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Tehachapi council introduces rental registration and inspection ordinance for first reading
Summary
The Tehachapi City Council voted 4-0 to introduce an ordinance that would codify complaint-based rental inspections, require landlords to register properties, and levy a $40 annual business tax for 1–3-unit rentals; adoption is scheduled for a future meeting.
The Tehachapi City Council on first reading unanimously introduced an ordinance to codify rental-inspection procedures, require registration of rental properties, and impose a small annual business tax on 1–3-unit residential rentals.
Development Services staff told the council the ordinance would formalize the city’s current complaint-based inspection process for multifamily housing and require landlords to register so the city can reach an owner or manager when a tenant files a complaint. “We don’t do annual inspections of rental properties. We wait till somebody calls us, and that’s not gonna change,” the…
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