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Council refers rental‑registry and lead‑pipe code updates, and approves zoning edits to protect green yard space
Summary
The council referred proposed ordinances creating a rental registry and strengthening lead‑pipe regulation to the Ordinance Committee, and voted to adopt zoning language clarifying floodplain updates and to amend yard‑paving rules to preserve permeable green space.
The Malden City Council took several zoning and code actions May 20 that will be considered by ordinance committees or were adopted as technical updates. The items include a resident and staff‑led proposal to create a rental registry and to strengthen lead‑pipe requirements, a planning board‑recommended change to limit paved yard area, and an adopted update to floodplain vocabulary to maintain FEMA flood insurance eligibility.
Rental registry and lead pipes
Councilor McDonald introduced ordinances that would create a rental registry (annual registration and small per‑unit fee) and strengthen the city’s lead‑pipe regulations for residential properties.…
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