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Council directs ordinance draft to raise business license fees, keep plan‑review floor plan requirement and extend approval timeframe for complex cases
Summary
The council directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance raising business license fees (roughly a 50% catch‑up), retain a building department floor‑plan review requirement, adopt a $4,000 out‑of‑city threshold per Association of Washington Cities guidance and allow up to 120 days to approve applications with code compliance issues.
Scott Passi briefed the council Aug. 19 on proposed changes to Edmonds’s business license code and fee schedule. Passi said council previously asked staff to return with an ordinance that updates fees to reflect inflation since 2009 and provides administrative flexibility in approval timelines.
Key proposals: Passi recommended a fee increase that reflects roughly a 50% cumulative inflationary adjustment since 2009 and asked council to direct the…
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