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TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2 CITY GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
TITLE 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
TITLE 4 BUSINESSES, OCCUPATIONS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
CHAPTER 4-4 GENERAL LICENSING PROVISIONS*
CHAPTER 4-5 LICENSE FEES FOR TITLE 4 LICENSES
CHAPTER 4-6 REGULATED BUSINESS LICENSE
CHAPTER 4-8 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS*
CHAPTER 4-9 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-11 MAXWELL STREET MARKET
CHAPTER 4-12 FARMERS MARKETS*
CHAPTER 4-13 SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTAL INTERMEDIARIES AND ADVERTISING PLATFORMS
CHAPTER 4-14 SHARED HOUSING UNITS
CHAPTER 4-16 SHARED HOUSING UNIT OPERATOR
CHAPTER 4-17 RESTRICTED RESIDENTIAL ZONES
CHAPTER 4-24 LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES*
CHAPTER 4-28 DRAIN LAYERS
CHAPTER 4-32 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-36 LICENSING OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS
CHAPTER 4-40 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-44 INCOME TAX PREPARERS*
CHAPTER 4-48 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-52 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-58 RESTRICTIONS ON BYOB
CHAPTER 4-60 LIQUOR DEALERS
CHAPTER 4-64 TOBACCO DEALERS*
CHAPTER 4-68 AMBULANCES*
CHAPTER 4-72 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-75 CHILDREN'S SERVICES FACILITY
CHAPTER 4-76 CHILD CARE INSTITUTION*
CHAPTER 4-80 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-83 HELIPORTS
CHAPTER 4-84 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-88 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-92 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-93 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-96 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-97 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-100 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-108 FILLING STATIONS
CHAPTER 4-115 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-128 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-144 WEAPONS DEALERS
CHAPTER 4-149 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-151 SHOOTING RANGE FACILITY LICENSE
CHAPTER 4-152 WHOLESALE DRUG, CHEMICAL OR PAINT STORES*
CHAPTER 4-156 AMUSEMENTS
CHAPTER 4-160 SPORTS PLAZAS*
CHAPTER 4-164 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-165 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-168 BICYCLE MESSENGER SERVICES
CHAPTER 4-180 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-184 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-188 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-196 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-204 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-207 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-208 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-209 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-210 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-212 POP-UP RETAIL USERS*
CHAPTER 4-216 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-220 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-224 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 4-226 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-227 TOWING
CHAPTER 4-228 MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
CHAPTER 4-229 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-232 MOTOR VEHICLE STORAGE AND SALES
CHAPTER 4-233 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-236 PARKING LOT AND GARAGE OPERATIONS TAX
CHAPTER 4-240 PAWNBROKERS
CHAPTER 4-244 STREET PEDDLERS AND STREET PERFORMERS*
CHAPTER 4-250 COMMERCIAL PASSENGER VESSELS
CHAPTER 4-252 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-253 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-256 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-260 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-264 SECONDHAND DEALERS
CHAPTER 4-266 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL REPAIRERS*
CHAPTER 4-268 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-276 REGULATION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
CHAPTER 4-280 CABLE COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER 4-284 CABLE ETHICS
CHAPTER 4-288 CRANE OPERATORS
CHAPTER 4-290 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
CHAPTER 4-292 SUPERVISING ELECTRICIANS
CHAPTER 4-296 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-298 ELEVATOR MECHANIC CONTRACTORS
CHAPTER 4-304 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-305 REMOTE SERVICE TERMINALS
CHAPTER 4-308 FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
