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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-2648 <br /> <br />(MJV 3/09/04) <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA AMENDING ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 35 <br />TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGING THE <br />TITLE FROM TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX TO HOTEL <br />VISITORS'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, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br /> <br />A. <br /> <br />In order to provide continuous improvement by providing a more specific <br />title that better reflects the purpose of the tax imposed on Hotel guest, it is <br />proposed that the name "Transient Occupancy Tax" be changed to "Hotel <br />Visitors' Tax". <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein <br />are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of <br />the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing <br />provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as <br />constituting a new action or decision of the City Council, but rather such <br />provisions are repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with <br />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 strikeout) <br /> <br />This article shall be known as "The Hotel Visitors' Tax Ordinance of the City of <br />Santa Ana." <br /> <br />Section 3. Section 35-125 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended <br />such that it reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language in strikeout) <br /> <br />Sec. 35-126. Definitions. <br /> <br />Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this section <br />govern the construction of this article: <br /> <br />(a) Person. The term "person" means any individual, firm, partnership, joint <br />venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-2648 <br />Page1of12 <br />