HomeMy WebLinkAbout3399 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 3399
AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE TAX LEVIED UPON THE
PRIVILEGE OF DOING CABLE TELEVISION, SOLID WASTE,
WATER AND SEWER BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF PASCO TO
EIGHT AND ONE -HALF PERCENT (8.5 %).
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 5.32.040 of the Pasco Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows as shown by the underlined additions and deletions
made by interlineation:
5.32.040 TAX - LEVIED. There is levied upon, and there shall be
collected from every person, firm or corporation engaged in carrying on the
following businesses for hire or for sale of a commodity or a service within or
partly within the corporate limits of the City of Pasco the tax for the privilege of
so doing business as hereinafter defined:
(I) Upon any telephone business there shall be levied a tax equal to
eight and one -half percent (8.50!0) of the gross operating revenues derived from
the operation of such businesses within the City of Pasco.
(2) Upon any business selling or distributing electricity and electrical
energy, a tax to be equal to eight and one -half percent 8.5% of the total gross
operating revenue derived from sales of such electricity to ultimate users within
the City of Pasco; provided, however, that there shall not be any tax levied for
the installation charges of electrical service units.
(3) Upon any business selling, manufacturing, or distributing natural
gas for residential, commercial or industrial consumption, a tax to be equal to
eight and one -half percent 8.5% of gross operating revenues from such sales
within the limits of the City of Pasco; provided, however, that there shall not be
any tax levied for the installation charges of gas service units.
(4) Upon any business selling a cable or microwave signal by
subscription for television, radio, or other audio visual purposes, a tax equal to
eight and one -half percent 8.5% of gross operating revenues from such sales
within the limits of the City of Pasco.
(5) Upon any business selling solid waste collection and disposal
service, a tax of eight and one -half percent (8.5%1 of gross operating revenues
from such sales within the limits of the City of Pasco.
(6) Upon any business, public or private, selling domestic water via a
public water supply and distribution system and selling sanitary sewer service
via a collection grid, a tax of eight and one -half percent (8.5%) of gross
operating revenues from such sales within the limits of the City of Pasco.
(7) Upon any business, public or private, selling irrigation water, a tax
equal to eight and one -half percent 8.5% of gross operating revenues from
such sales within the limits of the City of Pasco. Twe and one he,r p ent r
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Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect on December 31, 1999.
PASSED by the City Council and approved by the Mayor this 20th day of
December, 1999.
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ATTEST:
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Catherine D. Seaman,
Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney