R10769City Council Meeting: September 24, 2013 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 10769 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
WAIVING PAST BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES AND PENALTIES FOR RESIDENTIAL
RENTALS OF LESS THAN 4 UNITS AND ARTISTS OPERATING OUT OF SANTA
MONICA AIRPORT THAT MANUFACTURE BUT DO NOT SELL ART FROM THAT
BUSINESS LOCATION
WHEREAS, the Santa Monica Municipal Code requires virtually all for - profit
businesses that operate within the City to obtain a City Business License and pay
Business License Taxes; and
WHEREAS, in the past, businesses operating residential rentals of less than 4
units have been mistakenly informed that the City's Business License Tax requirements
did not apply to them; and
WHEREAS, in the past, artists operating out of Santa Monica Airport that
manufacture but do not sell art from that business location have been mistakenly
informed that the City's Business License Tax requirements did not apply to them; and
WHEREAS, based on this information, those businesses have, for years,
operated without obtaining a City Business License and without paying City Business
License Taxes; and
WHEREAS, the City strives to apply its laws fairly and equitably; and
WHEREAS, the mistaken information provided to these businesses in the past
has been corrected and those businesses will be required to obtain Business Licenses
and pay Business License Taxes in the future.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City hereby waives all Business License Taxes, associated
penalties and fees for all businesses operating residential rentals of less than 4 units
and artists operating out of Santa Monica Airport that manufacture but do not sell art
from that business location for all past fiscal years, up to, and including, the current
2013 -2014 fiscal year.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Adopted and approved this 24th day of September, 2013.
I, Sarah Gorman, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution No. 1076 9 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of
the Santa Monica City Council held on the 24th day of September, 2013, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: McKeown, Davis, Holbrook, Vazquez, Winterer
Mayor Pro Tern O'Day
Noes: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: Mayor O'Connor
ATTEST:
Sarah Gorman, City Clerk