HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-2659 TAX ON CITY & PRIVATE REFUSE HAULING OPERATIONS & THE RATE THEREOF. 41, ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE relating to refuse collection; imposing a tax on,
City and private refuse hauling operations and
specifying the rate thereof; amending Subsection
4.16.180 C and Section 7.64.020 of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, City of Yakima Ordinance No. 2637 enacted
September 21, 1982, provided, among other things for the
amendment of Subsection 4.16.180 C of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2637 is suspended from taking
effect by a referendum petition filed with the Yakima City
Clerk, with the result that the effectiveness of Ordinance No.
ii,
2637 is currently suspended so that Subsection 4.16.180 C of
the City of Yakima Municipal Code currently remains in effect
without amendment pending the disposition of those referendum
proceedings, and
WHEREAS, the amendment of Subsection 4.16.180 C of the
City of Yakima Municipal Code as provided herein in not intended
by the Yakima City Council as a repeal or amendment of Ordinance
No. 2637, nor it is intended that Ordinance No. 2637 and the
pending referendum proceedings be superseded or in any manner
affected by the amendment of Subsection 4.16.180 C as provided
11, herein; rather, this amendatory ordinance is enacted solely for
the purpose of increasing the rate of existing taxes on both
the City and private refuse hauling operations, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and declares an emergency
to exist so as to authorize the immediate effectiveness of this
ordinance in order to increase revenue to balance the City budget
for 1983, which budget has been considered and will be adopted
111 within the time schedule provided by state law, but which takes
it necessary that ordinances implementing that budget be enacted
with an emergency clause, now, therefore,
1110 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Subsection 4.16.180 C of the City of Yakima 111
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"4.16.180 Collection of Garbage in Business Class --
License and Tax Regulations.
C. License Tax Imposed -- Amount. Commencing January 1,
1983, there is levied upon every person, association or
corporation holding a license for the collection and
hauling of garbage, refuse or debris within the city or
in gathering the same within the city for disposal at some
point or area outside of the city, a tax for the privilege
of doing so, such tax to be equal to eight percent of the
cash receipts from all customers within the city served by
the license holder. Such tax shall be due and payable in
quarterly installments, for quarters ending with the last
days of March, June, September and December of each year;
and remittance therefor shall be made on or before thirty
days after the end of the quarterly period for which it is
due."
Section 2. Section 7.64.020 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.64.020 Refuse Tax. Commencing January 1, 1983,
there is levied against the street and refuse division of
the department of public works of the City of Yakima a
tax at the rate of eight percent of the total gross
revenue of the municipal refuse fund derived from receipts
for refuse collection service charges."
Section 3. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and
welfare 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 o</
day of , 1982.
Mayor
lir ATTEST:
City Cl
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