State leaders call Portland ‘smell’ ordinance unfair, discriminatory after complaint closes pho restaurant
State leaders call Portland ‘smell’ ordinance unfair, discriminatory after complaint closes pho restaurant
After a Vietnamese restaurant in northeast Portland shut down on Sunday because of an odor complaint filed anonymously by a neighbor, local and state leaders are pushing back on the city’s “smell” ordinance.
Here's the original article I came across bout Pho Gabo closing.
And it looks like Multnomah County will be suspending the ordinance after public outcry.
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I'm guessing no one took even one second to realize what an odor code would actually do because as described, it's immediately obvious.
It definitely sounds like a "No wait, not like that" reaction to the obvious consequence.
I didn’t read the article but I wonder if this was malicious compliance to draw attention to a bad law.