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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4879 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Chapter 3.82 relating to comrnercial parking taxes for 2004. WHEREAS, the City Council desires to increase commercial parking taxes for the year 2004; NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION1. Section 3.82.020 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Tax Rate - Who Must Pay" relating to commercial parking tax is hereby amended to read as follows: 3.82.020 TAX RATE - WHO MUST PAY. There is levied upon and shall be collected from every person engaged in a commercial parking business within the City a commercial parking tax in an amount equal to ~ (8%)ten percent (10%) of the gross proceeds of the commercial parking business. SECTION 2. Rqferendum Procedure. The tax adopted in this ordinance as authorized under RCW 82.80.030 is subject to a referendum. A referendum petition must be filed with the City Clerk within seven days of passage of the ordinance. Within ten days, the City Clerk shall confer with the petitioner concerning form and style of the petition, issue an identification number for the petition, and write a ballot title for the measure. The ballot title shall be posed as a question so that an affirmative answer to the question and an affirmative vote on the measure results in the tax or fee being imposed and a negative answer to the question and a negative vote on the measure results in the tax or fee not being imposed. The petitioner shall be notified of the identification number and ballot title within this ten-day period. After this notification, the petitioner has thirty days in which to secure on petition forms the signatures of not less than fifteen percent of the registered voters of the county for county measures, or not less than fifteen percent of the registered voters of the city for city measures, and to file the signed petitions with the City Clerk. Each petition form must contain the ballot title and the full text of the measure to be referred. The City Clerk shall verify the sufficiency of the signatures on the petitions. If sufficient valid signatures are properly submitted, the City Clerk shall submit the referendum measure to the county or city voters at a general or special election held on one of the dates provided in RCW 29A.04.320 as determined by the county or city legislative authority, which election shall not take place later than one hundred twenty days after the signed petition has been filed with the filing officer. The referendum procedure provided in this section is the exclusive method for subjecting any county or city ordinance imposing a tax or fee under RCW 82.80.030 to a referendum vote. 1 2004 Commercial Parking Taxes SECTION 3. Severabili~. If any one or more sections, subsections, or sentences of this Ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten (10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. APPROVED by the City Council the//a.~(.~ day of J~e~.-,-,,J_~.,,~ ,2003 PASSED by the City Council the ,,~A.~ day of ~ ,2003 CAROL ARENDS, Council President Approved this ~ day of J~,t~,.g,,.o~ ~ CARY BOZEMAN, Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ' I~THL~ ~)~t~ e C LUS K'~'~,~i,~ Cfer~ PUBLISHED theafld).atZ;_ day of a/,~J,...,.,,,~6~ ,2003 EFFECTIVE the O..,erdO day of ('~a .,.,~,.~,~ .... 200~ ORDINANCE NO. 4*? 7~O' ~ R:\LEGAL\Ordinances~Administration~2004 Rate Tables~3.82 parking tax changes.doc 2 2004 Commercial Parking Taxes AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION No. Ad # 100087214 STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KITSAP I, Robin Alexander, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all times embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of THE SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of the County of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, and is now and during all of said time, was printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper; December 30, 2003 and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers daring all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $29.11 which amount has not been aid i --~ ¢.,. __~ c-,~[Exp' 05-04-04 ~ ~ (Signature of Principal Clerk) ~. ~ OMill~..r~',~"b?ore me this day of January 6, 2004. ~ ',~., · ..... tllllllllD[~\ Notary Public ORDINANCE NO. 4879' AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Chapter 3.82 relating to commercial parking taxes for 2004.- APPROVED by the City Council the 16th day of December, 2003- PASSED by the City Council the 23rd day of December, 2003- The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 239 Fourth Street, Bremerton, WA 98337.- December 30, 2003..#100087214-