5-12-135 Jackson Park Expanded Fair Notice Pilot Program.
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish a pilot program modifying the notice of rental agreement nonrenewal requirements in order to determine whether modified notice dates affect those in communities experiencing gentrification. The pilot program shall occur in the areas designated under subsection (c) that are experiencing gentrification. The goals of these modified requirements are to mitigate the displacement impacts associated with gentrification, better protect the interests of the area’s economically vulnerable residents from demographic and housing market change, and preserve the economic diversity critical to a healthy economy.
(b) Relationship to Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance. The requirements in this section supersede the notice requirements in Section 5-12-130(j) within the bounded area listed in subsection (c) of this section during the duration of the pilot listed in subsection (d) of this section.
(c) Boundaries. The pilot program shall cover the area bounded by 60th St. to the North, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. to the West, South Chicago Ave. to the Southwest, 71st St. to the South, and South DuSable Lake Shore Dr. to the East.
(d) Duration. The pilot program shall expire three years after the effective date of this section and no later than January 31, 2029. Upon the expiration of the pilot program, this section shall automatically be repealed without further action by the City Council.
(e) Notice or Refusal to Renew Rental Agreement. For any periodic residential lease within the pilot area beginning on or after the effective date of this section, the landlord shall notify the tenant in writing: