Item 16 — Wednesday, August 12, 2026
In plain language — from agenda source text
This resolution directs the City Manager to draft City Code changes that would create a "microbusiness" classification and set eligibility rules for it. The goal is to lower the hurdles for small startups by adjusting permitting and licensing requirements and building a program that waives City fees for businesses that qualify.
Current official agenda wording
Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to propose City Code amendments to classify “microbusiness,” adjust permitting and licensing requirements to reduce the barriers to entry for microbusinesses, establish eligibility criteria, and develop a program that waives City fees for qualifying microbusinesses.
"12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 and 22 is adopted unanimously" — meeting transcript (unofficial)
What got said
Attributed statements from the meeting transcript, not official agenda values.
- Institute for Justice testified Austin is the most regulatory-complex city studied for starting a restaurant