HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 0013-1961I
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AN ORDXNAN(~ AME~DX]~O ORDXNAN(~ NO. 8 (~ZtOVXDXNG ~OR
TAXATXON OP ~RAr- PROPBRTY) B~ ADDXTX(~ O~ AH ~XBMP-
TXONS SBCTXGN.
TH~ CXTY OP ~X, ALASKA, ORDA//~$: That Ordinance r.*o. 8 of the
City o£ Y, enai, Alaska Is hereby amer~led to add a provision fo~
exemption o£ real property £rom operation o£ said ordinance and
to read o~ follows:
SBCFXON 18t ~.XH~.~FXON OP PRDI~RTY USRD ]U~CLUS~-L¥ ~OR
Ca) Al1 real i~'operty o~ned by religious or missionary
organizations, bodies, Institutions, assoc~at&onb, ut ~;G~= ~n
religious ~thor~ty (here~t~ re~erred to ~ rel~g~ org~-
zat~n) shall ~ e~pt from ration faf each t~ble ye~ An
~ 8~d property is used ~clusAvely ~o~ religious ~8ea,
act~vlt/eo or ~r~Lte~
(b) Al1 religious organizat/orm shall file with the City
Clerk-Treasurer, an a~fidavIt sworn to (or ~ftrmed) by proper
authority, requesttr~ exemption., and ~a~iA8 the full rmme of
the organization, tis purpose and the Aaoessor*a description o~
C,%¢ property for ~h~ch exemption ia requested° Sxemption shall
not ~e Sranted in the absence of such ~f£Mavtt,
Cc) The ~untcipal Assessor shall assess such property at
its true and £u11 value iA the acme manner as other taxable pro-
p~ty, as p~ovtded In Section 3 above, and shall enter upon the
arousal nssessment ro11 the notation '~xempt for religious purposes."
(d) Property of religious organizations shall cease to
be exempt f~ any part ahLtX be rented or used otherwise for
commercial purposes or deemed by the Assessor to not be used
exclusively £or rel~sious pu~pose~, actav4_tLe~ or pursuits and
mhaA1 be subject to taxation, ~d it shaXl he th~ reapons~biXIty
of the reltSiou6 or~emtzatton to de~on8trate that said property
Aa ~ used, ~ ~peal shall be ~de to the Eo~d o~ BqusXtzatton
as provM~ tn Sect~n 6.
Ce) The City may, lmwever, honor e~tons if any rental
or commercial uae, or any part thereof, shaXl be constdered to be
in the pubX~c ~ntereat.
Ptrat ReadiAs September 19, 1961
Passeds September 26, 1961
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Pr~cesTorkt~s'en
City Clerk
swa sou
Mayor
lX:)$~ilD 26 September 1961,