Editor's Note — Ord. No. 2006-2716 and
2006-2721 were passed in compliance with HB209 of the 2006 Missouri
Legislative session. Provisions contained in HB209 were subsequently
deemed unconstitutional by the Missouri Supreme Court on August 8,
2006 in City of Springfield, Appellant V Sprint Spectrum, L.P., Respondent
Case No. SC87238. Consequently these ordinances were not codified.
[R.O. 1993 § 615.010; Ord. No.
1370 § 1, 4-14-1952; Ord. No. 74-1649 § 1, 10-7-1974]
Every person, firm, company or corporation now or hereafter
engaged in the business of furnishing exchange telephone service in
the City of Aurora, Missouri, shall pay the said City as an annual
license tax, six percent (6%) of the gross receipts derived from the
furnishing of such service within said City, as hereinafter set forth.
[R.O. 1993 § 615.020; Ord. No.
1370 § 2, 4-14-1952; Ord. No. 74-1649 § 1, 10-7-1974]
All such persons, firms, companies or corporations mentioned in Section 615.010 hereof shall file with the City Collector of said City on or before the first day of September, 1952, a sworn statement of the gross receipts derived by such person, firm, company or corporation from the furnishing of such service during the period from January 1, 1952, to June 30, 1952, inclusive, and on or before April 1, 1953, a sworn statement of the gross receipts derived by such person, firm, company or corporation from the furnishing of such service during the period from July 1, 1952, to December 31, 1952, inclusive, and on or before the first day of September and April of each calendar year thereafter a similar statement of gross receipts derived by such person, firm, company or corporation from the furnishing of such service during the preceding six-month period. At the time of filing any such statement, the person, firm, company or corporation involved shall pay to the City Collector of said City six percent (6%) of such gross receipts. Gross receipts derived from the furnishing of such service to said City, or any other municipal or governmental unit in said City, shall not be included in the foregoing statement, nor shall any tax be due on such gross receipts. The telephone company shall have the privilege of crediting such sums as may be due hereunder with any unpaid balance due said company for telephone service rendered or facilities furnished to the City.
[R.O. 1993 § 615.030; Ord. No.
1370 3, 4-14-1952]
The payments required by the provisions of this Chapter shall be in lieu of all other excises, charges, exactions, rentals, impositions, or other license or occupation taxes heretofore imposed upon any person, firm, company or corporation engaged in the business described in Section 615.010 hereof; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt such person, firm, company or corporation from any general or special ad valorem tax imposed upon the public generally by said City.
[R.O. 1993 § 615.040; Ord. No.
1370 4, 4-14-1952]
All such persons, firms, companies or corporations mentioned in Section 615.010, on the request of any person shall remove or raise or lower its wires temporarily to permit the moving of houses or other bulky structures. The expense of such temporary removal, raising, or lowering of wires shall be paid by the party or parties requesting such raising or lowering of wires, and payment in advance may be required. Not less than forty-eight (48) hours' advance notice shall be given to arrange for such temporary wire changes.
[R.O. 1993 § 615.050; Ord. No.
1370 5, 4-14-1952]
The right is hereby granted to all such persons, firms, companies or corporations mentioned in Section 615.010 to trim trees, brush, or hedges upon and overhanging the streets, alleys, sidewalks, and public places of said City, so as to prevent such foliage from coming in contact with telephone wires or cables, all of said trimming to be done under the supervision and direction of the Governing Body of said City or of any City Official to whom said duties have been or may be delegated.
