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<br />
<br /> 9i~35.,? Letter frcrm ~,he CltiP~Metnag~er,~e¢ommendlng. adoption
<br />of ~ ~ ordl~n~% to .ame~ ~nd~ r,~,~a~ ~rdlh~ ~ ~98~-39, as
<br />amended and re-enacted by ordinances no. 1986-4~; ~'1~8~+37,
<br />1988-38, 1989-33, 1990-30, a~d 1991-3:5, ~mposing and levying a tax
<br />on privately owned pleasure boats wit~hin the City of Portsmouth,
<br />
<br /> "In June, as part of the adoptio~n of the FY 1992 An
<br />Operating ~]geJz, the..Ci~%!;.~o~.FJe~it~ ctowe~fed~th% p~sbna,1
<br />tax rat~ ~riv~te~ly ~e~p~.~su~,~e-;~b,~a~s~ ~e~r~r-Rea
<br />Attorney General has raised the question as to whether
<br />zerbT%%~at%n is a~ t~e
<br />
<br /> ~h:e ~t~ Attorney~ h~s
<br />City against a potential suit over thD absence of a boa~
<br />City Co~il~ ~uld~ ~d~t a~.i~i~r~%~,xt~
<br />presence of a tax rate on pleasure bo~ts, but would mini
<br />number of tax bills sent out. Presently we do not genel
<br />bill for~,CR~r due o-f, l'~s=
<br />$100 :Of %sse~'e'd' val, n~a-tion ,~ ~o~t~hav, in0
<br />$9~}90.0~ o~: l~'ss~ ~ould not-rhave a.:~.ax .bi-lt gen~rat%d for
<br />
<br />I have scheduled a public hearing for] consideration of
<br />th~~ ~er~,~a:~C property t, amT~C~e~n-,~i~aCel~
<br />as req~r~.~ b~ State ~'z~e-:..:Oh-~-~ 9ret&binary dat, a~ h~s, ~shc
<br />low tax rate. On boat's ha~e'~ ~uzces~f~lhdn~nc~a.s-ing
<br />of out-o~t~ boats reg~e~ed¢.i~.:Po:r~smo~e~w~ The?resz
<br />
<br />should continue with the experiment oE having~,t~e-4~t
<br />rate in the State, and therefore recommend that you ado
<br />ordinance est~lishi'n~-t-~e ~tax.~rat~
<br />
<br /> Hotion of Hrs. Lucas and secondeQ by Mr. King, the
<br />ord-i~a~e,-~a~dopted ~by
<br />
<br /> ,~"~AN~OIIIYt4~ANCE TO -JI~4END -/~ND~--RE~,:EN_-~C'T iORI~INANC~I, dqC~ t
<br /> AMENDED AND RE-ENACTED BY ORDINANCES NO. 1986-.~
<br /> 1988-38, 1989-33, 1990-30, AND 1991-35, IMPOSING A5
<br /> TAX~$~FOR EACH FISCAL ~Y~ ~INN~Q~ JU.L~.T ~D~
<br /> JUNE 3~H, UNLESS~ tO~ERW~SE ~CHANGED. 'B~,~C[.~-. QN
<br /> ESTATE, TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, PRIVATELY O~EE
<br /> BOATS AND MACHINERY AND TOOLS WITHIN THE CITY OF PC
<br /> VIRGT~IA-,~ FOR 'TH.~: ~PUR,PO~~ .OF, :R~I S INQ .R~ENU,E~ F-OR ~TH
<br /> OF GOVERNMENTAL OPE~TIONS AND-T~S~PUB~IC.~E~
<br /> PAY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC DEBT."
<br />
<br />Ayes: Clemons ,- Corprew, ~-Epp~r~o~.,, King, Hawks ,-~,~bucas, W(
<br />Nays: None
<br />
<br /> 91-436 - Letter from the City M~nager recommending
<br />of an ordinance to amend Chapter 32 of the Code of the C
<br />
<br />to S~'r;e~t SrL .'~'i d ewa 1 ~s
<br />
<br /> "The City Code provides f:o~7u~d~grou~n~u~,itb~-~wir
<br />certain districts and makes It unlawful for any person t
<br />maintain aerial wires, cables or poles in these district~
<br />the date set out in the City Code. T~e Oasis~t~=a c~a~i, ta
<br />organizatRon located on High Street, ~as asked the City
<br />an except~h~to the :~e~i.~e~n~, eOf ~nd:e~ou~ }u~%:~li.t~ w
<br />They ha~e bee~-given .~ la. rge, f~r~z~r'l~cker.~n~.~ir~inia
<br />donated z,~stal lat ion of, p~wer,-s~rv~ce }~ ~h~wevem ;~ ~b~ey do
<br />the mon6~h~' ~ha~e ':~he ~i~res~l~3..u;~de'rg-r~%~;~.:
<br />
<br />nual
<br />property
<br />ently, the
<br />r not a
<br />together.
<br />
<br />tect the
<br />tax, the
<br />nit the
<br />nize the
<br />~te a tax
<br />of 1~ per
<br />lue of
<br />ersonal
<br />
<br />raising
<br />re boats
<br />~n that a
<br />:he number
<br />[ting
<br />K that we
<br /> boat tax
<br /> the
<br />
<br />]ollowing
<br />
<br />)85-39, AS
<br />)87-37,
<br />) LEVYING
<br />~DING
<br />tEAL
<br />PLEASURE
<br />tTSMOUTH,
<br />SUPPORT
<br />)LS AND TO
<br />
<br />~b
<br />
<br />adoption
<br />.ty of
<br />:taining
<br />
<br />~s in
<br /> erect or
<br /> after
<br /> le
<br />.o grant
<br />res.
<br />Power has
<br />tot have
<br />
<br />
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