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<br />(MJV 3/09/04) <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-2648 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING ARTICLE V OF <br />CHAPTER 35 TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL <br />CODE CHANGING THE TITLE FROM TRANSIENT <br />OCCUPANCY TAX TO HOTEL VISITOR TAX <br /> <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, <br />determines and declares as follows: <br /> <br />A. <br /> <br />In order to provide continuous improvement by providing a more <br />specific title that better reflects the purpose ,of the tax imposed on <br />hotel guest, it is proposed that the name "Transient Occupancy <br />Tax. be changed to "Hotel Visitors' Tax", <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated <br />herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of <br />section 418 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such <br />restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor <br />shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of <br />the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for <br />tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. <br /> <br />Section 2. ARTICLE V of Chapter 35 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is <br />amended to read in full as follows: (new language in bold, deleted language in <br />strikeout) <br /> <br />This article shall be known as "The Uniform Tmnaient Occup¡;mcy Hotel I <br />Visitor -Tax Ordinance of the City of Santa Ana," <br /> <br />Section 3. Section 35-125 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby <br />amended such that it reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language in <br />strikeout) <br /> <br />Sec. 35-126. Definitions. <br /> <br />508-2 <br /> <br />Ordinance No, NS-XXX <br />Page 1 of 14 <br />