CHAPTER 4-312 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-324 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-328 NEWS MEDIA CREDENTIALS
CHAPTER 4-332 PLUMBERS
CHAPTER 4-336 PLUMBING CONTRACTORS
CHAPTER 4-340 SPECIAL POLICEMEN AND SECURITY GUARDS
CHAPTER 4-344 STATIONARY ENGINEERS*
CHAPTER 4-348 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-352 TELEGRAPH SERVICES
CHAPTER 4-360 VENDOR LICENSING AND REGULATION AT NAVY PIER
CHAPTER 4-364 WAREHOUSES*
CHAPTER 4-368 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-372 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-376 MASON CONTRACTORS*
CHAPTER 4-380 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-384 ANIMAL CARE
CHAPTER 4-388 ROOFTOPS IN WRIGLEY FIELD ADJACENT AREA
CHAPTER 4-392 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 4-400 RESERVED*
TITLE 5 HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TITLE 6 HUMAN RIGHTS*
TITLE 7 HEALTH AND SAFETY
TITLE 8 OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
TITLE 9 VEHICLES, TRAFFIC AND RAIL TRANSPORTATION
TITLE 10 STREETS, PUBLIC WAYS, PARKS, AIRPORTS AND HARBORS
TITLE 11 UTILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
TITLE 12 RESERVED
TITLE 13 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE 14 RESERVED*
TITLE 14A ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE CHICAGO CONSTRUCTION CODES*
TITLE 14B BUILDING CODE*
TITLE 14C CONVEYANCE DEVICE CODE*
TITLE 14E ELECTRICAL CODE*
TITLE 14F FIRE PREVENTION CODE*
TITLE 14G FUEL GAS CODE*
TITLE 14M MECHANICAL CODE*
TITLE 14N 2022 ENERGY TRANSFORMATION CODE*
TITLE 14P PLUMBING CODE*
TITLE 14R BUILDING REHABILITATION CODE*
TITLE 14X MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS*
TITLE 15 FIRE PREVENTION
TITLE 16 LAND USE
TITLE 17 CHICAGO ZONING ORDINANCE
TITLE 18 BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE
APPENDIX TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO (RESERVED)*
TABLES
Chicago Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Ordinance
CHAPTER 4-14
SHARED HOUSING UNITS
4-14-010   Definitions.
4-14-020   Shared housing unit registration – Registration fee – Required.
4-14-030   Failure to meet eligibility requirements for registration – Legal effect – Processes.
4-14-040   Legal duties.
4-14-050   Unlawful acts.
4-14-060   Rental requirements and restrictions.
4-14-070   Rules.
4-14-080   Registration – Suspension or revocation.
4-14-090   Violation – Penalties – Injunctive relief.
4-14-100   Shared housing units – Commissioner's adjustments – When authorized.
4-14-105   Limit calculation.
4-14-010 Definitions.
   As used in this chapter:
   "Bed-and-breakfast establishment" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4-6-290.
   "Board of directors" means the board of directors of a cooperative building.
   "Building containing five or more dwelling units" includes, but is not limited to, a row house consisting of five or more connected individual dwelling units.
   "Building containing two to four dwelling units" includes, but is not limited to, a duplex or row house consisting of two to four connected individual dwelling units.
   "Coach house" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 17-17-0234.6.
   "Commissioner" means the commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection or the commissioner's designee.
   "Conversion unit" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 17-17-0240.6.
   "Corporate housing" means a dwelling unit owned or leased by a business entity that is available for rent or for hire for transient occupancy solely by the business entity's officers, employees, family members of the officers or employees, consultants, vendors or contractors.
   "Department" means the department of business affairs and consumer protection.
   "Egregious condition" means: (1) drug trafficking; (2) prostitution; (3) gang-related activity; (4) violent acts involving the discharge of a firearm, or the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any person; (5) exceeding the design load; (6) overcrowding; (7) the use of a shared housing unit by a guest for commercial purposes, including but not limited to inviting persons to the unit under circumstances where the invitee is required, either directly or indirectly, to pay an admission fee, entrance fee or other compensation, consideration or revenue to gain entry to the unit; or (8) using or allowing the use of a shared housing unit for a party, amusement, event or other gathering in excess of the maximum occupancy limitation set forth in Section 4-14-050(b).
   "Exceeding the design load" means placing loads, including natural persons, on structural elements or components of buildings, including but not limited to porches, balconies and roof decks, in excess of the design load allowed under the building code.
