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Evanston adds explicit fines to landlord-tenant code in 6'3 vote
Summary
Council amended the Rental Licensing and Tenant Ordinance to add explicit civil fines and applied them to the full chapter; the ordinance (30-026) passed 6'3 after debate over enforcement capacity and stakeholder outreach.
The Evanston City Council adopted an amendment to the city's Rental Licensing and Tenant Ordinance on April 13 that adds explicit civil fines for violations and applies the penalties to the entire chapter.
Council Member Nusma introduced the amendment to move penalty language from the retaliatory-conduct subsection so the fine structure would clearly apply across the whole RLTO. After discussion and a recorded roll-call vote on the amendment, the council adopted the change and then…
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