HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2720 ORDINANCE NO . 2720
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY AMENDING SECTION 3 . 40. 030 RELATING TO EX-
CEPTION FROM EXCISE TAX IMPOSED FOR REQUIRED
ON-SITE PARKING STRUCTURE
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending section 3. 40.030 to read as follows:
3. 40. 030 Excise tax. (a) Tax imposed. An excise tax is
hereby imposed upon the construction of any such residential,
commercial and industrial unit, and mobilehome park in the city
as such groups of construction may be established by resolution.
The amount of the excise tax shall be established by resolution
of the city council and shall not exceed $ ,15 per square foot of
floor area, as defined in the Huntington Beach Building Code,
for all classes of new construction, including any area in a
building designed for the parking of vehicles except for square
footage within a parking structure containing required on-site
parking. For mobilehome parks, the square footage of floor area
shall be calculated as only that portion of the lot indicated on
the original construction plans for the mobilehome proper and ,
its carport .
(b) Due date , The amount of the tax due hereunder shall
be due and payable at the time of issuance of the building per-
mit for the construction of residential, commercial or Indus-
trial units or buildings, or for the construction or reconstruc-
tion of any mobilehome park. If such tax is not fully paid on
or before the due date the permit is issued, the tax or the
amount thereof not paid shall thereupon become delinquent .
(c ) Delinquency, penalty, interest. There shall be added
to the tax for any unit or so much of the tax as becomes delin-
quent a penalty of 25 percent which shall thereupon become
payable in the same manner as the tax. The tax and penalty
shall bear interest at the rate of . 60 of 1 percent per month
until paid.
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(d) Tax credit . The city council may in its discretion
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grant a total or partial credit against the building excise tax
where a dedication of land and/or improvements thereto is offered
in conjunction with the construction of the residential, com-
mercial or industrial units .
(e) Exemption. The effective date for the issuance of
any building permit otherwise subject to imposition of the tax
imposed by this section shall relate to the date that actual
construction was commenced or to the date any foundation per-
mit was actually issued by the city, whichever event first oc-
curred. Building permits so issued prior to the enactment of
this section are exempt from the tax imposed hereby.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective thirty
days after passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th
day of August 1984.
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ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
tor 0 f Development
City Administre-Mor- 671!re c Services
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Ord. No. 2720
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified 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 13th day of August
19 84 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 20th day of August 19 84 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Pattinson, MacAllister, Thomas , Mandic
NOES: Councilmen:
Finley. Bailey
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Kelly
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
I, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City 4t
Huntington Beach and ex•officto Clerk of the City
Council, do hereby cert"sly that a synapsis of this
atdinance hat boan pu".i:z r;ed in ti+e Huntington
Ocaeh Independent on
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In ac:ordar+,^o with ti,-0 City Charter of :a+J ':•`y.
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