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ANORDINANCEAMENDINGORDINANCE1860AMENDINGCHAPTER3.30 OFTHEMOSESLAKEMUNICIPALCODEENTITLED"UTILITYOCCUPATIONALTAX"
THE CITYCOUNCILOF THE CITYOF MOSES LAKE,WASHINGTON DO ORDAINAS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.Chapter 3.30 of the Moses Lake MunicipalCode entitled "UtilityOccupational Tax"is amended asfollow:
3.30.050 Occupations Subject to Tax -Amount:There is hereby levied upon,and there shall be collectedOfrom,every person engaged incarrying on thefollowingbusinesses forhire orfor thesale ofa com-modity,or service within or partly within the corporatelimitsofthe citythetaxforthe privilege of sodoingbusinessashereinafterdefined,as follows:
A.Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business ofselling,fumishing,delivering,ordistributinganytelephoneserviceforresidential,commercial,or industrial use a taxequal to6%ofthe firstone hundred thousanddollars ($100,000)oftotalannual gross operating revenueofsalesoftelephoneservicetoeachcustomerwithinthelimitsofthecity.
Gross operating income for thispurpose shall not include charges whichare passed on to thesubscribersbyatelephonecompanypursuanttotariffsrequiredbyregulatoryordertocompen-sate for the cost to the company of the tax imposed by this chapter.
B.Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling,furnishing,delivering,ordistributingelectriclightandpowerorelectricalenergyserviceforresidential,commercial,orindustrialuseataxequalto6%of the first one hundred thousanddollars ($100,000)of totalannualgrossoperatingrevenuefromdistributingelectriclightandpowerorelectricalenergytoeachcustomerwithinthelimitsofthecity.
C.Upon every person engaged inor carrying on the business of sellingorfurnishing water serviceforresidential,commercial,orindustrial use a taxequal to 8%ofthe first one hundred and fiftythousanddollars($150,000)oftotal annualgross operating revenue for selling or furnishingwaterservicetoeachcustomerwithinthelimitsofthecity.
D.Upon every person engaged inorcarrying on thebusiness of selling or furnishing sewer serviceforresidential,commercial,or industrial use a tax equal to 8%ofthe first one hundred and fiftythousanddollars($150,000)of totalannual gross operating revenue for selling or furnishing
sewer service to each customer within the limits of the city.
E.Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling orfurnishing of natural,manufactured,or mixedgas service for residential,commercial,or industrial use a taxequal to6%of thefirstone hundred thousanddollars ($100,000)oftotalannual gross operating revenueOfromsellingorfurnishingnatural,manufactured,ormixedgas service toeach customer withinthelimitsofthecity.
F.Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling or furnishing garbagefacilitiesand/or service for domestic or industrial use within the city there shall be levied a taxequaltoeightpercent(8%)of the totalannual gross operatingrevenue.
G.Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of furnishing a cablesubscriptionsystemfortelevisionsignaldistributionwithinthecitythereshallbeleviedataxequaltoeightpercent(8%)of the totalannual gross operating revenue.It is not theintent of thissection toclassifythebusinessasapublicutility.
H.Upon every person engaged inor carrying on thebusiness offurnishing competitive telephoneservice,includingbut notlimitedto,cellular telephoneservicewithinthe citythereshall be leviedataxequaltoeightpercent(8%)of the totalannual gross operating revenue.
I.Total annual gross operating revenue shall be calculated on a calendar year basis beginningJanuary1ofanyyearandendingonDecember31ofthesameyear.
Section 2.Ordinance No.1852 shall not take effect and be inforce on January 1,2000.Ordinance No.1860shalltakeeffectandbeinforceonJanuary1,2001.
Section 3.This ordinance shall take effectand be inforce on January 1,2001.
Section 4.The CityCouncil declares thatan emergency exists and thisordinance shall take effect immediatelyasprovidedbylawupononereadingif2/3 of the entire CityCouncil present vote in favo f assage.
Adopted by the City Council and signed by its Mayor on br 9,1999.
published:11/12/99
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