HomeMy WebLinkAbout1444 - ORDINANCES - 6/2/1993 ORDINANCE NO. 1444
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 3 .24. 037 TO THE PALM
SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE TO CONTINUE IMPOSING AN
ADDITIONAL EIGHT TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT ( .8%)
TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 36937 (d)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, 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 . 037 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 imposed by this
section shall be administered and collected in the same man-
ner, and is subject to all of the same definitions, exemp-
tions, 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. The tax imposed by this section shall take effect on
August 1, 1992.
SECTION 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance, being an Ordin-
ance relating to taxes for the usual and current expenses of
the City, shall take effect immediately upon its passage, pur-
suant to Government Code Section 36937 (d) .
SECTION 3. Severability. In the event any section, subsec-
tion, 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 4. 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 advertise-
ment, duly prepared according to law, to be published in
accordance with the law.
ADOPTED this end day of June , 1993 .
AYES: Members Hodges, Lyons, Schlendorf and Mayor Maryanov
NOES: Member Hodges
ABSENT: Member Reller-Spurgin
ATTEST: CITY OF/PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA��
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1 City Clerk / < `Mayor
REVIEWED & APPROVED:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoingCgAinance 1444 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting held on the 2nd day of June, 1993
and that same was publishe the DESERT SUN on June 9, 1993.
_C�.lUDITH SUMICH
City Clerk