Ord 04-477
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RDINANCE NO. 04-477
AN ORDIN CE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE FEDERAL WAY
CITY COD BY AMENDING SECTION 2-95.2 TO
ALLOW M RE THAN FIVE MEMBERS ON THE
LODGING X ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS, RCW 6 .28.180, authorizes local jurisdictions to levy and collect a
special excise tax not to exce d two percent on the sale of or charge made for the
furnishing of lodging by a h el, rooming house, tourist court, motel, trailer camp, and
the granting of any similar li ense to use real property for the purposes of tourism
promotion, and/or acquisitio or operation of tourism-related facilities; and
WHEREAS, RCW 6 .28.1817 requires that a municipality with a population of
. five thousand or more that i poses a lodging tax must establish a lodging tax advisory
committee comprised of at I ast five members appointed by the legislative body of the
municipality; and
WHEREAS, RCW 6 .28.1817 requires that a lodging tax advisory committee
include one member who is n elected official of the municipality, at least two members
who are representatives ofb sinesses authorized to collect the lodging tax, and at least
two members who are perso s involved in activities authorized to be funded by lodging
tax revenues; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-95.1 FWCC creates the City of Federal Way Lodging Tax
Advisory Committee, in acc rd with Chapter 67.28, RCW; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-95.2 FWCC limits the lodging tax advisory committee to
five members only; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Federal Way Lodging Tax Advisory Committee at its
September 10, 2004 meeting voted unanimously to allow for expansion of the
committee's membership to p to seven members, by adding one member who is a
representative of businesses uthorized to collect the lodging tax and one member who is
a person involved in activiti
authorized to be funded by the lodging tax revenues; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to expand the membership of the lodging
tax advisory committee to e ourage greater community participation in committee
activities and increase the nu ber of committee members able to work on committee
projects and programs;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE ITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY,
WASHINGTON, DOES HE
BY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
Chapter 2, Article III, Division 7, Section 2-95,2 ofthe
Federal Way City Code is a ended, as follows:
2-95.2 Membership
The membership of the lodg' g tax advisory committee shall be appointed by the city
council and shall consist of
least five members: one member shall be an elected official
of the city who shall serve a the chair; at least two members shall be representatives of
businesses required to collec the tax, and at least two members shall be persons involved
in activities authorized to be funded by revenue received from the tax. The number of
members who are re resent ives of businesses re uired to collect tax under this cha ter
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shall e ual the number of m
bers who are involved in activities authorized to be funded
b revenue received under th s cha ter.
separate and severable. Th invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
section, or portion of this 0 dinance or the invalidity of the application thereof to any
person or circumstance, shal not affect the validity of the remainder of the ordinance, or
the validity of its application 0 other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. R tification. Any act consistent with the authority and prior
to the effective date of this 0 inance is hereby ratified and affirmed.
Section 4.
ffective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5) days from the t me of its final passage, as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Cou cil of the City of Federal Way this
December ,200 ,
21st
day of
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
IV!
MA YOR, DEAN MCC
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
FILED WITH THE CITY C ERK: 11/30/04
PASSED BY THE CITY C UNCIL: 12/21/04
PUBLISHED: 12/29/04
EFFECTIVE DATE: 1/3 05
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