For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates and requires a different meaning. Words or phrases as used in this chapter and not herein defined shall be defined as provided by the Building or Zoning ordinances of the City of LaSalle.
CODE OFFICIAL. The building inspector or designee.
DEPARTMENT. The Building Department of the City of LaSalle.
DWELLING. A building, or portion thereof, used exclusively for human habitation.
DWELLING UNIT. One or more rooms containing individualized cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities, which is designed, occupied or intended for use by one household.
HOTEL. A structure kept, use or maintained as or advertised or held out to the public to be an inn, motel, hotel, apartment, home, lodging house, dormitory or place where sleeping, rooming, office, conference or exhibition accommodations are furnished for lease or rent, whether with or without meals. For avoidance of doubt, transient occupancy rental units are HOTELS under this definition.
HOTEL, MOTEL, BED AND BREAKFAST INN, ROOMING HOUSE and ROOMING UNIT. All are included within the definitions herein of HOTEL and TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY RENTAL UNIT.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY RENTAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. A rental residential property with 2 or more dwelling units.
OCCUPANT. A resident of rental residential property other than a tenant who occupies the rental
residential property pursuant to the lease of the tenant with the owner.
OWNER.
(1) The record title holder of the premises as indicated by the LaSalle County Recorder of Deeds, whether the same be individual and/or individuals, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trustee and/or other legal entity specifically indicated of record with the LaSalle County Recorder of Deeds;
(2) Any owner of the entirety of and/or a portion of the beneficial interest in any Illinois Land Trust provided that any such owner of beneficial interest of the land trust provides the City of LaSalle with appropriate written evidence of the trust agreement and/or an amendment thereto that indicates the individual and/or entity is the owner of the beneficial interest in the land trust prior to October 1 of each respective year; and/or
(3) A contract purchaser of real estate provided that a copy of the contract and/or a memorandum of the agreement disclosing the name of the contract purchaser and/or purchasers is filed with the Recorder of Deeds of LaSalle County prior to October 1 of the respective year concerning which the rental license application is due, which rental license fiscal years run from October 1 of each respective year until September 30 of the following year.
PROPERTY AGENT. A person, operator, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity designated in writing by the property owner to the code official to manage a rental residential property including the authority to receive notices or citations.
RENTAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. Dwellings, dwelling units, rooming houses and rooming units let or intended to be let for rent or lease.
SINGLE-FAMILY RENTAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. Rental residential property with one dwelling unit.
TENANT. An adult lessee and/or adult occupant who is a resident of rental residential property other than a lessee who occupies the rental residential property pursuant to the lease of the lessee with the owner.
TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY RENTAL UNIT. A dwelling unit or habitable unit that is offered, in whole or in part, for rent, lease or hire that is rented, leased or hired for which a lessor receives consideration from a person for a period of 30 days or less and that person has the right to use, occupy or possess all or part of the dwelling unit or habitable unit for said period.
(Ord. 2206, passed 1-11-2010; Am. Ord. 2332, passed 3-13-2012; Am. Ord. 2518, passed 10-21-2014; Am. Ord. 2801, passed 2-4-2019)