Legislation Details

File #: 26-282    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 7/21/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/22/2026 Final action: 9/22/2026
Title: Ordinance No. 26-53 Repealing And Reordaining 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 Business Licensing, And Providing Penalties For Violations Thereof Presenter: Sarah B. Johnson, City Clerk Lee McRae, City Clerk’s Office, License Enforcement Officer Emily Vandenberg, City Attorney’s Office, Prosecution Division Young Shin, City Attorney’s Office, Corporate Division
Sponsors: Lee McRae
Attachments: 1. Clerk-Chapter2-Article3-2026-08-28.pdf, 2. Code Scrub Executive Summary, 3. 2026 Business License Code Changes Presentation, 4. Signed Ordinance 26-53

Title
Ordinance No. 26-53 Repealing And Reordaining 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 Business Licensing, And Providing Penalties For Violations Thereof

Presenter:
Sarah B. Johnson, City Clerk
Lee McRae, City Clerk’s Office, License Enforcement Officer
Emily Vandenberg, City Attorney’s Office, Prosecution Division
Young Shin, City Attorney’s Office, Corporate Division

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Summary:
Repeal and replace Article 3 of Chapter 2 – Article 3 (Sales of Goods and Services) comprises most of the license types issued by the City Clerk’s Office. This ordinance reordains Article 3 which includes changes for structural hierarchy and flow outline to be consistent for all of specific license types and proposes renumbering parts to eliminate unused sections (from prior 2014 repeals). Other proposed changes to Article 3 include adding background check requirements for massage business employees as required by recent state legislation, updated insurance requirements for applicable license types, addressing emerging technologies, and conformance to applicable state statues. More details are outlined in the attached Chapter 2 Code Scrub Executive Summary

The final version of this ordinance includes minor language clarifications in Part 2 (Private Security Services) in consideration of stakeholder comments regarding camera-assisted technology and surrender of licenses, as follows:

§2.3.202: Definitions on page 11 – changes second sentence of Camera-Assisted Technology definition from “Camera-assisted technology includes, but is not limited to…” to now read “Camera-assisted technology categories include, but are not limited to…” (added “categories”).

§2.3.206(E) on page 13 – changed from “A list of any camera-assisted technology the agency will use” to now read “A list of the categories of camera-assisted technology the agenc...

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