Lynn requires every private residential rental unit, including condos, to register yearly with Inspectional Services and pass inspection every five years. Initial registration is $25, renewed at $15 per unit; unregistered rentals face a $300-per-day fine.
Lynn's City Council adopted the rental ordinance on September 29, 2020, and the mayor signed it October 1, 2020. Owners of private residential rental housing, including individual condominium units, must register yearly with the Inspectional Services Department (ISD) and have each unit inspected at least once every five years to confirm compliance with the state Sanitary Code and fire-safety rules. The inspection fee is $100 with a $25 reinspection fee. Owner-occupied units may file an Owner Exempt Affidavit. ISD enforces the program; its inspections have flagged overcrowding, fire, and safety hazards across the city's rental stock.
Failing to register a long-term rental carries a $300 fine for each day it stays unregistered. A failed inspection requires corrections plus a $25 reinspection fee; renting units with sanitary-code or fire hazards triggers correction orders and further penalties.
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