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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1982-0487INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER MERKL ORDINANCE NO. 487 SERIES OF 1982 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 Section 21-21 of Chapter 21, Article II of the Code of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: Sec. 21-21.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 $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 Section 21-23 of Chapter 21, Article II of the Code of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows: Section 21-23.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 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 judg- ment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. Section 5. This ordinance shall be retroactive to January 1, 1982. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED ON first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on this 25t.h day of_January , 1982; ordered published in full in a news- paper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for February 8 at 7:30 -o'clock p.m., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, WheatRidge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of 7 to 0 , this 8th day of March 1982. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 9th day of March 1982. Frank Stites. Mavor ATTEST: CAROL HAMPF, City Cl rV 1st publication: Jan. 28, 1982 2nd publication: Mar. 11, 1982 Wheat Ridge Sentinel Effective Date: Jan. 1, 1982 APPROVED AS TO FORM BY'CITY ATTY. f