O725ORDINANCE N0, 725
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA ESTABLISHING A PARKING AND BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT AREA TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVY OF AN
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS LICENSE TAX THEREIN FOR THE
GENERAL PROMOTION OF RETAIL TRADE ACTIVITIES IN
THE AREA
WHEREAS, under and pursuant to the provisions of the Park-
ing and Business Improvement Area Law of 1965 (Part 5 of Division 18,
commencing with Section 36000, of the Streets and Highways Code, here-
I inafter sometimes referred to as "said Law") this City Council on
September 13, 1966 adopted Resolution No. 3496 (CCS) entitled "A
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa Monica, California,
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Declaring Its Intention to Establish a Parking and Business Improve-
ment Area, to Provide for the Levy of an Additional Business License
Tax Therein, and Fixing Time and Place of Hearing to Consider Es-
tablishment of Such Area"; and
WHEREAS, said Resolution No. 3496 (CCS) was duly published,
and copies thereof were duly mailed and posted, all as provided by
said Law; and
WHEREAS, as specified in said Resolution No. 3496 (CCs) a
hearing concerning the formation of said area was held before this
City Council on October 2S, 1966, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M.
in the Council Chambers in the City Hall of the City of Santa Monica;
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and
WHEREAS, at said hearing all written and oral protests made
or filed were duly heard, evidence for and against the proposed action
W. was received, a full, fair and complete hearing was granted and held,
and this City Council is fully advised in the premises; and
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WHEREAS, at said hearing all protests, both written and
oral, made or filed were duly overruled and denied and this City
Council determined that there is no majority protest within the mean-
:` ing of Section 36023 of the Streets and Highways Code.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN XS FOLLOWS rkin and business
^ECTION 1. That pursuant to said Law a Pa g
improvement area has been and is hereby established, and a description
of the boundaries of said area is as follows= the center
"Bounded on the northeasterly side by
line of !;eventh Street, the southeasterly side by the cen-
ter line of the Santa Monica Freeway, the southwesterly
side by the center line of Ocean Avenue, and the northwest-
erly side by a line 200 feet northwesterly of the center
line of ciilshire Boulevard."
SECTION 2. That in addition to the general business license
tax (sometimes called business license fee) an additional business
license tax is hereby imposed upon merchants holding a
retail
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tax permit and occupying premises in the area. The a '
tax 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 !
e fee of $ a §
1,000. said additional license tax shall be payable
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ch gear and shall be computed
March 10 and October 10 of eaon the
taxable sales occurring during the six month periods, January 1 through
receding the payment dates
June 30 and July 1 through December 31, p a said
For failure to pay
of March 10 and October 10 resepctively•
thereof penalties shall be t
additional license tax on the due dates
exacted as set forth in Sections 6109 and 6112 of the Santa Monica
Municipal Code.
hich the proceeds of the addit-
'SECTION 3. That the use to w
ional business license tax, less one percent (1%) thereof as the cost
of collection, shall be put is the payment of contract fees to the
Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce for general promotion of retail trade
activities in the area as prescribed by contract between the City and
said Chamber of Commerce.
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SECTION 4. That this City Council hereby finds and deter-
mines that the public convenience and necessity require the establish- y
ment of the area hereinbefore described. 1
SECTION 5. All protests, both written and oral, are over-
ruled and denied and the City Council finds that there is no majority
protest within the meaning of Section 36023 of the Streets and High-
ways Code.
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 fifteen
days after its adoption. This ordinance shall become effective after
thirty days from its adoption.
ADOPTED this 22nd day of November 1966.
ATTEST:
Mayor
City rk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF IAS ANGELES ) ss•
CITY OF SANTA MONICA )
I do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly
and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the 8th
day of November , 1966; that thereafter the said ordinance
was duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the 22nd day of
November , 1966, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmen:
NOES:
Councilmen:
ABSENT:
Councilmen:
APPROVED+ FORMt
City Attorney
Hoover, Reidy, Spurgin,
Wamsley, Minter
None
Corey, Sorensen
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ty Clerk
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