HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2223 - Amending Section of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to Authorize Exemptions from the Business License Residential Rental SurchargeORDINANCE NO. NS- 2223
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SECTION 21-120r.1 OF THE SANTA
ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AUTHORIZE EXEMP-
TIONS FROM THE BUSINESS LICENSE RESIDEN-
TIAL RENTAL SURCHARGE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That section 21-120r.1 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Bec. 21-120r.1.
Residential rental surcharge.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this
section, the business license tax for residential property rental
and residential apartment rental shall consist of the amount set
forth in subsections (2) and (3) of section 21-120r plus an annual
surcharge of $17.50 per each property rental unit or each apartment
rental unit. The surcharge hereby established shall be due and
payable and shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner
that the amount due under section 21-120r is due and payable. No
business license shall be issued unless the surcharge is paid.
Penalties and interest shall be assessed upon the total amount due
and unpaid at the rate specified in this chapter until such time as
both the amount due under section 21-120r and the surcharge due
under this section are paid in full. All provisions for the
enforcement, collection and recovery of unpaid business license
taxes shall likewise apply to the enforcement, collection and
recovery of any unpaid surcharge. Notwithstanding any provision of
this chapter to the contrary, the amount of said surcharge shall
not change except by amendment of this section. This section shall
expire on, and be of no further force or effect after, December 31,
1999.
(b) The city council may, by resolution, establish a program
whereby particular residential properties or residential apart-
ments, licensed pursuant to this chapter, may be certified as
having met standards of excellence in property maintenance. In
such event, the executive director of the planning and building
agency shall be responsible for the implementation of that program.
Owners of property certified pursuant to that program shall be
exempt from the payment of the surcharge specified in subsection
(a) of this section for the three tax years next succeeding the
time of such certification. The executive director of the planning
and building agency shall provide the executive director of the
finance and management services agency with listings of licensed
properties certified under said program, which shall be periodical-
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ly updated to reflect changes. The city council may provide for
such financial limitations on the exemptions to be granted from the
surcharge as the city council deems appropriate.
ADOPTED this 5th day of
ATTEST:
e C. Guy
of the Counc'il --
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Young Aye
Pulido Aye
Lutz Aye
McGuigan Aye
Mills Aye
Moreno Aye
Richardson Aye
July , 1994.
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Edwa~d-~. Co~e~
City Attorney
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
State of California
County of Orange
I, JAN-ICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance
A,'S- ~->--~ ~ to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City
of Santa Aha on/~;~~; and that said ordinance was published in accordance
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with the Chan~r of the City of Santa Ana.
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