Ordinance 1960-93 - Laserfiche WebLink

3 . Any person engaged in the business of contracting for the building, repairing or improving of any publicly owned street, place, road, highway, bridge, or trestle which is used or to be used primarily for foot or vehicular traffic, in respect, however, only to tangible personal property used or consumed in such business; 4 . Any person who is an owner, lessee or has the right of possession to or an easement in real or personal property which is being constructed, repaired, improved, cleaned, imprinted or otherwise altered by a person engaged in business, excluding only the United States of America, the state of Washington and its political subdivisions in respect to labor and services rendered to their real property which is used or held for public road purposes. 5. Any other definition contained in RCW 82 . 04 . 190. I. "Engaging in business" means commencing, conducting or continuing in business and also the exercise of corporate or franchise powers as well as liquidating a business when the liquidators thereof hold themselves out to the public as conducting such business. J. "Extractor" means every person who from his own land or from the land of another under a right or license granted by lease or contract, either directly or by contracting with others for the necessary labor or mechanical services, for sale or for commercial or industrial use mines, quarries, takes or produces coal, natural gas, ore, stone, sand, gravel, clay, mineral or other natural resource products, or fells, cuts or takes timber or other natural products, or takes, cultivates or raises fish, shell fish or other sea or inland water food or products; it does not include persons performing under contract the necessary labor or mechanical services for others. K. "Gross income of the business" means the value proceeding or accruing by reason of the transaction of the business engaged in and includes gross proceeds of sales, compensation for the rendition of services, gains realized from 3