Ordinance 490-77 - Laserfiche WebLink

. 1 The excise taxes here in this chapter levied shall be separately designated and identified on each taxpayer' s regular City utility billing 2 as a tax to be used solely for the operation, maintenance, and capital needs of the Everett Transit System, and shall be otherwise billed, col- lected and accounted for substantially at the same time and in the same manner as services for other City public utilities , including the right 4 of civil suit for the collection thereof as a debt. 5 All proceeds from such transit subsidy excise taxes and all revenues from the transit system shall be forthwith paid into a fund hereby estab- 6 lished and designated as the 'Transit Fund' . Money so received and deposited in said fund shall be used only for the operation, maintenance, 7 and capital needs of public transportation for the City of Everett. If the City shall cease operation of a transit system, the tax herein imposed 8 shall be deemed rescinded as soon as all transit obligations have been met. In addition to the right of civil suit for collection of debt, it shall be 9 unlawful for any person served by and billed for any water system to refuse to pay the transit subsidy excise taxes herein required. 10 BE AND THE SAME AS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 11 12 Section 1 : Section 2 of Ordinance No. 45-69 reads as follows: 13 "Beginning with the month of January 12_ 1978, there is hereby levied upon all persons within the City of Everett who are served and billed 14 by the City for any one or more public utility services owned and opera- ted by the City excise taxes in the amounts and in the manner as follows: 15 A. On each person for each housing unit involved the sum 16 of $1 .00 per month. Where any structure, building , or portion thereof contains one or more housing units involved 17 and the occupants or tenants thereof are not billed for any public utility services furnished by the City to such unit 18 or units, the person who is billed for such service or services shall be deemed to be served and billed therefor, and shall be 19 billed and pay the monthly excise tax as herein levied and provided for on each and every housing unit or units; provided, 20 however, such amount so billed and collected shall not exceed 90% of the total excise tax as above provided for and levied 21 for such housing unit or units, which is the average percentage of occupancy in housing units within the City of Everett. 22 B. On each person for each commercial unit involved the sum per month. Where any of $1 .00 structure, building or portion thereof contains one or more commercial units involved and the 24 occupants or tenants thereof are not billed for any public utility services furnished by the City to such unit or units , 25 the person who is billed for such service or services shall be deemed to be served and billed therefor, and shall be billed 26 and pay the monthly excise tax as herein levied and provided for on each and every such commercial unit or units; provided, 27 however, such amount so billed and collected shall not exceed 90% of the total excise tax as above provided for and levied 28 for such housing unit or units, which is the average percentage of occupancy in commercial units within the City of Everett. 29 30 31 32