City Council Backs Measure to Regulate Home Businesses
After a long debate, the Los Angeles City Council formally endorsed a measure Wednesday to legalize and regulate home businesses.
The ordinance, which is supported by Mayor Richard Riordan, will bring Los Angeles in line with 77 other cities in the county that have already legalized home business.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Nov. 15, 1996 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Friday November 15, 1996 Home Edition Metro Part B Page 3 Metro Desk 1 inches; 34 words Type of Material: Correction
Home businesses--A new Los Angeles city law that would allow home businesses, now awaiting a final City Council vote, would take effect 60 days after Mayor Richard Riordan signed it. The Times on Thursday incorrectly reported the time period.
The vote culminates more than a decade of debate in Los Angeles, dating to 1986 when the late Councilman Howard Finn first proposed a home business law.
But even after years of review, lobbying and debate, several council members still expressed reservations Wednesday about taking a final vote on the measure, voicing concerns that once the city approves home businesses, it can only close them down if they create a nuisance.
Ultimately, however, the council voted 12-1, with Councilman Nate Holden dissenting, to endorse the measure.
Because the measure was not endorsed unanimously, city bylaws require that it return to the council for a second vote next week. Once Mayor Richard Riordan signs the bill, as expected, it would take effect two weeks later.
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