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ORDINANCE NO. 30Lti
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SETTING
BUSINESS LICENSE FEES BY RESOLUTION
Annatated ta shaw eeleti€1Hs and additians ta the cade sectians being madified. Deletians are
bold J:" . and additians are bold underlined.
WHEREAS, Article 2. Sectian I €If the Ashland City Charter pravides:
Pawers €If the Citv The City shall have all pawers which the canstitutians, statutes, and
camman law €If the United States and €If this State expressly ar impliedly grant or allaw
municipalities, as fully as thaugh this Charter specifically enumerated each €If thase
pawers, as well as all pawers nat incansistent with the faregaing; and, in additian thereta,
shall passess all pawers hereinafter specifically granted. All the autharity thereaf shall
have perpetual successian; and
WHEREAS, the abave referenced grant afpawer has been interpreted as affarding all
legislative pawers hame rule canstitutianal provisians reserved ta Oregan Cities. Citv €If
Beavertan v. Internatianal Ass'n €If Firefighters. Lacal ]660. Beavertan Shap. 20 Or. App. 293,
531 P 2d 730, 734 (1975); and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that it is beneficial ta set fees and charges by resalutian;
and
WHEREAS, the City has been revising the AMC ta allaw' far fees and charges ta be set by
resalutian; and
WHEREAS, the City is preparing a Miscellaneaus Fees and Charges Dacument that will include
all such fees set by the City ta assist the citizens in Ashland in determining the cast €If city
services; and
WHEREAS, it wauld be beneficial ta set business license fees by resalutian sa that the fees can
be included in the Miscellaneaus Fees and Charges Document; and
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Sectian 6.040.080 is hereby amended ta read as fallaws:
6.04.080 License Tax Schedule
A persan licensed under this chapter shall pay the appropriate business license fee as set bv
resolution. an annuallieense tax in the following amount:
A. An applieatitln we (first time Iieensee) of $111 per month (up to 11 months)
this in eludes the first two employees. Additionally, $5.1111 will be eharged for
eaeh additional individual. The number of employees should be eounted
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based at the start of the business. Eoeh emJJloyee will be eounted os one
regardless of their status os JJort time, full time or temJJoroF)'.
B. ... renewal fee of $7S.00 ineludes the first two emJJloyees and fer eaeh individual
in exeess of two, odd $10.00 fer eaeh individual. The number of emJJloyees should be
eounted based on the antieiJJated number of emJJloyees on the JJoyroll os of July.
Eaeh emJJloyee will be eounted os one regardless oftheir status os JJort time, full
time or temJJorary.
.
I. In arriving at the number of indh'iduals earrying on a business, the
Finanee DeJJartment sholl eount the JJroJJrieton, offieers, JJartners and
assoeiates aetively engaged in sueh business and the individuals emJJloyed
regularly or on a JJart time basis. Individuals emJJloyed by on owner or
JJroJJrietor of a business who worl, entirely outside the eorJJorate limits of the
City sholl not be eounted. Trade aJJJJrentiees reeeiying no eomJJensation sholl
not be eounted.
SECTION 2. Savinl!.s. Notwithstanding this amendment/repeal, the City ordinances in
existence at the time any criminal or civil enforcement actions were commenced, shall remain
valid and in full force and effect for purposes of all cases filed or commenced during the times
said ordinance(s) or portions thereof were operative. This section simply clarifies the existing
situation that nothing in this Ordinance affects the validity of prosecutions commenced and
continued under the laws in effect at the time the matters were originally filed,
SECTION 3. Codification. Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City Code
and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "code", "article", "section", "chapter" or another
word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-lettered, provided however
that any Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions (i,e. Sections 2-3) need not be codified and
the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-references and any typographical errors.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in acc
Section 2(C) of the City Charter on the ~ day of
and dul ASSED and AD PTED this L2- day of
dan.ce with Article X,
,2011,
,2011.
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City Attorney"
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