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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 19-4222
(Health and Hospitals Committee 9/25/2019)
Sponsored by: DENNIS DEER, County Commissioner
PROPOSED ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 38 - ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE X. - Lead Poisoning Prevention, Sec. 38-251 - Sec. 38-273 is hereby enacted:
ARTICLE X. - LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
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Sec. 38-269. - Owner's Obligations with Respect to Purchasers and Prospective Lessees.
(a) An Owner of a Regulated Facility who has received a Mitigation Notice under this Article shall, before the renewal of an existing lease agreement or before entering into a new lease agreement or sales contract for the dwelling for which the Mitigation Notice was issued provide:
(1) The current lessee or lessees, if the lease is to be renewed, and prospective lessees or purchasers of that unit with written notice that a Lead Hazard has previously been identified in the Dwelling, unless the Owner has obtained a Certificate of Compliance for the unit. An Owner shall satisfy this notice requirement by providing the prospective lessee or purchaser with a copy of the Mitigation Notice and inspection report and obtaining from the prospective lessee or purchaser a signed statement verifying receipt of the copy of the Mitigation Notice and inspection report.
(2) The Illinois Department of Public Health and Cook County Department of Public Health with written notice of the sale of the Dwelling for which the Mitigation Notice was issued, including the date of the sale, and the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the prospective purchaser of the unit. Owner shall also provide to CCDPH a copy of the signed statement by the purchaser or lessee verifying receipt of the Mitigation Notice and inspection report. The notice required to CCDPH shall be submitted as prescribed by CCDPH. The Owner must fulfill this requirement within 30 days of sale or lease of the Regulated Facility.
(b) An Owner of a Reg...
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