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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957 Ordinance No. 005BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 5, SERIES OF 1957 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 17, SERIES OF 1956, ESTABLISHSNG A BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONAL TAX, BY RE -DEFINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS THEREOF RELATING TO THE RATE S .AND PAYMENT OF SAID TAX. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO: Section 1. Ordinance No. 17, Series of 1956, entitled ''An Ordinance Establishing a Business and Occupational License Tax for the Purpose of Raising Municipal Revenue and Licensing and Regulating the Carrying on of all Business, Trades , Occupations and Professions Wi thin t he City of Englewood, Colorado'', is hereby amended as follows: (a) T able I of Sec t ion 3 is hereby amended to read: "$3 0 .00 for Lhe first owner , partner, manager or employee, plus 10.00 for each additional owner, partner , manager or employee, up t o a maximu m number of taxable employees of 36. No tax on employees over the number of 36." (b) Table II of Sec t ion 3 is amended to read: $15.00 for the first owner , partner, manager or employee , plus $5 .00 for each additional owner, partner, manager or employee, up o a maximum number of taxable employees of 36. No tax on employees over t he number of 36." (c) "S ection 4 is hereby amended by deleting from Group A the words "motels and hotels", and from Group B the words "Sheet metal works". (d) Group I of Section 4 is hereby amended to read: "Sub-group 1: Resi dential rental units. "(a) Any person who rents , leases or otherwise provides one or more residential units for hire shall be subject to a tax of $3.00 per unit per year". "(b) A residential unit shall be construed, by way of i llustration, to mean a house, duplex apart- men L, hotel room, motel room, or other like unit , in which a person or family .resides , either t ransiently or permanently". "Sub-group 2: Commercial rental units. "(a) Any person who rents, leases, or otherw i se provides any number of commercial rental units for hire shall be subject to a t ax of $4.00 per unit per year." "(b) Commercial rental units shall be construed to be any type of premises or units rented for business purposes , not including units in which persons or families reside , as defined in Sub-group (b) above. "(c) This tax shall no t be construed to be a tax on per- sons who pay reht or occupy rental units owned 'or leased for ren t al purposes by other parties. (e) Secti on 9 is .h e r ~by amended by adding thereto the following sen- tence: The license t ax provided for in this ordinance shall be paid not later th an January 31 of each calendar year, and any person or firm failing to pay said t ax by January 31 of the calendar year , shall thereafter be deemed delinquent and subject to the penalty provisions of this ordinance. Sect ion 2. The City Council hereby finds, determines and declares this Ordinance is necessary for the imme diate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and con- venience. Section 3. I n t he opinion of the City Council an emergency exists; therefore, this Ordinance shall t a ke effect and be in force from and after its final passage and publi- cation. Passed on First Reading by the Ci ty Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, this 7 t h day of January, A. D. 1 957, and ordered published in the Englewood Herald and Enter- prise. Passed on Final th day of February , prise. ATI'EST: eading by th e Ci t y Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado , this A. D. 1 957 , and ordere~hed in the~EnglJLW?od Herald and Enter- /~ 38 I, J. L. Barron, City Clerk of the Ci ty of Eng lewood, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was introduced and read in full and ordered published as proposed Ordinance for the meetings of January 7 and February 4, 1957, held by the City Council of the City of Eng lewood , Colorado, on said dates and the same was publish- ed in the Englewood Herald and Enterprise, February 7 , 195 7, as Ordinance No. 5, Series of 1957. (/~ft~ ,~ / City Clerk I :I I