[R.O. 2013 § 615.070; R.O. 2005
§§ 12-8 – 12-11; Ord. No. 50.200 §§ 1 – 4]
A.
Franchise Fee. All telephone companies
furnishing exchange services in the City as an annual license tax,
in quarterly installments, five percent (5%) of the gross receipts
derived from and collected from its or their customers located within
the City, and any services there provided, except such receipts as
represent charges for message rate toll, or long distance telephone
service, charges for exclusive interstate service of any kind, charges
for Morse, telegraph, television or radio program transmission facilities,
or for other services furnished exclusively and permanently in connection
with services extending beyond the boundaries of the City, charges
for the billing and collecting for telegrams, charges for the sale
of and advertising in telephone directories, charge for the rental
of plant facilities or other property not currently used by any such
company in furnishing its telephone services, and charges which combine
both receipts which are herein taxed and which are herein excepted
in all cases in which the demonstrable costs to any such telephone
company, in making a separation between the revenues taxed and those
excepted, shall exceed the evident revenue to be derived therefrom
by the City hereunder.
B.
Statement Of Gross Receipts Filed. There
shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before the 30th day of January,
April, July and October of each calendar year a sworn statement of
the gross receipts derived by the telephone company from the furnishing
of such service during the preceding quarter.
C.
Payment To City Clerk. At the time of filing
any such statement, the telephone company involved shall pay to the
City Clerk of Fayette, Missouri, five percent (5%) of such gross receipts.
D.
Rights To Trim Trees And Brush. The right
is hereby granted to all telephone companies to trim trees, brush,
or hedges upon and overhanging the streets, alleys, sidewalks and
public places of said City so as to prevent such foliage from coming
in contact with telephone wire and cables, all of said trimming to
be done under the supervision and direction of the Governing Body
of said City or of any City Official to whom said duties have been
or may be delegated.
