§ 5-5

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date ) Sec. 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Car-share vehicles" means motor vehicles that are operated as part of a regional fleet by a public or private car-sharing company or organization and provide hourly or daily service. "Commercial development project" means a development project that is undertaken for the development of land for commercial use, including residential housing, multi-family housing, mixed-use housing, and nonresidential commercial developments. "Development project" means a project undertaken for the purpose of development of land. "Development project" includes (i) a project involving the issuance of a permit for construction or reconstruction, (ii) a housing development project, or (iii) a commercial development project. "Development project" does not include a project where any portion is designated for use as a hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast inn, or other transient lodging, except where a portion of a housing development project is designated for use as a residential hotel. "Efficiency living unit" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the 2018 International Building Code, Sixth Version (November 2021). "Elderly housing", "low-income household", "moderate-income household", "multi-family housing", and "very low-income household" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in the Illinois Affordable Housing Act. "Housing development project" means a development project consisting of (i) residential units only, (ii) mixed-use developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses with at least two-thirds of the square footage designated for residential use, or (iii) transitional housing or supportive housing. "Maximum automobile parking requirements" means any law, code, or policy that limits a maximum number of off-street, private parking spaces for new residential and commercial developments. "Minimum automobile parking requirements" means any law, code, or policy that requires a minimum number of off-street, private parking spaces for new residential and commercial developments. "On-street parking" means parking of vehicles on public streets or thoroughfares located within the physical boundaries of a municipality. "Public transportation corridor" means a street on which one or more bus routes have a combined frequency of bus service interval of 15 minutes or less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods. "Public transportation hub" means: (i) a rail transit station, (ii) a boat or ferry terminal served by either a bus stop or rail transit station, and (iii) an intersection of 2 or more bus routes with a combined frequency of bus service interval of 15 minutes or less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods. "Residential hotel" means any building containing 6 or more guest rooms or efficiency living units that is used or intended or designed to be used, rented, hired out, or occupied for sleeping purposes by guests and that is also the primary residence of those guests. "Residential hotel" does not include any building containing 6 or more guest rooms or efficiency living units primarily used by transient guests who do not occupy the building as their primary residence.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)