During yesterday’s Town Meeting, local resident, Nancy Menard complained about lack of ‘code enforcement’ in her neighborhood.

Nancy’s comments prompted this response from Councilman Don Feldhaus

Feldhaus said in April, the council will discuss new ways the city can deal with absentee landlords who don’t care about the property they rent out. One option includes requiring all landlords to register with the city.

So the best solution is to have landlords ‘register’ like sex offenders? There is no mention of which code is being enforced, or why the city would want landlords to register. Private property ownership is a matter of public record, why is additional beauracy needed, can’t the city just lookup the County records?