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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 97-O10ORDINANCE NO. 97-010 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 18-697(b) AND 70-227 OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN THE EXISTING SWAP MEET ADMISSIONS AND BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Subsection (c)of Section 18-697 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: "(b) Tax. Every person advertising, conducting, maintaining, promoting or carrying on a swap meet shall pay a business license tax based on gross receipts in accordance with section 18-691. In addition, such persons shall pay the sum of $5.00 per rented vendor space per day in lieu of a business license tax on the individual vendors selling goods and services at the swap meets. SECTION 2. Section 70-227 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: "Sec. 7-227. Imposed. There is hereby imposed upon each person admitted to a swap meet operating in the city an admissions tax of $0.50 per admission. The operator of the swap meet shall be responsible for collection of such tax and payment to the city. SECTION 3. The City Council may amend both Article VII of Chapter 70 of the Azusa Municipal Code and this Ordinance amending Sections 18-697(6) and 70-227 of the Azusa Municipal Code without a vote of the people to the extent necessary to implement the intention of the voting, and including but not limited to the procedures for collection of the tax. SECTION 4. This Ordinance, being for the enactment and imposition of a general tax, shall be submitted to a vote of the people at the City's special election scheduled for November 4, 1997. This ordinance shall become valid and binding if a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in its favor at said election and shall be effective on the date that the City Council certifies the results of said election. If the provisions of Government Code Sections 53720 et seq. or Article XIIIC of the California Constitution are duly repealed or amended, or interpreted by the courts so that a vote of the people is not required for enactment of this Ordinance, then tiiis—Ordifiance shall take effect as provided for all other City ordinances and may be amended in the same manner as all other City ordinances. SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, part, clause, sentence phrase of this Ordinance the application thereof is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, the application thereof, and the general taxes imposed shall not be effected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect, it being the intention of the voters to adopt each and every section, subsection, part, clause, sentence phrase regardless of whether any other section, subsection, part, clause, sentence or phrase or the application thereof is held to be invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and shall take affect as provided by law. SECTION 7. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance if a majority of the voters voting in the City's special election on November 4, 1997, approve the proposition asking whether the voters approve this Ordinance. PASSED AND APPROVED this 4th-.' day of _Nov . , 1997. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss. CITY OF AZUSA ) RVPUB\SR029121