DOWNTOWN INC. (AMENDED & RESTATED) 12A -2014

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ORDINANCE NO. NS -1715 PAGE TWO SECTION 2: ESTABLISHMENT OF AREA. Pursuant to Section 36500 et seq. of the Streets and Highway Code of the State of California, a business improvement area to be designated as "Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement Area" of the City of Santa Ana," is hereby created and established. SECTION 3: DESCRIPTION OF AREA. The Area shall include all of the real property included within the boundaries described on "Exhibit A," attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. SECTION 4: SYSTEM OF CHARGES. That attached hereto, marked "Exhibit B," and incorporated herein by this reference, is the system of charges which shall be assessed upon the various classes of business which are not exempt by law and which are located within such Area. (a) Payment of Charge. The charges hereby assessed shall be due and payable and shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner that business license taxes imposed by the City Code are due and payable. (b) Payment Prerequisite to License. (1) No business license shall be issued pursuant to the Santa Ana Municipal Code unless the business license charge hereby imposed is paid together with the business license payable pursuant to the said code; and (2) A business license shall be considered unpaid and penalties shall be assessed upon the total amount at the rate specified in the Municipal Code, until such time as both the business license tax and the charges imposed hereunder are paid in full. (c) Multiple Businesses. (1) Where one owner has multiple businesses in the same class or combinations of two or more of the above classes, all of which are at the same location; the total charge for that location under this Ordinance shall be the highest charge of any one of those busi- nesses when considered individually according to their classifications herein.