HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 725ORDINANCE NO. 725
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
3.28.020 OF THE PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE,
PERTAINING TO TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. That subdivision D of Section 3.28.020 of the
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"D. "Rent" means the consideration charged or chargeable
to a transient for the occupancy of space, whether received in
money, goods, labor, or otherwise, including charges for roll-
away beds, cribs, and any other equipment necessary and
required for ordinary lodging or sleeping purposes. Rent
taxable and reportable pursuant to this chapter shall not be
reduced by the actual or perceived value of any hotel
amenities provided to transients without additional charge,
such as "complimentary" continental breakfasts, cocktails, and
newspapers. Rent may have been payable, in whole or in part,
prior to or following the occupancy to which it is
attributable, and may have been paid in advance on a long-term
basis. It is not the intent of this section to make the
operator liable for the tax on uncollected rent. However,
uncollected rent must be reported."
Section 2. The foregoing amendment is intended only to
clarify Section 3.28.020 of the Municipal Code. The Council does
not intend the foregoing amendment to be a new tax or an increase
in the scope or amount of an existing tax.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published
once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of general circulation
printed, published, and circulated within the City of Palm Desert,
California, and the same shall be in force and effect thirty (30)
days after its adoption.
iSR37258
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 9th day of September, 1993,
by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Crites, Kelly, Synder, Benson
NOES: None
ABSENT: Wilson
ABSTAIN: None 1
i
ice 1:
J M. BENSON, Mayor
ei,tv of Palm Desert
ATTEST:
;ell /L�� •.,/�_� �/�%ice
SHEIIA aZLLIGAN, ty Clerk
City of Palm DesoR
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