Title
Crime Free/Rental Housing Code - Approval
History
Timeline and Public Input Process
On December 15th, the Village Board of Trustees continued this agenda item to the January 19, 2009 meeting. Since this time, staff has continued to meet with interested parties to further discuss and refine the proposed crime free rental housing code.
On November 24th, the Development Services committee recommended approval of the proposed crime free rental housing code. At the October and November meetings, the Committee allowed public input and discussion regarding the proposed regulations. At the October Development Services committee meeting, this item was deferred to allow staff to review requested changes to the proposed ordinance from a lobbyist for the Illinois Association of Realtors. A comparison of his request and the Village’s response is also attached for the Village Board’s review. All acceptable changes have been incorporated into the proposed and attached Crime Free Rental Housing code.
In January of 2008, the Development Services committee first reviewed the proposed crime-free rental housing code (Title 5, Chapter 8). The proposed code was also forwarded to the Police committee for comment. On September 10th, an informational public meeting was also held, with over 100 people in attendance. In addition to these meetings, staff has also met with a representative from the Illinois Association of Realtors (as noted above) to discuss the proposed program. As a result of this public input, a number of changes have been incorporated into the code, including but not limited to:
· Tri-annual inspections instead of annual.
· Reduction in the registration fee from $50 to $25.
· An initial fee waiver for registration, if the rental housing owner registers within 60 days from the effective date.
· Reduction in inspection fees for multi-unit buildings.
· Waiver given for class attendance to landlords who can provide verification they attended crime-free s...
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