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Home My WebLink AboutCC Ord 1464 Not Adopted I I I ~f'v t(J~/ (V I"~ ~alIr~p - ORDINANCE NUMBER /I/~/I lY"'O ~. YrDf ;z:.. 1)1 t) ;JO ~O AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL- BEACH ~t: ~I REDUCING THE UTILITY USER TAX AND AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (a) of Section 22-61.1 ofthe Code of the City of Seal Beach is amended to read: "(a) The tax imposed by this anicle shall not apply to any individual sixty-five years of age or older who uses telephone, electric, or gas services in or upon any premises occupied by such individual, provided that the combined adjusted gross income (as such term is used for Federal income tax purposes) of all members of the household in which such individual resides, for the calendar year prior to the fiscal year (July 1st through June 30th) for which the exemption provided in this section is applied (as documented by a copy of the current Federal Income Tax Return(s) or California Senior Citizen Property Tax Assistance Claim Form(s) FTB Form 9000), is less than the maximum qualifYing income for California Senior Citizen Property Tax Assistance provided for the 1999 calendar year ($33,132)." Section 2. Subsection (a) of Section 22-62 (Telephone Users Tax) ofthe Code of the City of Seal Beach is amended to read: "(a) There is hereby imposed a tax 'upon every person in the City of Seal Beac;h using intrastate, interstate, including the District of Columbia, or international telephone communication services in the City of Seal Beach. The tax imposed by this section shall be at the rate of nine and one-half percent (9 1/2%) of the charges made for such services and shall be paid by the person paying for such services. Said tax shall apply to all charges billed to a telephone account having a situ in the City, irrespective of whether a particular telephone service originates and/or terminates within the City." Section 3. Subsection (a) of Section 22-63 (Electricity Users Tax) of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is amended to read: "(a) There is hereby imposed a tax upon every person in the City of Seal Beach using electrical energy in the City of Seal Beach. The tax imposed by this section shall be at the rate of nine and one-half percent (91/2%) ofthe charges made for such energy and shall be paid by the person paying for such energy. "Charges" as used in this section, shall include charges made for (1) metered energy, and (2) minimum charges for service, including customer charges, service charges, standby charges, charges for temporary services, demand charges and annual and monthly charges and any other charges or costs adjustments authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission." Section 4. Subsection (a) of Section 22-64 (Fuel Users Tax) of the Code of the City of Seal Beach is amended to read: "(a) There is hereby imposed a tax upon every person in the City of Seal Beach using fuel which is delivered through mains or pipes or by mobile transport. The tax imposed by this section shall be at the rate of nine and one-half percent (9 1/2%) of the charges made for such fuel and shall be paid by the person paying for such fuel. "Charges,"'as'used in this section, shall include charges made for metered fuel or mobile transport, fuel transportation charges and charges for service, including customer charges, service charges, minimum charges, demand charges, and annual and rnontWy charges and any other charge authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission." Ordinance Number It/let! Section 5. The purpose of this Ordinance is (1) to reduce the rate currently imposed by the City on utility users, and (2) to modify the language of the utility user tax ordinance to protect City revenues from further modifications by the State Legislature. As to this second purpose, the provisions of this Ordinance are intended to be declaratory of existing law and shall be interpreted in light of that intent. The Ordinance is not intended to expand the scope of the tax nor to increase the amount of tax imposed on any individual or other entity in the City. Section 6. This Ordinance shall not be adopted until 90 days following the issuance of certificates I of occupancy to the four primary tenants of the Bixby Towne Center, and shall not take effect for thirty days after its adoption, PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this _ day of .2000. AYES: COUNCll.MEMBERS NOES: COUNCll.MEMBERS ABSTAIN: COUNCll.MEMBERS /" MAYOR ATTEST: /' Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk I STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF SEAL BEACH } } } I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beac~llJi"ia, c ordinance is an original copy of Ordinance Nurnber f on City Clerk, introduced at a rneeting held on the ,2~ - day of 2000 and passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the Cit f Seal Beach at a rneeting held on the day of /'" , 2000, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmernbers /'" NOES: CounciJmernbers /' ABSENT: Councilrnernbers .,/ ABSTAIN: Councilmembers /' I and do hereby certify that Ordinance Nurnber has been published pursuant to the Seal Beach City Charter and Resolution Number 2836. /" City Clerk I I I Ordinance Number /t/W PROOF OF PUBLICATION (2015.5 C,C.P.) STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Orange This space is for the County Clerk's Filing Stamp I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the county afore- said; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or inter- ested in the above-entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the printer of the SEAL BEACH SUN, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published weekly in the .City of Seal Beach, County of Orange and which newspaper has been adjudged a newspaper of general circulation by the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, under the date of 2/24/75. Case, Number A82583; that the notice of which the annexed is a printed copy (set in type not smaller than nonpareil), has been published in-each regular and entir~ issue of said newspaper and not 'in any supplement thereof pn the following dates, to-wit: , '~~/PO , , all in the year 2000. Proof of Publication of ............................................... ............................................... ", . - ...-........-..... .,....~ . . ,...~:..,:_~.. 'SUUMARY -. ~ -, ORDINANCE NUMBER-t_ , ' , 'UTILITY US"RS TAX ; , Ordlnlince Numtoef 1484 of.he CIty I of Seal Beach propol88 a h1/2 per- ~cent reductlonOftlie UbHtv UserBTax 10 be eff8ctIye one hundrea ~ 118Q) . days following the operation Of bus!- . n8IS of the foUr mElI~ convneraaIlen- r Bn)s oI.he llIxby Old Ranch,Towne r C8n1er, also, C&RI8s forward the I8rnor cIdzen exemption eligibility criteria BI: . the 1999 Income level or $33,'32 rOrdlnance Number 1464 was ntro. ..duced.Bt the regular City Council ..meellng of J'!'!!_~~J 2000 and ftrst .~~ad::,~ ~~.b~ ~e. foDow- AVES:'Bov<!, C..;,pbeil, DoOno,lJor- son, Yost NOES. None. Mabon caineci ~. Ondinance NOOIbef 1484 wd r8ceive , second reading and be conalde~ for adOption 8PtIIOximateIv one hUndred 'and eighty "days from 018 operatIOn of _ofllN>lourn>a/D100mmer_ , : c1a1 tenanls of Ihe Bixby Old'Ranch ~Rowne'Center. Coplee bf'On:lUlanCe Number 1484 are avallab'e frOm the .offlce of the City Clark, 'City Hall 211 ," 8th Slreel, Seal Beach;lelephone' (582) "".1.2527, _ -' - DAlEO ~ 28Ih dioiii JIiuo. 2000' JoaJine M' Vea, City Cleric ' - CIIy of SlHlI Beach, " , -'_ Publlstred In the-Seal Beach Sun . 7/fl1OO .: ,,' _ - .' , I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. .2000. ature PUBLICATION PROCESSED BY: THE SUN NEWSPAPERS 216 Main Street Seal Beach, CA 90740 (562) 430-7555. (949) 759-7726