For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADDRESS. A street number and apartment or unit number, if any, but not a post office box number or such other box number.
AGENT. An agent may be either:
(1) MANAGING AGENT. A person or employee of a licensee hired to oversee or supervise the day-to-day operations of the licensed multiple family building or single-family rental dwelling, provided such person or employee is over the age of 21 years and has designated an office located within ten miles of the licensed multiple family building or a single-family rental dwelling for the purposes of accepting notice and service of process in connection with the administration and enforcement of this chapter; or
(2) DESIGNATED AGENT. A person authorized by the owner of the licensed multiple family building or single-family rental dwelling to accept notice and service of process in connection with the administration and enforcement of this subchapter.
BASEMENT. A portion of a building located partly under ground, but having less than half its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of adjoining ground.
BUILDING. Any structure designed or intended for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, chattels, or property.
BUILDING CODE. All ordinances of the Village affecting the construction of buildings and other structures, including but not limited to the regulations contained in Chapter 150 of this code.
BUILDING OFFICIAL. The Building Official of the Department of Community Development of the Village and his duly authorized agents.
CELLAR. A portion of a building located partly or wholly underground, and having half or more than half its clear floor- to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
CODE. The New Millenium Code of the Village of Schiller Park, as same may be amended from time to time, including those national and model codes adopted by reference in said Code.
COMMON AREAS (INTERIOR). Any portion or part thereof of a multiple family building having communal areas (laundry, furnace, storage rooms, hallways, stairways, meeting rooms, lobbies, utility rooms, recreation rooms) and all other areas located within a multiple family building, outside of a dwelling unit. Interior common areas shall also include stoops, entrance doors, roofs, attics, balconies, lighting fixtures, signage, railings, patios,
storage areas, garages, exterior building surfaces, gutters and downspouts and any other areas of a multiple family dwelling unit or multiple family building to which the owner is directly responsible for the proper maintenance thereof.
COMMON AREAS (EXTERIOR). The private roads and streets and private sidewalks adjacent thereto, landscaping, detention ponds, utility facilities, trash enclosures, playground equipment, swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball courts, or any other recreational facilities, trail areas, parking areas, private drives, detached garages, lighting fixtures, signage, mail boxes, street benches, entrance monuments, perimeter fencing and such other improvements or structures from time to time or at any time located or constructed on a common area.
COMPTROLLER/VILLAGE MANAGER. The Comptroller/Village Manager of the Village or his designated representatives. Designated representatives for the administration and enforcement of this chapter include the Finance Director, the Building Official, Community Development Director, the Chief of the Fire Department, and their representatives, all of the Village.
CONDOMINIUM. Any dwelling unit under individual ownership in a multi-unit structure as provided in the Condominium Property Act of the Compiled Statutes of the State of Illinois.
CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION. Any organization or association which governs the operation of common areas or services for two or more condominiums.
CRIME FREE HOUSING COORDINATOR. A member of the Schiller Park Police Department, designated by the Director of Police to oversee the Crime Free Housing Program.
CRIME FREE HOUSING PROGRAM SEMINAR. A crime free housing seminar conducted and presented by the Crime Free Housing Coordinator. Such seminars shall be offered when deemed necessary by the Village.
DORMITORY. A room or group of rooms in any dwelling used for living and sleeping purposes by four or more persons.
DWELLING. Any building which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
DWELLING UNIT. One or more rooms in a residential structure which are arranged, designed, used, or intended to be used by one family for living or sleeping purposes and which include complete kitchen and sanitary facilities permanently installed.
EXTERMINATION. The control and elimination of insects, rodents, or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, or trapping; or by any other recognized legal pest elimination methods approved by the Building Official.
FAMILY.
(1) Any number of persons each related to each of the others by blood, marriage, or adoption, living and maintaining a common household in a dwelling unit; not more than three persons who are not related to each of the others by blood, marriage, or adoption, living and maintaining a common household in a dwelling unit other than a detached single-family dwelling; or not more than five persons who are not each related to each of the others by blood, marriage, or adoption, living and maintaining a common household in a detached single-family dwelling owned by one or more of the occupants. For the purpose of this definition, “maintaining a common household” shall mean the joint occupancy and use of the entire dwelling unit and the facilities therein, with the exception of bedrooms, by all of the residents.
