Rental Registration Ordinance

At a glance

• What: moving rental registration from Chapter 15 (Nuisances and Health) to Chapter 7 (Business) of the City Code and making it an annual license for rental property management companies, who must list the properties they manage.
• Where it stands: adopted on 2026-09-08 as Ordinances 26-29 and 26-30 with companion fee resolutions 26-207 and 26-208, all 7-0 (Councilman Warren absent). Fee amounts did not change.
• Next: implementation in the City's permitting and licensing system, replacing email, paper and spreadsheet tracking.

Sources

• 2026-09-08, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15160,plainText=false)
• 2026-09-08, approved minutes: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15267,plainText=false)

Log

2026-09-08 - City Council

• Four companion items presented by the Community Enrichment Deputy Director: Ordinance 26-29 (removes the details from Chapter 15, motion Brown/Williams), Resolution 26-207 (repeals the Chapter 15 fee article, motion Weger/Hampton), Ordinance 26-30 (creates Sections 7-37-1-3701 to 3704, motion Hampton/Epps) and Resolution 26-208 (moves the fees to Chapter 7, motion Williams/Epps). Each passed 7-0.