No business license to engage in vacation rental shall be issued to:
(A) Any applicant, if the applicant or any other person with an ownership interest in the property on which the vacation rental is located, including co-owners, partners, members, managers, or officers of any owning partnership, limited liability company or corporation, has ever been convicted in any jurisdiction of any felony that is rationally related to the individual’s fitness or capacity to operate a vacation rental;
(B) Any applicant whose license to operate a vacation rental or similar establishment at any location within or outside the village has been revoked for cause within the last three years;
(C) Any applicant, where the applicant or any other person with an ownership interest in the property on which the vacation rental is located, including co-owners, partners, members, managers, or officers of any owning partnership, limited liability company or corporation, is in default to the village regarding the payment of water and sewer charges, special taxes or assessments, parking and other village violation citations or judgments, motor vehicle taxes, or any other taxes or fees that are due and unpaid by that person to the village, or where there are delinquent property taxes owed to Will or Cook Counties on the property on which the vacation rental is located, or any other property owned within the village by the applicant or co-owners, partners, members, managers, or officers of any owning partnership, limited liability company or corporation.;
(D) Any applicant who intends to operate a vacation rental on a property that has not been issued a special use in the Historic H-1 Zoning District following a public hearing, consistent with the requirements of the village’s zoning ordinance.
(Ord. 3315, passed 9-20-21)