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C~ty Counc~l Meet~ng 10-26-82 Santa Mon~ca, CalIforn~a
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1260(CC5)
(C~ty Counc~l Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 6601A
RELATUlG TO TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
WHEREAS, the CIty Council of the City of Santa MonIca
desires to Increase the overall tranSIent occupancy tax from six
percent (6%) to eight percent (8%); and
~mEREAS, the purpose of the l.ncrease in the transient
occupancy tax IS to Increase general revenues for the CIty of
Santa Hon1.ca; and
WHEREAS, the trans~ent occupany tax is not a special tax
within the meaning of Section 4 of ArtIcle XIIIA of the
CalIfornia Constltut1.0n,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
r10NICA DOES ORDAIH AS FOLLOHS:
SECT ION 1.
Sect~ons G60lA 1.S hereby added to the Santa
Mon1.ca Munic~pa1 Code to read as follows:
Section 6G01A. Add~tional Tax. In
additlon to the tax imposes and levied by
SectIon 6601, there is hereby ~mposed and
leVIed on each and every transient a tax
for general revenue purposes equivalent
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to two percent (2%) of the total amount
paId for room rental by or for any such
transient to any hotel, which tax shall
be Imposed and leVIed In the same manner
as the tax Imposed and levied by Section
6601.
SECTION 2. Any provISIon of the Santa Monica MuniCIpal
Code or appendices thereto inconSIstent '11th the provisions of
this ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencIes and no
further, are hereby repealed or modIfIed to that extent necessary
to affect the proviSIons of thIS ordInance.
SECTION 3. If any sectIon, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of thIS ordInance IS for any reason held to be invalId
or unconstItutIonal by a deCIsion of any court of any competent
JurIsdictIon, such deCISIon shall not affect the valIdIty of the
remaInIng portIons of the ordInance. The CIty Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each and
every sectIon, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase not
declared InvalId or unconstItutIonal without regard to whether
any portIon of the ordinance would be subsequently declared
InvalId or unconstitutIonal.
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SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the CIty Clerk shall
attest to the passage of thIS ordinance. ThIS CIty Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the offIcial newspaper
wIthIn 15 days after its adopt~on.
The ordinance shall become
effect~ve after 30 days from Its adoptIon.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Robert M..Myers ..,
CIty Attorney
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
26th
DAY
OF October
, 1982.
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MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE,
(CCS), WAS DULY AND REGULARLY INTRODUCED AT A
NO. 1260
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 12th DAY OF October
1982; THAT THE SAID ORDINANCE WAS THEREAFTER DULY ADOPTED
AT A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 26th DAY OF October
1982 BY THE FOllOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
AYES:
NOES:
COUNCIlMEMBERS: Conn, Edwards, Jennings, Press,
Reed, Zane and ~ayor Yannatta
Goldlv-ay
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT:
COUNCIlMEMBERS: Kone
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Kone
AVrES~:
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