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WCC5- 52.AMD
INTRODUCED BY:
PROPOSED BY:
DATE:
ORDINANCE NO. 88 -58
Consent
Countv Executive
June 2, 1988
AN ORDINANCE TO REVISE FEES
FOR SOLICITORS AND CANVASSERS
THUS AMENDING THE WHATCOM COUNTY
CODE, SECTION 5.52.050
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Sheriff's Department has been
researching fee schedules in order to bring fees in line with
current costs of conducting the public's business; and,
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Code, Section 5.52.050 provides for
the fees charged for solicitors and canvassers; and,
WHEREAS, these fees do not currently offset the costs of
processing; and,
WHEREAS, it is the policy of Whatcom County to charge fees that
bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of doing business in
processing;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED the Whatcom County Code, Section
5.52.050 is hereby amended as follows:
5.52.050 License fees.
A. The license fee which shall be charged for such license,
shall be the sum of ten forty dollars per year, and shall be
assessed on a calendar year basis. The fee, however, for January
to July 1st, or any part of said period, or from July 1st to
December 31st, or any part of said period, shall be sixty percent
of the annual license fee; provided, that one temporary thirty -day
license may be issued on payment of a fee of twe fifteen dollars.
Said twe- 4&11_ar fifteen - dollar fee may, however, apply on a cur-
rent, annual or semiannual license that may be issued thereafter
at the same rate provided in this subsection; provided., the tem-
porary thirty days occurs during the same annual or semiannual
period for which the total fee is paid.
B. None of the license fees provided for by this chapter
shall be so applied as to occasion an undue burden upon interstate
commerce. In any case where a license fee is believed by a
licensee, or applicant for license, to place an undue burden upon
such commerce, he may apply to the chairman of the board of county
commissioners for an adjustment of the fee so that it shall not be
descriminatory, unreasonable, or unfair as to such commerce. Such
application may be made before, at, or within six months after
payment of the prescribed license fee. The applicant shall, by
affidavit and supporting testimony, show his method of business
and the gross volume or estimated gross volume of business and
such other information as the board of county commissioners may
deem necessary in order to determine the extent, if any, of such
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undue burden on such commerce. The board of county commissioners
shall then conduct an investigation comparing applicant's business
with other businesses of like nature and shall make findings of
fact from which it shall determine whether the fee fixed by this
chapter is unfair, unreasonable or discriminatory as to the
applicant's business, and shall fix as the license fee for the
applicant an amount that is fair, reasonable and nondiscrimina-
tory, or, if the fee has already been paid, shall order a refund
of the amount over and above the fee so fixed. In fixing the fee
to be charged, the board of county commissioners shall have the
power to base the fee upon a percentage of gross sales, or any
other method which will assure that the fee assessed shall be
uniform with that assessed on businesses of like nature, so long
as the amount assessed does not exceed the fees as prescribed in
subsection A of this section. Should the chairman of the board of
county commissioners determine the gross sale measure of the fee
to be the fair basis, he may require the applicant to submit,
either at the time of termination of applicant's business in the
county of Whatcom, or at the end of each three month period, a
sworn statement of the gross sales and pay the amount of fee
therefor; provided, that no additional fee during any one calendar
year shall be required after the licensee shall have paid an
amount equal to the annual license as prescribed in subsection A
of this seciton. (Prior code subsection 4.16.050).
APPROVED this 7th day of July , 1988.
IATTEST:
1'
Ramona Reeves
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
(APPROVED AS TO FORM
RANDALL J. WATTS
Civil Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney
Published on June 15, 1988&
(Ordinance becomes effective
(ORDINANCE - 2.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
onald G. Ha�sey
Vice Chair
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( ✓) APPROVED ( ) VETOED
" �e, :F4.
SHIRLEY VAN ZANTE
County Executive
July 13, 1988 July 8, 1988
Date Signed by Executive
July 18, 1988