HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1984-0601INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER Keller
ORDINANCE NO. 601
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City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as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
$110,000.
Section 2. Section 21-23 of Chapter 21, Article II of the Code of Laws
of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted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 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 circum-
stances shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent juris-
diction 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 become effective January 1, 1985.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of _8 to 0
on this 19th day of November, 1984; 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 17 1984,
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 17th day of December , 1984.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 17th day of December , 1984.
ATTEST:
Wanda Sang, City C1 rk
lst publication: November 22, 1984
2nd publication: December 27, 1984
Effective Date: January 1, 1985
FRANK STITES, Mayor
APPROVED AS,TO FORM:
John E. Hayes, City Attorney