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Romeoville proposes changes to rental-inspection rules, defines guests and shifts inspections for large complexes
Summary
The board moved to combine Ordinances 25-2031 and 25-2032 to clarify 'overnight guest' and 'guest' definitions and to move some inspections at larger professionally managed apartment complexes to a three-year schedule rather than on each lease change.
The Village of Romeoville introduced two ordinances (25-2031 and 25-2032) to amend rental-property inspection and licensing rules, clarifying occupancy definitions and changing inspection frequency for larger apartment complexes.
Presenting the ordinances, Vogel asked the board to combine the two related measures and explained the definitional changes: an "overnight guest" is proposed to mean someone present for 12 consecutive hours but not more than 14 days, while a "guest" would be someone continuously present but not exceeding 30 days. Vogel said exceeding the guest-time limit would reclassify a person as a tenant and could trigger inspection and enforcement actions for tenants who did not appear on the rental-inspection records.
Vogel also described a scheduling change for inspections in larger, professionally managed apartment complexes (he cited Monarch Grove and Village Place as examples) so that inspections will be done on a three-year cycle rather than every time there is a lease occupancy change. He said the intent is to reduce administrative burden on property staff and stretch inspection resources of the village's inspectional staff.
The ordinances were included in the bundled new-business motion the board approved by roll call. Any final adoption will follow the standard ordinance process and the board noted review by village manager and village attorney where applicable.
