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5:45 am, Mar. 10, 2021
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Worthington City Hall. (Brian Korthals/Daily Globe)
WORTHINGTON — The city will not solicit payment of registration fees by owners of rental properties for 2021, members of the Worthington City Council agreed Monday night, though it will continue to ask that such owners still register their properties.
Council members voted during a February meeting to rescind the city’s Rental Housing Registration and Inspection Plan, a decision prompted by both an inability to do rental property inspections due to COVID-19 and a need to develop a potentially stricter and more enforceable policy. The council debated the merits of keeping the fee in place for 2021 despite rescinding the program, as well as options that include making the fees optional or waiving them entirely.