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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1264
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING ARTICLE VI
OF CHAPTER 35 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL
CODE BY ADDING SECTION 35-167 PROVIDING
FOR A MAXIMUM AMOUNT PAYABLE UNDER THE
UTILITY USERS TAX
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
AS FOLLOWS:
DOES ORDAIN
SECTION 1: The City Council of
hereby finds and determines that the
mum amount payable under the Utility Use:
to the preservation of the health,
City of Santa Ana by encouraging the
large utility users who provide val
vice to the residents of the City
to the City's tax base.
of Santa Ana
of a maxi-
Tax will contribute
and welfare of the
presence of
jobs, goods and ser-
contribute greatly
SECTION 2: That there
Chapter 35 of the Santa
read as follows: Sec.
Utility Users Tax
added to Article VI,
Pal Code Section 35-167 to
amount payable under the
(a) The combined
and telephone-user taxes
one location under this
the sum of Five
month period
maximum of electricity, gas
by any single service user for
[ty User Tax Code shall not exceed
llars ($5,000.00) during any twelve-
and June 30.
(b) A serv
Thousand Dollars
the month of Jul
advance of
period commencing
June 30 thereaftez
Thousand
shall not~
for said
:er may deposit the sum of Five
$.00) with the Tax Administrator during
~ch year as payment in full and in
under this Code for the twelve-month
the first day of said month ending on
Any service user making this Five
,000.00) payment in July of any given year
be billed for any tax under this Code
period.
of this
Thousanc
tion.
(c)
penalty assessment provided in Section 35-162
:hall not be counted in computing the Five
ar ($5,000.00) maximum as provided in this Sec-
sand Del
during
June
the
Any service user paying more than the Five Thou-
($5,000.00) maximum provided for in this Section
he twelve-month period commencing July 1 and ending
may claim a refund or credit for such over payment in
provided in Section 35-164 of this Code.
! (e) The phrase "one location" as used in this Section
sha~l mean one or more contiguous s~tes for which the service
uslr receives one.or more utility b~llings.
/ SECTION 3. Violation, misdemeanor. Any person viola-
~ing any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty
/of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable therefor by a fine of
/ not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprison-
, ment in the Orange County Jail for a period of not more than
six months or by such fine and imprisonment.
ORDINANCE NO.
PAGE TWO
NS- 1264
SECTION 4:
subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of th~
ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
dity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or
part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that
would have passed each section, subsection, subdivis
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof,
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsect
divisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phra be
declared unconstitutional.
Severability. If any section, subsection,
sub-
SECTION 5: Effective Date. This inasmuch
as it fixes the rate of taxation for the Utill Users Tax,
shall take effect immediately upon the date its publication
or on the date of its posting, whichever oc¢ first, except
that on the tax imposed by this ordinance become opera-
tive and be imposed on October 1,1975, or the beginning of
the first regular billing period on or af' ~r October &,1975,
as provided in Section 35-160, whichever .s later, and shall
not apply prior to said date.
SECTION 6: The Clerk of the
the passage and adoption of this ordi
the same to be published in the offi
City of Santa Ana within fifteen (1!
shall certify to
and shall cause
.al newspaper of the
days after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the
Santa Ana at its
day of , 1975.
.fy Council of the City of
meeting held on the
MAYOR
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss.:
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, FLORENCE I
Clerk of the Council.¢
going Ordinance was
1975, and was agai~
meeti~
1975, and was at s~
lowing vote, to wi
, do hereby certify that I am the
the City of Santa Ana; that the fore-
roduced to said Council at its
on the day of ,
considered by said Council at its
held on the day of ,
meeting passed and adopted by the fol-
AYES: :
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
KEITH L. GOW
CITY ATTORNEY
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL