HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2173 - To the Santa Ana Municipal Code to Establish a Presidential Rental Surcharge in the Business License TaxORDINANCE NO. NS-2173
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
ADDING SECTION 21-120r.1 TO THE SANTA
ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH A
RESIDENTIAL RENTAL SURCHARGE IN THE
BUSINESS LICENSE TAX
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 21-120r.1, which said
section reads as follows:
Sec. 21-120r.1. Residential rental surcharge.
The business license tax for residential property rental and
residential apartment rental shall consist of the amount set forth
in subsections (2) and (3) of section 21-120r plus an annual
surcharge of $17.50 per each property rental unit or each apartment
rental unit. The surcharge hereby established shall be due and
payable and shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner
that the amount due under section 21-120r is due and payable. No
business license shall be issued unless the surcharge is paid.
Penalties and interest shall be assessed upon the total amount due
and unpaid at the rate specified in this chapter until such time as
both the amount due under section 21-120r and the surcharge due
under this section are paid in full. All provisions for the
enforcement, collection and recovery of unpaid business license
taxes shall likewise apply to the enforcement, collection and
recovery of any unpaid surcharge. Notwithstanding any provision of
this chapter to the contrary, the amount of said surcharge shall
not change except by amendment of this section. This section shall
expire on, and be of no further force or effect after, December 31,
1999.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The city Council of
the city of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were
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committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as
affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the
collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision
applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of
any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted,
filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and
obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force
and effect.
ADOPTED this 17th day of August 1992.
ATTEST:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Mayor
Young ~
Pulido Aye
Acosta Absent
Griset Aye
McGuigan Aye
Norton Nay
Richardson Aye
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
city Attorney
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
State of California
County of Orange
I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the
attached Ordinance ~-~17~ to be the original ordinance
adopted by the City Council of the city of Santa Ana on
~- /7- 9~c~ ; and that said ordinance was published in
accordance with the Charter of the city of Santa Ana.
erk of the Co..oil, 'O t e
city of Santa Ana