HomeMy WebLinkAbout23517 RESOLUTION NO. 23517
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, INCREASING THE FEES
AND CHARGES FOR VACATION RENTALS, AND
MODIFYING THE COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE
ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION NO. 21578 AS AMENDED.
WHEREAS, the City Council enacted Palm Springs Municipal Code Chapter 5.25
providing for the regulation and registration of Vacation Rentals; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 22388 establishing
Vacation Rental Registration and Renewal Fees; and
WHEREAS, the City, under various statutory provisions under the California
Government Code, may set and collect fees for the cost of providing various public
services to the community; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to update the Vacation Rental Registration
and Renewals fees and modify the amount of the fee.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY FIND,
DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
a. City staff has completed an analysis of the fees for the Vacation Rental
regulatory program.
b. There is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the fee and the
estimated reasonable cost of providing the type of service for which the fee is imposed.
C. The fee does not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the
service for which the fee is charged.
SECTION 2. FEES IMPOSED.
a. The City Council adopts and imposes Vacation Rental registration
certificate and a Vacation Rental renewal certificate fee for all Vacation Rentals defined
by Chapter 5.25 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code at $200.00 per year.
b. On July 1gt of each year, commencing on July 1, 2015, the fee and charge
shall be automatically adjusted by an amount equal to the percentage of increase or
decrease in the Consumer Price Index for this region, as last computed for the previous
twelve (12) months, to reflect the cost-of-living changes to ensure that changing
economic conditions do not impair the real value of the fees and charges.
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SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.
Each component of the fees and all portions of this Resolution are severable.
Should any individual component of the fee or other provision of this Resolution be
adjudged to as invalid, the remaining provisions shall be fully effective, and the fee shall
be fully effective except as to that portion that has been judged to be invalid.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The fees imposed by Section 2(a) of this Resolution shall be effective with new
and renewal Vacation Rental registration certificates on or after April 1, 2014.
SECTION 5. COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE.
The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to incorporate said
modifications and fees into the Comprehensive Fee Schedule, adopted by Resolution
No. 21578 as amended.
SECTION 6. PENALTIES.
The penalty for failure to timely register a Vacation Rental pursuant to Chapter
3.35 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code shall be 100% the fee due.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 5TH DAY OF MARCH, 2014.
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ATTEST:
MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 23517 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the March 5, 2014, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Mills, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Lewin and Mayor Pro Tern Hutcheson.
ABSTAIN: None.
MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
City of Palm Springs, California