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Council debate continues over charging home businesses for water, sewer; chief outlines identification process
Summary
Councilors and staff discussed a recently adopted definition for "commercial-residential mixed structures," the mailing of affidavits, and enforcement steps; Fire Chief Ken Stowell described how the city is identifying and registering potential home businesses and the limits of code enforcement.
Residents and city officials returned Tuesday to a dispute over additional water and sewer charges for home-based businesses after the council in November revised municipal language to treat some properties as commercial-residential mixed structures.
Arlene, a resident who addressed the council during public comment, criticized how the city applied the amended code and the affidavit process. “Why is day care providers in Target? But you are you but you would have regulate you you put regulates in the new amended chapter 2 50. That would be all home business,” Arlene said, arguing that enforcement appeared inconsistent.
The nut graf: the city adopted a new billing definition to capture certain home-occupied businesses and has been mailing affidavits to owners;…
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