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Belvidere City Council adopts amended inspection ordinance after privacy concerns from Realtors
Summary
After public comment urging clearer Fourth Amendment protections, the Belvidere City Council amended and adopted Ordinance 754H to formalize inspections of nonresidential and multifamily structures while limiting inspections of multifamily units to common areas and shared mechanical or utility spaces; the ordinance passed on a recorded vote.
Belvidere City Council on April 20 adopted an amended ordinance (No. 754H) creating a formal inspection process for nonresidential and multifamily structures while explicitly limiting inspections of multifamily residences to common areas and mechanical or utility spaces not devoted solely to an individual tenant.
The ordinance came up for second reading after Neely Erickson, government affairs director for the Northwest Illinois Alliance of Realtors, urged the council during public comment to insert clear Fourth Amendment language and more explicit notice, timeline and appeal procedures. "Tenants and property owners should not have to search through a lengthy code book to understand their rights," Erickson said, asking the council to hold…
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