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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1984-0562INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS ORDINANCE NO. 562 Series of 1984 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 Section 21-21 of Chapter 21, Article II of the Code of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: Section 21-21.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 Section 21-23 of Chapter 21, Article II of the Code of The City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: Section 21-23.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 install- ments, 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 Rid(-e; 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, paraqraph, or part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circum- stances shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent juris- diction invalid, such judment 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 retroactively to January 1, 1984. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on this 12th day of December, 1983; 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 January 9, 1984, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Ave., Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of 7 to 0 , this 9th day of January, 1984. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 10th day of Januarv, 1984. VATT ST: anda Sanqe, City le.rk lst publication:. 2nd publication: Effective Date: December 15, 1983 January 12, 1984 Jan.l, 1984 i i ~ ill . C~L~ LG PRANK STITES, Mayor APPROVED AS TO_FORM ~Y CITY ATTORNEY: John Hayes '