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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER ORE/MERKL
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ORDINANCE NO. 430
Series of 1980
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 21-21 AND
SECTION 21-23 OF CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE II OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, PERTAINING TO TAXATION OF
TELEPHONE EXCHANGES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. Section 21-21 of Chapter 21, Article II of the Code of the City of
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
Sec. 21-21. Levied.
There is hereby levied against every telephone utility which is engaged in
the business of furnishing local exchange of telephone service within the
city a tax on the privilege of engaging in such business. The amount of
such tax shall be $97,644.
Section 2. Section 21-23 of Chapter 21, Article II of the Code of the City of
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
Sec. 21-23. Payment.
The tax shall be payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments, each
installment to be paid on the last business day of each calendar month.
Section 3. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and
declares that this ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of
the City of Wheat Ridge; that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and
welfare of the public, and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation
of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare.
The City Council further determines that the ordinance bears a rational relation
to these objectives.
Section 4. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this
ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall for
any reason be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such
judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this ordinance
or its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect January 1, 1981.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on
this 24th day of November , 1980; ordered published in full in
a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing
and consideration on final passage set for December 8, 1980 at
7:30 o'clock p.m., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge,
Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of
7 to 0 , this 8th day of December 1980.
SI,aiNED by the Mayor on this 10th day of December 1980.
ATTEST. Frank Stites, Mayor
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Carol F. Hamof, City Clerk
1st publication: Nov. 27, 1980 Approved{as to for by City Atty.
2nd publication: Dec. 18, 1980
Wheat Ridge Sentinel
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 1981 J, n Hayes, ty tt rney