September 15 marks “heating season” for landlords who are responsible to provide heat for their tenants. A number of municipalities have heating ordinances. Here is a small survey:
Skokie
Update on Skokie multi family licensing ordinance
As I noted a few weeks ago, the Village of Skokie is proposing a new registration law related to multi family rentals. At their September 4, 2012 meeting, the Skokie village board made amendments to the proposed ordinance for multi-family licensing and tabled the matter until the October 15, 2012 meeting. This Skokie Review news … Read more
Skokie considers rental registration law for multi-family buildings
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As of today (August 30, 2012), other than a “crime free lease” law, the Village of Skokie does not have many specific landlord tenant ordinances. That could change by next week. On September 4, 2012, the Village Board will vote on a proposed ordinance to require licenses for multi-unit rental buildings. Two public hearings have already been held regarding the proposed law and although the law has had its share of critics, the Village Pubic Safety Commission has endorsed the ordinance.
The Village indicates that “Licensing of multi-unit buildings is quite common in the Chicago metropolitan area.” Well, isn’t that swell? My mother always used to tewll me that two wrongs don’t make a right. I suspect that if all of Skokie’s friends jumped off of a cliff, Skokie would too.