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Leawood staff preview new enterprise permitting and licensing portal, propose calendar-year business license renewal

2893928 · April 8, 2025
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City staff previewed a new permitting and business licensing portal and proposed changing the business license year from July-June to January-December to simplify migration; staff also proposed consolidating license categories and moving estate-sale licenses administratively to the city clerk.

City staff gave the Leawood Governing Body an update April 7 on a new enterprise permitting and licensing system and asked council to consider an ordinance change to shift the annual business license year from July 1through June 30 to a January 1through December 31 renewal cycle.

Travis Torres, director of Building Code Enforcement, demonstrated the customer portal configuration that groups permit types (for example, "Residential Other") and standardizes expiration windows (e.g., 180 days for…

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