HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.4 Business Registration Ordinance CITY OF DUBLIN
AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: August 28, 1989
SUBJECT Business Registration Ordinance Study
Report by Richard Ambrose, City Manager
EXHIBITS ATTACHED None
RECOMMENDATION 1 ) Authorize Study of the establishment of a Business
Registration Ordinance
2) Direct Staff to contact the Dublin Chamber of
Commerce and request that the Chamber appoint
representatives from the business community to
participate on a task force with representatives
of the City to study the development of a Business
Registration Ordinance
3) Designate representative(s) from the City Council,
City Staff and ,City Attorney' s Office to meet with
representatives from the business community
4) Establish a date for the task force report to
be brought back to the City Council
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None at this time
DESCRIPTION For several years, the City Council has identified the
development of a Business License Ordinance as a goal and objective for the
City.
During past discussions regarding a Business License Ordinance, the emphasis
was primarily on business registration rather than raising revenue through
the vehicle of a Business License. Through the adoption of a Business
Registration Ordinance, the City' s Building, Planning, Police and Fire
Departments could be assisted in their responsibility for enforcing the
health and safety regulations of the City. For example, by requiring a
business to register, the City could be made aware of a business that may be
locating in the wrong zone or building for the intended business use. The
City would be in a better position to notify new businesses of City
requirements that could affect the location of their business prior to that
business investing resources into an improperly zoned or inadequate
facility. The Business Registration Ordinance could also assist the City in
determining whether all of the sales tax which should be paid in the City
is, in fact, being properly allocated to the City by the State Board of
Equalization. In addition, previous discussions have focused on a
registration fee which would cover the cost of administration only, and not
be used to raise revenue for the City.
Since representatives of the business community have expressed some concerns
and reservations regarding a Business License Ordinance in the past, Staff
believes it would be beneficial for the Council to form a task force
composed of representatives from the City and business community to study
the issue of a Business Registration Ordinance and report back to the City
Council at a date determined by the City Council.
a COPIES TO: Chamber of Commerce
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