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Council approves resolution to authorize staff enforcement of residential rental-license ordinance amid tenant-rights concerns
Summary
The council approved Resolution 2025‑1 to formalize staff execution of Ordinance 3099, the city's residential rental licensing law. City staff described inspection, licensing and vacancy provisions; a pastor warned the measure could lead to utility shutoffs and displacement and cited a state statute protecting tenants.
The City Council approved Resolution 2025‑1, authorizing staff to execute enforcement of Ordinance 3099, the city's residential rental licensing and special funds ordinance, at a council meeting. The resolution formalizes how code enforcement will carry out the ordinance, staff said.
The resolution matters because it fixes in writing the administrative process the city will use to enforce the rental-license code, including inspection and post‑license steps, a staff member told the council. "3099 is the ordinance on residential rental licensing and special funds," the staff member said, adding that the ordinance covers inspections, licensing, appeals and administration.
City staff summarized the ordinance's key provisions to the council: a dwelling must pass a building inspection to be licensed;…
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