HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 753ORDINANCE NO. 753
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 3.28 OF TITLE
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TAX.
CITY OF PALM DESERT,
SECTION 3.28.020 OF
3 OF THE PALM DESERT
TO TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California HEREBY
ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION l: That Section 3.28.020 of Chapter 3.28 Title 3
is herebv amended to read as follows:
3.28.020 Definitions:
"D" Rent - means the consideration charged or chargeable
to a transient for the occupancy of space, including without any
limitation 1. any unrefundable rental deposits 2. Separate
charges 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 3: 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 of general circulation,
printed, published and circulated within the City of Palm Desert,
and same shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its
adoption.
ORDINANCE NO. 753
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 14 th day of JULY , 1994,
by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, KELLY, SMYDER, WILSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ATTEST:
v
SMb1LA K. Ul.
City of Palm
GAN, City ---
,Clerk
sert, Cal fornia
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