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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1387 ORDINANCE NO. 1387 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA ADDING TO CHAPTER 6 OF ARTICLE II OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE A NEW PART 7 ENTITLED "PARKING TAX." THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding to Chapter 6 of Article II thereof a new Part 7, the same to read as follows: ARTICLE II. CHAPTER 6. PART 7. ADMINISTRATION TAXES PARKING TAX. 2671. TAX. A tax is hereby levied, at a rate hereafter set forth, on every person in control of a motor vehicle who pays, or on whose account is paid, any charge for parking or leaving such motor vehicle on private premises. The tax shall be at the rate of five cents for each charge paid, provided, i.f a charge is paid in advance of the time such vehicle is parked or left on said premises, the tax shall be at the rate of five cents for each day said charge permits the parking of said vehicle without further payment of a charge. 2671.1. COLLECTION. Every person in control of private property who charges or collects a charge for parking or leaving a motor vehicle with respect to which a tax is levied under this Part shall collect the amount of the tax from the person on whom the tax is levied, or from the person paying said charge, at the time pay- ment of such charge is made. The tax required to be collected hereunder shall be held in trust by the person required to collect the same until remitted as hereafter required. 8-22-68 -1- 1387 2671.2. REPORTS. The person collecting any such tax shall prepare a report upon such forms and setting forth such in- formation as the Treasurer may prescribe; without limitation, the report shall include the number of vehicles for which a charge was collected, the tax required to be collected, and the time covered by the report. 2671;3. PAYMENT WITH STATEMENT. Said person or his duly authorized representative shall make said report. Such report shall be dated, subscribed by the individual making the statement stating the capacity in which the signer makes the same, and the signer shall certify, under penalty of perjury, that the statements made therein are, to the best of his information, knowledge and belief, true and correct. 2671.4. TIME OF PAYMENT AND REPORT. Said reports and said taxes shall be due and be delivered to the City on the twentieth (20th) day of each calendar month for all taxes collected from the first (1st) to the fifteenth (15th) calendar day of such month, and on the fifth (5th) day of each calendar month for all taxes collected from the sixteenth (16th) calendar day to the last calendar day of the preceding calendar month. 2671.5. DELINQUENCY PENALTY. The failure of said person to pay the City the entire amount of taxes due under the provisions of this Part at the time and in the manner herein prescribed, shall automatically cause the amount of such taxes then unpaid forthwith to become and be delinquent, and a penalty of five percent (5%) of the taxes so delinquent shall be added and paid by said person to the City at the time of accounting or payment. 2671.6. TAX DEEMED A DEBT. The amount of any tax or any penalty imposed by this Part shall be deemed a debt to the City. 8-22-68 -2- 1387 2671.7. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. All taxes and penalties thus received shall be deposited by the Treasurer in the General Fund, unless the Council by resolution directs otherwise. SECTION 2. The tax hereby imposed shall become operative on the effective date of this ordinance. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 17th day of September, 1968. AYES: Councilmen Arth, Butterworth, Considine, Helms and Hage NOES: None ABSENT: None &~~/J()~;J/J1 ~~ City Clerk 0 the City of Arcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED this ;Q:'f September, 1968. "\.-~. .,',.../ f) ~ST::-.. ' , ;O'3f~/i-:- ~ -..".....' .. " r;~ "~.;:;.' '~;. ...... ("" . . - ,/'" ';' We. . .', Ci ty (}lerk.' , - ;.... '",- ;' - -- (SEAL):\,-,' ':::-',~-.:,.."'::::- /\). " . '0"-.... .~::"' " ..;::..."- r~""'" ,- ' ,v ".... r-. --::::-- __ .......:. tU~ 8-22-68 -3- 1387