For the purpose of this section 6-2-7 the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned to them:
CODE OFFICIAL: Director of community development, building inspector, code enforcement officer, code enforcement inspector, fire marshal, electrical inspector, plumbing inspector, any employees of a third party entity with which the village has a contract for code enforcement services, or such other persons designated by the village president or the director of community development.
DWELLING: A building or portion thereof, including hotels or motels, containing as principal uses one or more dwelling units, but excluding house trailers, and recreational vehicles.
DWELLING UNIT: Any room or suite of rooms with facilities for regular cooking, and occupied by a person or a family.
FAMILY: A group of persons, not necessarily related by blood or marriage, living together as a single housekeeping unit.
HABITABLE BUILDING: Any structure or part thereof that shall be used as a home or place of abode by one or more persons.
HABITABLE ROOM: Every room in any building in which persons sleep, eat or carry on their usual domestic or social vocations or avocations, but shall not include private laundries, bathrooms, toilet rooms, pantries, storerooms, corridors, room for mechanical equipment for service in the building or other similar spaces not used by persons frequently or during extended periods.
LEASE OR RENT: To permit possession and occupancy of a dwelling for consideration. The occupant(s) shall be defined as "lessee(s)" or "tenant(s)". The housing unit leased or rented shall be defined as a "rental dwelling".
OWNER: Any person, firm or corporation who alone, jointly or severally with others, shall own or have charge, care or control of, any dwelling unit within the village as owner, employee or agent of the owner, or as trustee or guardian of the estate or person of the titleholder; and all such other persons shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this section 6-2-7 to the same extent as the owner.
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LAWS, ORDINANCES, AND REGULATIONS: The most current edition of the international property maintenance code as adopted by reference by the village board, along with such other codes and ordinances adopted by the village, including, but not limited to, building, electrical and plumbing regulations and life safety regulations such as smoke and fire detector regulations.
PROVIDED: Furnished, paid for or under the control of the owners.
PUBLIC HALL: A hall, corridor or passageway not within the exclusive control of one family.
RENTED PREMISES: All premises which are actually rented under verbal or written lease to one or more tenants, and also to the use of premises by one or more persons other than the owner or owners thereof, who may be permitted by such owner to occupy such premises rent free or without consideration being paid to the owner or owners for such use.
SHORT TERM HOUSING RENTAL: One or more dwelling units, including either a single- family detached or multiple-family attached unit, rented for the purpose of overnight lodging for a period of not less than two (2) days but not more than thirty (30) days other than ongoing month to month tenancy granted to the same renter for the same unit. Occupancy is limited to a maximum of two (2) persons per bedroom, plus one person, unless further restricted by the occupancy limitations outlined in section 404 of the 2009 international property maintenance code as adopted and amended by the village of Fox Lake. A special use for such use may be granted to the owner of property and any dwelling unit which is rented or leased for a period of thirty (30) days or more to individuals or families who then for a rental fee or other consideration allow others to occupy the dwelling for periods of less than thirty (30) days shall be considered a short term housing rental unit and will require a special use for such use. Motels, hotels, and bed and breakfasts are excluded from this definition. Biannual inspections for the premises shall be required, and the holder of the special use shall comply with all rules and regulations established by the corporate authorities.
SHORT-TERM HOUSING RENTAL LICENSE: An annual license that an owner must obtain from the Village of Fox Lake, Illinois for each of an owner’s short-term housing rental properties. It is a violation of this chapter to offer any short-term housing rental property or any other residential property in the municipal limits of the Village of Fox Lake, Illinois, for short-term housing rental without first obtaining a short-term housing rental license from the Village of Fox Lake, Illinois for any such property. For purposes of this Section, an “Owner” means any individual, firm, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, cooperative non-profit membership, corporation, joint venture, association, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, holding company, or other group or combination acting as a unit, in the singular or plural, who or which owns one or more short-term housing rental properties. (Ord. 2016-07, 2-9-2016; amd. Ord. 2016-19, 5-24-2016; Ord. 2023-03, 2-14-2023)