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Home My WebLink About4392ORDINANCE NO. 4392 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending sections 5.01.040 and 5.01.045 of the Kent City Code to: (i) provide a business licensing exemption for vendors who contract with the City as part of an event or program facilitated by, or for a service provided to, the Recreation and Cultural Services Division of the City's Parks Department, and (ii) to make a housekeeping change to group an existing exemption with this new exemption within section 5.01.045 of the Kent CitY Code. RECITALS A. The Recreation and Cultural Services Division of the City's parks and Community Services Department contracts with several small non-profit organizations and touring artists as part of its programming. B. Requiring business licenses and associated fees for these types of vendors adds significant programming costs as the business license fees would necessarily be built into the project cost billed back to the City. Furthermore, due to the additional paperwork, and lack of familiarity with licensing requirements, many of the touring artists would simply decline to work with the City. These artists are touring for multiple months on the road, stopping in a different city for only a few nights. It simply does not make logistical sense for them to take the time to apply for a business Amend KCC 5.O7'O4O, 5.O7.O45' Re: Business License ExemPtions 1 license and pay a business license fee for a few hours of work before they move on to a different citY. C. If not exempted from the business licensing requirements, these small contracts would require significant additional City expense by raising the cost of each contract, and could deter potential cultural services vendors from working with the City. D. This ordinance provides the necessary exemption from the business licensing requirements for vendors that contract with the City as part of an event or program facilitated by, or for a service provided to, the City's Recreation and Cultural Services Division, and moves the current exemption for businesses owned by minors into the revised exemptions section of the Kent CitY Code. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT' WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE 'E9TION 7, - Amendment - KCC 5.07.040. section 5.01.040 0f the Kent City Code, entitled "General business license required", is hereby amended as follows: sec. 5.o1.o4o. General business license required. Except as provided in KCC 5.01.045, it is unlawful for any business to operate in the city without having first obtained a general business license for the current calendar year or unexpired portion thereof and paid the fees prescribed in this chapter. A business with premises, primary places of business, or main o*i."r outside the city limits must be licensed before conducting business within the city limits. Amend KCC 5.O7.O4O, 5.O7.O45 - Ret Business License ExemPtions 2 9ECTION 2. - Amendment - KCC 5.01.045. Section 5.01.045 0f the Kent City Code, entitled "Threshold exemption", iS hereby amended as follows: Sec. 5.O1.O45. Exemptions. To the extent set forth in this section, the following persons and businesses shall be exempt from the registration, license and/or license fee requirements as outlined in this chapter: A. Any person or business whose annual value of products, gross proceeds of sales, or gross income of the business in the city is equal to or less than 92,000 and who does not maintain a place of business within the city. The exemption does not apply to regulatory license requirements or activities that require a specialized permit. B. Any person or business whose sole business activity conducted within the city is accepting or executing a contract or grant agreement with the city as paft of an event or program facilitated by, or for a service provided to, the recreation and cultural services division of the parks and community services department. C. A business solely owned and operated by a person under the age of 18 years shall not be required to have a business license. SECTION g, - Severability. If any one or more section, subsection, or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 4, - Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the Amend KCC 5.O7.O4O, 5'O7.O45' Re: Business Licentse ExemPtions 3 correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section, or subsection numbering; or references to other local, state, or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations' SECTION S. - Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty days from and after its passage' as provided by law. DANA RALPH, MAYOR February 16. 2021 Date Approved ATTEST: KIMBERLEY APP UR *P c February 16. 2021 Date Adopted Februarv 19. 2021 Date Published , CITY ATTORNEY 4 Amend KCC 5'O7.O4O,5.O7.O45 - Re: Business License ExemPtions .Cldssified Proof - Cit5r of Kent, City Clerk - LEGA.L ADS FourthAve S wA, 98032 - Legal Notiees 02/t9DA2r 0211912021 1 Kent Reporter - Jennifer Tribbett 8s6-5728 KOMOTO 4390-92 02:43:05 pm $142.04 $0.00 $0,00 $t42.04 $0.00 (360) 802-8212 !1ai! j/.ii!i1i 'rriirl i'.1aii:: iiii)r :: ) 1t.t;r Proofed by Jennifer Tribbett, 02ll0DA2l 02:44:12 pm Page: 1 Classitied Prool CITYOF KENT NOTICE OF ORDINANCES PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL The following are sum- maries of ordinances oassed bv the Kent CitY bouncil oh February 16, 2021. ORDINANCE NO. 4390 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the CitY of Kent, Washington, aP- proving the change of in- direct control of Astound Broadband, LLC, a Fran- chisee of the Citv. This ordinance dhall take effect and be in force 30 davs from and after its pa3sag", as provided bY law, ORDINANCE NO. 4391 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the CitY of Kent, Washington, amending ChaPter 9.42 of the Kent CilY Code, entitled "UnlaMul Race Attendance,' to amend the definition of "unlawful race event' to inolude activities invotuing the reckless operation of ve- hicles other than kadi- tional side-by-side rac- ino. Ttiis ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days kom and after its oassaqe. bnottleruce No. 43e2 - AN ORDI NANCE of the Citv Council of the CitY of - Kent, Washington,amending sections 5.01.040 and 5.01.045 of the Kent CitY Code to: (i) provide a business li- i6nsing exemPtion for vendors who contract with the CitY as Part of an event or Program fa- cilitated bv, or for a ser- vice provided to, the Recreation and Cuftural Services Division of the Proofed by Jennifer Tribbett, 02110/2021 02:44:12pm Page:2 .Classified Proof Ciiy's Parks DePartment, and (ii) to make a house- keeping change to group an existing exemPtion with this new exemption within section 5.01.045 of the Kent CitY Code. This ordinance shall tiake effect and be in force 30 days from and after its passage. A coov of the complete text df-anv ordinance will be mailed upon request of the City Clerk. Kimbedey A. Komoto, City Clerk Kk6moto@KentWA'gov 2na56-5725 w19752 2t19l2l Proofed by Jennifer Tribbett, 0211012021 02:44:12 pm Page: 3