HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2019-12 ORDINANCE 19-12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE
TAX; AMENDING THE TOWN TAX CODE BY INCREASING THE RATE OF
TAXATION BY THREE TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT(0.3%); DESIGNATING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
ENACTMENTS:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS,
ARIZONA, as follows:
SECTION 1. That the tax rate in each of the following sections of the Town Tax Code is hereby
set at two and nine-tenths percent (2.9%).
Section 8A-405 Advertising.
Section 8A-410 Amusements, exhibitions, and similar activities.
Section 8A-415 Construction contracting: construction contractors.
Section 8A-416 Construction contracting: speculative builders.
Section 8A-417 Construction contracting: owners/builders who are not
speculative builders.
Section 8A-425 Job printing.
Section 8A-427 Manufactured buildings.
Section 8A-430 Timbering and other extraction.
Section 8A-435 Publishing and periodicals distribution.
Section 8A-444 Hotels.
Section 8A-450 Rental, leasing, and licensing for use of tangible personal
property.
Section 8A-455 Restaurants and Bars.
Section 8A-460 Retail sales: measure of tax; burden of proof; exclusions.
Section 8A-462 Retail sales: food for home consumption.
Section 8A-470 Telecommunications services.
Section 8A-475 Transporting for hire.
Section 8A-480 Utility services.
Section 8A-610 Use tax: imposition of tax; presumption.
SECTION 2. That the tax rate in each of the following sections of the Town Tax Code is hereby
set at one and three-tenths percent (1.3%).
Section 8A-446 Additional tax on nonresidential rental business activity.
SECTION 3. The increase in tax rate provided herein shall become effective on November 1,
2019.
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SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY the Mayor and Council of the Town of Fountain Hills, Arizona, this
13th day of August, 2019.
FOR THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS: ATTEST:
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Ginn Dickey, ayor E izabe . Burke, Town C erk
REVIEWED BY: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Grady E. Miller, T n Manager aron D. Arnson, Town Attorney