HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-44 Increasing the Occupancy Tax from 5% to 6%ORDINANCE NO. %
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
SECTION 16-68 OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL
CODE INCREASING THE OCCUPANCY TAX FROM
FIVE PERCENT (5%) TO SIX PERCENT (6%),
AND ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
OCTOBER 1, 1974 FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE INCREASE OF TAX.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
finds and declares that increased costs in services to the
community since the adoption of the occupancy tax in 1969
warrants an increase in said tax.
Accordingly, Section 16-68 of the Costa Mesa Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2. "16-68 Tax Imposed; Nature; Payment.
For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each
transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of
six percent (6%) of the rent charged by the operator. The
tax constitutes a debt owed by the transient to the City
which is extinquished only by payment to the operator or to
the City. The transient shall pay the tax to the operator
of the hotel 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.
If, for any reason, the tax due is not paid to the operator
of the hotel, the Finance Department may require that the
tax shall be paid directly to the Finance Department."
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effect on October 1, 1974, and before the
expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be
published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a newspaper
of general circulation printed and published in the City of
Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the
City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this A o day of X1974.
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City o Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No.
was introduced and considered section by section at a regu-
lar meeting of said City Council held on the 6;eAj day of
1974, and thereafter passed and adopted as a
whobTe at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
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1974, by the following roll call vote:
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AYES: Council Members:
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NOES: Council Members: eta -we.
ABSENT: Council Members: -xv-�
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and
affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this Z/,,a4 day
of u. , 1974.
City
Clerk and
ex-officioerk
of the
City
Council of
the City o
Costa Mesa