2448ORDINANCE NO. 2448
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 3.44, SECTION
3.44.030 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES FIND THAT:
WHEREAS, there is a continuing need to promote the
tourist and convention facilities of the City of Anaheim; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim has
determined by the enactment of m1unicipal Ordinance No. 1848 that
it is in the best interests of the people of Anaheim that the
burden of supporting this activity fall upon those who princi-
pally share the benefits therefrom, to wit, the transient
visitors to the City; and
WHEREAS, the hotel and motel owners of the City of
Anaheim have petitioned unto said City for an increase in the
business license tax established by said Ordinance No. 1848 to
provide additional funds to promote convention and tourist activ-
ity within the City of Anaheim; and
WHEREAS, in order to continue an energetic program of
promotion in connection with tourist and convention activity, the
City Council finds that a need exists to increase said business
license tax from 4% to 5%; and
WHEREAS, such finding is reflected in the petition of
said hotel and motel owners as presented to the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l:
That Title 3, Chapter 3.44, Section 3.44.030 of the
Anaheim iviunicipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"SECTION 3.44.030 -- MOTELS, HOTELS.
"Every person conducting, managing, or carrying on the
business of a motel or hotel shall pay a business license
tax of five per cent (5%) of the gross rental receipts from
such hotel or motel operation. Such business license tax
shall be paid monthly. It shall be permissible to display
such tax as a separate item in connection with the rental
of motel and motel accommodations and to collect such tax
as a separate item in the billing and collection for
accommodations.
"A motel, for the purposes of this section, is defined as:
Any business which is identified or advertised
as a motel, or,
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A group of attached or detached buildings containing
�- individual sleeping or living units, used or intended,
wholly or in part, for the accommodations of transients.
"A hotel, for the purposes of this section, is defined as:
Any business which is identified or advertised as a
hotel, or,
A building in which there are six or more guest rooms,
used or intended, wholly or in part, for the accommoda-
tion of transients.
SECTION 2:
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed once within
fifteen (15) days after its adoption, in the Anaheim Bulletin,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and
circulated in said City, and on the 1st day of January, 1968,
it shall take effect and be in full force.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and signed by me
this 28th day of November, 1967
ATTEST:
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CI CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEINILL DAY OF December, 1967
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I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim,
do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held
on the 21st day of November, 1967, and that the same was passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
28th day of November, 1967, by the following vote of the members
thereof :
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Dutton, Krein, Chandler and Pebley
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Schutte
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of
Anaheim approved and signed said ordinance on the 28th day of
November, 1967.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 28th day
of November, 1967.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM^
(SEAL)
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