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Syracuse council delays permit fine increase, agrees to study exemption for children selling in parks
Summary
After public comments citing the Utah Young Entrepreneurial Act, the Syracuse City Council voted to adopt fee schedule changes but excluded a proposed increase to the "working without a permit" fine and agreed to study a de minimis exemption for minors.
Syracuse City Council on July 8 approved updates to the city's consolidated fee schedule but removed a proposed increase to the fine for "working without a permit" and agreed to examine whether children selling items in parks should be exempt under state law.
The action followed public comments urging the council to add a de minimis exception for minors running small, intermittent enterprises such as lemonade stands. Mark Jensen and Shauna Packer told the council that state law, which they identified as the Utah Young Entrepreneurial Act (Utah Code Title 10, Chapter 1, Section 203), bars municipalities from requiring a license, fee or permit for a minor's casual business and that Syracuse's fees should reflect that.
The de minimis issue arose during a public hearing on proposed Resolution R25-31, which would amend downtown noise, park and trail violation fees and the penalty for working without a…
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