Berwyn, IL Short-Term Rentals: Night Caps (2026)

Section 879C.05(B) puts a floor and a ceiling on every booking. No owner shall rent any short-term rental for any period of time shorter than 24 consecutive hours, so an hourly or partial-day rental is outside the rule. Nor can an owner rent for any period of time greater than 182 days, so a single stay past that mark is not a short-term rental the license allows.

The number ties back to the definitions. Section 879C.01 defines a short-term rental period as a period of time of 182 or lesser calendar days. A stay of 182 days is therefore the longest a licensed unit can be booked, and a longer arrangement leaves the chapter's coverage, which is about half a year.

The text is worded as a limit on each rental period, not as a stated cap on total nights booked across a year, and the code does not print an annual tally of nights. What it does require is a paper trail. Under Section 879C.05(F) the owner keeps a guest register recording the name of every guest, the guest's arrival and departure dates, and the price, fee or other remuneration collected for each 24-hour period, and must make it freely accessible to any authorized city representative. Arrival and departure dates are the records an inspector uses to test a booking against the 24-hour floor and the 182-day ceiling.

The standard belongs to the license: Section 879C.05 says no license shall be issued unless the standards are met, and Section 879C.02 requires renewal annually on the same conditions. The chapter took effect through Ordinance 23-27, passed 12-12-2023.