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ORDINANCE NO. 306
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
SECTION 5.04.260 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO
REFUNDS.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1: That Section 5.04.260 of the Code of
the City of Palm Desert, California, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"5.04.260 Refunds. A. The tax administrator,
with the approval of the city manager, may refund any license
fee or penalty which he determines was erroneously collected,
but no license fee shall be refunded if, prior to his application
for a license, the applicant has engaged in the business for
which the license is sought.
B. Any person who has not used a license tax
certificate that such person obtained from the city may, at
any time within 30 days after the issuance of such certificate,
request a refund of the amount of money paid for the business
license tax fee. The tax administrator, upon receiving an
affidavit of nonuser of the certificate, shall refund the
amount of money paid for the certificate, less 25% of said
amount, to be retained by the city for administrative costs.
C. Any person who has obtained a license tax
certificate may submit an affidavit of going out of business
to the city council. The city council, upon receiving the
affidavit, and for good and satisfactory cause shown, may
order a prorated refund of the money paid for a license tax
certificate obtained from the city, to any person who.has
ceased business. Proration will be based upon the unused
annual license term less 25% of refund, to be retained by
the city for administrative costs. The affidavit shall,
initially, be submitted to the tax administrator."
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper
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of general circulation printed, published and circulated in
the City of Palm Desert and-t"he same shall be in full force
and effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24th day of
June , 1982, by the following vote:
AYES: McPherson, Newbrander, Puluqi, Snyder & Wilson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
N
J. TT'UAJV VL9 , L'44 I V
of Palm Dese , California
SHEILA R. GILLIGAN, C Clerk
City of Palm Desert, taflifornia
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