Kane County's STR ordinance does not require the owner to live in or occupy the rental — owners are expressly not required to occupy the property. A non-owner-occupied STR is allowed with a license. Illinois' hotel tax law likewise covers owner-, tenant- and non-owner-occupied dwellings.
During drafting the county decided owners would not be required to occupy the property, so whole-home, non-owner-occupied short-term rentals are permitted in unincorporated Kane County once licensed. This differs from a county bed-and-breakfast, which by definition must be an 'operator occupied residence.' Illinois' Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax definition of short-term rental explicitly spans owner-occupied, tenant-occupied and non-owner-occupied dwellings, so tax obligations do not depend on residency. Individual municipalities within the county may impose their own primary-residence limits.
No penalty attaches to residency itself; violations arise only from operating without a license or breaching license conditions.
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