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4 <br />. <br />equal to six percent of gross income. Provided, however, that with regards to any sales of <br />natural gas that are exempt from the tax imposed under Chapter 82.16 RCW, as provided in <br />Section 301 of Chapter 216, Laws of 2014 (ESSB 6440), the rate of taxation will be equal to that <br />imposed by EMC 3.24.050(4). <br />C. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on a light or power business, a tax equal to six <br />percent of the gross income derived from the sale of electricity within the city of Everett, <br />exclusive of revenues derived from the sale of electricity for purposes of resale. <br />D. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on a cable television service within the city of <br />Everett, a tax equal to: <br />1. From the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter to December 31, <br />2015, two percent of gross income. <br />2. From January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016, four percent of gross income. <br />3. After January 1, 2017, six percent of gross income. <br />E. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on a solid waste service within the city of Everett, <br />a tax equal to: <br />1. From the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter to December 31, <br />2015, two percent of gross income. <br />2. From January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016, four percent of gross income. <br />3. After January 1, 2017, six percent of gross income. <br />F. Upon the City of Everett’s water and sewer utility (Fund 401), a tax equal to 12 percent of <br />gross water/sewer utility income derived from water/sewer utility general service. This tax shall <br />be applicable to the business of City’s water and sewer utility done without, as well as within, <br />the City of the Everett. <br />G. Upon the City of Everett’s water and sewer utility (Fund 401), a tax equal to 12 percent of <br />gross water/sewer utility income derived from water/sewer utility wholesale service provided to <br />each wholesale customer, subject to the following: <br />1. This tax shall be applicable to the business of the City’s water and sewer utility <br />done without, as well as within, the City of the Everett <br />2. This tax shall be applied to the maximum extent allowed by applicable contract <br />and law. The City’s water and sewer utility shall pass through to each wholesale customer an <br />amount equal to the tax owed by the utility on the gross water/sewer utility income derived <br />from that wholesale customer. The mechanism(s) for this pass through can be by inclusion in a <br />rate, by inclusion in a rate that passes through tax for previous time periods, by separate invoice <br />line item or by any other mechanism(s) as determined by the Public Works Department, so long <br />the pass-through amount is equivalent to the tax imposed by this subsection on the gross <br />water/sewer utility income derived from the wholesale customer. The City’s water and sewer <br />utility shall remit payments of such pass-through amounts from each wholesale customer to the <br />City of Everett as payment of the tax. If the tax applies and the wholesale customer does not <br />pay the pass-through amount, the City of Everett shall not demand payment from the City’s <br />water and sewer utility of the tax so passed through and not paid until after the conclusion of <br />legal action against the non-paying wholesale customer through all appeals. <br />3. If applicable law or contract does not allow the tax imposed under this