HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 1454 1999-11-08
I
I
I
ORDINANCE NUMBER .fIR
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AMENDING
SECTION22-61.1 OF THE eODE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
REGARDING THE UTILITY USERS TAX SENIOR EXEMPTION AND
DECLARING THE URGENey THEREOF
The City Council of the City of Seal Beach does ordain as follows:
Section I. Subsection (a) of Section 22-61 I relating to the senior exemption is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"(a) The tax imposed by this article 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) ofall members of the household in
which such individual resides, for the calendar year prior to
the fiscal year (July 1 st through June 30th) for which the
exemption provided in this section is applied (as
documented by a copy of the current Federal Income T.ax
Return(s) or California Senior Citizen Property Tax
Assistance Claim Form(s) FTB Fonn 9000), is less than the
maximum qualitying income for California Senior Citizen
Property Tax Assistance provided for the calendar year
ending within the fiscal year for which the exemption is
applied. "
Section 2, Because ofa change in state law, the City has recently received a large number of
applications from low-income senior citizens for exemptions under Section 22-61.1 of the City
eode. Under the existing language of Section 22-61. I, it is unclear whether such applications
may be approved using revised income guidelines, or whether such revised guidelines are
applicable for fiscal year 1999-2000. In order to expeditiously process the pending applications,
the language of Section 22-61,1 must be revised Until this revision takes effect. the City may not
approve exemptions, and a number oflow-income households will continue to be liable for taxes
on basic utility services. It is therefore urgent that this Ordinance become effective immediately to
prevent a financial burden on senior citizens of the City, which could result in the interruption of
basic utility services affecting the health, welfare and safety of such residents of the City This
ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare,
declares the facts constituting the urgency, and is passed by at least a four-fifths vote of the City
Council. Accordingly, this measure is adppted immediately upon introduction pursuant to
Government Code Section 36934 and shall take effect immediately pursuant to Government Code
Section 36937(b)
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 8th day of November, 1999,
tMAYOR
Ordinance Number
1#-1
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
eOUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH
)
) SS
)
I, Joanne M. Yeo, City elerk of the eity of Seal Beach, C ifo 'a, certifY that the foregoing
ordinance is an original copy of Ordinance Number on?rl; the ~ce of the
City Clerk, introduced at a meeting held on the _ day of 0/"".1 ~ .
1999: and passed, appro1~d adopted b~y e~the City 0 Seal Beach at a
meetmg held on the !:!' day of 6h .
1999, by the following vote:
c-ciJm4~~~~"J
NOES. c-ciJm"""~~
ABSENT: eouncilmembers
ABSTAIN: eouncilmember~ '-
I
AYES:
and do further certifY that Ordinance Number /t/~I has been published pursuant to the
Seal Beach City eharter.
I
,(, ~ ,; .;; ~~rr
.I, \-...:...~ : ... ......"'- .
, . ~ . ,lilt.
~'I"" ... ,\."~ '
J\ {,"J \'. ^ ,
, ..... .r.!' \ \ :-:. ,
.- ...:.0 "I '
- '. 'I
\,/
I
I
I
I
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
(2015.5 C.C.P.)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Orange
-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
Oity of Seal Beach, County of
prange 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 amI entire issue of
said newspaper and not in any
supplement thereof on the following
dates, to-wit:
_/Vb 1/ .
~
, (.{
I
all in the year 1999.
I certify (or declare) under penalty of
perjury that the foregoing is true and
correct.
Dated at Seal Beach, CA,
this I <6 day of f'/Ot/.
!{y ~
Signature
PUBLICATION PROCESSED BY:
THE SUN NEWSPAPERS
216 Main Street
Seal Beach, CA 90740
(562) 430-7555 . (949) 759-7726
,1999.
OrdinlUlce Numbet: I(/~
-I nls space-151o, tRe unty
Clerk's Filing Stamp
Proof of Publication of
...............................................
...............................................
: . . - . . -
Summerv. Ordln.nce Number. ,
l'1454 . utllltv lIe.niI Tex ..s.nIDr~..
/-:EXIIfI'lIDlIDn . Uraencv - -
On:hnance Number .1454 of the'
:clty of Seal Beach amends the Code
:01 the CIty of Seal BeaCh to'danfy and
",to'Pl'OVlde that the Uhbty users tax pro-
l~d by'chapter 22; Art1clo VIII of 1110
;code shall not apply to any mdlvtduaJ
! iixty-flve years of age or akter who
.. uses telephone, electc1c, or gas ser.
t VIceS In or upon any premlS8s occu-
: pled such 1I1dNldual, provided that the
I combined acliusted grass Income (a9
\ such term 18 used for Federal Income
..tax purposes) of allomembers of the
1 household In which such Individual
resides for the calendaf year pnor to
'~he ftscal year (July 1st through June
30th) for which the exemption provid-
ed In thiS lICbon Is apphed (as docu-
mented by a copy of the current Fed-
erallncome Tax Retum(s) or Call1or-
',nla SenIOr' CllIzen property Tax Ass..
tancio CIatm Fonn(s) FTB Fonn 9000),
Is less than the maximum qualifying
IfICOm8 rot Caldoolla Senlal Citizen
Property Tax AsSIStance provided lor
111. calendar year ending with the 1"a.
caI year.lor whICh the exemptIOn II'
&ppll8d"..: . _ .' - -
;...; .....Ordlnaric. number 1454 was
Adopted by:the City Council.. an
~ ordinance, taImg eIIedIlrnme-
, o:dlalely, at a ~gular meeting thereof .
held onOthe 8th day of Noyember,
1999 by the foUow'"9 vote,
:. Ayes: Boyd, Campbell; Doane,
Sno:~~V~ .. -.. ',:~'''-' r
~ -0 Coplie of Ordinance Number
'1"454 are available from the office of
4.he Clty'pl,erk, City Hall, 211 - 8th
,Street, Seal S&ae!!. T.sp,hone (562)
0'431-2527 '_ ~ . ..
~I DATED THIS'16111 day ofNovom-
'bar, 199Q,S91adJDlinnaM Yao,CIly
I Clark: City of Seal Boilch,' -' ,
(, ' ',,-' -',