HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-64 - Establishing Late Penalty & Interest AmountsRESOLUTION NO. 19-64
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING LATE PENALTY AND INTEREST AMOUNTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 1-33 (VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT)
OF CHAPTER I (GENERAL) OF TITLE 1 (GENERAL PROVISIONS) OF THE COSTA
MESA MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, subsection (f) of Section 1-33 of Chapter I of Title 1 of the Costa Mesa
Municipal Code provides that any fee, fine, license fee, tax, or other amount due to the
City pursuant to the provisions of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code remaining unpaid the
day after the stated due date shall be subject to a late penalty and interest in the amounts
established by City Council resolution; and
WHEREAS, Section 1-33, subsection (f) further provides that such penalties and
interest will not apply to amounts due to the City for which the Costa Mesa Municipal
Code expressly designates a specific penalty and/or interest amount; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish the amounts of late penalties and
interest for unpaid amounts due to the City pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 1-33.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 1-33 of the Costa Mesa Municipal
Code, any fee, fine, license fee, tax, or other amount due to the City pursuant to the Costa
Mesa Municipal Code that remains unpaid on the day after its stated due date shall be
subject to a late penalty in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount due.
Section 2. Pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 1-33 of the Costa Mesa Municipal
Code, in addition to a late penalty, any fee, fine, license fee, tax, or other amount due to
the City pursuant to the Costa Mesa Municipal Code that remains unpaid on the day after
its stated due date shall be subject to interest in the amount of one and one-half percent
(1.5%) of the amount due for each month, or any portion thereof, that the amount due
remains unpaid.
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Section 3. The late penalty and interest amounts set forth in this Resolution shall
become effective in thirty (30) days.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th ddy of September, 2019.
ATTEST:
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Brenda Gree ity Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
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Katrin y, Mayor
APPR 7EAS TO FORM:
Kimberly Hali E—ar—low',—Cirty Attorney
I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 19-64 and was duly passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on
the 17th day of September, 2019, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: CHAVEZ, GENTS, REYNOLDS, MANSOOR,
MARR, STEPHENS, FOLEY
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 18th day of September, 2019.
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Brenda Green ity Clerk
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