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ORDINANCE NO. 376
Series of 1979
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of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and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:
Sec. 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 $92,997.00.
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of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted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:
Sec. 21-23. Payment.
The tax levied by this article shall be retroactive to the
first day of January, 1980. 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 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 circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by
a court of competent jurisdiction 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 take effect January 1, 1980.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of
7 to 0 on this 17th day of December , 1979;
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 Qr-nday,_January, 14, 1980 at
7:30 o'clock p.m., at Counc=Chambers, 7500 West 29th
Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
ORDINANCE NO. 376 PAGE TWO
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of 8 to 0 this 14th day of
January , 1980.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 15th day of January 1980.
Frank Stites, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carol Hampf, City Clerly
lst Publication Dec. 20, 1979
2nd Publication Jan. 17, 1980
Wheat Ridge Sentinel
Effective Date Jan. 1, 1980
APPROVED AS TO FORM
BY OFFICE OP, CITY ATTORNEY:
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