HomeMy WebLinkAbout2901 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 1917 so as to include
the operation of. the taxicab business as a business acti-
vity under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1917; and
declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Section 2 (c) of Ordinance No. 1917 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(c) Upon every other person engaging in any other business
within the City of Bremerton, the' amount of the tax shall be equal to
the gross income of said business or profession multiplied by the
rate of one-tenth of one per cent. "Any other business" as herein
used, shall include, but shall not be limited, to sales at retail and
wholesale, the rendering of professional services' and other, printing
and publishing, construction and repair of property, real or personal,
the operation of the business of taxicab service as provided in
Ordinance No. 2888.
Section 2. Section 8 (i) is amended to read as follows:
(i) No tax shall be collected under this title for such part
or all of gross income of business or gross proceeds of sales as is
derived from the following: Amusement Machines, Dance Hail, Circus,
Housemoving, Merry-go-round, Music Machines, Peddling Popcorn Wagon,
Pinball, Digger, Rotary, Claw or Traveling Crane Machine, Pool and
Billiard Table, Bankruptcy Insolvency or Liquidation Sale, Shuffle-
boards, Sound Trucks, Theatre Admissions, ~endi~g Machines, Cigarette
Sales, Electric Power Companies, Telephone Companies, Transportation
Companies (except for taXicabs), Gas Manufacturing Companies, Posting,
Printing, Tacking or Distributing Advertising Matter.
Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE: That an emergency exists affecting
the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the
City of Bremerton, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately
following passage and publication.
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