HomeMy WebLinkAbout02077ORDINANCE NO. 1498
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1090, WHICH
ORDINANCE WAS PASSED ON DECEMBER 7, 1937, APPROVED
DECEMBER 8, 1937, AND RELATED TO A LICENSE UPON
CERTAIN BUSINESSES AMID OCCUPATIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, in regular session
assembled, do ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 5 of Ordinance No. 1090, passed by the
Council on December 7, 1937 and approved on December 8, 1937, which
Ordinance is an Ordinance related to and providing for a license
or tax upon certain business, occupations, pursuits and privileges,
and which defines offenses and provides penalties, be and it is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 5. OCCUPATIONS SUBJECT TO TAX --- AMOUNT:
There are hereby levied upon, and shall be collected from, the persons
on account of the business activities annual license fees or occupa-
tion taxes in the amounts to be determined by the application of the
rates against gross income as follows:
Xa) Upon every person engaged in or carrying on a telegraph and/
or telephone business, a fee or tax equal to Four Per Cent (48) of the
total gross income from such business in the city during his fiscal
year next preceding the tax year for which the license is required.
(b) Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of
selling or furnishing gas for hire, a fee or tax equal to Four Per Cent
('4%) of the total gross income from such business in the city during
his fiscal year next preceding the tax year for which the license is
required.
(c) Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of
selling or furnishing electric light and power, a fee or tax equal to
Four Per Cent ('42) of the total gross income from such pusiness in the
city during his fiscal year next preceding the tax year for tlich the
license is required."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 1957,
and after its passage, approval and publication in the form and manner
required by law.
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