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ORDINANCE NO. 5596
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION
5-21-2, OF CHAPTER 21, PROCEDURE UPON OVERPAYMENT AND APPEALS, OF
TITLE V (FINANCE AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 4260
ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON,
WASHINGTON", BY ADDING LANGUAGE REQUIRING WRITTEN PROTEST WHEN
PAYING TAXES CLAIMED TO BE UNLAWFUL OR EXCESSIVE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Subsection 5-21-2A, of section 5-21-2, Appeals, of Chapter 21, Procedure
Upon Overpayment and Appeals, of Title V (Finance and Business Regulations) of Ordinance No.
4260 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington", is hereby
amended as follows:
A. The department's determination of tax owing, including penalties and
interest, may be appealed by filing, in proper form, an appeal with the Hearing
Examiner within twenty (20) days of the date of determination. Copies are also
to be provided by the appealing party in such time to the City Attorney and the
department. The date of determination is the date reflected therein or, if mailed,
three (3) days from the date of mailing, whichever is later. "Filing" requires
actual receipt. As a further condition of appeal a taxpayer must tender to the
City Treasurer, pending the outcome of the appeal, the full amount of all taxes,
fees, penalties and delinquencies assessed by the City and must pay under
written protest setting forth all of the grounds upon which such tax is claimed to
be unlawful or excessive.
ORDINANCE NO. 5596
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage, approval, and thirty
(30) days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 4th day of April f 2011_
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Bonnie I. Walton, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 4th day of April / 2oil.
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Approved as to form:
Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney
Date of Publication: 4/8/2011 (summary)
Denis Law, Mayor
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