ORD 369 ORDINANCE NO. 369
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE RANCHO PALOS
VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE CITY'S TRANSIENT
OCCUPANCY TAX
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3.16.020 of Chapter 3.16 of Title 3 of the Rancho
Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending paragraphs A, F,
and G thereof and adding new paragraph H thereto to read as follows:
"A. "Hotel" means any structure, or any portion of any structure, which
is occupied or intended or designed to be used, occupied or possessed by
persons for temporary dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and includes any
hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging
house, rooming house, apartment house, rental unit, dormitory, public or private
club, mobile home, or house trailer at a fixed location, bed and breakfast or other
similar structure or portion thereof.
"F. "Tax administrator" means the director of finance of the city or other
person designated by the city manager.
"G. "Temporary" means a period of thirty consecutive calendar days or
less, counting portions of calendar days as full days. In the event that any
person rents a hotel room(s) for more than thirty consecutive calendar days, the
determination of whether the use was temporary, for purposes of applying this
chapter, shall be based on the time period of actual occupancy of the room by a
natural person or persons and not the duration of the room reservation, lease or
rental agreement. In determining whether the use is temporary, uninterrupted
periods of time, extending both prior and subsequent to the effective date of this
chapter, may be considered by the tax administrator.
"H. "Transient" means any person who exercises temporary occupancy
or is entitled to temporary occupancy. Any person who exercises temporary
occupancy or is entitled to temporary occupancy shall be deemed to be a
transient until thirty consecutive calendar days of actual occupancy have
elapsed."
Section 2. Section 3.16.140 of Chapter 3.16 of Title 3 of the Rancho
Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending paragraph A
thereof to read as follows:
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"A. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars or by not more than six months imprisonment in the county jail or by both
such fine and imprisonment."
Section 3. Savings Clause. The provisions of this ordinance are
substantially the same as those originally set forth in Ordinance No. 7, as
adopted in 1973. Therefore, this ordinance is to be construed as a restatement
and continuation of this earlier ordinance, as previously codified, and not as a
new enactment. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be interpreted or
enforced in any manner as to constitute an increase in the amount of the tax
imposed by Ordinance No. 7.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions of this
Ordinance shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect. The City Council of
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes hereby declares that it would have adopted
each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses, phrases, or portions of this Ordinance be declared invalid or
unenforceable.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 21st day of August 2001.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Jo Purcell, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the
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foregoing Ordinance No. 369 passed first reading on August 7, 2001 was duly
and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
thereof held on August 21, 2001 and that the same was passed and adopted by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: Ferraro, Gardiner, McTaggart, Stern, and Mayor Lyon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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City Clerk
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is the appointed City Clerk
of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
That on October 16, 2001 she caused to be
posted the following document entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 369
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE CITY'S TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX.
a copy of which is attached hereto, in the following locations:
City Hall Hesse Park
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 29301 Hawthorne Blvd
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
Ladera Linda Community Center Ryan Park
32201 Forrestal Drive 30359 Hawthorne Blvd.,
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct affidavit of
posting.
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City Clerk
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard/Rancho Palos Verdes,CA 90275-5391 /(310)377-0360/Fax(310)544-5291
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