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Resident urges 10-year limit on door-to-door permit background checks; mayor clarifies Longview ordinance requires checks without a statute-of-limitations
Summary
At citizen comment, a resident asked the council to amend the city’s door-to-door solicitor permit ordinance to limit background checks to 10 years; the mayor clarified the council recently added a background-check requirement that disqualifies applicants with felonies or certain misdemeanors but contains no expiration period.
During the citizen-comment period on April 24, Longview resident Lane Clark urged the council to amend the city’s door-to-door solicitor-permit ordinance to limit criminal-background checks to a 10-year lookback so people with past convictions could have a clearer path to permits.
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