(a) A City telecommunications infrastructure maintenance fee is hereby imposed upon all telecommunications retailers in the amount of two percent of all gross charges charged by the telecommunications retailer to service addresses within the City for telecommunications originating or received in the City.
(b) Upon the effective date of the infrastructure maintenance fee authorized in this chapter, the City infrastructure maintenance fee authorized hereunder shall be the only fee or compensation for the use of all public rights-of-way within the City by telecommunications retailers. Imposition of the infrastructure maintenance fee provided under this chapter does not, however, serve as a limitation on the levying of any taxes or imposition of any fees otherwise authorized by law.
(c) The City telecommunications infrastructure maintenance fee authorized by this section shall be collected, enforced, and administered as set forth in Section 890.04 of this Chapter.
(Ord. 709. Passed 10-13-97; Ord. 783. Passed 9-9-02.)