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ORDINANCE NO. 9 3 0 CII10-90)
AN ORDINANCE REVOKING ORDINANCE NO. 857, SETTING FORTH NEW
PRIVILEGE LICENSE PROCEDURES FOR COMMERCIAL HAULERS OF GARBAGE
AND REFUSE, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled the current
method of charging ten percent (10%) of gross receipts of commer-
cial trash haulers within the City illegal, and
WHEREAS, after public hearing and meetings with commercial
trash haulers and city officials, it has been determined that a
fair way to assess commercial trash haulers is per dumpster.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION ONE: Ordinance No. 857 is hereby revoked in its
entirety.
SECTION TWO: Jacksonville Municipal Code 5.04.155 shall
read as follows:
"5.04.155 Commercial Haulers of Garbage and Refuse:
Any person, association or corporation organized
as a commercial hauler of trash, garbage and/or refuse,
who operates and provides such services within the city
limits of the City of Jacksonville shall be assessed a
privilege tax of Seven Dollars ($7.00) per dumpster
located within the city per month. These rates may be
adjusted annually by the City to be effective on the
1st day of January each year. The rate shall remain
the same until changed by the City Countil. The tax
shall be paid to the City Finance Department on or
before the 15th day of each month for the number of
dumpsters located in the City as of the 1st day of each
month. If payment is not received along with proper
reporting forms shOwing the number of dumpsters, by the
15th, then a penalty of ten percent (10%) shall be
assessed against that operator.
Each person, association or corporation operating
such a business shall make available their accounting
and business records for review by the City for the
purpose of substantiating the amount of tax owing to
the City.
Any person, association or corporation operating
such a business which fails to comply with the terms of
this ordinance shall be subject to the penalties and
provisions of Section 5.04.080 of the Jacksonville
Municipal Code."
SECTION THREE: It being necessary to protect the public
health, safety, and welfare, it is hereby declared that an
emergency exists and this Ordinance shall be in force and take
effect immediately upon its passage.
SECTION FOUR: That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of any
such conflict.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 21st DAY OF JUNE, 1990.
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