HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-3144 - Adds Ch. 3.105, affordable and supportive housing sales tax credit fund (3.105)CITY OF MARYSVILLE
Marysville, Washington
ORDINANCE NO. 3 I 1-{ y
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,
WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF A LOCAL
SALES AND USE TAX; CREATING THE AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING SALES TAX CREDIT FUND; ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 3.105 TO
THE MARYSVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, during the 2019 Washington State Legislature passed Substitute House Bill
1406 that was signed into law as Chapter 338, Laws of2019 and codified at RCW 82.14.540;
and
WHEREAS, state law authorizes cities and counties to impose a sales and use tax to
encourage investments in affordable and supportive housing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution 2475 on September 10, 2019 declaring
the City's intent to adopt legislation to authorize the maximum capacity of the tax authorized by
RCW 82.14.540; and
WHEREAS, to collect the tax, a city must adopt an ordinance authorizing the tax within
one year of the effective date of the Substitute House Bill 1406, or July 28, 2020; and
WHEREAS, assistance in providing affordable and supportive housing enhances public
health and welfare.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A new chapter 3.105 is added to the Marysville Municipal Code as set forth
in Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of
this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a comi of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
ordinance.
SECTION 3. Upon approval by the city attorney, the city clerk or the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including scrivener's errors or
clerical mistakes; references to other local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations; or
numbering or referencing of ordinances or their sections and subsections.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective five days after the
date of its publication by summary.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this /'-/ "f'Yl day of
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CITY OF MARYSVILLE
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Approved as to form:
By ~ J(;\VALKER, CITY ATTORNEY
Date of publication: 1/10 / 20 2..0
Effective Date (5 days after publication): 1/i,3/2-020
EXHIBIT A
Chapter 3 .105
AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SALES TAX CREDIT
FUND
Sections:
3.105.010
3.105.020
3.105.030
3.105.010 Imposition.
Imposition.
Purpose of Fund.
Operation of Fund.
The sales and use tax authorized by RCW 82.14.540 is imposed at the maximum rate authorized
by the statute of 0.0073 percent of the selling price or value of the article used. The imposition
and collection of the tax and the use of its proceeds will comply with the requirements of RCW
82.14.540.
3.105.020 Purpose of Fund.
The affordable and supportive housing tax credit fund is created to to carry out the permitted
uses authorized by RCW 82.14.540.
3 .105 .030 Operation of Fund.
The moneys collected under this section may be used only for the following purposes and in
conformance with RCW 82.14.540:
(1) Acquiring, rehabilitating, or constructing affordable housing, which may include new units of
affordable housing within an existing structure or facilities providing supportive housing services
under RCW 71.24.385; or
(2) Funding the operations and maintenance costs of new units of affordable or supportive
housing; or
(3) providing rental assistance to tenants.
3.105.040 Expiration of Tax
The tax imposed by this chapter expires twenty (20) years after the date on which the tax is first
imposed.