HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970 Amending Ordinance 1903 - Business and Occupation Tax and Business License (Telephone Business)AN ORDINANCE AMMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 1903 AS
AMENDED
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 as amended by Ordinance
No. 1931 is further amended to read as follows:
" Ca) Upon any telephone business there shall be levied a tax equal to 6.18%
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 system2 It i~cludes 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-
riding of cable television service.
"Competitive telephone service" means the providing by any person of telephone
equil~m,~nt, apparatus, or service, other than toll service, which is a
type wi]ich can be provided by persons that are not subject to regulation as
teleph~ne companies under Title 80RCW and for whic]~ a separate charge is
made."
Sectio~ 2.This ordinance shall take effect November 1,1983 , upon its l~assage,
approval, and p6blication 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
Attest:
City Clerk
October 18, 1983.
Mayor
Approved as to form:
Cy Attorn~