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2024 Supreme(US)(ca7) 74

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- 14-05

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