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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1759 ORDINANCE NO. 1759 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS 2151, 2151 .1, 2154 AND 2155 PERTAINING TO OIL PRODUCTION BUSINESS LICENSE TAX The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby amended by amending Sections 2151, 2151. 1, 2154 and 2155 to read as follows : 2151. LICENSE FEES REQUIRED. Every person required by this article to have a license shall pay to the City of Hunt- ington Beach the fees hereinafter provided, in the manner here- inafter provided: (a) Prior to the issuance or renewal of such license, a base annual fee of Forty-eight Dollars ($48) per well. Such base annual fee shall apply to each well producing oil or gas, or both. A fee of Forty-eight Dollars ($48) per well shall be paid for the period from and after the effective date of this ordinance through June 30, 1973, with a credit applied thereto of any amount previously paid as the base annual fee due June 30, 1972 . t (b ) For the period commencing with the effective date of this amendment and ending June 30, 1973, and for each succeeding fiscal year, and in addition to the base annual fee, an amount equalling four cents ($0 . 04) per barrel of oil produced by each well per quarter, , less a credit of Twelve Dollars ($12) per well per quarter. No carry over of credit shall be permitted. 2151 .1 . BASE ANNUAL FEE. WHEN DUE AND DELINQUENT. The base annual fee, required by this article, shall be due and payable on or before July lst of each fiscal year. Such base annual fee shall be delinquent on the day following such due date. In the event the effective date of this ordinance is after July 1, 1972, the Forty-eight Dollar ($48) base annual fee shall be due and payable on the effective date of said ordinance, and shall be delinquent on the day following such due date . 2154 . PRODUCTION STATEMENT REQUIRED. Every person 1. required to have a license under this article shall on or before the 30th day of January, April, July and October file with the City Clerk a statement setting forth such information as the City Clerk shall require, including: (1) the name or other identification of all oil wells located in the city operated by him during any quarter; (2) the number of barrels of oil pro- duced from each of said wells during such quarter; and ( 3) the computation of the amount of fee with respect to such production due the city . Said statement shall be signed by the person re- quired to have the license, or by a managing officer or agent thereof, and shall include a declaration substantially worded as follows : "I declare under penalty of making a false declaration that I am authorized to make this settle- ment, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief it is a true, correct and complete statement made in good faith for the period stated, in compliance with the provisions of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code . " Such statement shall not be conclusive against the City of Huntington Beach, nor shall it be conclusive as to the infor- mation set forth therein, nor shall the filing of such statement preclude the City of Huntington Beach from collecting by appro- priate action any additional fee that is later determined to be due and payable . 2155 . PENALTY FOR DELINQUENCY. If any fee herein re- quired to be paid to the City of Huntington Beach is not paid before it becomes one month delinquent, as provided in this article, a penalty in an amount equal to ten percent (10% ) of such fee shall be added thereto, and an additional penalty in am amount equal to ten percent (10%) of such fee for each one- month period during which such fee continues or remains delin- quent shall be assessed. Such penalties shall be and become a part of such fee and shall be enforced and collected as part of such fee, provided, however, that the aggregate of such penalties shall not exceed one hundred percent (100% ) of the amount of the delinquent license fee . SECTION 2 . This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the pas- sage of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach, California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of 2 . Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of July, 1972. M yor ATTEST: PAUL C. JONES, City Clerk By . f _ Assistant 7 i y Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: �/-- � City Atto y 3 . Ord. ND. 1759 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss : CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I , PAUL C. JONES, The duly elected, qualified, and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex- officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of June 19 72 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of July , 19 72 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: Green, Matney, Duke, Coen NOES: Councilmen: Bartlett ABSENT: Councilmen: Shipley, Gibbs Paul C. Jones 1. PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the City of City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk Hunnngton Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City of the City Council of the City Council, do hereby certify that this ordinance has of Huntington Beach, California been publishad in the Huntington Beach News on ----- ------------ .twitthe ..- �? 19-7 In accords a City Charter of said City. L C. JONES B - ►erk Assistant City Clerk Deputy City Clerk