HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2155 ORDINANCE NO. 2155
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTION 3 . 32 . 030 OF THE
AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO AN INCREASE
IN THE ROOM TAX RATE AND ADDING SECTION
3. 32 . 150 TO THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO THE USE OF ROOM TAX PROCEEDS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS :
SECTION 1. Section 3. 32 . 030 of the Azusa Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 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 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 to the operator of
the hotel, the Tax Administrator may require that
such tax shall be paid directly to the Tax
Administrator. "
SECTION 2 . Section 3. 2 . 150 is hereby added to the Azusa
Municipal Code to read as follows:
"Section 3. 32. 150 USE OF TAX PROCEEDS. The
proceeds arising from the tax imposed by this
chapter shall be credited to the general fund of
the City.
SECTION 3. The City Council finds and declares that
this Ordinance is one relating to taxes for the usual and current
expenses of the City. This Ordinance shall take effect January 1,
1982.
SECTION 4 . The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as
required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of December
1982 .
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471MitMAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA
I , CON,INCE WA, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2155 was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 6th day of December
1982. That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 20th day of
December , 1982, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: DECKER, HART, CRUZ, LATTA, MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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Publish Azusa Herald December 29, 1982
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