COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
Rovner
Michael Mogan – Appellant
Versus
City of Chicago – Respondent
United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-2801 MICHAEL MOGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, and ROSCOE VILLAGE LOFTS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, a Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 1:21-cv-01846 — Sara L. Ellis, Judge. ____________________
ARGUED NOVEMBER 8, 2023 — DECIDED SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 ____________________
Before ROVNER, JACKSON-AKIWUMI, and PRYOR, Circuit
Judges.
ROVNER, Circuit Judge. This case involves a challenge to the
application of Chicago’s Shared Housing Ordinance (the
“Ordinance”). Michael Mogan, the owner of a condominium,
brought claims against the City of Chicago and the
homeowners association for his condominium unit, the
2 No. 22-2801 Roscoe Village Lofts Association (“the Roscoe Association”).
He argued that he purchased and renovated his
condominium unit, #307, with the intention of renting it
through the shared-housing rental platform Airbnb, and that
the Ordinance prevented him from listing it on Airbnb or
other short term residential intermediary platforms. Mogan
alleged that application of the Ordinance to Unit 307
constituted an unconstitutional taking and similarly was an
inverse condemnation in violation of Illinois law. He also
sought a declaratory judgment against the City and the
Roscoe Association establishing that Roscoe Village Lofts and
the City have a duty to allow him to lease Unit 307 on a
weekly, monthly or annual basis on Airbnb, HomeAway or
other home sharing websites. The district court dismissed the
takings and inverse condemnation claims and declined to
exercise jurisdiction over any remaining state law claim, and
he now appeals. We hold that the district court properly
dismissed the case and did not abuse its discretion in
declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over
remaining state law claims.
The Ordinance at issue in this case provides, in relevant
part, that condominium homeowners associations may
determine that no licensed vacation rentals or shared housing
units (defined as short term rentals) are permitted to operate
anywhere within the building, and the association may notify
the Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer
Protection of that decision. Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC)
§ 4-13-260(a)(9). When that occurs, the building is added to
the “prohibited buildings list,” and units in the building may
not be registered with the City as shared housing units or
vacation rentals or listed on intermediary platforms such as
Airbnb. Id. at §§ 4-14-050(i), 4-6-300(h)(4), 4-13-260(a)(9). A
No. 22-2801 3 party can request a hearing to contest a unit’s ineligibility and
can appeal the final determination. Id. at § 4-13-260(b). If a
host rents a unit that is on the prohibited buildings list 28 days
after the final notice of ineligibility, the host can be subjected
to a $5,000 fine per day that the violation continues. Id. at
§§ 4-14-050(i), 4-6-300(h)(4). And if a host fails to remove an
ineligible listing from a platform such as Airbnb after
receiving the final ineligibility determination from the City,
the host can be fined $5,000 per day that the violation
continues. Id. at §§ 4-6-300(h)(4), 4-14-030(c). The City
amended the Ordinance in 2020, adding a prohibition on
rentals of less than ten hours, severely restricting single-night
rentals, and limiting the maximum occupancy of shared
housing units to two adults per guest room and one person
per 125 feet of floor area of the unit. Id. at §§ 4-6-300(g)(5), 4-
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