HomeMy WebLinkAbout1419 - ORDINANCES - 7/21/1992 ORDINANCE NO. 1419
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 3 .24.037 TO THE
PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE IMPOSING AN
ADDITIONAL EIGHT TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT ( .8%)
TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, AND AMENDING CERTAIN
OTHER SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 3 .24 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE, ADOPTED .PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
36937 (d)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OP' PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNI.A, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3.24 . 037 is hereby added to the Palm
Springs Municipal Code to read as follows:
3`24.0037 Additional tax imposed -,use of proceeds.
in addition to the tax imposed by Section 3 .24.030,
Section 3 .24.035, and Section 3 .24.036, for the
privilege of occupancy in any Group Meeting Hotel
on or after July 1, 1992, each transient is subject
to and shall pay an additional tax in the amount of
eight 'tenths of one percent ( .8%) of the rent
charged by the operator. The additional tax im-
posed by this section shall be administered and
collected in the same mangier, 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 .24.030 shall
not apply to the tax imposed by this section. The
tax imposed by this section shall. take effect on
August 1, 1992, and shall expire on June 30, 1993,
unless extended by specific City Council action.
SECTION 2. Section 3.24. 020, definitions, is amended as
follows:
(9) "Group Meeting hotel" shall :mean a hotel
meeting the following cri.eria:
A. ) A minimum of 125 rooms,
B. ) Meeting space for 125 people, and
C. ) Has personnel specifically employed,
other than the general manager or
director, whose primary job
responsibility is group sales.
Provided that where a hotel has ]petitioned the
Council for a review of its group hotel stratus,
the Tax Administrator may modif!r, that status as
follows: 1) A hotel not meeting the criteria
specified above: may be subject to the tax provided
in Section 3.24 .037 if the hotel is found to
receive group sales from the tourist group /
promotion activities of the City or the �/�.
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promotional agencies supported by the City, or
2) A hotel ¢which prima facia meets the criteria
above as a group hatel may be excluded if the
hotel is found not to receive group sales from
the tourist group promotion activities of the City
or the promotional agencies supported by the City.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an ordin-
ance relating to taxes for the usual and current
expenses of the City, shall take effect immed-
iately upon its passage, pursuant to Government
Code Section 36937 (d) .
SECTION 4. Severability. In the event any section, sub-
section, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent juris-
diction, such portion shall be deemed as a separ-
ate, distinct, and independent provision, and such
holding shall not affect the validity of the re-
maining portions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. Publication. The city clerk is hereby ordered and
directed to certify to the passage of this ordin-
ance, and to cause the same or a summary thereof
or a display advertisement, duly prepared accord-
ing to law, to be published in accordance with
the law.
ADOPTED this 21st day of July , 1992 .
AYES: Councilmembers Hodges, Lyons, Reller, Schlendorf and Mayor Maryanov
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
CityClerk Mayof
REVIEWED & APPROVED.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance 1419 was duly adopted
by the City Council of the Cityof Palm Springs, California, in
a meeting held on the 21st day of July, 1992, and that same was duly
publiched in the DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation on
July 27, 1992.
JUDITH SUMICH
City Clerk