A. Upon everyone engaged in and carrying on a telegraph business, a tax equal to 6.0 percent of the total gross income, not including the amount of the tax, from such business in the City during the period for which the tax is due;

B. Upon everyone engaged in or carrying on a competitive telecommunication service or network telecommunication service, a tax equal to six percent of the total gross income, not including the amount of the tax, from such business in the City during the period for which the tax is due. In determining gross income from such business, including intrastate toll service, the taxpayer shall include 100 percent of the gross income received from such business in the City;

C. Upon everyone engaged in or carrying on the business of cellular telephone service, a tax equal to six percent of the total gross income, not including the amount of the tax, from such business in the City during the period for which the tax is due;

D. Upon everyone engaged in or carrying on the business of selling, brokering or furnishing artificial, natural or mixed gas for domestic, business or industrial consumption, a tax equal to five percent of the total gross income, not including the amount of the tax, from such business in the City during the period for which the tax is due;

E. Upon everyone engaged in or carrying on the business of selling or furnishing electric energy, a tax equal to five percent of the total gross income, not including the amount of the tax, from such business in the City during the period for which the tax is due; provided, this tax shall not apply to any entity engaged in or carrying on the business of selling or furnishing electric energy on which there is already imposed a tax on the business of selling or furnishing electric energy levied by and paid to any other municipality of the state of Washington organized under the provisions of RCW Title 35 or 35A;

F. Upon everyone engaged in or carrying on the business of cable communications, a fee or tax equal to six percent of the total gross income, not including the amount of the tax, from gross subscriber revenues in the City during the period for which the fee or tax is due. For purposes of this chapter, “gross subscriber revenues” means and includes those revenues derived from the supplying of subscription services, that is, installation fees, disconnect and reconnect fees, fees for regular cable benefits including the transmission of broadcast signals and access and origination channels and per-program or per-channel charges; it does not include leased channel revenue, advertising revenue, or any other income derived from the system;

G. Upon the City with respect to its conducting, maintaining and/or operating any municipal storm water management program or utility that it operates, or may operate in the future, as a public utility a tax of six percent of the total gross income, not including the amount of the tax, from such business in the City during the period for which the tax is due;

H. Upon the City with respect to its conducting, maintaining and/or operating any municipal garbage collection service or utility that it operates, or may operate in the future as a public utility, a tax of six percent of the total gross income, not including the amount of the tax, from such business in the City during the period for which the tax is due. [Ord. 290 § 1, 2002; Ord. 253 § 1, 2000; Ord. 215 § 1, 1999.]