Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Westminster Landlords are required to register with the city by June 1.
A city official reported at a recent Westminster Common Council meeting that the city has received its first application and payment in the newly formed landlord licensing program. In late January, the Mayor and Common Council voted to implement the Landlord Licensing ordinance after nearly nine months of research, public hearings and discussion. A Rental Licensing & Inspection Program Task Force was created by the Common Council last spring to conduct research and propose ordinance language. Westminster's Director of Housing and Preservation Services Thomas Beyard said that the first application and payment has been received. He said information about the landlord licensing program is available on the city's website and more information …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Westminster's Common Council agrees to move to a complaint driven process rather than the proposed mandatory inspections of rental units.
Westminster's Mayor and Common Council gave the Landlord Licensing and Rental Inspection Task Force some new direction at Monday night's meeting after discussing feedback from the recent landlord licensing public hearing. "We need a sense of direction ... a clear sense of where we're going so I don't waste your time or my committee's time going down roads we don't want to go down," said Dan Hoff, chairman of the Rental Licensing & Inspection Program Task Force. Common Council members put together the Rental Licensing & Inspection Program Task Force last spring. Made up of five local citizens who are in real estate and/or own rental properties, the Task Force created a rental licensing and inspection program for the city to consider. The …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Westminster's Mayor and Common Council heard feedback from citizens and landlords about the proposed Landlord Licensing Program.
The overwhelming majority of the 150 plus people at the Landlord Licensing and Inspection Program public hearing said they do not support the program as presented. Mayor Kevin Utz told Patch that he and the common council have a lot to discuss based on citizen's comments at the public hearing. "I know that this is controversial," Utz said. "Tonight we heard a lot of opinions and some different ideas that we will take into consideration." City Council members put together the Rental Licensing & Inspection Program Task Force last spring. Made up of five local citizens who are in real estate and/or own rental properties, Utz said that the task force did what was asked of it: create a rental licensing and inspection program that the city might…
Monday, November 5, 2012
The hearing is at 7 p.m. at John Street Quarters.
Westminster's Mayor and Common Council will conduct a hearing this evening to hear public input on the Rental Licensing and Inspection Program that was first presented to the Council on Oct. 8. The public hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the John Street Quarters building on the grounds of the Westminster Volunteer Fire Company. Do you think it's a good idea to license landlords? Tell us in comments. This past spring, the Mayor and Council created the task force to research and recommend a program that will improve the condition of rental housing throughout the city. On Monday, Oct. 8 the Rental Licensing and Inspection Program Task Force presented their recommendations to the Mayor and Common Council. The Task Force recommended that all …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Rental Licensing & Inspection Program Task Force presents initial findings and suggestions to a packed room Monday night.
There was standing room only at City Hall last night as interested citizens and landlords filled the City Council meeting to learn more about a proposed landlord licensing program for the city. Dan Hoff, chairman of the Rental Licensing & Inspection Program Task Force, presented the initial thoughts and suggestions of the task force to the mayor and common council. Landlord licensing is designed to improve the overall condition of rental housing, provide financial incentives for landlords to comply, and to offer progressive strategies to encourage improvement of problem properties Hoff said. Council member Tony Chiavacci said people have been asking the common council for years to put some type of program in place to require landlords to …
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7:33 am on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Seems like the City and the Council is always finding ways to generate more money. In this case,most of the money will give someone a job at top salary. HMMMMM who do they have in mind? Does anyone know why the City did a reorganization to give a person that was hired to fill a slot while a person was on military duty? What a waste of money. more ›