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city council Meeting 7-10-90
Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO:
Mayor and city Council
FROM:
city Attorney
SUBJECT:
Recommendation to Adopt an Ordinance Amending
Ordinance Number 960 (CCS) Pertaining to
the Additional Business License Tax Levied in
the Montana Avenue Business Improvement
Assessment District
At its meeting on June 26, 1990, the City Council
introduced for first reading an ordinance amending Ordinance
Number 960 (CCS) to change the additional business license tax
levied in the Montana Avenue Business Improvement District. The
ordinance is now presented to the City Council for adoption.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, City Attorney
Linda A. Moxon, Deputy City Attorney
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city Council Meeting 7-10-90
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1531(CCS)
(city Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 960 (CCS)
TO CHANGE THE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS LICENSE TAX LEVIED
IN THE MONTANA AVENUE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
WHEREAS, on July 9, 1974, the City council of the City of
Santa Monica adopted Ordinance Number 960 (CCS), establishing a
business improvement area along a portion of Montana Avenue and
approving the levy of an additional business license tax for the
general promotion of business and professional activities within
the area (hereinafter "the District"); and
WHEREAS, under and pursuant to the provisions of Part 5 of
Division 18, commencing with Section 36000 of the streets &
Highways Code (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "said lawn),
on May 22, 1990, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 8025
(CCS) declaring its intention to change the additional business
license tax levied in the District and setting a public hearing
on such matter as required by said law; and
WHEREAS, on May 29, 1990, the City council adopted
Resolution Number 8030 (CCS) amending Resolution Number 8025
(CCS) to reschedule the public hearing on the proposed change to
June 26, 1990; and
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WHEREAS, said Resolution Number 8030 (CCS) was duly
published, copies thereof were duly mailed to each business
license holder in the District and posted in public places in the
District, as provided by said law; and
WHEREAS, as specified in said Resolution Nllmher 8030 (CCS),
a hearing concerning the proposed change in the additional tax
levied in the District was held before the City Council on June
26, 1990, in the city Council Chambers located at 1685 Main
street, in the City of Santa Monica; and
WHEREAS, at said hearing all written and oral protests made
or filed were duly heard, evidence for and against the proposed
action was received, and a full, fair, and complete hearing was
granted and held before the City Council; and
WHEREAS, at said hearing all protests, both written and
oral, made or filed, were duly overruled and denied and the City
Council determined that there is no majority protest within the
meaning of Section 36023 of the streets & Highways Code,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of Ordinance Number 960 (CCS) is
amended to change the additional business license tax levied in
the District and shall read as follows:
SECTION 2. That in addition to the
general business license tax (hereinafter
sometimes
referred
to
as
"business
license feeU), an additional business
license tax
is hereby
imposed upon
business
license
holders
occupying
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business premises in the area. Said
additional business license tax shall be
at the rate of Four Percent ( 4 %) of all
other business license taxes for each
business in the area. Provided, however,
that said additional business license tax
shall not exceed TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00) nor shall it be less than TEN
DOT~~S ($10.00) annually. Said
additional business license tax shall be
payable as follows: During Fiscal Year
1990-91, said additional business tax
shall be due on or before September 14,
1990. Thereafter, said additional
business license tax shall be payable
concurrently and at the same time as the
general bus iness 1 icense tax upon which
it is based. For failure to pay said
addi tional 1 icense tax on the due date
thereof, penalties shall be exacted as
set forth in Section 6015 of the Santa
Monica Municipal Code.
SECTION 2. All protests, both written and oral, are
overruled and denied, and the City council finds that there is no
majority protest within the meaning of Section 36023 of the
Streets and Highways Code.
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SECTION 3 .
Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with 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 4.
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 5. 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 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 lOth day of July, 1990.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 153l(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
Council on the 26th day of June 1990; that the said Ordinance was
thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the
loth day of July 1990 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo , Finkel, Katz, Reed, Mayor
Zane
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Genser, Jennings
ATTEST:
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