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ORD 84-32 INCREASING BUSINESS LICENSING AND EXEMPTING CERTAIN BUSINESSESORDINANCE NO. 84-32 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW, WASHINGTON AMENDING SEC- TION 5.04.030 OF THE WINSLOW MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSING AND TAXATION OF BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS BY IN- CREASING THE BUSINESS LICENSE FEE AND EXEMPTING CERTAIN BUSINESSES FROM THE BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONS TAX; AMENDING SECTION 5.04,060 (A) AND (B) TO ESTABLISH A NEW DELINQUENCY DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the City's business license fee should be adjusted to reflect the increased costs of administering such system of regulation, and that certain businesses with annual gross income of $50,000 or less should be exempted from the business and occupations tax, now, therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 5.04,030 of the Winslow Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 5.04.030 Business - Subject to Tax. On or after the effective date of this ordinance, there is levied upon and shall be collected from and paid, as provided in this ordinance, by every person, on account and for the privilege of engaging in business activities within the city, an annual license fee and occupation tax per calendar year, or any portion thereof, in a sum equal to the amounts set forth as follows: Class 1. Privately owned parking lots within the City of Winslow which charge a fee for parking: The annual license fee shall be $20.00. In addition to the annual license fee a B & O tax shall be imposed and paid equal to four percent (4%) of the gross income received by each business during the previous calendar year. Of this totalsum, a sum equal to .04% of the gross income received by each business during the previous calendar year shall be deposited in the Current Expense Fund of the City of Winslow in accordance with the provi- sions of Section 15.04.150 (A). The balance of such sum shall be deposited in the Street Fund of the City of IqinF~low in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.04,150 (B). ORDINANCE NO. 84-32 PAGE TWO Class 2. Publicly owned parking lots within the City of Winslow which charge a fee for parking: A B & 0 tax shall be imposed upon and paid equal to four percent (4%) of the gross income received by such businesses during the previous calendar year. These funds shall be deposited in the Street Fund of the City of Winslow in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04.150 (B). Class 3. All other businesses located within the City of Winslow: The annual license fee shall be $20.00. In addition to the annual license fee a B & O tax shall be imposed and paid equal to .04% of the gross income over $50,000 received by each business during the previous calendar year, provided that businesses which receive $50,00 or less gross income during the previous calendar year shall be exempt from said B & O tax. These funds shall be deposited in the Current Expense Fund of the City of Winslow in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04. 150 (A). Class 4. Businesses located outside the City of Winslow. Businesses located outside the corporate limits of the City of Winslow which make regular retail sales and deliveries or engage in the sale of consumer services within the City of Winslow shall pay an annual license fee of $30.00. These funds shall be deposited in the Current Expense Fund of the City of Winslow in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04.150 (A). Section 2. Section 5.04.060 (A) is hereby amended to to read as follows: (A) The license fee required by this chapter is due January 1 and shall be considered delinquent if it is not paid by the last day of February. Section 3. Section 5.04.060 (B) is hereby amended to read as follows~ ($) The business license required by this chapter shall expire on December 31 of the year issued and a new license shall be required for each year. Licenses must be obtained before the last day of February, or sixty ~60) days after a business commences operation in the city, which- ever first occurs. Section 4. The revisions implemented by this ordinance shall apply to all businesses required to obtain a license for the year 1985. Section 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five (5) days after passage and publication by posting as provided by law. ORDINANCE No. 84-32 PAGE THREE APPROVED: ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED: APPROVED AS TO FORM: OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY: BY FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: POSTED: December 26, 1984 EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 1984 ORDINANCE NO. 84-32 December 13, 1984 December 20, 1984