Code of Ordinances

(A) Evi­dence that a sleep­ing room in a hotel, motel, or a sim­i­lar com­mer­cial estab­lish­ments has been rent­ed and vacat­ed two (2) or more times in a peri­od of time that is less than ten (10) hours cre­ates a rebut­table pre­sump­tion that the estab­lish­ment is an adult motel as that term is defined in this Code.  This Sec­tion is not enact­ed to pro­mote or allow the act of pros­ti­tu­tion, and in no way is enact­ed con­trary to any cur­rent or future laws adopt­ed by the State of Illi­nois address­ing pros­ti­tu­tion or adult motels.

(B) A per­son com­mits a Class A mis­de­meanor if, as the per­son in con­trol of a sleep­ing room in a hotel, motel, or sim­i­lar com­mer­cial estab­lish­ment that does not have a sex­u­al­ly ori­ent­ed license, he rents or sub-rents a sleep­ing room to a per­son and, with­in ten (1) hours from the time the room is rent­ed, he rents or sub-rents the same sleep­ing room again.

(C) For pur­pos­es of sub­sec­tion (B) of this Sec­tion, the terms “rent” or “sub-rent” mean the act of per­mit­ting a room to be occu­pied for any form of consideration.