Bellflower council directs staff to survey voters and modernize business-license code as a path to reduce commercial blight Bellflower councilors narrowed two options for addressing long-term vacant commercial properties — a parcel/vacancy tax or an updated business-license structure — and directed staff to prioritize a citizen poll on the business-license option while also pursuing a fee study and a new vacancy inventory. Staff highlighted legal, administrative and equity trade-offs for each approach.

Bellflower's City Council is weighing a new vacancy tax versus modernizing its outdated business-license code to tackle long-standing commercial blight—what will they choose?

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