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Solvang residents urge changes to business‑certificate pricing for holiday vendors and protest 4% credit‑card fee on water bills
Summary
Two residents used the public comment period to ask the council for a lower short‑term business‑certificate rate for holiday craft vendors and to protest a 4% credit‑card surcharge on water bill payments.
During public comment on Oct. 13 residents raised two separate affordability concerns: a craft fair vendor charged a higher short‑term business‑certificate fee, and a resident said the city’s vendor is adding a 4% credit‑card fee to water payments.
Kathy Mobbs said she had planned to sell handcrafted items at holiday craft fairs but when she applied for a Solvang business certificate she was told…
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