CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-24-60 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Brook Bassan, by request
ORDINANCE
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Repealing And Replacing The Business Registration Ordinance To Allow For Business Licensing (Bassan, by request)
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WHEREAS, the Business Registration Ordinance requires all businesses in City Limits to register with the City of Albuquerque and pay an annual fee $35 as authorized by NMSA 1978 SECTION 3-38-3, but such a fee is insufficient to cover the administrative costs of the Business Registration Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Business Registration Ordinance provided an ineffective and inadequate method for regulating improper or noncompliant business activity due to a statutory limit of penalties for non-registration to a $10 late fee with no additional methods for ensuring compliance to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public or to ensure a level playing field for compliant businesses to compete with illegal operators; and
WHEREAS, the Business License Ordinance streamlines the application process for businesses in the City of Albuquerque; and
WHEREAS, the Business License Ordinance provides for effective and adequate measures to encourage businesses to obtain a license including civil fines for noncompliance; and
WHEREAS, the Business License Ordinance will allow the City of Albuquerque to regulate businesses within its jurisdiction and such regulation is conducive to the promotion of the health and general welfare of the community.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. The "Business Registration Ordinance," ROA 1994, Chapter 13, Article 1, Sections 1-10 and Section 99 are repealed in their entirety and the following is enacted in its place:
["ARTICLE 1: BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE
? 13-1-1 SHORT TITLE.
This article may be cited as the "Business License Ordinance."
? 13-1-2 DEFINITI...
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