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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
Council Bill No. 45
Series
BEHM
ORDINANCE NO.
of 1994
957
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 11-64 OF
CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE III, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO, PERTAINING TO LIQUOR OCCUPATION TAXES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO:
Section 1. Section 11-64, of Chapter 11, Article III of the Code
of the city of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and
reenacted as follows:
Section 11-64. Amount of tax levied.
There is hereby levied and assessed for each year an
annual occupation tax upon the business of selling
3.2 per cent (3.2%) beer, malt, vinous, or spirituous
liquors, except medicinal liquors, in the City as such
occupation has been herein classified, as follows:
(1) For all Class G operators, Nine Hundred Dollars
($900) ;
(2) For all Class F operators, six Hundred Dollars
($600) ;
(3) For all Class D operators, six Hundred Fifty
Dollars ($650);
(4) For all Class E operators, six Hundred Dollars
($600) ;
(5) For all Class C operators, Nine Hundred Dollars
($900) ;
(6) For all Class J-1 operators, Seven Hundred Dollars
($700) ;
(7) For all Class J-2 operators, Seven Hundred Dollars
($700) ;
(8) For all Class J-3 operators, Two Thousand Two Hundred
Dollars ($2,200);
(9) For all Class T operators, One Thousand Three Hundred
Dollars ($1,300);
Section 2. Any increase in liquor occupation taxes from taxes
imposed in calendar year 1993 shall be paid to the City as a
supplemental payment no later than May 1, 1994.
Section 3. Safetv 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. Severabilitv. 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
application to other persons or circumstances.
section 5. This ordinance shall become effective upon its passage
by the City Council.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of ~ to
~ on this 14th day of February, 1994; 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
February 28, 1994, at 7:00 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 -1L- to ~, this 28th day of February, 1994.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 28th day of February, 1994.
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Dan Wilde, Mayor
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Kathryn L. Schroeder, City Atty.
1st publication: February 18, 1994 - Rocky Mountain News
2nd publication: March 8 1994 - Wheat Ridge Sentinel
Wheat Ridge sentinel '
Effective Date: February 28, 1994