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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD07037 ORDINANCE NO. 7037 1 ,! I AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 5668 OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON911 MISSOURI, PROVIDING A LICENSE TAX ON ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR i ',CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING TO THE PUBLIC, NATURAL GAS, MANUFACTURED GAS OR ELECTRICITY, AND THOSE PERSONS, FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS SELLING WATER FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL (PURPOSES, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS FURNISHING JELEPHONE SERVICES TO BUSINESS OR RESIDENTIAL HOUSES IN THE CITY OFI !(JEFFERSON AS A TAX FOR THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF THE STREETS OF 11THE CITY OF JEFFERSON BY SUCH PERSONS, FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS FOR (THEIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE 11FAILURE TO PAY SAID TAX, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF 'ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE, AND TO ENACT IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE SAME SUBJECT. .IBE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSO I, �iAS FOLLOWS: I SECTION 1. That Ordinance Nu. 5668 of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, providing a license tax on all persons, firms or corporation engaged in the- business of selling to the public natural gas, manufactured gas or electricity, and those persons, firms or corporations selling water for residential or commercial purposes, and all persons, firms or corporations furnishing telephone service to business or residential houses in the City of Jefferson as a tax for the use and occupation of the streets of the City of Jefferson by such persons, firms or corporations for their distribution syste s, and providing for a penalty for the failure to pay said tax, and !repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with �ithis ordinance, is hereby repealed. 11SECTION 2. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the buiine s jlof selling and distributing natural gas, manufactured gas or �jelectricity, or both, for residential, commercial, business or industrial purposes in the City of Jefferson, and who uses its pipe or wires in or upon and along the streets and alleys and other public j,highways of the City of Jefferson, shall pay to the City of Jefferson a tax equal to five (5%) per cent of the gross receipts !derived from such business in said City of Jefferson as a tax for ithe use or occupation of the streets, alleys, and other public ,jhighways in said city by such person, firm or corporation for its distribution system. t All funds received from this tax shall be used as follows: (a) Two-fifths (2/5) of the funds derived from said jtax shall be placed in the Park Fund to be used exclusively by the I�Park Board for the purchase, acquisition, development, maintenance, isupervision and direction of parks, play grounds and recreational i,facilities . (b) One-fifth (1/5) of the funds derived from said tax (shall be placed in the Municipal Airport Fund to be used exclusively iby the City Council for the acquisition, development, extension, I lmaintenance, supervision and direction of the city airport and its '!facilities . I ji (c) Two-fifths (2/5) of the funds derived from said tax (!shall be placed in the General Revenue Fund of the City and used 11for such purposes as other moneys in said fund. i Ij!SECTION 3. It is hereby made the duties of those persons, firms I9r corporations mentioned in Section 2 hereof to file with the City (;Clerk of the City of Jefferson on the first days of January, April, IlJuly and October of each year a statement of the gross receipts of ;such person, firm or corporation from such business for the three i� r1-04 '! months immediate y preceding the date of the statement, clearly 1i 1showing the gross receipts of such person, firm or corporation from the 11operation of its business. Such statement shall be verified by the l H I affidavit of the person, firm or corporation, by the principal 11i officer thereof, and the first statement shall be filed on the first 11day of April, 1961. At the time of filing the initial statement required, the person, firm or corporation shall pay to the City Treasurer of the City of Jefferson, an amount equal to five (5%) per cent of the gross receipts shown by the statement filed. SECTION 4. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of distributing and selling water for residential, commercial, H ,lbusiness or industrial purposes in the City of Jefferson, and every;1 [ person, firm or corporation who is engaged in the business of furnishing telephone service for residential, commercial, business or industrial 1purposes in the City of Jefferson and who uses its pipes or wires in or upon and along the streets and alleys and other public highways of the City of Jefferson, shall pay to the City of Jefferson a tax equal to three (3%) per cent of the gross receipts derived from such kAsiness in said City of Jefferson as a tax for the use or occupation of the streets, alleys and other public highways in said city by such persons firm or corporation for its distribution system. ' All funds received from this tax shall be used as follows: (a) T o-thirds (2/3) of the funds derived from said tax shall be placed in the Park Fund to be used exclusively by the Park Board,! for the purchase, acquisition, development, maintenance, supervisio and direction of parks, play grounds and recreational facilities. (b) One-third of the funds derived from said tax shall be placed in the Municipal Airport Fund to be used exclusively by the City Council for the acquisition, development, extension, maintenance, supervision and direction of the city airport and its facilities. ISECTION 5. It is hereby made the duties of those persons, firms or!{ [corporations mentioned in Section 4 hereof to file with the City Clerk of the City of Jefferson on the first days of January, April July and October of each year a statement of the gross receipts of such person, firm or corporation from such business for the three months1.1 immediately preceding the date of the statement, clearly showing the gross receipts of such person, firm or corporation from the operation of its business . Such statement shall be verified by the affidavit ,; of the person, firm or corporation, by the principal officer thereof, and the first statement shall be filed on the first day of April, 1961 . At the time of filing each statement herein required, the person, firm or corporation shall also pay to the City Treasurere o the City of Jefferson an amount equal to three (3%) per cent of the gross receipts shown by the statement filed. SECTION 6. The taxes herein required to be paid shall be a tax on II and for the use and occupation of the streets, alleys and other public highways of the City of Jefferson for the pipe lines and twTres of the distributing system of the persons, firms or corporations mentioned in Section 2 and 4 hereof, and nothing herein contained 1. shall be so construed as to exempt any such person, firm or corporation from the payment to the City of Jefferson of the tax which the City of Jefferson levies upon any real, personal propertyd or franchise belonging to any such persons, firms or corporations. ISECTION 7. Should any person, firm or corporation mentioned in Sections 2 and 4 hereof fail to file the statement or pay the tax as provided for in this ordinance more than fifteen (15) days after the ;tame shall be come dues the said persons firm or corporation shall e penalized in an amount of ten (10%) per cent of the amount of he tax then due for the failure to file the statement or pay the