Elmhurst Homeowner Cited For Short-Term Rental: Police

ELMHURST, IL – An Elmhurst homeowner was cited Monday for having an unlicensed short-term rental, local police said.

The house is in the 500 block of South Edgewood Avenue, with the owner identified as a 58-year-old Elgin man.

A citizen's complaint prompted police to go to the property.

An officer stopped a car leaving the home, with the driver, a 20-year-old Chicago man, saying he was staying there for three days visiting family, police said.

The driver was cited on charges of having no valid driver's license and having tinted windows.

Last May, Elmhurst aldermen enacted a new ordinance for short-term rentals such as Airbnbs after residents complained about disturbances.

In December, an Elmhurst man was cited on a charge of violating the city's short-term rental rules. He may have been the first.

The man lived in the 500 block of West Comstock Avenue, across from his short-term rental.

On Christmas Day, police said they were called about a parking complaint and a related domestic violence arrest at the short-term rental.

The city learned that the house exceeded the maximum number of occupants permitted under the new short-term rental law.

Under the regulations, occupancy in such homes is barred from exceeding the maximum number of people allowed in such dwellings.