Orangeville commission tables proposed late-fee doubling for past-due business licenses; to revisit classification changes next month

The Orangeville Planning and Zoning Commission on April 14 tabled a staff-described proposal to update the city code for past-due business license fees after commissioners requested formal ordinance language. The draft concept described at the meeting would have doubled a late license cost each month through June 30 and then voided the license, requiring reapplication; the commission voted to table that proposal and directed staff to write the ordinance.

Chad Tolbert moved to table the item and Don Bennett seconded. Commissioners voted unanimously to postpone action while staff prepares formal wording for the City Attorney and commission review.

Tolbert also briefed the commission on business-license classifications he researched, listing categories such as rural, residential, commercial and industrial, and referencing light/medium/heavy subcategories; he said the commission should concentrate on three main groups — industrial, commercial and residential — and treat recreational vehicle courts as light industrial. Commissioners agreed to bring a proposed fee schedule anchored to those classifications to the next meeting for a vote.

On mobile-home standards, the commission reviewed other cities' approaches and a reference to state code (1976) and decided to keep the local standard aligned with the State code for now. Separately, Zoning Administrator Seth Manning reported issuing animal-control citations (goat-related) and said he met with the Utah Animal Shelter about possible local shelter options.

Next steps: staff will draft the late-fee ordinance and the commission will consider a classification-based fee schedule and related language at the next monthly meeting.