HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-09 Revising Procedure for Setting Rate Schedules for Towing ServicesORDINANCE NO. 85-9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, REVISING THE PROCEDURE
FOR SETTING RATE SCHEDULES FOR TOWING SERVICES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
The City Council desires to update the maximum rate schedules estab-
lished for certain towing services regulated by the City.
The City Council desires to alter the method of setting these sched-
ules so they are uniform for all operators, and are automatically adjusted
for cost of living increases.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby
amend Section 9-284, Article 18, Chapter IV, Title 9 of the Costa Mesa
Municipal Code as hereinafter set forth:
SECTION 2. Section 9-284, Article 18, Chapter IV,. Title 9, of the
Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 9-284. Maximum rate for towing services.
(a) The City Council may from time to time adopt by resolution a maxi-
mum rate schedule applicable to the towing services covered by this article.
The rate schedule will be at a level to ensure canpetition,,provide a fair
return on investment, and provide a high quality tow service to the public.
(b) The rate schedule will automatically be adjusted on its anniver-
sary date based on the percentage change in the cost of doing business as
measured by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor statis-
tics, Consumer Price Index, for All Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles—
Long Beach Area, All Items, (1967=100) for the preceding 12 months.
(c) Any certificate holder may request an adjustment to the rate
schedule by filing a written request with the Director of Finance, accom-
panied by certified financial statements and other information to support
the request. The Council need not act on more than one request in any 12 -
month period.
(d) When establishing or considering changes to the rate schedule,
the Council shall consider any written evidence submitted by any interested
party. Notice that the Council will consider a change to the rate schedule
shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at
least once, not less than 10 days before the hearing, and written notice
shall be sent to all certificate holders."
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from 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 or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified
copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to
be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of
the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names
of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of May, 1985.
ATTEST:
CiEy- Clerk of the City of Costa a Ma r of the City of to sa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA) APPROVED AS TO FO
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss /
CITY OF COSTA MESA ) CITY ATTORNEY
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 fore-
going Ordinance No. 85-9 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 15th day of April,
1985, and thereafter passed .and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 6th day of May, 1985, by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: i
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS MTREOF,. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 7th day of May, 1985.
- - - = Ci Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
- _ City Council of the City of Costa sa
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