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Health director says new lead-inspection ordinance aligns city rules with 2022 state Lead Safe law

3021391 · April 16, 2025
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The Newark Health Department proposed a city ordinance requiring inspections for lead-based paint hazards in rental dwellings built before 1978, aligning local rules with the 2022 state Lead Safe law.

The Newark Department of Health and Community Wellness presented an ordinance to align the city’s rental lead-safety rules with the 2022 statewide Lead Safe law.

Katlyn Allsberg, Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, told the council the state law requires rental dwellings to be inspected for lead at the time of leasing, at tenant turnover and every three years thereafter. The proposed city ordinance…

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