1930_00001ORDINANCE NO.1930
ANORDINANCEREPEALINGORDINANCENO.1878OF THE MOSESLAKEMUNICI-PALCODE ANDAMENDINGCHAPTER 3.30 OFTHE MOSES LAKEMUNICIPALCODEENTITLED"UTILITYOCCUPATIONAL TAX"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITYOF MOSESLAKE,WASHINGTON DO ORDAINAS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.Ordinance 1878 is repealed inits entirety.
O Section 2.Chapter 3.30 ofthe Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "UtilityOccupational Tax"is amended asfollows:
3.30.050 Occupations Subjectto Tax -Amount:There is hereby levied upon,and thereshallbe collectedfrom,every person engaged incarrying on thefollowingbusinesses for hire or forthesale ofa commodity,or servicewithinor partlywithin thecorporate limitsof thecitythetaxfor theprivilegeof so doingbusinessashereinafterdefined,as follows:
A.Upon every person engaged in or carryingon the business of selling,furnishing,delivering,ordistributinganytelephoneserviceforresidential,commercial,or industrial use a taxequal to6%ofthefirst one hundred thousanddollars ($100,000)of totalannual gross operatingrevenue ofsalesoftelephonesenticetoeachcustomerwithinthelimitsofthecity.
Gross operating income for this purpose shallnot include charges which are passed on to thesubscribersbyatelephonecompanypursuanttotariffsrequiredbyregulatoryordertocompensateforthecosttothecompanyofthetaximposedbythischapter.
B,Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling,furnishing,delivering,ordistributingelectriclightandpowerorelectricalenergyserviceforresidential,commercial,orindustrialuseataxequalto6%ofthefirstone hundred thousanddollars($100,000)of annual totalgrossoperatingrevenuefromdistributingelectriclightandpowerorelectricalenergytoeachcustomerwithinthelimitsofthecity.
C.Upon every person engaged in or carrying onthebusiness of sellingorfurnishing water serviceforresidential,commercial,or industrial use a taxequal to8%of the first one hundred and fiftythousanddollars($150,000)oftotalannual grossoperatingrevenue for selling orfurnishing waterservicetoeachcustomerwithinthelimitsofthecity.
D.Uponevery person engaged inor carryingon the business ofsellingor fumishing sewer service0forresidential,commercial,or industrial use a taxequal to8%of the first one hundred and fiftythousanddollars($150,000)oftotalannualgross operating revenue forsellingorfurnishing sewerservicetoeachcustomerwithinthelimitsofthecity.
E.Upon every person engaged in or carryingon the business ofselling or furnishingof natural,manufactured,ormixedgas serviceforresidential,commercial,or industrial use ataxequal to6%ofthefirst one hundredthousanddollars($100,000)of totalannualgross operatingrevenue fromsellingorfumishingnatural,manufactured,ormixedgas servicetoeach customer withinthelimitsofthecity.
F.Upon every personengaged inorcarryingon thebusiness ofsellingorfurnishinggarbage facilitiesand/orservicefordomesticor industrial usewithinthecitythereshallbe levied a taxequaltoeightpercent(8%)of the totalannual gross operatingrevenue.
G.Upon every person engaged in or carryingon the business of furnishing a cable subscriptionsystemfortelevisionsignaldistributionwithinthecitythereshallbeleviedataxequaltoeightpercent(8%)ofthetotalannual gross operatingrevenue.It is not theintent of thissection toclassifythebusinessasapublicutility.
H.Uponevery person engaged in or carryingon thebusiness of furnishingcompetitive telephoneservice,including but notlimited to,cellulartelephoneservice within thecitythereshallbe leviedataxequaltoeightpercent(8%)ofthetotalannual gross operating revenue.
I.Total annual gross operating revenue shall be calculated on a calendar year basis beginningJanuary1ofanyyearandendingonDecember31ofthesameyear.
Section 3.This ordinanceshall takeeffectand be in force on July 1,2000.
Section 4.The City Council declares thstanemergency existsandthisordinance shall takeeffectimmediatelyaAdobydbylawuConuncareadingnif2/3 oftheentirenC n
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