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- - ,r;~ ,/~- M I NUT E S Eugene City Council City Council Chamber April 22, 1985 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Cynthia Wooten, Richard Hansen, Emily Schue, Freeman Holmer, Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman, Roger Rutan. COUNCILOR ABSENT: Jeff Miller. The adjourned meeting of the Eugene City Council of April 17, 1985, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. Mayor Obie welcomed those present, especially students from the University of Oregon journalism classes. I. BUSINESS LICENSE CODE REVISIONS (memo, ordinance, administrative rules distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item. Susan Smernoff, Eugene Development Department, presented the staff report. She said the business license code revisions are part of the effort to review and stream- line City regulations that affect businesses._ The review is an item in the Six-Point Economic Diversification Program adopted by the council. The land use regulations and procedures have been reviewed and the time period it takes to process land use applications has been reduced by 30 percent. Building permits are currently under review. Ms. Smernoff said the council approved guidelines for the staff to use in reviewing the business license code. She reviewed the objectives of the guidelines and indicated how the proposed revisions responded to them. The revisions eliminated eight licenses because the businesses are regulated by other processes. The revisions recommend a maximum time period of 30 days for processing applications. In some cases, the processing will not take that long. The staff recommends that applications for business licenses be reviewed by the staff, which will use the policy direction in Chapter 3 of the code and the administrative rules in making approval and denial decisions. Ms. Smernoff reviewed the revised organization of Chapter 3. Many of the changes were for clarity. She said the council would consider license revisions for ambulances, fire safety permits, refuse and recyling collection, and sidewalk vending. In reviewing each of the licenses, she said minor revisions to the ambulance regulations were recommended. Certain businesses, such as those that store flammable liquids, must obtain fire safety permits. The revisions to refuse and recycling regulations are similar to the regula- tions for garbage hauling, although the rates and license period have been changed. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 22, 1985 Page 1