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Council holds first reading to replace business-license code, sets civil infraction fine of $250
Summary
The Sandy City Council held a public hearing and approved the first reading of Ordinance 2025‑O3, an overhaul of Chapter 5.04 of the Sandy Municipal Code that staff said replaces decades‑old text with a modern, model‑code‑based business‑license chapter.
The Sandy City Council held a public hearing and approved the first reading of Ordinance 2025‑O3, an overhaul of Chapter 5.04 of the Sandy Municipal Code that staff said replaces decades-old text with a modern, model-code-based business-license chapter.
Kelly (city staff) told the council the draft “is repealing and replacing the entirety of chapter 5 0 4,” noting the city’s business-license code had not been substantially updated since the 1970s and that staff used the League of Oregon Cities model language as the base. She said the rewrite also clarifies what services businesses receive when they pay the license fee, including transit‑tax reporting, courtesy building and fire safety inspections, and a data source for the city’s audit disclosures.
The ordinance would:…
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