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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Sec. 21-120r.1. Residential Rental Surcharge. <br /> <br /> (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the <br /> business license tax for residential property rental and residential <br /> apartment rental shall consist of the amount set forth in subsections (2) <br /> and (3) of section 21-120r plus an annual surcharge of seventeen dc!!aFG <br /> and fi#Y Gents ($1 nineteen dollars and fifty cents ($19.50) per each <br /> property rental unit or each apartment rental unit. The surcharge hereby <br /> established shall be due and payable and shall be paid at the same time <br /> and in the same manner that the amount due under section 21-120r is due <br /> and payable. No business license shall be issued unless the surcharge is <br /> paid. Penalties and interest shall be assessed upon the total amount due <br /> and unpaid at the rate specified in this chapter until such time as both the <br /> amount due under section 21-120r and the surcharge due under this <br /> section are paid in full. All provisions for the enforcement, collection and <br /> recovery of unpaid business license taxes shall likewise apply to the <br /> enforcement, collection and recovery of any unpaid surcharge. <br /> Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the amount <br /> of the surcharge shall not change except by amendment of this section. <br /> This section shall expire on, and be of no further force or effect after <br /> December 31, 2011. <br /> (b) The city council may, by resolution, establish a program whereby <br /> particular residential properties or residential apartments, licensed <br /> pursuant to this chapter, may be certified as having met standards of <br /> excellence in property maintenance. In such event, the executive director <br /> of the planning and building agency shall be responsible for the <br /> implementation of that program. Owners of property certified pursuant to <br /> that program shall be exempt from the payment of the surcharge specified <br /> in subsection (a) of this section for the three (3) tax years next succeeding <br /> the time of such certification. The executive director of the planning and <br /> building agency shall provide the executive director of the finance and <br /> management services agency with listings of licensed properties certified <br /> under this program, which shall be periodically updated to reflect changes. <br /> The city council may provide for such financial limitations on the <br /> exemptions to be granted from the surcharge as the city council deems <br /> appropriate. <br /> <br /> <br /> Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this <br /> ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any <br /> court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the <br /> remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby <br /> declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, <br /> sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or more <br /> <br /> <br /> Ordinance No. NS- <br /> <br /> 75A-1 1 Page 3 of 5 <br />