R-9854
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Council Meeting: May 20, 2003 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NO ~~54 (CCS)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA SETTING BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESSING FEES
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the City of Santa Monica to charge for thE!
full costs of services provided by City staff when such services benefit individual users
rather than members of the community as a whole; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1754 (CCS) (the Ordinance), adopted July 12,
1994, governs the setting of the amount of user fees or fees for services provided to or
for the benefit of particular individuals rather than the general public, and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance allows such user fees or fees for services to be
set by ordinance, by a resolution adopted by the City Council, or by any other
means authorized by law; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to recover the cost of processing Business
License Tax Applications
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. At the time an application is made for a new business
license, the applicant shall pay a processing fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00). At the time a
business renews an existing license the applicant shall pay a processing fee of
Nineteen Dollars ($19.00).
SECTION 2 The fee described in Section 1 will take effect July 1, 2003.
SECTION 3. Commencing upon July 1, 2004 and on July 1 of each fiscal
year thereafter, all fees established by this resolution shall be administratively revised
annually by a factor equal to the difference in the Los Angeles-Orange-Riverside
Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the twelve month
period February through February of the prior fiscal year. The fee will be examined as
part of comprehensive City-Wide .fee studies in the future to determine if the fee is
adequately recovering City costs for these services.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution,
and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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City Attorney .
Adopted and approved this 20th day of May, 2003.
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 9854 (CCS) was duly adopted at a
meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 20th day of May, 2003, by
the following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Feinstein, O'Connor, Genser, Pro Tern McKeown,
Mayor Bloom
Noes Council members: Katz, Holbrook
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent Council members: None
ATTEST:
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