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<br />",. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />M E M 0 RAN DUM <br /> <br />June 10, 1985 <br /> <br />TO: Eugene City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Eugene Development Department <br /> <br />SUBJECT: BUSINESS REGULATION REVISIONS <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The Eugene Economi c Di vers i fi cat i on Program di rects staff to revi ew and <br />streamline City regulations. One step in addressing this charge has been a <br />maj or overhaul of Chapter 3 of the Eugene Code, whi ch deals wi th bus i nes-s <br />regulations. The revision process has occurred in two phases. Phase One <br />dealt with revisions to business license laws and procedures. Phase Two is <br />concerned with uniform business practices laws. In both phases, consideration <br />has been given to current licenses that can be repealed. <br /> <br />The purpose of this report is two-fold: first it serves as a history of the <br />revision process, and second, it contains the final staff recommendations for <br />Phase Two. The report is divided into these sections: <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Business Regulation Guidelines <br /> <br />2. Impact of Revisions on the Public <br /> <br />3. Phase One - Business Licenses; Action Taken <br /> <br />4. Phase Two - Uniform Business Practices; Staff Recommendations <br /> <br />5. -Public Education Program <br /> <br />6. Action Requested <br /> <br />I. Business Requlation Guidelines <br /> <br />In spring 1984, you adopted guidelines for reV1Slons to business regulations. <br />Using these guidelines, our princiole objectives have been to standardize laws <br />and administrative practices, and to regulate only when necessary to protect <br />the public health and safety. The following summarizes how we have addressed <br />those guidelines in our revisions. We have: <br /> <br />1. Defined a Business Regulation as one that regulates business <br />activity when the City has a concern about the general public health <br />and safety. The City will net use business regulations as a means <br />of generating revenue. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Reduced, combined or eliminated licenses or the number of <br />regulations for a kind of business activity wnere possible. We have <br />recommended repealing some tyoes of business licenses when that <br />act i vi ty is a 1 ready regul ated by another agency or if it is more <br />appropriate to regulate the activity in another chapter of the <br />Eugene Code, <br />