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Council reviews rental-licensing and property-maintenance updates; considers stronger penalties for repeat noncompliant landlords

Columbia Borough Council · July 9, 2025
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Summary

Council reviewed proposed changes to rental-licensing and property-maintenance codes that clarify grounds to deny or revoke rental licenses and called for stronger enforcement tools against repeat noncompliant owners.

Council completed a detailed review of proposed updates to rental licensing and property-maintenance codes, focusing on enforcement mechanisms and the disruptive-conduct provisions that trigger eviction and license revocation.

Staff said the draft moves relevant language into rental-licensing chapters and clarified that the code official shall deny or revoke a residential rental…

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