50-86 ORDINANCE NO. 50-86
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 15,
"LICENSES", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA BY ENACTING A NEW SECTION
15-14, "LICENSE TAX REDUCTION WITHIN AN ENTERPRISE
ZONE", PROVIDING FOR A REDUCTION BY 50 PERCENT (50%)
OF THE LICENSED TAX TO BE PAID TO THE CITY BY
PERSONS ENGAGING IN OR MANAGING ANY BUSINESS,
PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION WITHIN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE
OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IN ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
~. That section 15-14. "License tax reduction~ithin
an enterprise zone" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, shall be and the same is hereby enacted to read as
follows:
Section 15-14. License tax reduction within an enterprise zone.
Within the City's enterprise zones individual license tax paid
to the City by persons engaging or managing or transacting in any
business shall be reduced by 50 percent (50%). Any such license issued
within the enterprise zone is non-transferable. Prior to obtaining a
license at a 50 percent (50%) reduction, an individual shall be required
to file, with the license application, a verified statement indicating
the permanent business location is within the enterprise zone.
~j~. That should any section or provision of this
ordinance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence or word be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a
whole or part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
~. Than this ordinance shall become effective from
the City of Delray Beach receiving enterprise zone approval pursuant to
Section 290.012-290.015 of the Fla. Stat.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final
reading on this the !2th day of auqust
MAYOR
ATTEST:
First Reading July 22t 1986
Second'Reading August 12r 1986