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City Council Meeting 6-27-95
Santa Monical California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1808
(city Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SECTIONS 2 AND 3 OF ORDINANCE
NUMBER 725 (ecs) REESTABLISHING A PENALTY
FOR NONPAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS DUE IN THE
DOWNTOWN PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Ordinance Number 725 (ecs) is hereby
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2 .
That in addi tion to the
general business license tax (sometimes called
business license fee) an assessment is hereby
imposed upon merchants holding a retails sales
tax permit and occupying premises in the area.
The assessment shall be at the rate of 1/15 of
1% of taxable sales (taxable sales as defined
by the Sales and Use Tax Law), subject to an
annual maximum fee
of
$11000.
Said
assessment shall be payable March 10 and
October 10 of each year and shall be computed
on the taxable sales occurring during the six
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month periods, January 1 through June 30 and
July 1 through December 31, preceding the
payment dates of March 10 and October 10
respectively. The penalty for nonpayment of
the assessment on the due date shall be
fifteen percent ( 15%) of the amount of the
assessment plus an additional five percent
(5%) of the amount of the assessment for each
month or portion thereof that the assessment
is unpaid after the due date. In no case
shall the total penalty exceed fifty percent
(50%) of the original amount due.
SECTION 2. section 3 of Ordinance Number 725 (CCS) is hereby
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3. That the use to which the
proceeds of the assessment, less five percent
(5%) thereof as the cost of collection, shall
be put is the payment of contract fees to the
Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, or such
other entity as may be designated, for general
promotion of retail trade activities in the
area as prescribed by contract.
SECTION 4. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this
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Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, is
hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the
provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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 competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this 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.
SECTION 6. The Mayor shall sign and the city Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The city Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This ordinance shall become
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mayor
State of Cahfofma )
County of Los Angeles) ss
CIty of Santa Moruca )
I, Beth Sanchez, AssIstant City Clerk of the CIty of Santa MOnIca, do hereby certIfy that the
foregomg Ordmance No 1808 (CCS) had its fIrst readmg on June 27. 1995 and had its second
readmg on JlJly 1 L 1995 and was passed by the followrng vote
Ayes
CounCIl members
Abdo, Ebner, Genser, Holbrook, O'Connor, Rosenstem
Noes
Councll members
None
Abstam
Councll members
None
Absent
CouncIl members
Greenberg
ATTEST
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