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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
PRESENTED June 213, 1998
98-0- 1/+ ADOPTED June 213, 1998
AMENDING SECTIONS 17-169(a) AND (b) AND 17-177 (b) OF
CHAPTER 17 OF THE LEESBURG TOWN CODE, RELATING TO
THE BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL, AND OCCUPATIONAl_, LICENSE
TAX
WHEREAS, amendments to Sections 17-169 (a) and (b) and 17-177 (b) of the business,
professional, and occupational license tax are required in accordance with the 1998 Acts of the
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I. Chapter 17 of the Uniform BPOL Ordinance, Section 17-169 (a) and (b) are
hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 17-169. License Fee and Tax.
Every person or business subject to licensure under this article shall be assessed and
required to pay annually the greater of:
(a) A fee for the issuance of such license in the amount of $20.00 and;
(b) ~" ~'~'~:~:~- '~ '~'~ ~: ..... *' ...... :~:~.~: .... t.~:^~ ~ ~t. ...... a Except as may
be otherwise provided in {}58.1-3712, 58.1-3712.1 and 58.1-3713 of the Code of Virginia, every
such person or business shall be assessed and required to pay annually a license tax on all the
gross receipts of such persons includable as provided in this article at a rate set forth below for the
class of enterprise listed:
Section 17-177 of the Uniform BPOL Ordinance, is hereby amended as
SECTION II.
follows:
Sec. 17-177.
Contractors and contracting.
(b) Pursuant to §58.1-3714 of the Code of Virginia, the Town of Leesburg shall require every_
contractor to provide written certification at the time of any application for issuance or reissuance
ORDINANCE:
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AMENDING THE BPOL ORDINANCE
of a business license that such contractor is in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 8 of
Title 65.2 of the Code of Virginia and will remain in compliance with such provisions at all times
during the effective period of any such business license. Any person who knowingly presents or
causes to be presented a false certificate shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage.
PASSED this 23~ day of June, 1998.
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
Clem, Mayor
Leesburg
O:BPOL