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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1839 cC ORDINANCE NO. 1839 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2662 OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE UNIFORM TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY DETERMINE AND ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Section 2662 of the Arcadia Municipal Code lS hereby amended to read as follows: 2662. TAX IMPOSED. For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of eight percent (8%) 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 operator 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 to the Tax Administrator. The proceeds of this tax are allocated to the City's General Fund for general governmental expenditures. SECTION 2. That application of the eight percent (8%) tax shall be effective for the fiscal quarter commencing October 1, 1986. -1- 1839 SECTION. 3. The City clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause a copy of the same to be published once in the official newspaper of said City within fifteen (15) days upon adoption. Passed, approved and adopted this 1st day of July , 1986. ,ATTEST' _~ ~Of~ City of ,~ Arcadia STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF ARCADIA ) ) SS: ) I, CHRISTINE VAN MAANEN, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1839 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 1st day of July , 1986, and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Gilb, Lojeski, and Young NOES: None /: -;- : '::~ ~7:-;; ;:L~ _..'p:;- --:: ~ d;~~~.~:. ...'0-'-J........--..... /.--:"..... ~~~L~~~~~$~: .... ~;/' ,~~ ~ -yy,.~':~ ...,~~~- ~.~B'I8.....=;..:~.~ -' .."~ ...'\ "'. .-- - -..~"'::'/" .~~.........../. '~"'." -~_..... .:::~'-.:.~ -'/ City Clerk of the City of Arcadia ABSENT: Councilmen Chandler and Harbicht -2- 1839