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City updates business-license language to tie fee-free threshold to inflation
Summary
Mountlake Terrace amended municipal code language to comply with state changes to the model business-license ordinance; the city will continue a $12,000 fee-free gross-income threshold but must automatically adjust that threshold for inflation beginning Jan. 1, 2026 and every four years.
The City Council on Sept. 4 adopted an ordinance amending Mountlake Terrace Municipal Code language to comply with recent changes to Washington state model business-license provisions (RCW 35.90-specified model). The amendment requires the city to adjust the municipal fee-free gross-income threshold for nonresident contractors for inflation on a four-year schedule beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
City planning and licensing staff explained…
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