5.99.040 Tourism promotion charge.

Effective July 1, 2004, in the zones that are established and described in Section 5.99.030 of this chapter, there shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business located in the Yakima County tourism promotion area as follows:

Zone A:
$1.50 per room/day
Zone B:
$0.75 per room/day
Zone C:
$0.50 per room/day

The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the "sale of lodging" for the purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410. (Ord. 2004-17 § 1 (part), 2004).