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Will County committee advances several ordinance chapters; business taxation, peddlers, food safety and other updates move forward
Summary
The committee approved or forwarded multiple ordinance chapters — including business taxation (Chapter 1-11), peddlers/solicitors (1-13), food establishment sanitation (1-14), raffle/poker-run rules and bid contractor language — and amended the bathhouse/massage-parlor chapter. Several large chapters were postponed to next month.
Will County’s committee reviewed and moved a slate of ordinance chapters forward Wednesday, approving some measures as presented and amending others before sending them to the executive committee or scheduling follow-up work.
Business taxation: The committee adopted Chapter 1-11 as presented and will forward it to the executive committee in March. Members said most county business-tax provisions were repealed because state law preempts non‑home-rule counties from imposing many local business taxes; the remaining provision addresses recovery of sales tax for enterprise zones.
Regulatory repeals and limits: Committee accepted Chapter 1-12 (a repeal) after staff…
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