O1286
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CA:RMM:rm6623A
Clty Council Meetlng 10-11-83 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1286(CCS)
(City Councll Series)
AN OFDINANCE OF TBE CITY COUNCIL
OF THF CITY OF SAWTA MONICA
ADDING SECTION 6623A TO THE
SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION
UTILITY USERS TAX
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Sectlon 6623A lS added to the Santa Monica
Municipal Code to read as follows:
SECTION 6623A. Cable Television.
(a) COMmenclng on January 1, 1984,
there is hereby iMposed a tax upon every
person in the City of Santa Monica using in
the City a cable televlslon serVlce. The tax
imposed by thlS Sectlon shall be five per
cent (5%) of the charges made for such cable
televiSlon serVlce and shall be paid by the
person
paYlng for such cable television
servlce.
(b) For purposes of this Section,
cable
televiSlon service shall mean any
televlSlon
slgnal
dellvered
by
cab 1 e ,
1
L _ lo.
.
.
Microwave
or
other
nethod
of
telecofflffiunlcatlon for a fee or charge.
SECTION 2.
Any provlsion of the Santa Monlca Municipal
Code or appendlces thereto inconsistent with the provisions of
thlS ordinance,
to the extent of such lnconslstencles and no
further, are hereby repealed or modlfied to that extent necessary
to affect the provisions of thlS ordlnance.
SECTION 3.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of thlS ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstltutlona1 by a declsion of any court of any competent
jurisdlctlon,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remalnlng portions of the ordlnance. The Clty Council hereby
declares that lt would have passed this ordlnance and each and
every
sectlon,
subsection,
se ntence ,
clause or phrase not
declared lnvalid or unconstitutlonal wlthout regard to whether
any portlon of the ordlnance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutlonal.
SECTION 4.
The Mayor shall slgn and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this ordinance.
This City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once ln the officlal newspaper
wlthln 15 days after its adoptlon.
The ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Robert M. Myers V
Clty Attorney
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
25th
DAY
OF
October
, 1983.
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MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE,
NOft 1286
(CCS), WAS DULY AND REGULARLY INTRODUCED AT A
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 27th DAY OF September
1983; THAT THE SAID ORDINANCE WAS THEREAFTER DULY ADOPTED
AT A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCI L ON THE 25th DAY OF October
1983 BY THE FOllOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
AYES: COUNCIlMEMBERS: Conn, Epsteln, Press, Reed,
Zane and r.'1ayor Edwards
NOES: COUNCIlMEMBERS: :\one
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: JennIngs
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ATTEST:
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CtTY CLERK