HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2378 ORDINANCE NO. 2378
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA ADDING
SECTION 3 .44. 010 TO THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO AN ANNUAL INCREASE IN RATES OF
CERTAIN TAXES BASED UPON THE COST OF LIVING
AND PROVIDING FOR AN ELECTION THEREON
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Title 3, Chapter 3 .44, Section 3 .44. 010 be
added to the Azusa Municipal Code to read as follows:
"3 .44. 010. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF RATES. Section 5.08. 040 of
the Azusa Municipal Code notwithstanding, the rates of
business licenses as set forth in the Azusa Municipal Code
for the business license tax on each and every business
doing business within the City for the purpose of mining,
excavation, and wood processing shall be increased annually
commencing January 1, 1989. The percentage of change shall
be the percentage increase for the year ended on the prior
October 1 in the California Consumer Price Index (for all
items) as determined by the California Department of
Industrial Relations pursuant to the provisions of Section
2212 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State of
California. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section
shall supersede any maximum or minimum otherwise provided
for in this Chapter. "
SECTION 2 . The City Council may amend this Section 5. 08.240
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 3 . 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Code Sections 53720, et seq, are duly repealed or amended, or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 5. 08.240, 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 4. 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.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF AZUSA )
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I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. -2378 was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on thel8thday 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, MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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