HomeMy WebLinkAbout2121~~ ORDINANCE NO. 2121
AN OROINANCE relating to and providing for the exaction and col-
lection of a license upon the act or privilege of engaging in certain
business activities, occupations, pursuits and privileges, amending
Section i5 of Ordinance No. 1917 as amended by Ordinance No. 2002,
and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREI~iERTON .DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section 15 of Ordinance No. 1917, as amended by
Ordinance No. 2002 be and the same is hereby amended tO read as fol-
lows:
Se Section 15. Extension Time for Payment; Interest;
Penalty for Late Payment. The Treasurer for good cause
shown amy extend the time for making and filing any return
as required under this ordinance and may grant such reason-
able additional time within which to file such returns as
he may deem proper; Provided, that any extensions in ex-
cess of thirty (30) days shall be conditioned upon pa~ent
of interest on-half (~) of one per cent (1%) for each thirty
(30) days or portion thereof on the amount of the tax from
the date upon which said tax became due. If payment of any
tax due umder this ordinance is not received by the Treasur-
er by the last day of the month in which the tax was due,
there shall be added to such tax a penalty of ten per cent
(10%) of the amount of the tax, but in no case shall the
penalty 'be less than One Dollar ($1.00). If any taxpayer
fails to file any return r®quired by this ordinance by the
last day of the month in which said return was due, as pro-
vided in this ordinance, and it appears that there was no
tax due for the period for which no return was filed, the
Treasurer may assess against such taxpayer a penalty not to
exceed three Dollars ($3.00) for such failure. The Treasur-
er shall notify the Taxpayer by mail of the amount of any
penalties so added or assessed and the same shall become due
and shall be paid within ten (10) days from the date of such
notice.
Section 2. That an emergency exists and it is necessary that the
privileges hereunder be made available to the taxpayers of the City
of Bremsrton immediately and this Ordinance is necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the
citizens of ~he City of Brem~rton, and shall be in full force and ef-
fect immediately upon passage and publication.
PASSED unanimously by the City Council of the City of Brem®rton,
signed by the Nayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication
of such passage this 10th day of August, 1955.
ATTgST: ~H.0. DOMSTAD, ~ (
E.H.T. McGOWAN, City Clerk