   "Excessive loud noise" means: (1) any sound generated between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. from within the shared housing unit or on any private open space having a nexus to the shared housing unit that is louder than average conversational level at a distance of 100 feet or more, measured vertically or horizontally from the property line of the shared housing unit or private open space, as applicable; or (2) any sound generated on the public way immediately adjacent to the shared housing unit, measured vertically or horizontally from its source, by any person having a nexus to the shared housing unit in violation of Section 8-32-070(a); or (3) any sound generated between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. that causes a vibration, whether recurrent, intermittent or constant, that is felt or experienced on or in any neighboring property, other than a vibration: (i) caused by a warning device necessary for the protection of the public health, safety or welfare; or (ii) caused in connection with the performance of emergency work within the shared housing unit by the shared housing host or such host's agent; or (iii) subject to an exception or exclusion under Section 8-32-170.
   "Family member(s)" means a person's: (a) mother, father, spouse, brother or sister (including blood, step or half), father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, brother- in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents or grandchildren; (b) court-appointed legal guardian or person for whom a person is a court-appointed legal guardian; or (c) domestic partner or the domestic partner's mother, father, brother or sister (including blood, step or half), or son or daughter (including blood, step or half).
   "Guest" means a person who rents a shared housing unit for transient occupancy. The term "guest" does not include members of the owner's or tenant's household, as that term is defined in Section 17-17-0270.
   "Guest suite" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4-6-300(a).
   "Homeowners association" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4-6-300(a).
   "Hotel" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4-6-180.
   "Illegal activity" means any criminal conduct, of whatever degree, in violation of federal, State or local law.
   "Local contact person" means a person authorized as an agent of the shared housing host who: (1) is designated for service of process; (2) is authorized by the shared housing host to take remedial action and to respond to any violation of this Code; and (3) maintains a residence or office located in the city.
   "Objectionable condition(s)" means any disturbance of the peace, public drunkenness, drinking in public, harassment of passersby, loitering, public urination, unlawful garbage or waste disposal, illegal gambling, lewd conduct or excessive loud noise.
   "Overcrowding" means exceeding the maximum occupancy limitation in violation of Section 4-14-050(b).
   "Permanent Occupancy" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4-6-290.
   "Platform" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4-13-100.
   "Primary residence" means the dwelling unit where a person lives on a daily basis at least 245 days in the applicable calendar year. The failure of a person to claim a Cook County homeowner exemption for a dwelling unit shall create a rebuttable presumption that such dwelling unit is not the person's primary residence.
   "Rental agreement" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5-12-030.
   "Restricted residential zone" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4-17-010.
   "Shared housing host" means an owner or tenant of a shared housing unit, or a manager acting on behalf of an owner or tenant, who directly or indirectly rents such unit to guests.
   "Shared housing unit" means a dwelling unit containing 6 or fewer sleeping rooms that is rented, or any portion therein is rented, for transient occupancy by guests. The term "shared housing unit" does not include: (1) single-room occupancy buildings; (2) hotels; (3) corporate housing; (4) bed-and-breakfast establishments; (5) guest suites; (6) vacation rentals; (7) conversion units; or (8) coach houses lawfully established after May 1, 2021.
   "Short term residential rental intermediary" or "intermediary" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4-13-100.
   "Single family home" means a building that: (i) contains one dwelling unit only; and (ii) is not attached to any other dwelling unit.
   "Single-room occupancy building" has the meaning ascribed to the term "single-room occupancy" in Section 17-17-02163.
   "Tenant" means a person who has a rental agreement for a dwelling unit in which the rental payments are paid on a monthly basis for permanent occupancy of the dwelling unit.
   "Transient occupancy" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4-6-290.
   "Vacation rental" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4-6-300.
(Added Coun. J. 6-22-16, p. 27712, § 9; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. II, § 26; Amend Coun. J. 5-20-20, p. 17016, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 9-9-20, p. 20269, § 24; Amend Coun. J. 12-16-20, p. 26066, § 8; Amend Coun. J. 5-25-22, p. 48413, § 4)
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