$12
fee targets Pittsburgh landlords Tribune-Review - 28 Dec 2007
... PITTSBURGH, PA - Apartment owners in Pittsburgh next year
must pay a $12 annual fee for each rental unit, under a registration
program City Council adopted Thursday.
The ordinance requires apartment owners to pay
to register their addresses, number and types of rentals -- all
information the city will keep in a confidential database ...
... sponsored the legislation with the intent
of holding landlords accountable for the upkeep of their properties.
City inspectors bearing building code citations sometimes have
difficulty tracking down owners of derelict properties, particularly
student housing in Oakland ...
Court
rules Syracuse ordinances are valid Empire State News - 23 Dec 2007
... SYRACUSE, NY - The City of Syracuse Friday was notified that
the Appeals Court in Rochester declared that its Certificate of
Sufficiency and Nuisance Party Ordinances are valid.
The decision reversed a July 2006 decision by
the Supreme Court of Onondaga County, which had ruled that the
ordinances were not valid because no environmental review had
been conducted prior to the adoption of the ordinances.
“This means that the City has the necessary
tools to better enforce existing laws that help ensure that properties
and their tenants are not nuisances to their neighborhoods,”
...
City
Council unleashes plan to cap units' rents
Diamondback - 18 Mar 2005
...COLLEGE PARK, MD - (Rent Control) The College Park City Council
unveiled its rent control proposal at Tuesday night’s
worksession, already facing opposition from city landlords who
warn rent control could actually cost the county money in the
form of lost property taxes....
Chapel
Hill, NC,
already has a "no more than four unrelated" ordinance
in place for housing unit occupancy. Licensing rentals is one part
of the Chapel Hill strategy. The Chapel Hill links below no longer
are active, but the dates the articles appeared in the Chapel Hill
News are listed on this link.
Fort
Collins, CO,
examines rental cap
2005
Rental
licensing had mixed results in other cities Colorado State Collegian - 24 Jan 2005
...FORT COLLINS, CO - (Licensing Rentals) Other cities have
successfully implemented rental licensing, mostly larger communities
with significant rental populations, often college towns...
Students,
homeowners square off on rental licensing Colorado State Collegian - 24 Jan 2005
...FORT COLLINS, CO - (Licensing Rentals) For Fort Collins
residents, the debate over rental licensing is heated: In
a survey of more than 1,000 respondents, 84 percent of homeowners
supported rental licensing, while 83 percent of landlords
and property managers opposed it...
"It's a simple license," Councilman
Bob Brooks said. "If you're a business, you get a license.
It's $20 a year."
The ordinance, proposed after complaints
about rowdy tenants in a neighborhood near the University
of North Dakota, drew a dissenting vote from Council President
Hal Gershman on Tuesday. He said it would be a hardship
for older people forced to rent out part of their home,
and that it discriminates because it does not apply to apartment
owners...
Editorial:
Rental licensing debuts in city Daily Times - 30 Oct 2003
...(Licensing Rentals) All manner of businesses require licenses
and regulation, except the rental industry. Landlord licensing
is not a punitive measure, but a commonsense concept that
will allow city oversight of the property rental industry...
Salisbury
approves landlord licensing Daily Times - 28 Oct 2003
...(Licensing Rentals) In their last meeting before the Nov.
4 election, members of the City Council passed a controversial
law requiring mandatory inspections and licenses for all rented
homes, apartments and living areas in the city starting Jan.
1. Council members voted 4-1 for the ordinance Monday night...
Rental
housing key issue for new council Daily Times - 22 Oct 2003
...SALISBURY -- (Studentification) Neighbors say Pinehurst
Avenue used to be a nice place. Less than a decade ago, families
owned most of the quaint homes near Salisbury University,
and life was peaceful. Today, few families remain...
Rental
permits introduced in heated session Daily Times - 14 Oct 2003
...SALISBURY -- (Licensing Rentals) Members of the outgoing
City Council unanimously voted Monday night to introduce a
controversial law requiring every rental unit in the city
to be licensed...
Council
rehashes landlord licensing Daily Times - 13 Oct 2003
...SALISBURY -- (Licensing Rentals) In one of their last significant
legislative moves before an electoral shake-up next month,
the City Council tonight will convene with a new member and
try again to introduce a law requiring all rented homes, apartments
and other living areas in the city to be licensed...
Wicomico
County Council to weigh rental regulations Daily Times - 30 Sep 2003
...SALISBURY -- (Licensing Rentals) After nearly a year of
task forces, planning and zoning meetings and debates, the
Wicomico County Council will begin the process of drawing
up regulations for student rental homes in the county tonight
at a work session...
Student
rentals debated in Salisbury News Journal - 12 Sep 2003
...SALISBURY, Md. -- (Studentification) A divided crowd of
residents and landlords made their final appeals to zoning
officials Wednesday night on two plans to deal with college
rental homes between Fruitland and Salisbury...
Residents
to turn to Wicomico officials in 4-to-2 fight Daily Times - 22 Apr 2003
...(Occupancy Limits) A group of county residents near Salisbury
University decided Monday night to appeal directly to Wicomico
County lawmakers for a two-tenant limit on student homes...
County
is wise to avoid 4-to-2
Rental issues can be handled Delmarvanow.com - 16 apr 2003
...(Occupancy Limits) The so-called "4-to-2" bill
divided the city into those who saw the measure as a way to
save its family neighborhoods -- mostly resident homeowners
-- and those who opposed it for a variety of reasons -- most
notably landlords, Salisbury University students and SU officials...
Wicomico
could implement 4-to-2 in March Salisbury, MD - 9 Feb 2003
...(Occupancy Limits) Wicomico County officials have introduced
legislation to extend a moratorium on rental house conversions
as a committee considers reducing the number of unrelated
tenants allowed to live in a rental home from four to two...
West
Lafayette, IN
West
Layfayette created its ordinance, which was approved May7, 2001,
on work done by the city of East Lansing, MI.