(2) Any R-3 or R-4 Multiple family Residence District shall be limited to the following family classifications with the exceptions of convents, monasteries, rectories, and parish houses:
(a) One or more persons, each related to the other by blood, marriage, or adoption and living together in a single dwelling unit and maintaining a common household, including domestic servants and not more than one gratuitous guest; and,
(b) Not more than three unrelated persons living together in a single dwelling unit and maintaining a common household.
FIRE PREVENTION CODE. All ordinances of the Village pertinent to fire prevention, including but not limited to Chapter 92 of this code.
FOOT CANDLE. The quantity of light reaching a surface. It is equal to the number of lumens divided by the square footage of the surface the lumens are covering, that is, one lumen covering one square foot equals one foot candle.
GARBAGE. The word garbage shall mean any rejected or waste household food, offal, swill, or carrion and every accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter that attends the preparation, use, cooking, and dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruits, or vegetables and any other matters of any nature, which are subject to decay, putrefaction, and the generation of noxious or offensive gases or odor, or which during or after decay may serve as breeding or feeding material for flies or other insects.
HABITABLE ROOM. A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers, corridors, closets, storage spaces, or stairways.
INFESTATION. The presence within or around a dwelling of any insects, rodents, or other pests.
LUMEN. The quantity of light emitted by a light source.
MANAGING AGENT. A person or firm, acting for another, with authority to rent and manage a multiple family building and its individual units or a single- family rental dwelling.
MULTIPLE FAMILY BUILDING. For the purpose of this chapter, residential buildings under one ownership, designed and built to contain a group of two or more individual dwelling units, in which units may touch by virtue of common or party walls and floors and ceilings, and which is located within the corporate limits of the Village.
MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT. A unit within which a family resides which permits such family to live independently of any other family within a multiple family building.
OCCUPANT. Any person 12 years of age or older, living, sleeping, cooking, or eating in, or having actual possession of, a dwelling unit or rooming unit, provided, however, that any child over one year and under 12 years of age shall be considered as one-half person for the purposes of this chapter.
OPERATOR. Any person who has charge, care, control, or management of a single-family rental dwelling, multiple family dwelling unit or multiple family building, or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let, rented, offered for rent, loaned, or hired out by any person to any other person.
OWNER. Any person who alone, jointly or severally with others has legal title to any single-family rental dwelling, multiple family building, or multiple family dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or who has
charge, care, or control of any single-family rental dwelling, multiple family building or multiple family dwelling unit, as owner, or other person; or is an executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of the estate of the owner; is a mortgagee in possession, or is a senior officer or a trustee of the association of multiple family building owners.
PERSON. Any natural person, partnership, firm, trust, corporation or association. Whenever used with respect to service of notice and/or process or to any penalty, the term PERSON as applied to partnerships or associations shall mean the partners or members thereof; and as applied to trusts or corporations, shall mean the trustees or officers thereof.
PLUMBING. All of the following supplied facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gas- burning equipment, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dish washers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower bath, installed clothes-washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents, and any similar fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewers or gas lines.
ROOMING HOUSE. Any dwelling or that part of any dwelling containing one or more rooming units, in which space is let for compensation by the owner or occupant or operator to two or more persons.
ROOMING UNIT. Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping but not cooking purposes.
RUBBISH. All combustible and non-combustible waste materials except garbage.
SINGLE-FAMILY RENTAL DWELLING. For the purposes of this chapter, single-family rental dwelling is a free- standing residential building containing one dwelling unit, a condominium, a duplex or a townhouse, or any portion thereof, which is not owner- occupied and is being rented, offered for rent, loaned, let or hired out by any person to any other person, for compensation or without compensation, for any period of time, including a dwelling unit being sold on contract, regardless of whether or not that contract has been recorded.
SUPPLIED. Paid for, furnished, or provided by or under the control of the owner- operator.
TOWNHOUSE. Any dwelling joined to another dwelling or dwellings at one or two sides by a party wall or walls and designed exclusively for the use or occupancy by one family of the internal space from lowest basement or floor level to roof.
TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION. Any organization or association which governs the operation of common areas of two or more townhouses.
VILLAGE. Village of Schiller Park, an Illinois home rule unit and municipal corporation.
(Ord. 94-1890, passed 10-11-94; Am. Ord. 95-1909, passed 1-28-95; Am. Ord. 99-2148, passed 1-12-99; Am. Ord. 11-2814, passed 1-25-11; Am. Ord. 11-2848, passed 11-22- 11; Am. Ord. 16-3084, passed 12-15-16; Am. Ord. 18-4110, passed 12-20-18)