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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 emu: pwcs-. crime purposes. 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. Ch 'Ibury, M or ATTEST: ca-i � L, - �-' a �e- ": 0�' e 4 �' - j Catherine D. Seaman, Deputy City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney