HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2080 ORDINANCE NO. 2080
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 5. 12 . 120
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO BUSINESS
LICENSE TAXES FOR SANITARY LANDFILL DISPOSAL
FACILITIES.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain
as follows :
SECTION 1. Title 5 , Chapter 5. 12 of the Azusa
Municipal Code is amended by adding thereto Section
5.12 . 120 to read:
"Section 5.12.120 . SANITARY LANDFILLS AND
DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
All sanitary landfill and disposal facilities
and sites shall pay a quarterly business
license tax in an amount equal to 2 % of
gross receipts received from disposal of waste
matter on the site provided that the total
amount of the tax shall not be less than
$ 35,000.00 Per calendar year. The first such
payment filed with a Statement of Gross Receipts
from the operation of any sanitary landfill
and disposal site which is subject to taxation
pursuant to this section shall be due and payable
ten days following the last day of the quarter
following adoption of this Ordinance and
quarterly thereafter. For the purpose of this
Ordinance quarters end in the months of
September, December, March and June. Said
Statement of Gross Receipts shall not be con-
clusive as to the matter set forth therein,
nor shall the filing of the same preclude the
City from collecting, by appropriate action,
such sums as are actually due and payable. Such
statement and each of the several items therein
contained shall be subject to audit and veri-
fication by the City Clerk to inspect the books
and records of the licensee as may be necessary
to verify or ascertain the amount of the license
fee due. There shall be no charge imposed for
the disposal of waste matter by the City of Azusa. "
SECTION 2 . That this Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its adoption pursuant to Section 36937 (d)
of the Government Code, since the taxes levied hereby are
for the usual and current expenses of the City.
SECTION 3. Validity of Ordinance. If any section,
sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or uncon-
stitutional by the decision of any Court of competent juris-
diction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and
each section, sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, sub-sections, phrases or portions be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published in the manner prescribed by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 4th day of September, 1979.
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CITY CLERK
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. 2080 was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at
a regular meeting of the City Council on the 20th day of
August, 1979. That, thereafter, said Ordinance was duly
adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council
on the 4th day of September, 1979, by the following vote of
the City Council, to wit :
AYES: Councilmen: Decker, Fry, Cruz, Moses, Solem
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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CITY CLERK
Publish Azusa Herald 9/13/79
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