(A) An owner, or owners property agent of any rental residential property, may conduct or have conducted by a reputable agency, which does not include the village police department, a criminal history/ background investigation of a prospective tenant, lessee, sublessee or occupant of age 18 or over, and the results of such criminal history/background investigation may be used, along with other appropriate and lawful factors, as a basis for making a decision by the owner or owner's property agent to engage in or renew a lease, sublease or occupancy agreement.
(B) An owner, or owner's property agent, of any residential property within the village shall comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations as such laws and regulations may exist from time to time with regard to the prohibition of discrimination in the leasing, or offering to lease, rental residential property.
(C) No additional obligations with regard to the making of any distinction, discrimination or restriction in the price, terms, conditions or privileges of any lease, sublease or occupancy agreement, including the decision to engage in or renew any lease, sublease or occupancy agreement, imposed by Ordinance Number 19-2394 adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners on April 25, 2019 shall apply to an owner, or owner's property agent, of any rental residential property within the village. This section, as hereby amended, is declared to conflict with Ordinance Number 19-2394 adopted by the Cook County, Board of Commissioners.
(Ord. 2020-O-029, passed 6-9-20; Am. Ord. 2024-O-004, passed 1-16-24)