HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 753 1968-07-15
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ORDINANCE NUMBER 7S3
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, A CHARTER CITY, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NUMBER 685 IMPOSING A TAX UPON THE
PRIVILEGE OF, TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY, AND PROVIDING
FOR THE COLLECTION THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of Seal Beach, california, does ordain
as follows:
Section 1. Section 3, Tax Imposed, of Ordinance Number 685
shall be amended to read as follows:
For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject
to and shall pay a tax in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the rent
charged by the operator. Said 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 opera-
tor 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 tol the Tax Administrator.
Section 2. Section 14, Creation of Fund - Use of Tax Receipts,
of Ordinance Number 685 shall be amended to read as follows:
The Tax Administrator shall transmit the first Three Thousand Dollars
($3,000), including taxes and penalties, collected by him pursuant to
this chapter for deposit to the credit of a special fund to be known
as the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund, which fund is created
by Ordinance Number 685. Such fund shall be a continuing fund and not
subject to transfer at the close of the fiscal year. Said fund shall
be used solely and exclusively for the following purposes:
(a) Refunds made pursuant to the provisions
of this ordinance;
(b) Expenditures for the advertising, promotion,
and public relations projects which are
authorized in the annual budget of the city
to be financed from the Special Advertising
and Promotion Fund.
Section 3. Effective Date.
This ordinance shall become effective
apply prior to said date.
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October 1, 1968, and shall not
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Section 4. Posting.
The City Clerk shall, within fifteen (IS) days after adoption, cause
this ordinance to be posted as required by law.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council oJ the City of
Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 15"-day of ~-,J?y ,
1968.
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I, Jerdys Weir, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, hereby certify
the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the City Council of the City
of S~Beach at a meeting thereof held on the /~ day of
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