City of Easton, PA
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2023-11-13
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 535 Taxation
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Article I Public Service Corporations Tax
- The Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 12 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 17 Bonds
- Ch 23 Civil Service Board
- Ch 28 Code Board of Appeal
- Ch 34 Contracts and Agreements
- Ch 39 Council Rules and Regulations
- Ch 45 Departments
- Ch 50 Electronic Signatures
- Ch 52 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 54 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 56 Finance
- Ch 61 Fire Department
- Ch 73 Health, Board of
- Ch 79 (Reserved)
- Ch 92 Map, Official City Street
- Ch 98 Officers and Employees
- Ch 103 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Pensions
- Ch 114 Personnel
- Ch 119 Planning Commission
- Ch 123 Police Department
- Ch 131 Real Estate Registry
- Ch 135 Records, Public
- Ch 139 Recreation Board
- Ch 152 Vacant Property Review Committee
- Ch 157 Water Authority
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 180 Alarms and Alarm Systems
- Ch 185 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 189 Animals
- Ch 194 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 222 Buyer Notification
- Ch 245 Construction
- Ch 250 Construction Sites and Protection of Structures
- Ch 281 False Reports to Police
- Ch 285 Fees
- Ch 294 Fire Insurance Escrow Fund
- Ch 295 Fire Safety Inspection
- Ch 296 Fireworks
- Ch 298 Floodplain Management
- Ch 307 Graffiti
- Ch 311 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 318 Historic Preservation
- Ch 324 Horse Stables; Rental and Carriage Horses
- Ch 337 Lead Exposure
- Ch 350 Markets, Public
- Ch 354 (Reserved)
- Ch 365 Moving of Goods
- Ch 369 Municipal Claims and Liens
- Ch 372 Newsracks
- Ch 376 Noise
- Ch 399 Parking Permits
- Ch 404 Parks
- Ch 410 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 415 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 422 Contractor Licenses
- Ch 427 Police Services Cost Recovery
- Ch 435 Property Maintenance and Housing Standards
- Ch 444 Public Health Standards
- Ch 456 Rental Property
- Ch 468 Scaffolding
- Ch 475 Sewers
- Ch 491 Smoking
- Ch 500 Solid Waste; Recycling
- Ch 507 Stormwater Management
- Ch 515 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 520 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 526 Tattooing, Body Piercing and Body Art
- Ch 531 Tax Abatements
- Ch 535 Taxation
- Ch 535 Art I Public Service Corporations Tax
- § 535-1 License required.
- § 535-2 License tax fees.
- § 535-3 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 539 (Reserved)
- Ch 545 Towing
- Ch 554 Trees, Shade
- Ch 560 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 565 Vehicles, Seizure of
- Ch 572 Water
- Ch 580 Weapons
- Ch 595 Zoning
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 9-24-1929 by Ord. No. 761 (Art.
323 of the 1965 Codified Ordinances)]
[1]
Editor's Note: Under provisions of Section
14 of Ord. No. 1158, passed 11-7-1902, the Metropolitan Edison Company,
as successor to the Easton-Phillipsburg Steam Heat and Power Company,
pays annually to the City 1% of its gross receipts from steam heating.
The public service corporations enumerated in § 535-2 shall pay an annual license fee for the supervision and inspection of the erection, construction and maintenance of poles, wires, pipes, mains, conduits, manholes and other instrumentalities occupying the public streets and highways of the City.
[Amended 12-15-1952 by Ord. No. 1386]
A.
All owners or lessees of conduits used or occupied by wire-using companies shall pay an annual license tax for such conduits constructed, maintained or used in or under the public highways or grounds of the City, per mile, as specified in Chapter 285, Fees.
B.
All wire-using companies shall pay an annual license tax on wires strung, whether one or several strands or cables, erected, maintained or used over, above or under the public highways or public grounds of the City, per mile, as specified in Chapter 285, Fees.
C.
All such pole-using companies shall pay an annual license tax on each pole erected, maintained or used in and on the public highways or public grounds of the City, as specified in Chapter 285, Fees.
D.
Each gas company shall pay an annual license tax on all mains laid, maintained or used in and under the public highways or public grounds of the City, per mile, as specified in Chapter 285, Fees.
E.
Each steam-heating company shall pay an annual license tax on all mains laid, maintained or used in and under the public highways or public grounds of the City, per mile, as specified in Chapter 285, Fees.
F.
Each corporation licensed under this class shall annually,
in December of each year, certify to the City License Officer the
amount of taxable subjects herein specified for license for the ensuing
year.
Any corporation violating any of the provisions
of this article shall be fined not more than $300.
