[CC 1974 §12-126; Ord. No. 720 §1, 12-17-1968]
Every person engaged in the business of furnishing exchange
telephone service in the City shall pay the City as an annual license
tax six percent (6%) of the gross receipts derived from the furnishing
of such service within the City.
[CC 1974 §12-127; Ord. No. 720 §2, 12-17-1968]
All persons mentioned in Section 620.010 shall file with the City Clerk on or before the last day of July a sworn statement of the gross receipts derived by such person from the furnishing of such service during the period from the first (1st) day of January to the last day of June and on or before the last day of January of such service during the period from the first (1st) day of July to the last day of December. At the time of filing any such statement, the person involved shall pay to the City Collector six percent (6%) of 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.
[CC 1974 §12-128; Ord. No. 720 §4, 12-17-1968]
The payments required by the provisions of this Article shall be in lieu of all other excises, charges, exactions, rentals, impositions or other license or occupational taxes heretofore imposed upon any person engaged in the business described in Section 620.010, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt such person from any general or special ad valorem tax imposed upon the public generally by the City.
[CC 1974 §12-129; Ord. No. 720 §5, 12-17-1968]
All persons mentioned in Section 620.010, on the request of any person, shall remove, 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 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.
[CC 1974 §12-130; Ord. No. 720 §6, 12-17-1968]
The right is hereby granted to all persons mentioned in Section 620.010 to trim trees, brush or hedges upon and overhanging the streets, alleys, sidewalks and public places within the corporate limits of the City of Richmond, so as to prevent such foliage from coming in contact with telephone wires and cables, all of such trimming to be done under the supervision and direction of the City Council or of any City Official to whom such duties have been or may be delegated.
[CC 1974 §12-137; Ord. of 5-7-1952, §1; Ord. No. 1998 §§1 — 6, 5-10-2006; Ord.
No. 2557, 10-26-2021]
A.
Every
person engaged in the business of furnishing electrical or gas services
within the City shall be required to obtain an occupation license
and pay an occupation tax.
B.
The
City of Richmond, Missouri, (hereinafter referred to as the "municipality")
hereby establishes an occupation tax on every electric company and
every gas company and every other person, firm or corporation, their
successors and assigns owning, operating, controlling, leasing or
managing an electric or gas plant or system and/or generating, manufacturing,
selling, distributing or transporting electricity or gas (hereinafter
referred to, collectively, as "energy providers," each, individually,
an "energy provider"). Energy providers shall pay to the municipality
an occupation tax equal to five percent (5%) of gross receipts energy
providers derive from the sale, distribution or transportation of
electricity or gas delivered within the present or future limits of
the municipality. "Gross receipts," as used herein,
are revenues received from the sale, distribution or transportation
of electricity and gas, after adjustment for the net write-off of
uncollectible accounts and corrections of bills theretofore rendered.
The amount paid by energy providers shall be in addition to all other
taxes, payments or fees now or hereafter required by law or ordinance.
C.
Energy
providers shall report and pay any amount payable under this Section
on a monthly basis. Such payment shall be made no more than thirty
(30) days following the close of the period for which payment is due.
Initial payments shall be prorated for the portions of the periods
at the beginning of the terms of this Section.
D.
Energy
providers may list the occupation tax as a separate item on bills
for utility service issued to their customers.
E.
The
City shall provide copies of annexation ordinances to energy providers
on a timely basis to ensure appropriate occupation tax payment from
the sale, distribution or transportation of electricity or gas delivered
within the City's corporate limits. An energy provider's obligation
to collect and pay the occupation tax on the gross receipts from the
sale, distribution or transportation of electricity or gas within
an annexed area shall not commence until the later:
1.
Of sixty (60) days after such energy provider's receipt of the annexation
ordinance pertaining to such area; or
2.
Such time as is reasonably necessary for such energy provider to
identify the gross receipts derived from the sale, distribution or
transportation of electricity or gas within the annexed area subject
to the occupation tax.
F.
The
City shall have access to and the right to examine, during normal
business hours, such of an energy provider's books, receipts, files,
records and documents as is necessary to verify the accuracy of payments
due hereunder.
G.
Pursuant
to Section 393.275, RSMo., and any and all other applicable authority,
the City shall maintain the occupation tax imposed pursuant to this
Section in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the gross receipts
of electric companies and gas companies without reduction notwithstanding
any periodic fluctuations in the tariffs of such utility companies
and/or persons or any notice thereof, including, but not limited to,
notice sent under Section 393.275, RSMo., as amended.
