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Small-business owners urge Beaverton council to reconsider steep outdoor-dining fee increases
Summary
Owners of Syndicate Wine Bar and Raindrop Tap House said an April 1 city resolution sharply raised outdoor-dining permit renewal and new-permit fees and that they received little advance notice; they asked council to reconsider the fees.
Several small-business owners told the Beaverton City Council at the April 15 visitor-comment period that a recent city resolution raised outdoor-dining permit fees dramatically and that affected businesses received little or no notice.
Angela Anderson, co-owner of Syndicate Wine Bar, said Agenda Bill 25,050 — which the council approved April 1 — increased renewal fees for outdoor-dining permits by 756 percent and raised new-permit fees by roughly 2,000 percent, according to figures she…
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