HomeMy WebLinkAbout1931 Amending Ordinance 1903 - Business and Occupation Tax and Business License (Telephone Business)ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 1903
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, IN REGULAR SESSION ASSEMBLED,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3,(A) of ordinance no. 1903 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"(a) Upon any telephone business there shall be levied a tax equal to 6~24%
of the total gross operating revenues, excluding revenues from intrastate toll,
derived from the operation of such businesses within the City of Port Townsend.
Gross operating revenues for this purpose shall not include charges which
are passed on to the subscribers by a telephone company pursuant to tariffs
required by regulatory order to compensate for the cost to the company of the
tax imposed by this ordinance.
"Telephone Business" means the business of providing access to a local tele-
phone network, local telephone network switching service, toll service, or coin
telephone services, or providing telephonic, video, data, or similar communi-
cation or transmission system. It includes cooperative or farmer line telephone
companies or associations operating an exchange. "Telephone business"
does not include the providing of competitive telephone service, nor the pro-
viding of cable television service.
"Competitive telephone service" means the providing by any person of telephone
equipment, apparatus, or service, other than toll service, which is a
type which can be provided by persons that are not subject to regulation as
telephone companies under Title 80RCW and for which a separate charge is
made."
Section 2.This ordinance shall take effect November 1,1982, upon its passage,
approval, and p~blication in the form and manner provided by law..
Read for the first, second,.'and third times, passed by the council and approved
by the Mayor on October 19,1982.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ci~ttorney V-