conduct, which for the purposes of this article includes:
a. Drug trafficking.
b. Prostitution, solicitation of prostitution, or human trafficking.
c. Gang-related activity.
d. Discharging a firearm.
e. Violent acts involving the death of, serious bodily injury to, or sexual assault of any person.
f. Child abuse or endangerment.
g. Violations of requirements for registered sex offenders.
h. Holding the unit out to members of the general public as the location of a party or other event.
i. Inviting persons to the unit under circumstances requiring the payment of an admission fee or other compensation, consideration, or revenue to gain entry.
j. Use of the residential dwelling rental unit for any other commercial purposes.
2. Objectionable conduct, which for the purposes of this article includes:
a. Disturbance of the peace.
b. Drunken behavior visible or audible from neighboring properties or dwelling units or to the public.
c. Lewd conduct.
d. Public urination.
e. Excessive loud noise.
f. Exceeding design loads, by placing loads on structural elements or components of buildings, including but not limited to porches, balconies, and roof decks, in excess of the minimum design loads required by the Village's adopted building code.
g. Violation of any applicable life safety codes, including but not limited to the fire code as adopted by the Village.
C. Notice to Tenants. The license holder for a residential dwelling rental unit must provide notice, in a form and by means prescribed by the Building and Zoning Department, to all residential dwelling rental unit tenants advising of:
1. Each tenant's responsibilities under this section.
2. The remedies available to the Village to address violations, including the imposition of individual fines in an amount up to $1000 for each violation.
D. Supervision of tenants. A Residential Dwelling Rental Unit License holder must not allow residential dwelling rental unit tenants to violate any of the provisions of this section or to otherwise create a public nuisance or disobey applicable statutes, ordinances, and regulations. A license holder must immediately notify and cooperate with the Village's police department if the license holder knows or suspects that a residential dwelling rental unit or the premises of the unit is the location of:
1. Any egregious conduct prohibited under subsection (b) of this section.
2. Any other type of criminal activity.
3. Any public nuisance. (Ord. 2020-36, 12-14-2020)