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Elkhart landlord urges council to revise rental inspection ordinance, warns of constitutional and practical issues
Summary
A longtime local landlord urged the council to suspend and amend the city's rental inspection ordinance, calling it potentially unconstitutional and impractical to implement; he raised concerns about tenant consent, inspection scope, fees and a reported 45% failure rate in inspections.
At the City of Elkhart council meeting on Nov. 17, resident and landlord Jack Siedadine used the public-comment period to criticize the city's recent rental inspection ordinance and urged the council to revise or suspend it.
Siedadine, who identified his decades of local development experience and said he had met with the mayor, building commissioner and city attorney, told the council the ordinance would require inspection of what he described as "10,000" apartment units and argued the city’s current approach raises constitutional concerns. "You have enacted an unconstitutional law," he said, arguing that…
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