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Council moves to create online landlord-registration database; city staff say existing registration remains required
Summary
An ordinance to require an online, publicly viewable landlord-registration database passed on first reading; city staff said the change makes existing registration information more easily available, and officials deferred some technical questions to licensing/legal staff.
Atlantic City Council voted on first reading to create an online database of landlord registration records, a change the administration said will make existing registration information more readily available to the public.
Under the ordinance, the city will publish landlord-registration records in an online database rather than require individual public-record requests for each landlord file, a staff member said. The staff member said the rule does not create a new registration obligation; it makes records that already exist under the city's licensing system accessible through a searchable database.
A member of the public asked whether the requirement would apply to condominium owners who rent their units; administration staff said the ordinance does not alter the existing licensing or registration obligations and that the legal or licensing department would confirm particular cases such as condo rentals.
The council advanced the measure on first reading; the vote was recorded in the meeting as unanimous among those present. The administration said specifics about scope and any exemptions will be clarified by the licensing division and legal staff before the ordinance returns for second reading.
