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There is levied and there shall be collected from the water-sewer department of the city of Vancouver a tax in the amount of sixteen percent of revenue proceeding or accruing from the customer accounts in such department pursuant to VMC 14.04.210 and 14.04.230; provided, the tax is not collected from revenue proceeding or accruing by the city from any public sewer district.

1. The tax imposed under this section shall increase by four percent to twenty percent, effective January 1, 2009.

2. The tax imposed under this section shall increase by 1.5 percent to 21.5 percent, effective January 1, 2016. This additional 1.5 percent utility tax shall be dedicated to funding transportation improvement projects contained in the transportation plans of the city of Vancouver, which are the city of Vancouver’s capital facilities plan, transportation improvement plan, pavement management plan, and transportation element of the comprehensive plan.

3. In addition to the increase provided for in subsection (2) of this section, the tax imposed under this section shall increase on April 1, 2017, to 24.9 percent. The tax imposed under this subsection shall be used only for the purpose of funding police staffing and associated services in a manner generally consistent with the community resource team recommendations dated December 12, 2016.

4. In addition to the increase provided for in subsection (3) of this section, the tax imposed under this section shall increase on January 1, 2019, by 2.4 percent to 27.3 percent. The tax imposed under this subsection shall be used only for the purpose of funding police staffing and associated services in a manner generally consistent with the community resource team recommendations dated December 12, 2016.

5. In addition to the increase provided for in subsection (4) of this section, the tax imposed under this section shall increase on January 1, 2020, by 1.6 percent to 28.9 percent. The tax imposed under this subsection shall be used only for the purpose of funding police staffing and associated services in a manner generally consistent with the community resource team recommendations dated December 12, 2016. (Ord. M-3236 § 1, 1996: Ord. M-3064 § 1, 1993: Ord. M-2914 § 1, 1990: Ord. M-2793 § 1, 1988: Ord. M-2559 § 3, 1985: Ord. M-2060 § 1, 1980: Ord. M-1845 § 1, 1978: Ord. M-1558 § 1, 1974: Ord. M-206 § 1, 1954; Ord. M-4193, Amended, 02/06/2017, Sec 1-Effective 04/01/2017; Ord. M-4141, Amended, 11/02/2015, Sec 2-Effective 1/1/2016; Ord. M-4041, Amended, 01/28/2013, Sec 6-Effective 02/28/2013; Ord. M-3898, Amended, 11/17/2008, Sec 1-Effective 01/01/2009; Ord. M-3678, Amended, 12/06/2004, Sec 1)