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A Study Session On An Ordinance Amending Chapter 12 ("Housing"), Article 2 ("Residential Rental License") And Amending Chapter 12 ("Housing"), Article 6 ("Residential Tenant And Landlord Ordinance"), Section 4 ("Rental Agreements") And Amending Chapter 12 ("Housing"), Article 6 ("Residential Tenant And Landlord Ordinance"), Section 11 ("Security Deposits") And Amending Chapter 13 ("Human Rights"), Article 5 ("Unlawful Management Practices"), Section 1 ("Unlawful Management Practices; Regulations")
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Introduction
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To further implement recommendations from the 2024 HOPE Fair Housing Study, staff have developed the attached draft ordinance. It would amend the Village's existing requirements for rental licensing by requiring a local property manager or agent, changing the manner in which the annual property owner management seminars are conducted, adding a section for the suspension and revocation of a rental license, and adding a section for the responsibilities of the property owners.
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Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the Board provide feedback on the recommended ordinance changes.
Prior Board Action
The Board has taken the following prior action(s):
* RES 25-125: A Resolution to Approve an Agreement with Hope Fair Housing for Fair Housing Testing and Education
* ID 24-447: A Presentation and Discussion of the Village's Fair Housing Testing Project
* ORD 22-45: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 12 ("Housing"), Article 2 ("Residential Rental License"), Section 12-2-12 ("Crime Free Housing") and Chapter 16 ("Nuisances") Article 3 ("Criminal Nuisance Abatement"), Section 16-3-6 ("Abatement - Administrative Hearing; Relief; Fines") and Section 16-3-7 ("Alternative Enforcement") of the Oak Park Village Code on June 6, 2022, the Village Board amended the regulation to the residential rental licenses by repealing the Crime-Free Housing Program section.
* ORD 16-095: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 12 ("Housin...
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