HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.011-60 O~dinance No. 11, 1960
General Business Privilege ordinance - not read for the
second time 4~21/61
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AN O~DINANCE I~OVIDIN~ FOR A PRIVILEGE TAX FOR T~E ENGAOlNO IN
ANY ~O~TION, OCCUPATION OR BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF ASPEN; F~O-
VIDING FOR EX~4PTIONS FRON SUCH TAX; P~OVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS THEREON A~ DECLARING AN ~4E~GENCY TO EXIST.
BE IT O~DAINED BY THE CITY COgNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
SECTION l: The engaging in any vocation, occupation or
business within the City of Aspen is hereby declared to be a
privilege and the rate of ~ax on such privilege shall be the sum
of $25.00 annually, which privilege tax ahall be paid to the
City Clerk for the City of Aspen on or before February 1 of each
and every year.
The tax imposed by this section on each occupation,
vocation or business is for the privilege of pursuing said
occupation, vocation or business until the next succeeding
December 31, the end of the calendar year.
Any person, firm or corporation licensed under other
ordinances of the City of Aspen shall be credited for ~he mount
of any such fees paid thereunder against the fee provided in
Section 1 hereof, and if such fee does not exceed $25.00, such
person shall pay to the City Clerk the difference between the
fee paid under such o~her ordinances and $25.00. If the license
fee under other ordinances shall equal or exceed $25.00, then
no license fee shall be charged by the Clerk under this ordinance.
SECTION 2: A. Each person, 'or corporation,
which is engaged in any vocation, occu~ation or business within
the City of Aspen shall be liable for the payment of the privilege
tax provided in Section I above.
B. Any person acting as agent, trustee, ~uardian,
administrator, executor, assignee or receiver, doing any of the
acts herein declared to be a privilege is subject to the tax im-
posed on that privilege.
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C. Every person conducting a bJ~siness in more .
one established place of busines~ ~1,~ liable for the pr~vilege
business done at
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D. A partnership, corporation or company shall be entitled
to operate said business ~_=~=~:i~':¥~-~-"'-'~-'~-~--:-~--~----~ under
a single license and the person or persons having an interest in
said business shall not be separately subject to said privilege tax
by reason of such interest.
SECTION 3: The following acts of doing business are
hereby exempted from this Ordinance:
A. Newsboys sellin§ magazines or newspapers on
the public street or in public places.
......... ' .... SECTION 4: Any license issued under this Ordinance
shall not be transferrable except that the persons named in
Section 2B shall not be required to pay a license~ for ~e
remaining portion of the. calenda~ ~t~.~,7 ..... '~' ~ r
SECTION 5: It shall be unlawful for any person, part-
nership, company or corporation to enEage in any vocation, occupa-
tion or business in the City of Aspen, unless excepted under Section
3 hereof, without first havinE procured a license therefor and having
paid the licensing fee as provided in this Ordinance and any and all
persons, par~erships, companies or corporations conductinE any such
vocation, occupation or business in violation of this Ordinance shall
he deemed ~uilty of a misd~anor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $300.00 for each 4ay such
privileEe ie exercised without a licenee.
SECTION 6: If any court of competent jurisdiction should
ever determine that any part of this Ordinance is invalid or un-
enforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaininE parts
hereof~ the intention bein§ to make the provisions herein severable.
SECTION 7: An emerEency is declared to exist and the
immediate paasaEe of this Ordinance is necessary for the public peace,
health and safety of the inhabitants of the City of Aspen, Colorado,
and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five (5) days
after its final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ and ORDERED published as provided by law
by the City Council of Aspen/ Colorado, a~ its r~gular meetin§ held
at City of Aspen on this ~ day of ~~_ , 1960
MAYOR
FINALLY passed, adopted and approved on this
, 196
day of
ATTEST:
MAYOR
CITY CLERK