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Residents press council on rental-registration changes; city says updates are housekeeping and tighter definitions
Summary
Linden residents questioned the scope of a replacement rental-registration ordinance (70-4), citing concerns about occupancy formulas, inspections, and whether owners' family members could be classified as tenants. City staff and the health officer said most changes are definitional adjustments intended to clarify registration and renewal timing.
During a lengthy public hearing on ordinance 70-4, which replaces Chapter 13 (rental property), residents asked the council to explain several specific changes to registration, occupancy and inspection requirements.
Multiple speakers — including Israel Hartman, Moshe Teitelbaum, Joseph Bornstein and Ed Kaminski — asked why the draft ordinance appears to treat a dwelling occupied by an owner’s spouse, children or parents…
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