CHAPTER 1
DEFINITIONS AND FEE SCHEDULE
SECTION:
5-1-3 Airport Fuel Flowage Fees
5-1-1 DEFINITIONS FOR TITLE V:
A. “Finance Administrator” shall mean the Finance Administrator or designee.
B. “Administrator” shall mean the Finance Administrator or designee.
C. “Business entity” shall mean any person or persons engaged in activities for profit including, but not limited to, any business, business enterprise, company, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship required to be licensed and/or registered in the State of Washington or any other state.
D. “Full-time equivalent employee” shall mean an employee working more than one thousand nine hundred twenty (1,920) worker hours each year, including legal holidays and vacation time, during the twelve (12) month period upon which the license fee is computed.
E. “Independent contractor” shall mean those persons who are primarily engaged in the business of rendering any type of service including, but not limited to, the following: doctor of medicine; other healing art or science; dentist or dental technician; attorney at law; licensed or registered engineer; surveyor; certified or licensed public accountant; bookkeeper; tax or business consulting service; real estate broker or agency; insurance broker, agent or representative and other brokerage businesses; funeral director or mortuary; optometrist; architect or designer; optician; ophthalmologist; pharmacist; operator, manager or any other business enterprise conducting any state or national bank, building and loan association, savings and loan association, and any other financial institution rendering a special or multiple type of professional or semi-professional service to the general public; specialized private training schools in aviation, salesmanship and music when conducted in a separate place of business and having an average of twenty (20) or more students per week; or other specialized training schools teaching or instructing in special skills or trades; or any other similar activity conducted by, supervised or operated by a business enterprise which offers to members of the public the business of rendering any type of service. Additionally, for general business license purposes, they are considered individual businesses and are required to obtain a separate license in addition to their place of business license.
F. “License holder” shall mean the person or persons who applied for a general business license or any other business license and each owner, shareholder, partner, principal, manager or person responsible for the business enterprise. A “license holder” is also referred to in this Title as a “licensee.”
G. “Materially false statement” or “material misrepresentation” means any false statement or misrepresentation, oral or written, regardless of its admissibility under the rules of evidence, which could have affected the course or outcome of the license application, renewal application, inspection, audit, or review of records.
H. “Person” shall mean any individual, receiver, administrator, executor, assignee, trustee in bankruptcy, trust, estate, firm, co-partnership, joint venture, club, company, joint stock company, business trust, municipal corporation, political subdivision of the State of Washington, corporation, limited liability company, association, society, or any group of individuals acting as a unit, whether mutual, cooperative, fraternal, non-profit, or otherwise and the United States of America or any of its instrumentalities.
I. “Quarterly” shall mean, in the context of taxes, fees or payments, January 1 until March 31 (1st quarter), April 1 until June 30 (2nd quarter), July 1 until September 30 (3rd quarter) and October 1 until December 31 (4th quarter).
J. “Records” shall mean and include but not be limited to books, revenues, receipts, tax or regulatory/informational returns/filings, bank deposits and disbursements, invoices, accounts receivable and payable, records of all customer accounts, billing units, and fees charged together with dates and related financial statements, subscriber records, plans, and/or data maintained, stored or kept in electronic or any other format. (Ord. 5688, 5-13-13; Ord. 5992, 11-16-2020)
5-1-2 FEE SCHEDULE ADOPTED:
The City adopts the City of Renton Fee Schedule as it exists or may be amended. The Fee Schedule is contained in the Fee Schedule brochure, at least one (1) copy of which is filed with the City Clerk, which is adopted by reference as it exists or may be amended.
In the event of any conflict between any fees or charges in the Renton Municipal Code and the Fee Schedule, the more recent shall prevail. (Ord. 5509, 11-23-09, eff. 1-1-10; Ord. 5688, 5-13-13. Formerly RMC 5-1-9.)
5-1-3 AIRPORT FUEL FLOWAGE FEES:
A. Aviation Fuel Flowage Fees: Wholesale fuel distributors of aviation fuel shall pay to the City of Renton a per gallon fuel flowage fee as set forth in the City’s Fee Schedule brochure for fuel delivered to any location at the Renton Municipal Airport with all of the revenue deposited in the Airport Fund that pays for the operation and maintenance of the Airport.
B. Reporting: Wholesale fuel distributors of aviation fuel shall, on the last day of each month, provide to the City of Renton a fuel flowage fee report, and a copy of each invoice for aviation fuel distributed at the Renton Municipal Airport, for the subject month.
C. Violations and Penalties:
1. Failure to pay the fuel flowage fee or to provide the required fuel flowage fee report and supporting invoices shall be a violation of this Section. Any violation of this Section shall be a civil infraction.
2. Any person found to have violated this Section by failing to pay the fuel flowage fee shall pay a fine equal to 5% of the fuel flowage fee owed to the City of Renton multiplied by the number of months said fuel flowage fee was unpaid.
3. Any person found to have violated this Section by failing to provide the report or supporting documentation for the fuel flowage fee shall pay a fine of $100.00. For any subsequent offense in a 12-month period, the fine shall be $200.00.
4. Any person found to have violated this Section three times or more in a 12-month period shall be prohibited from delivering aviation fuel to any recipient located on the Renton Municipal Airport for a period of 6 months. (Ord. 5433, 12-8-08; amd. Ord. 5509, 11-23-09, eff. 1-1-10; Ord. 5688, 5-13-13. Formerly RMC 5-1-8.)