HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. O2000-14ORDINANCE NO.0-2000-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTION 18-703 AND SECTION 18-6 OF THE
AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING A LICENSE TAX
FOR RENTAL OF APARTMENTS, ROOMINGHOUSES,
SINGLE AND MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 18-703 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its
entirety and restated to read as follows:
Sec. 18-703. Rental of Apartments, roominghouses, individual homes.
Every person engaged in the business of renting or operating rental units
such as any apartment house, house court, bungalow court, boardinghouse,
rooming house, lodging house, individual home, duplex or triplex whether
attached or detached, or other accommodations for dwelling, sleeping,
housekeeping or lodging in any place located within the city, regardless of
whether the rental is at one location or at various locations, shall pay a
license tax of $120.00 per year for each apartment unit, house, dwelling unit,
bungalow, mobilehome, or other rented housing within a rooming or lodging
house rented or occupied by a person or persons other than the property
owner(s) as evidenced by a grant deed of trust; provided, however, that
every person engaged in the business of renting or operating only three or
fewer of such rental units shall pay a license tax computed on gross rental
receipts from those properties as follows:
Under $5,000 per year
$50.00
$5,000 - $10,000 per year
$50.00
plus $1.50 per
$1,000
$10,001 - $20,000 per
$60.00
plus $2.50 per
year
$1,000
$20,001 and over
$70.00
1$1,000
plus $3.50 per
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SECTION 2. Section 18-6 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended to add
the following language to the end of the first sentence of this section to provide for an
annual consumer price index increase on the taxation on the rental of four or more units:
"and the flat rate business license tax on the rental of four or more units, pursuant
to Section 18-703 shall also be increased annually, commencing on January 1, 2002.
SECTION 3. The City Council may amend Chapter 18 of the Azusa Municipal Code
and this Ordinance amending Section 18-703 of the Azusa Municipal Code without a vote
of the people to the extent necessary to implement 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 general muncipal election
scheduled for March 6, 2001. This ordinance shall become valid and binding if a majority
of the voters voting thereon vote in its favor at said election. If the provisions of Proposition
218 or Government Code Sections 53720 et seq., are duly repealed or amended, or
interpreted by a court so that a vote of the people is not required for enactment of this
Ordinance, then this Ordinance 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 or 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 and the levying of the general taxes described herein
shall be effective ten (10) days after the date on which the City Council has declared that
the voters of the City of Azusa have approved this Ordinance by a vote of more than 50%
of the votes cast by the electors voting on the general tax set forth in this Ordinance.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance and shall
cause it to be published in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND this 201h day of March, 2001.
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unstina t;ruz-maaria
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Candace Toscano
Assistant City Clerk
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