HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1983-0516INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER AIELLO
ORDINANCE NO. 516
Series of 1982
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of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
Section 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of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
Section 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
dec ares 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 judg-
ment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this ordinance or
its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 1983.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED ON first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on
this 8th day of November, 1982; 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 Dec. 13, 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
8 to 0 this 13th day of December 1982.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this j'f'~Iday of 1982.
ATTEST; ~i7 111:-i
Frank Stites, Mayor
APPROVED QS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY
`C ro Hampf; City erk
S ~lst publication: Nov. 11, 1982 - Wheat Ridge Sentin 1
2nd publication: Dec. 23, 1982 " " "
Effective date: January 1, 1983