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ORDINANCE NO. 97-3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, IMPLEMENTING THE UTILITY TAX AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 166.231, ET SEQ., FLORIDA STATUTES, TO LEVY AND IMPOSE UTILITY TAX UPON THE PURCHASE WITHIN THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH OF ELECTRICITY, WATER, METERED GAS, BOTTLED GAS, COAL, FUEL OIL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABD...ITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.4 of the City Charter of the City of Sunny Isles Beach (the "City"), and until otherwise modified by the City Commission, all municipal taxes and fees imposed within the City boundaries by Metropolitan Dade County (the "County) as the municipal government for unincorporated Dade County, which taxes and fees were in effect on the date of adoption of the City Charter, shall continue at the same rate and on the same conditions as if these taxes and fees had been adopted and assessed by the City; and WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the above-cited Charter provision is effective by operation oflaw to continue the levy and imposition ofthe utility tax (the "Utility Tax") provided by Section 29-36, et seq., of the Metropolitan Dade County Code (the "County Code") as authorized by Section 166.231, et seq., Fla. Stat., upon the purchase in the City of electricity, water, metered gas, bottled gas, coal, fuel oil and telecommunications service (the "Utility Services"), without the necessity for adoption of an ordinance by the City; and WHEREAS, the City Commission has been advised that certain providers of Utility Services may have concerns regarding the application of City Charter Section 8.4 pertaining to the imposition of the Utility Tax and may assert that the adoption of an enabling ordinance is necessary for the levy and imposition by the City of such Utility Tax; and