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Council amends lease-registration ordinance language; debate centers on single-family vs. residential definitions
Summary
Council amended Ordinance 2024-127 to replace the term "residential dwelling" with "single-family dwelling" and then agreed to amend wording to include all rental residential property after members raised coverage concerns for multifamily units.
The Independence City Council on May 13 debated and amended an ordinance affecting lease and rental registration language, focusing on whether the revision would narrow the ordinance’s reach to single-family dwellings and exclude multi-family units.
The ordinance introduced as 2024-127 would amend Chapter 13.66 of the codified ordinances (lease rental registration and permits). Council members questioned why the term "residential dwelling" had been…
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