HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2375 ORDINANCE NO. 2375
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA AMENDING SECTION 3. 32 .030 OF THE AZUSA
MUNICIPAL CODE INCREASING THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY
TAX AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF "TAX ADMINISTRATOR"
AND "TRANSIENT" AND PROVIDING FOR AN ELECTION THEREON
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3 .32 . 020 DEFINITIONS is hereby
amended to read as follows:
. . . "Tax Administrator means the Director of Finance who is
charged with administration of the tax.
Transient means any person who exercises occupancy or
is entitled to occupancy by reason of concession, permit,
right of access, license or other agreement for a period
of thirty consecutive calendar days or less, counting
portions of calendar days as full days. Any such person
so occupying space in a hotel shall be deemed to be a
transient until the period of thirty days has expired
unless there is an agreement in writing between the
operator and the occupant providing for a longer period
of occupancy or payment for more than thirty consecutive
days has been made in advance. In determining whether a
person is a transient, uninterrupted periods of time
extending both prior and subsequent to the effective date
of this chapter may be considered. " . . .
SECTION 2 . Section 3 . 32. 030 of the Azusa Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"3 . 32 .030 RATE- PAYMENT PROVISIONS. For the privilege
of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to
and shall pay a tax in the amount of ten percent (10) of
the rent charged by the operator. This tax constitutes a
debt owed by the transient to the City which is
extinguished only by payment to the operator or to the
City. The transient shall pay the tax to the operator of
the hotel at the time the rent is paid. If the rent is
paid in installments, a proportionate share of the tax
shall be paid with each installment. The unpaid tax
shall be due upon the transient's ceasing to occupy space
in the hotel. If for any reason the tax due is not paid
by the operator of the hotel, the tax administrator may
require that such tax be paid directly to the Tax
Administrator. "
SECTION 3 . The City Council may amend Sections 3 .32. 020
and 3 . 32. 030 of the Azusa Municipal Code without a vote of the
people to the extent necessary to implement the procedures for
collection of the tax and to the extent permitted pursuant to
Government Code Sections 53720, et seq.
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 general election scheduled for November 8, 1988.
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. , are duly repealed or amended, or
interpreted by the courts so that a vote of the people is not
required for enactment of said Section 3 .32. 030, 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.
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SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of
this Ordinance and shall cause it to be published in the manner
required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 1st day of August 1988.
4 .."‘ 4.MAYOR ��Yl�Of
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2375 was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 13tlllay of July
1988. That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and
passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 1st
day of August 1988 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: AVILA, STEMRICH, NARANJO, LATTA
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: MOSES
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
C y'Y CLERK