HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-B-2055 X 546 ORDINANCE NO. B -2055 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. B -2014 entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to pro - viding for a license or occupational tax upon certain businesses, occupat- ations, pursuits and privileges; providing for the necessary administrative machinery for the collection and enforcement of the licenses and taxes here- under, and defining offenses and prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency. ", and declaring an emergency. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. That Section 5 of Ordinance No. B -2014 passed and approved by the L ity Commission on April 9, 1957, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding para- graphs (' j) through (n) as follows: "(j) National banks, state banks, trust companies, mutual savings banks, building and loan associations, and savings and loan associations. (k) Newsboys engaged in the sale or delivery of newspapers and magazines or periodicals to the reading public. ('1) Any blind person engaged in business activities within t he City. (m) Any person, firm or corporation which the city is prohibited from tax- ing under the laws of the United States or of the State of Washington. (n) Any person operating a business as a sole proprietorship without full or part time employees who devotes less than 600 hours a year to said bus- iness." Section 2. There is hereby added immediately following Section 6 of Ordin- ance No. B -2014 an additional section to be known as Section 6A, which reads as follows; "Section 6A. CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP. Whenever there is a change in ownership of a business, the business license previously issued.to the withdrawing owner, or owners, must be surrendered to the City Clerk for cancellation. The new owner or owners shall apply and abtain a new business license upon the payment of a fee of S 3,00." Section 3. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety of the people of the City of Yakima; and an emergency is hereby declared to exist; and said ordinance shall be in force and take effect on the 30th day of July, 1957. PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 29th day of July, 1957. ATTEST: J.A. SMITH ( W E A L ) JOE K. ALDERSON CITY CLERK MAYOR I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct copy of Ordinance No. B -2055 entitled "AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. B -2014 entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to and providing for a license or occupational tax upon certain businesses, occupations, pursuits and privileges; providing for the necessary administrative mach- inery for the collection and enforcement of the licenses and taxes hereunder, and defin- ing offenses and prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency. "; and declaring an emergency." as passed on the 29th day of July, 1957, and that the same has been published as required by law.- , Y C L E R K