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Sedro-Woolley council discusses requiring single business license for multiple rental properties, weighs exemptions and fees
Summary
Council and staff reviewed a draft municipal-code change that would require owners with multiple rental properties in city limits to hold one Sedro-Woolley business-license endorsement and considered tiered fees, exemptions for owner-occupied units and notification steps before enforcement.
Sedro-Woolley — City staff told the council on Sept. 3 that the municipal code treats owning and renting property as "doing business," and proposed adding a specific property-rental section to the business-license endorsement rules that would allow an owner with more than one rental within city limits to hold a single city endorsement.
Finance Director Kelly Conkin said the proposed change aims to clarify how the city's existing business-license rules apply to landlords and to set a clear endorsement fee structure. "It seems to make the most sense that if you own more than one rental property in city limits that you would still only need one business license endorsement from the City of Sedro-Woolley,"…
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