O 520 C.S.
ORDINANCE NO. 520 C.S.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARROYO
GRANDE AMENDING SECTION 3-3.303 OF THE
ARROYO GRANDE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX RATES
The People of the City of Arroyo Grande do hereby ordain as follows: .
Section 1. Purpose
It is the intent of this ordinance to increase funds in order to offset revenue losses
due to State budget cut-backs.
Section 2. Type of Tax
A Transient Occupancy Tax is a General Tax as defined in Government Code
Section 53721. The tax is imposed for General Governmental Purposes.
Section 3. Transient Occupancy Tax
Section 3-3.303 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient shall
be subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of ten percent
(10%) of the rent charged by the operator. Such tax shall
constitute a debt owed by the transient to the City, which debt
shall be extinguished 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 Financial Services Director
may require that such tax be paid directly to the Financial
Services Director.
Section 4. Effective Date of Tax Increase
The tax rate authorized by this ordinance shall commence on January 1,2001.
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Section 5. Authoritv to Adopt Measure
This ordinance and the tax authority herein is enacted pursuant to the provisions
of Section 7280 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, and in compliance
with the California Constitution Article XIII A, Section 4 and Article 3.7 of Chapter
4 of Part 1, of Division 2 of Title 5 of the California Government Code
commencing with Section 53720.
Section 6. Severabilitv
If any section, subsection, sentence, phrase or clause of this ordinance is for any
reason held to be unlawful, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portion of this ordinance or any part thereof. The people of Arroyo
Grande hereby declare that they have adopted the ordinance and each section,
subsection, sentence, phrase or clause thereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one or more section, subsection, sentence, phrase or clause be declared
unlawful.
Section 7. Effective Date of Ordinance
This ordinance shall go into effect ten days after adoption, pursuant to Elections
Code Section 9217.