HomeMy WebLinkAbout1519 - ORDINANCES - 9/20/1995 ORDINANCE NO. 1519
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS CALIFO:RNIA ADDING SECTION
3 . 24 . 038 TO THE PALM SPRINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPOSE AN
ADDITIONAL TENTH OF ONE PERCENT
( . 1%) TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX FOR ,
THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1, 1995 THROUGH
OCTOBER 31, 1996, 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 ,. 038 is hereby added to the Palm Springs
Municipal Code to read as follows:
3 . 24 .D3'8 Additional tax imposed--Use of proceeds. In addition
to the tax imposed by Sections 3 . 24 . 030, 3 . 24 . 035, 3 . 24 . 036, and
3 . 24 . 037 for the privilege of occupancy in any hotel on or after
November 1, 1995, each transient is subject to and shall pay an
additional tax in the amount of one tenth 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, and the provisions of Section 3 . 24 . 310 shall not apply to
the tax imposed by this section. This tax shall be in force '
through and including October 31, 1996.
SECTION 2 . 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 3 . 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 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 advertisement, duly
prepared according to law, to be published in accordance with the
law.
ADOPTED this 20th day of September 1995.
AYES: Members Hodges, Kleindienst, Lyons, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Maryanov
NOES: None '
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
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REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance 1519 was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting held on
the 20th day of September, 1995, and that same was published in the
DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation on �,