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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1386 - ORDINANCES - 7/3/1991 ORDINANCE NO. 1386 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 3.24.036 TO THE PALM PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL ONE PERCENT (1%) TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, AND AMENDING CERTAIN OTHER SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 3.24 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1 . Section 3.24.036 is hereby added to the Palm Springs Municipal Code to read as follows: 3.24.036 Additional tax imposed - use of proceeds. In addition to the tax imposed by Section 3.24.030 and Section 3.24.035, for the privilege of occupancy in any hotel on or after August 1 , 1991 , each transient is subject to and shall pay an additional tax in the amount of one percent of the rent charged by the operator. The additional tax imposed by this section shall be administered and collected in the same manner, and is subject to all of the same definitions, exemptions, rules and regulations as the tax imposed by Section 3.24.030, except that the tax imposed by this section shall be paid into the general fund of the city to be used for the usual and current expenses of the city, and the provisions of Section 3.24.310 shall not apply to the tax imposed by this section. SECTION 2. Line 5 of Subsection (8) of Section 3.24.020, which states "period of thirty consecutive calendar days or less, counting " is deleted and replaced with the following: "period of twenty-eight consecutive calendar days or less, counting " Except for this revision, Section 3.24.020(8) shall remain in force as currently written. SECTION 3. Subsection (b) of Section 3.24.060 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: "(b) At the time of making an application for a registration permit, the applicant shall pay a registration fee of twenty-five dollars for each permit issued." SECTION 4. The first sentence of Section 3.24.100 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: "Any operator who fails to remit any tax to the city or any amount of tax required to be collected and remitted to the city, including amounts based on determination made by the tax administrator under Section 3.24.120, within the time required, shall pay a penalty of the greater of fifty dollars or ten percent of the tax or amount of the tax in addition to the tax or amount of taxes, plus interest at the rate of one percent per month, or fraction thereof, from the date on which the tax or the amount of tax required to be collected becomes delinquent until the date of remittance or payment. " The second sentence of Section 3.24.100 shall remain in force as currently written. / Ord. No. 1386 Page 2 SECTION 5. Effective Date_. This ordinance, being an ordinance relating to taxes for the usual and current expenses of the city, shall take effect immediately upon its passage, pursuant to Government Code Section 36937 (d). SECTION 6. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent; jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed as a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of 'this Ordinance. SECTION 7. Publication. The city clerk is hereby ordered and directed to certify to the passage of this ordinance, and to cause the same or a summary thereof or a display advertisement, duly prepared according to law, to be published in accordance with law. ADOPTED this 3rd clay of __ JU-ly _, 1991 . AYES: Councilmembers Broich, Hodges, Murawski , Neel and Mayor Bono NOES: None ABSENT: None AT�� CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA B City Clerk Mayor REVIEWED & APPROVED: �/ �_ _ I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance 1386 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting held on the 3rd day of July, 1991, and that same was duly published in the DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation on July 20, 1991. E---ADITH SDMICH City Clerk