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Washoe County Commission Meetings of April 14 &28,2009
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Nevada Revised Statutes sections 237.030 through 237 .100 require that Washoe County
prepare a business impact statement for any amendments to Washoe County Code that
exercises legislative powers, or imposes, increases or changes fees charged to businesses
in Washoe County. Further, the business impact statement must be provided to any
potentially impacted businesses or interested parties affected by the proposed
amendments.
Staff prepared a business impact statement and mailed a copy of the statement, together
with pertinent extracts from the proposed ordinance, to small businesses and trade
associations on March 6,2009. Small businesses provided a copy included all currently
licensed secondhand stores and pawnbrokers (there are no cturently licensed junk dealers
in unincorporated Washoe Counry); hade associations included the Nevada Taxpayers
Association, the North Tahoe Chamber of Commerce, the Reno-Sparks Chamber of
Commerce, the Retail Association ofNevada, and the Sparks Chamber of Commerce.
The business owners and trade associations were encouraged to provide written
comments by April l, 2009 for incorporation into a staff report presented to the County
Commission. A separate staff report will be prepared for the Commission to approve the
business impact statement for this ordinance on April 28,2009 prior to its adoption.
FISCAL IMPACT
There are currently 10 licensed secondhand stores and pawnbrokers within
unincorporated Washoe County. As noted earlier, there are no currently licensed junk
dealers in the unincorporated County. There are no new licensing fees contained within
the proposed amendments and, therefore, there is no fiscal impact to Washoe County.
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FIRST READING (April 14. 2009)
Introduction and first reading of an ordinance amending the Washoe County Code at
Chapter 25 by adding requirements for record keeping by junk dealers; adding
restrictions on the purchase of junk from certain persons; modiffing the description of
items in a junk shop or store; referencing state law for junk dealers and secondhand
stores; and, modifying the keeping of records by secondhand stores and pawnbrokers.
Set the public hearing and second reading of the ordinance for April 28, 2009 at 6:00
p.m.
POSSIBLE MOTION FOR THE FIRST READING (April 14. 2009)
Should the Board agree with staff s recommendation, a possible motion would be:
"I move to introduce Bill Number (insert bill number as provided by the County
Clerk) and to set the public hearing and second reading of the Ordinance for
possible adoption during tle County Commission meeting of April 28,2009 at
6:00 p.m."