A. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling, furnishing, delivering, or distributing any telephone service for residential, commercial, or industrial use a tax equal to 6% of the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of total annual gross operating revenue of sales of telephone service to each customer within the limits of the city.

Gross operating income for this purpose shall not include charges which are passed on to the subscribers by a telephone company pursuant to tariffs required by regulatory order to compensate for the cost to the company of the tax imposed by this chapter.

B. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling, furnishing, delivering, or distributing electric light and power or electrical energy service for residential, commercial, or industrial use a tax equal to six percent (6%) of the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of annual total gross operating revenue from distributing electric light and power or electrical energy to each customer within the limits of the city.

C. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling or furnishing water service for residential, commercial, or industrial use a tax equal to ten percent (10%) of the first one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) of total annual gross operating revenue for selling or furnishing water service to each customer within the limits of the city.

D. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling or furnishing sewer service for residential, commercial, or industrial use a tax equal to ten percent (10%) of the first one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) of total annual gross operating revenue for selling or furnishing sewer service to each customer within the limits of the city.

E. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling or furnishing stormwater management service for residential, commercial, or industrial use within the City there shall be levied a tax equal to ten percent (10%) of the total annual gross operation revenue.

F. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling or furnishing of natural, manufactured, or mixed gas service for residential, commercial, or industrial use a tax equal to six percent (6%) of the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of total annual gross operating revenue from selling or furnishing natural, manufactured, or mixed gas service to each customer within the limits of the city.

G. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling or furnishing garbage facilities and/or service for domestic or industrial use within the city there shall be levied a tax equal to ten percent (10%) of the total annual gross operating revenue.

H. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of furnishing a cable subscription system for television signal distribution within the city there shall be levied a tax equal to three percent (3%) of the total annual gross operating revenue. It is not the intent of this section to classify the business as a public utility.

I. Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of furnishing competitive telephone service, including but not limited to, cellular telephone service within the city there shall be levied a tax equal to eight percent (8%) of the total annual gross operating revenue.

J. Total annual gross operating revenue shall be calculated on a calendar year basis beginning January 1 of any year and ending on December 31 of the same year. (Ord. 2830, 11/8/16; Ord. 2572, 7/27/10; Ord. 2554, 3/23/10; Ord. 2059, 5/14/02; Ord. 1930, 4/25/00; Ord. 1878, 11/9/99; Ord. 1860, 7/13/99; Ord. 1852, 4/13/99; Ord. 1520, 1992; Ord. 1216, 1986; Ord. 1089, 1983; Ord. 1044, 1981)