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12/6/02
ORDINANCE NO. 3432
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 3.20.050 IN ORDER TO CHARGE A BUSINESS
AND OCCUPATION TAX UPON PROVIDERS OF SOLID
WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES, REPEALING CHAPTER 4.64,
RELATING TO GARBAGE COLLECTION, AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds charges various utilities and those providing
utility like services to the City of Edmonds a business occupation tax of six percent, and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized to imposed such charges with respect to public
electric utilities and private persons providing utility or utility -like services pursuant to its
authority as a non - charter code city, and
WHEREAS, the City currently charges a license fee of $1.00 per customer
pursuant to Chapter 4.64 for persons collecting solid waste within the City, and
WHEREAS, such charge which has been in effect since 1961 and no longer has
parity with the charges levied on other utility providers within the City, and
WHEREAS, the City deems it to be in the public interest to levy a business and
occupation tax upon solid waste disposal companies operating within the City of Edmonds, at a
rate equivalent to that charged other utilities operating within the City, including the City's own
sewer utility; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. ECDC Section 3.20.020 Definitions is hereby amended by the addition
of a new paragraph D to be inserted with the renumbering of existing paragraphs D, E and F.
The new paragraph D shall read as follows:
3.20.020 Definitions.
D. "Solid waste hauler" shall mean any person or persons
providing solid waste disposal services authorized pursuant to
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Tariff to
dispose of solid waste, garbage, refuse or any similar material
within and from the City of Edmonds, or providing such services
to City of Edmonds' residents.
Section 2. ECC 3.20.050 Occupations subject to tax — amounts is hereby
amended by the addition of a new paragraph G to read as follows:
3.20.050 Occupations subject to tax — amounts.
G. Solid waste haulers. Any solid waste hauler shall be
subject to the tax imposed by this chapter. The solid waste hauler
shall pay a tax equal to six percent of the total gross income from
the charges derived from solid waste disposal services within the
corporate limits of the City during and for the term for which the
occupation license is required.
Section 3. ECDC Chapter 4.64 Garbage collection is hereby repealed.
Section 4. The provisions of Sections 1 and 2 shall be applicable to all charges
levied after January 1, 2003.
Section 5. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
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five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROVED:
MAYO GAR AAKENSON
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THF Y ATTORNEY:
BY
W. SCOTT SNYDER
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 12/13/2002
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 12/17/2002
PUBLISHED: 12/25/2002
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/30/2002
ORDINANCE NO. 3432
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3432
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 17th day of December, 2002, the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3432. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3.20.050 IN ORDER TO CHARGE A BUSINESS AND
OCCUPATION TAX UPON PROVIDERS OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES,
REPEALING CHAPTER 4.64, RELATING TO GARBAGE COLLECTION, AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 18th day of December, 2002
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH
r. of the City of Mon s, as �ngton
On the 17th day of December, 2002, the City Council of
the City of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 3432. A
summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of
the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS. WASH-
INGTON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
OCCUPATION ORDER TAX UPON PROVIDERS BUSINESS SOLID
WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES, REPEALING CHAPTER
4.64. RELATING TO GARBAGE COLLECTION. AN
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
The t. full text of this ordinance will be mailed upon
re ues
DATED this 18th day of December, 2002.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
Published: December 25, 2002.
Affidavit of Publication
S.S.
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that she is
Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper printed and published
in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish, and State of Washington; that
said newspaper is a newspaper of general circulation in said County and
State; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order
of the Superior Court of Snohomish County and that the notice
of Ordinance No. 3432
City of Edmonds
a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said newspaper
proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and entire edition of said
paper on the following days and times, namely:
December 25, 2002
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during
all of said period.
Principal Clerk
Subscribed and swom to before me this 26th
day of
Notary Public in and for
Everett, Snohomish Cou
RECEIVED
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EDMONDS CITY CLERK
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