May 26th, 2010
Indianapolis Massage Parlors: Proposed fee irks Indy small businesses
Proposed fee irks Indy small businesses
Updated: Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 10:54 PM EDTPublished : Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 10:51 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The City County Council will take up a measure at its next meeting to increase business licensing fees.
During a meeting of the Rules and Public Policy Committee Tuesday night, Rick Powers, the Director of the Department of Code Enforcement (DCE), shared a Power Point presentation that outlined the reasons his department is asking for a fee increase.
Under the proposal, a total of 27 businesses will be affected. The businesses include everything from massage parlors, to taxi cab companies, to kennels.
Powers says the current business license fee schedule is antiquated. In some cases, fees have not been increased for decades and the current income generated from the fees does not cover the department’s operating costs.
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