HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 4105Amends Ordinance No.3773
Amended.by Ordinance No.4254,
4335,5166
CITY OF RENTON,WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO.4105
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON,WASHINGTON AMENDING
SECTION 5-103(C)OF TITLE V (BUSINESS REGULATIONS)OF
ORDINANCE NO.1628 ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF RENTON II INCREASING BUSINESS LICENSE FEE
SETTING A MINIMUM FEE AND IMPOSING PENALTIES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON,WASHINGTON,DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I:Exist ing
Regulations)of Ordinance
Ordinances of the City of
follows:
Section 5-103 (C)of Title
No.1628 entitled "Code
Renton"is hereby amended
v (Busness
of General
to read as
Section 5-103(C),as amended:License Fee:The general
business license fee shall be determined by the number of
employees employed in the City of Renton dur ing the current
calendar year or unexpired portion thereof as follows:
1.The annual license fee shall be calculated by multiplying
the number of hours reported during that calendar year on the
quarterly State of Washington Labor &Industries reports and then
multiplying that figure by $.029 per hour.This figure will be
approximately $55.00 per full time equivalent employee per
calendar year when based upon 1,920 hours of employment per
calendar year.At any time during the year that it appears that
the number of employees has been under-reported,an additional
license fee shall be due.If,at any time,it appears.that the
number of employees for the year has been under-reported by 20%
or more,there shall be a penalty applied to any additional fee
owed,equal to 20%per annum of the additional fee,plus any
accounting,legal or administrative expense incurred by the City
in determining the under-reporting,the amount of the under-
reporting or in collecting the tax and any penalty.
2.Each business license holder shall file with the City of
Renton,copies of its quarterly reports to the State Department
of Labor and Industries reporting employee hours worked.The
businesses that did not file the report can file an affidavit
with the City reporting hours worked or the equivalent number of
employees ..
3..There shall be a minimum fee for any annual license of
$55.00.
4.payment of the license fee is due quarterly,five (5)days
after the Labor and Industry reports were due at the State of
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Washington.Any quarterly payment shall be accompanied by
submission of the Labor and Industries report.The first quarter
license fee is due February 5th and is based on the Labor and
Industries report for the last quarter of the prior year.
5.A.Presumption:For purposes of this Ordinance any
business operating within the City limits of the City of Renton
shall be deemed to have all of its employees working within the
City limits of the City of Renton.
B.Work log Outside City:For any employees whose nominal
place of business is within the City limits of the City of
Renton,all hours will be presumed to be worked within the City
and subject to this fee.Any employee regularly reporting to
work within the City limits shall have all of that employee's
time subject to this fee,even if portions of the employee's time
are spent outside the City of Renton,for example,a realtor or
outside salesperson.For an employee normally employed within
the City of Renton who for extended periods of time reports to
work outside the City of Renton,for example a contractor's
employees reporting directly to job sites,then the employer may
by affidavit report the number of hours actually worked within
the City or the percentage of time within the City based upon
1920 hours annually and pay the annual license fee based upon
those figures.
C.Short Term Employment Within City:For those employers
without a Renton address whose employees are nominally situated
outside the City of Renton,but who are working within the City,
for example contractor's employees,the license fee shall be
calculated pursuant to the hours reported on the quarterly State
of Washington Labor and Industries reports as supplemented by the
employer1s affidavit reporting the number of hours worked within
the City dur ing that quarter or the percentage of that
classification or employee's time worked within the City based
upon 1,920 hours of annual employment,but subject,however,to
the annual minimum license fee of $55.00.
6.Any payment not made within fifteen (IS)days of the due
date as defined herein shall be cause for the automatic
revocation of the business license.There shall be a penalty of
not less than $20.00 to reinstate any license revoked through
non-payment.There shall further be a penalty of not less than
$50.00 for failure to obtain a business license,plus payment of
all license fee amounts still owing for the last three (3)years
plus a penalty of 20%per annum plus any accounting,legal or
administrative expenses incurred by the City in determining the
non-reporting,or the unpaid portion over the last three (3)
years or in collecting the tax and/or the penalty.In addition
there shall be an interest charge of 10%per annum on any
business license fee paid more than fifteen (15)days after its
due date.
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7.Sunset:This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
until December 31,1989 at which time it shall terminate unless
reinstated by formal City Council vote and later adoption of a
formal Ordinance.
SECTION II:This Ordinance shall be effective upon the
passage,approval and 5 days after publication.
SECTION III:REFERENDUM.A referendum petition may be
filed with the City Clerk of the City of Renton within seven days
of passage of this Ordinance.Within ten days after such filing,
the City Clerk shall confer with the Petitioner concerning form
and style of the petition,issue the petition an identification
number,and secure an accurate,concise and positive ballot title
from the City Attorney or other appropriate designated official.
The petitioner shall have 30 days in which to secure the
signatures of not less than 15%of the registered voters of the
City as of the last municipal general election,upon petition
forms which contain the ballot ti tIe and the full text of the
measure to be referred.The City Clerk shall verify the
sufficiency of the signatures on the petition and,if sufficient
valid signatures are properly submitted,shall certify the·ballot
referendum measure to the next election ballot within the City or
at a special election ballot pursuant to RCW 35.17.260(2).
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 21st day of December,1987.
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Maxine E.Motor,City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 21st day of December,1987.
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Date of Publication:December 25,1987
CITY4:30:12/2l/87
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