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Ordinance No. 14-78 amending sections 1103 (License Required; Expiration; Transferability; Fees), 1104 (Applications; Funeral Escort Service Agency, Funeral Escort Service Agency Officers) and 1105 (Funeral Escort Agency License; Insurance Requirements; Training) of Part 11 (Funeral Escorts) of Article 3 (Sales of Goods and Services) of Chapter 2 (Business Licensing, Liquor Regulation and Taxation) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to funeral escort licenses
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From:
Sarah Johnson, City Clerk
Summary:
As part of an ongoing effort to make the City of Colorado Springs a more business friendly community, and as one of the City Clerk's 2014 Breakthrough Strategies, the City Clerk conducted a thorough review of all general and specific business license types, requirements, and fees to ensure they are relevant and necessary to regulate activities related to health, safety or other protective purposes. This review includes proposals for removal/clarification of requirements for standardization across all general business license types. These updates to our City code eliminate unnecessary steps and requirements for a business to operate in our great city, while also aiding the future creation of an online application/renewal business licensing system.
A summary of the proposed changes to the Funeral Escort Agency and Funeral Escort License Ordinance, effective as of January 1, 2015, are as follows:
1. Delete social security number and duplicative application requirements and incorporate simplified general application requirements from section 2.1.403;
2. Eliminate fingerprint requirements for funeral escort service agencies;
3. Eliminate notarization requirement for exemption by the City from workers' compensation insurance coverage and require instead a statement that workers' compensation insurance is not required;
4. Delete duplicative expiration date language;
5. Clarify process for iss...
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