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Whitestown debates rental-registration updates; councilors push to remove tenant names and note state limits on fees
Summary
Council heard first reading of an update to the town’s rental registration and inspection ordinance. Councilors asked staff to remove tenant names from forms for privacy, confirmed a $5 statutory cap on the annual registration fee, and noted that short-term rentals (Airbnb) are not currently regulated under existing local code.
The Whitestown Town Council on May 14 took up a first reading of an ordinance that would update the town’s rental registration and inspection program, which covers single-family homes converted to rentals and requires registration and turnover safety inspections.
Town staff said the proposed changes largely clean up language and process items in the decade-old ordinance. The program includes annual registration, an initial inspection and periodic inspections at tenant turnover; inspections focus on basic life-safety systems such as heating, hot…
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