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ORDINANCE NO. /09 /
AN ORDINANCE relating to taxes . upon certain utilities; amending
Section 1 of City of Yakima Ordinance No. 1080 passed
November 25, 1968, and entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating
to taxes upon certain utilities, fixing tax rates, pro -
viding for a surcharge, saving certain taxes and amend -
ing Section 5.50.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code "; amending Section 5.50.050 of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That Section 1 of City of Yakima Ordinance No. 1080,
passed November 25, 1968, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. That Section 5.50.050 of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.50.050 ELECTRIC, TELEPHONE AND GAS BUSINESSES.
There are hereby levied and shall be collected annual
license fees or taxes against the persons on account of
the business activities, and in the amounts to be deter-
mined by the application of the rates herein prescribed,
as follows:
(a) Upon every person :engaged in or carrying on
the business of selling or furnishing electric light
or power, a fee or tax equal to three percent (370) of
the total gross income derived from such business in
the City of Yakima; provided, however, that an addi-
tional fee or tax equal to two percent (2%) of said
total gross income, commencing with the first meter
reading date in January, 1969, and ending with the
last meter reading date in December, 1969, is hereby
levied as a surcharge for the period of one year,
beginning January 1, 1969, and ending December 31,
1969.
(b) Upon every person engaged in or carrying on
a telephone business, a fee or tax equal to two per-
cent (2%) of the total gross subscriber's station
exchange revenues from business and residence tele-
phone service (excluding message units) in the City
of Yakima; provided, however, that an additional fee
or tax equal to two percent (2 %) of said gross sub -
scriber's station exchange revenues is hereby levied
as a surcharge for the period of one year beginning
on January 1, 1969, and ending December 31, 1969.
(c) Upon every person engaged in or carrying on
the business of selling or furnishing natural gas for
heat, power, light and other purposes, a fee or tax
equal to three percent (3%) of the total gas revenues
derived from such business in the City of Yakima;
provided, however, that the fee or tax provided by
this subsection (c) shall be levied for the period of
one year beginning January 1, 1969, and ending
December 31, 1969.
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` Upon every person engaged in or carrying on
the business of selling or furnishing steam for heat-
ing ot other commercial consumption, a fee or tax
equal to two percent (2) of the total gross income
derived from such business in the City Of Yakima;
provided, however, that an additional fee ot tax equal
to three percent (3 %) of said total gross income is
hereby levied as a surcharge for the period of one
year beginning January 1, 1969, and ending December
31, 1969.
(e) The minimum fee or tax for each such business
activity shall not be less than Two Hundred Fifty
Dollars ($250.00) per tax year.
(f) The rates of tax set forth in this section
in (a), (b), (c) and (d) above shall be measured
against a maximum of the first $500.00 of said total
gross income derived from selling electric light or
power, said total gross subscriber's station exchange
revenue from business or residence telephone service
(excluding message units), total gas revenue or gross
income from sale of steam accrued by said taxpayer
from any one customer in any one calendar month or
fraction thereof."
Section 2. This Ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and wel-
fare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby
• declared to exist and this Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as
provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 23rd day
of December, 1968.
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