HomeMy WebLinkAbout1486 - ORDINANCES - 11/16/1994 ORDINANCE No. 1486
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 3.84.420 OF THE PALM
SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE TO CLARIFY THAT TEMPORARY
RETAIL SALES AT A CITY SPONSORED OR CITY
AUTHORIZED EVENT MUST HAVE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION
FROM THE PROMOTER OF THE EVENT, MUST MEET
APPLICABLE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS AND HAVE A
VALID RETAIL SALES TAX PERMIT AND ADDING SECTION
3.84.365 TO ESTABLISH A FIXED DAILY RATE FOR SWAP
MEET VENDORS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3.84.420 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
113,84,420 Optional daisfixed rate license tax basis. When any of the
following is conducted as or at a commercial activity open to all or parts
of the general public, whether or not associated with another activity
such as a convention, exhibition, showing or other gathering or event, the
person conducting the business may, at his option, and in lieu of longer
term tax bases be taxed on a daily fixed rate basis for the following
business activities, and at the following rates:
(1) TEMPORARY RETAIL SALES. For each booth or individual selling
outside booths at the daily rate set forth in Section 3.90.210 (z) with
the minimum rate as set forth in Section 3.90.210 (j) ; Provided that
temporary Retail Sales at a City-sponsored or City--authorized event must
have written authorization from the promoter of the event, must meet
applicable zoning ordinance provisions and must have a valid retail sales
tax permit. This Section does not apply to swap meets which are governed
by Section 3.84.365;
(2) EXHIBITS OR SHOWS. Arts, coin, furniture, etc. , not classified
elsewhere at a higher daily raise, where a charge is made for admittance
but not sales are made, at the rate per day as set forth in Section
3.90.210 (i) ;
(3) TEMPORARY OR CCCASIONAL SEMINARS, SCHOOLS, CLASSES,, LECTURES,
ETC. Where a charge is made therefor, at the rate per day as set forth in
Section 3.90.210 (j ) . "
SECTION 2. Section 3.84.365 is hereby added to the Palm Springs Municipal
Code, said section to read as follows:
"3.84.365 Swap Meets. For the business of selling goods or property of
any kind or description at a swap meet, the tax rate applicable to swap
meet vendors or individuals selling at each space or location within said
swap meet shall be the daily rate set forth in Section 3.90.210(aa) ."
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 4. PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is hereby ordered anddirected to
certify 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 the 16th day of November 1994.
AYES: Members Hodges, Kleindienst, Lyons, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Maryanov
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST,. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
By
-City Clerk Mayor
REVIEWED & APPROVED as to form
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance 1486 was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, Califori1
in a meeting held on the 16th day of November, 1994, and that sa e was duly
published in the DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation on November 22, 1994.
JUDITH SUMICH
City Clerk