(A) All leases or rental agreements for single-family and multiple-family rental residential premises shall be in writing and shall contain the city crime free lease addendum or have a clause or provision in the lease which includes the language of the crime free lease addendum. The Crime Free Rental Residential Housing Program Coordinator shall provide, at no cost to the lessor, or to the lessor's manager or agent, a copy of the crime free lease addendum. The crime free lease addendum shall also be available on the city's website. For purposes of this section, a crime free lease addendum or similar lease provision is a provision which makes it a material violation of a lease for a lessee, an occupant of the premises, a guest of the lessee or for any other party residing or present on the premises of a rental residential property with the permission or consent of the owner or person in control of the property to engage in, facilitate or conspire to commit or commit any criminal activity or offense detailed in § 125.07 while on the leased premises or any common area of the leased premises. The crime free lease addendum shall provide that commission of any offenses set forth in § 125.07 shall be a material breach of the terms and covenants of the lease and shall further provide the lessor or lessor's agent with authority to evict the lessee in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Forcible Entry and Detainer Act, ILCS Ch. 735, Act 5, §§ 9-101 et seq., if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence by a court of competent jurisdiction, that a violation of the crime free lease addendum has occurred.
(B) Victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, dating violence or stalking shall not be named defendants or evicted due to violations of the crime free lease addendum.
(Ord. 18-32, passed 9-11-18)