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File #: 25-1822    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 12/5/2025 In control: Legislative Matters Committee
On agenda: 12/11/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances to establish a Rental Registry and Energy Disclosure.
Code sections: Ordinance Not Zoning -
Attachments: 1. 2025.12.05_RRED_Ord, 2. RRED ordinance memo_2025.12.08, 3. RRED Stakeholder Engagement Final Report

Agenda Summary

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Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances to establish a Rental Registry and Energy Disclosure.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully submits for this Council’s consideration and ordainment an amendment to the Code of Ordinances to establish a Rental Registry and Energy Disclosure that would require owners to register a rental housing unit and require owners to post an energy disclosure.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor