HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-02 Licenses for Businesses Doing Business Outside the City of Costa MesaORDINANCE NO. 95-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL- OF THE'CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, 'AMENDING SECTION 9-
40 OF, THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING
'LICENSES FOR BUSINESSES DOING BUSINESS OUTSIDE
OF THE.dltY OF.COSTA MESA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE,CITY`OF COSTA MESA .DOE S HEREBY'ORDAIN
�AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1'. Section 9-40 of Title 9 of the Costa Mesa
Municipal Code is amended to identify the first paragraph as
subsection (a).
Section 2. Subsection (b) is hereby added to Section 9-40
of Title 9 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as. follows:
"(b), The Finance Director or designee has the authority
to apportion the business tax obligation under Section 9-
25 for any business.that provides written proof that the
business has paid and continues to pay business taxes .on
annual gross receipts of. -that portion of the business
conducted outside of the City of Costa Mesa. A request
for apportionment shall be made in writing to the Finance
Director or -designee, and a decision on the request shall
be made within a reasonable time after a complete
application is. received by the Director.. Such decision
is appealable to City Council pursuant. to Title 2 of this
.Code upon payment of a fee set by resolution of City
Council."
Section 3. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
.effect thirty (30) days from and after -its passage and, before the
expiration of fifteen "(15) days after, its passage, shall be
published once in the NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA 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 day of . 1995.:
ATTEST:
DeputyVty
ty Clerk
of the of Costa Mesa
2
Mayor o the City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ity Attorn yAr
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE'. ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy 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. 95- 02. was introduced and.
considered section by s tion at a regular meeting of said. City
Council .held on the !� day of 1995,.and thereafter
passed and adopted as ahole at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the (a, day of �,,� , 1995, by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ERieksorJ� au99a) 44oRN13ucllLE� 11
MONA14A N
NOES: COUNCIL , MEMBERS : A)o lJG
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: t1i
-IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of, the City: of Costa'Mesa this day; of 1995.
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-Deputy Ci y Clerk and ex -officio
Clerk of he City Council of the
City of Costa.Mesa
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