HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2165 ORDINANCE NO. 2165
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTION 3. 32 .030 OF THE
AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO A DECREASE
IN THE ROOM TAX RATE
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 seven and one-half 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. 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 immediately
upon adoption.
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 22nd day of February
1983.
MAYOR
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. 2165 was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 7th day of
February , 1983. That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly
adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on
the 22nd day of February , 1983, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS DECKER, CRUZ, LATTA, MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS HART
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS NONE
GbicDEPUTY CITY CLE
Publish Azusa Herald 3/2/83