HomeMy WebLinkAbout3925 ORDINANCE NO. ~~
AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 3895, Section 1.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1: Section 1 of Ordinance No. 3895 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Amusement Device Owner's License Required: It is unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to own and operate any
amusement device for commercial purposes without having first
obtained and being the holder of a valid City Business License
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in Ordinance No.
3898.
Amusement Device Tax: Any person, firm or corporation which
owns and operates any amusement device for commercial purposes
shall be required to remit to the City of Bremerton a tax which
shall be equal to the gross receipts derived therefrom multiplied
by the rate of two percent (2%).
The tax shall be payable in quarterly installments on or
before the thirtieth day of the month following the end of the
calendar quarter to commence ~~ 1, 1984.
The City of Bremerton shall have the authority, pursuant to
this Ordinance, to adopt, by resolution, whatever measures it
deems necessary to determine valuation for amusement device tax
including a subsequent requirement of the installation of a
counting device.
The tax remittance, as herein provided, shall be accompanied
by an amusement device location schedule, if requested by the
City Treasurer.
In the event that the amusement device tax is not paid on or
before the due date, there shall be added to the amount due, a
penalty fee as follows:
1-30 days, 10% of tax due, minimum penalty of $3.00
31-60 days, 15% of tax due, minimum penalty of $4.00
61 or more days, 20% of tax due, minimum penalty of $5.00
In addition to this penalty, the City Treasurer may charge
the taxpayer interest of one percent (1%) of all taxes and fees
1
due for each thirty day period or portion thereof that said
amounts are past due.
Failure to make payment in full of all tax amounts and
penalties within sixty (60) days following the day the tax amount
initially became due shall be both a civil and criminal violation
of this Section.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this
day of ~k~t~/J~-- , 1984.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed
by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk in authentication
of such passage this -L~--day of ~_~- , 1984.
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~oRRIE DAWKTNS, ~a~or
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, Clerk