HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-1370 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE,relating to the multiple dwelling unit transit subsidy
tax levied by the City of Yakima; specifying the manner
of computing such tax; amending Section 4 of City of
Yakima Ordinance No. 1336, passed September 13, 1971, •
entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to the operation of the
public transportation system of the City of Yakima;
411 levying and providing for the collection of a multiple
dwelling housing unit transit subsidy tax; specifying a
method of computing such tax; limiting the use of pro-
ceeds from such tax; and declaring it to be unlawful
to refuse to pay said tax and providing for punishment
on conviction thereof"; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 4 of City of Yakima Ordinance' No. 1336,
passed September 13, 1971, entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to the
operation of the public transportation system of the City of Yakima;
levying and providing for the collection of a multiple dwelling
housing unit transit subsidy tax; spedifying a method of computing
such tax; limiting the use of proceeds from such tax; and declaring
it to be unlawful to refuse to pay said tax and providing for punish-
411 ment on conviction thereof", is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4 Computation of Tax. The amount billed and
collected as the tax based on multiple dwelling housing units
shall be an amount computed on the basis that the average
occupancy rate during the billing period of housing units in
each multiple dwelling is 907; provided, the owner or manager
of any such multiple dwelling, or other person billed for ser-
vice thereto, may state in writing, signed by the person making
the statement, on forms furnished by the City, that the average
occupancy rate was a specified rate less than 90% for any parti-
cular billing period, and may file such statement at the office
!II of utility accounting of the City at the time of payment of the
tax for that period, in which event the amount of tax to be paid
shall be accordingly reduced subject to verification by the City
that,the specified occupancy rate is accurately stated."
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
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effect immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as
provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 3rd day of January, 1972.
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