NORWICH – The Common Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday night to discuss their proposed rental registration ordinance and the proposed city budget.

Code Enforcement Officer Jason Lawrence has been heading the proposed rental registration plan for months. Already instituted in many of the larger cities in the surrounding areas, the rental registration would require all landlords to register with the city, making it easier for city officials to contact them if there were a problem. The ordinance would require a local contact be named if the landlord is out of the area, and lists a series of fees and fines for registration and code violations.

The city has already held one public hearing on this topic, receiving a mixed reaction from those in attendance. Many landlords disliked the fee system and called it unfair, while other residents were relieved to see some action being taken.