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Landlords urge council to scale back annual rental inspections; city explains changes and staffing plans
Summary
Multiple landlords told the Council that Commerce's rental-property inspection program is burdensome and inconsistent; city staff explained that changes were adopted to balance inspection frequency and life-safety coverage and said the city is adding code-enforcement staff and reviewing fees.
Several Commerce landlords used the public-comment period on Sept. 16 to criticize the city's rental-property inspection program, saying it has become overly burdensome and inconsistent. Speakers asked the council to reduce inspection frequency, limit subjective enforcement, and revisit fees.
Why it matters: The city manager told council that the inspection program was altered roughly 18 months to two years ago to respond to unique conditions in a college community, and to achieve an annual inspection baseline for properties whose utility accounts never change names. He said the change reduced repeated inspections for some landlords while increasing inspections for other…
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