HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1990-2407 ORDINANCE NO. 2407
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING SECTION
3.40.030 OF CHAPTER 3.40 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL
CODE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX TO
TEN PERCENT (10%) SUBJECT TO ANNUAL ABATEMENT BY THE CITY
COUNCIL
The City Counci~ of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 3.40.030 of Chapter 3.40 of the Chula Vista
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3.40.030 Imposition-Rate-Payment-Annual Abatement
a. For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel or campsite, each
transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of ten
percent of the rent charged by the operator. Said tax constitutes
a debt owed by the transient to the city which is extinguished only
by payment to the operator or to the city. The transient shall pay
the tax to the operator of the hotel or campsite at the time the
rent is paid. If the rent is paid in installments, a proportionate
share of the tax shall be paid with each installment. The unpaid
tax shall be due upon the transient's ceasing to occupy space in
the hotel or campsite. If for any reason the tax due is not paid
to the operator of the hotel or campsite, the director of finance
may require that such tax shall be paid directly to the director of
finance of the city.
b. Nothwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this section
contained, the City Council is hereby authorized, but is not
required, to lower the tax, or the rate of tax imposed under the
authority of this Chapter, but to no less than what the tax would
be at a rate of eight percent, for no more than one calendar year,
if, within three months prior to the commencement of a given
calendar year, it conducts a public hearing at which it publicly
deliberates on the adviseability of doing so, notice of which
public hearing is published in a newspaper of general circulation
at least twice not sooner than 20 days and not later than 5 days
prior thereto, of its intent to deliberate upon said matter.
Failure to publish notice of the public hearing, as herein
required, shall not affect the right of the City Council to conduct
the public hearing and to abate all or any portion of the tax
herein imposed.
Ordinance No. 2407
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SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
reading and tio}~.
effect immediately upon its second ~
Ap as o f by:
Presented by:
oogaard
L)~an ChriStopher ~
Director of Finance City Attorney
Ordinance No. 2407
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, California, this 25th day of October, 1990, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Malcolm, McCandliss, Moore, Nader, Cox
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
Cox, Mayot~
ATTEST:
Beverly/A. Authelet, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2407 had its first reading on
October 16, 1990, and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 25th day of October, 1990.
Executed this 25th day of October, 1990.
Beverly ~ Authelet, City Clerk