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City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as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City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: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
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PRANK STITES, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO_FORM ~Y CITY ATTORNEY:
John Hayes
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