HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 5540ORDINANCE NO. 5540
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, increasing by twenty dollars the vehicle
license fee established in City of Bremerton Transportation Benefit
District Resolution No. 005, for atotal annual vehicle license fee of
forty dollars.
WHEREAS, RCW Chapter 36.73 and RCW 35.21.225 authorize the City Council
jurisdiction for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, providing, and funding
transportation improvements within the district that are consistent with any existing state,
regional, and local transportation plans and necessitated by existing or reasonably foreseeable
congestion levels; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton found itto be in the best
interests of the City to establish a citywide Transportation Benefit District consistent with RCW
reduce the risk of
transportation facility failures and improve safety, to continue optimal performance of the
infrastructure over time, and to avoid more expensive infrastructure replacements in the future;
and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 5076 established a Transportation Benefit District as
authorized by RCW 35.21.225 and subject to the provisions of Chapter 36.73 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Benefit District included the entire City of
Bremerton as the boundaries existed when established or as expanded upon annexation; and
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2011, the City of Bremerton Transportation Benefit
District passed Resolution No. 005 to establish an annual vehicle tab fee in the amount of twenty
dollars ($20.00); and
WHEREAS, in Ordinance 5297 the City Council assumed the rights, powers,
functions, and obligations of the City of Bremerton Transportation Benefit District as authorized
by RCW 35.21.225; and
WHEREAS, RCW 36.73.065 authorizes aTransportation Benefit District to
impose, by majority vote o
vehicle license fee authorized in RCW 82.80.140, provided an annual vehicle license fee of
twenty ($20.00) has been imposed for at least twenty-four months; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it in the best interest of the City to increase
the annual vehicle fee from twenty dollars ($20.00) to forty dollars ($40.00) for the purpose of
making transportation improvements, consistent with Chapter 36.73 RCW and BMC 11.25.040,
and; THEREFORE,
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Increase the annual vehicle fee. The annual vehicle license fee of
20.00 shall be increased to an annual fee of $40.00, consistent with RCW 36.73.065, to be
collected by the Washington Department of Licensing on qualifying vehicles, as set forth in
RCW 82.80.140, RCW 36.73, and RCW 46.16. The increased vehicle license fees will not be
collected sooner than six months after the effective date of this Ordinance as provided in RCW
82.80.140. The existing annual vehicle licensing fee of $20.00 established in 2011 shall remain
in effect and be collected by the Washington State Department of Licensing until the effective
date of the increased vehicle license fee established by this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. Revenues. The revenues received by the $20.00 increase shall be
used for transportation improvements as allowed by RCW 36.73 and BMC 11.25.040, and as
designated by the City Council annually.
SECTION 3. Corrections. The City Clerk and codifiers of this ordinance are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to, the
correction of scrivener, clerical, typographical, and spelling errors, references, ordinance
numbering, section/subsection numbers and any references thereto.
SECTION 4. Severability. 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 5. 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.
PASSED by the City Council the___________ day of ____________________, 20___.
JANE REBELOWSKI, Council President
Approved this _______ day of ________________________, 20___.
GREG WHEELER, Mayor
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ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ANGELA HOOVER, City Clerk KYLIE J. FINNELL, City Attorney
PUBLISHED the ________ day of ______________________, 20__.
EFFECTIVE the ________ day of ______________________, 20__.
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