Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation will repeal Chapters 511, 515, 519, 533, 537, 538, 557, 562, 571, 581 and 596 595 of the Columbus City Code. All of these Chapters are part of the Business Regulation and Licensing Code, Title 5. They have been determined to be outdated and are no longer enforced, or are no longer enforceable due to preemption by State law and regulation. The following provide an explanation for why each chapter is being repealed:
Chapter 511 - ASTROLOGERS: The License Section has not regulated or issued licenses for astrologers for at least the past 10 years. It was determined that license officers are not skilled to determine who is qualified to be an astrologer. Due to this, the license fee was repealed in 2003 (868-03) and the requirement for a license is no longer enforced.
Chapter 515 - BONDSMEN: The License Section stopped issuing licenses and enforcing Chapter 515 when the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Enforcement Division started issuing licenses for all bondsmen.
Chapter 519 - ITINERANT WHOLESALE PRODUCE DEALERS: This matter was resolved with the commercial sales code and itinerant vendor code. The license fee was repealed in 2003 (868-03) and no licenses have been issued.
Chapter 533 - AUTOMOBILE PARKING LOTS: This code was created to minimize the amount of dust and debris caused by large automobile parking lots. The code requires that the lots be sprayed with a substance that will not damage cars and frequently enough to keep dust and dirt from rising during hours of business. In the mid-80’s, a code was passed that requires automobile parking lots to be a hard surface (asphalt/concrete). Chapter 533 is no longer applicable or being enforced.
Chapter 537 - JEWELRY AUCTIONS: The code does not have a date for when the license fee was repealed but the License Section has not been issuing or enforcing this code for at least the past 18 years. The Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Enforcement Division licenses all auctio...
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