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Addison staff report inspections, compliance plans and near‑target cost recovery in first year of rental registration program
Summary
Town staff told the council the rental and lodging registration program registered and inspected hundreds of properties in its first year, found common safety and maintenance violations, issued few citations while working with properties on compliance plans, and recovered about 85% of the program's projected costs.
Ray Mendez, assistant director of Neighborhood Services, gave the council a first‑year recap of Addison’s rental and lodging registration program adopted Nov. 12, 2024, saying it was intended to “promote healthy and safe conditions for all rental properties” including single‑family rentals, multifamily complexes and hotels.
Mendez reported staff registered and inspected 76 single‑family properties and inspected 24 of 24 multifamily complexes (5% of units at each complex under the ordinance), and inspected 22 hotel/motel properties. He listed the most common deficiencies—missing or nonfunctional smoke detectors,…
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