The City of Springfield is getting ready to launch a pilot residential license and rental inspection program that city council unanimously approved last November.
The pilot program, which will last 18 months, will have the City of Springfield inspecting all 1,541 rental units in the West Central Neighborhood service district. Landlords will be required to pay an annual registration license fee of $35 per unit.
Springfield’s Director of Building Development Services Martin Gugel said, if the pilot goes well, the program will expand to the entire city, with units receiving inspections every five years…