Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Rental Registry topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council refers rental‑registry ordinance (Article 136) to ordinance committee; staff proposes $100 registration fee
Summary
City staff presented a redline of Article 136 to implement a long‑dormant rental registry: a proposed registration increase to $100 (from $20), a roughly $3,000 annual software build‑out, rolling renewals to spread inspections and removal of tenant inspection fees. Council voted to send the ordinance package to the ordinance committee with an update by the second meeting in July.
City staff presented Ordinance Article 136 — a rental registry and related inspection process that the city has on the books but never enforced — and recommended changes intended to support implementation now that enforcement staffing is available.
"We are asking that that gets increased to $100 registration fee," staff said, describing a jump from the original $20 fee and noting about $3,000 in additional annual licensing and permitting software costs to expand the existing permitting platform. Staff also said the inspection fee for tenant‑requested inspections was removed in the redline because tenant requests are a city service.
Council members questioned implementation logistics, including the number of rental units to register (one speaker said it "could be 500"), how inspections would be staggered and what criteria would trigger orders to vacate. Staff said renewals will be processed on a rolling basis rather than all at once so inspections are spread through the year.
Legal counsel and staff confirmed the redline has been reviewed by the city attorney and recommended referring the ordinance to the ordinance committee for final legal review and formatting. The council voted to refer Article 136 to the ordinance committee and amended the referral to request an update back to the council by the second meeting in July.
