HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 4685 RESOLUTION NO. 4685
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM EX-
CISE TAX FOR HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
CHAPTER 3. 40 ENTITLED, " COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT
LIBRARY FEES," TO EXEMPT COMMERCIAL AND IN-
DUSTRIAL UNITS AND TO REFUND EXCISE TAX OVER-
PAYMENTS
WHEREAS, Section 3. 40. 030 of the Huntington Beach Municipal
Code provides that the City Council, by resolution, shall establish
which types of construction and the amount of an excise tax on the
construction of such residential, commercial and industrial units ,
and mobilehome parks in the city, and that such excise tax shall
not exceed $.15 per square foot of floor area, as floor area is
defined in the Huntington Beach Building Code for all new con-
struction; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council that said excise
tax be currently set at $.05 per square foot of floor area; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council that commercial
and industrial units be exempted from said excise tax; and
WHEREAS, it is the further desire of the City Council that
said excise tax paid in excess of $. 05, prior to the date of this
resolution, be refunded to the payor,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach that, pursuant to Section 3.40. 030 of
the Huntington Beach Municipal Code, an excise tax upon the con-
struction of each residential and mobilehome park in the city is
hereby set at the rate of $. 05 per square foot of floor area, as
floor area is defined in the Huntington Beach Building Code, for
all classes of new construction, including any area in a building,
as building is defined in the Huntington Beach Building Code, de-
signed for the parking of vehicles.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all excise taxes paid, pursuant
to Chapter 3. 40, prior to the date of this resolution in excess
of $. 05 per square foot of floor area, and all excise taxes paid
on commercial n a and industrial
dustrial units shall be refunded to the payor
forthwith.
This resolution shall become operative on the effective date
of Ordinance No. 2324 .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th
day of October , 1978 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
J.
City Clerk City Attorney
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
Citf Administrator
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Res. No. 4685
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 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 resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16 th day
of October , 1978 by the following vote;
AYES: Councilmen:
Thomas , MacAllister,, Rai l ey r Manndi_ c?S j L,b�er.t,,—Shenkman
NOES: Councilmen:
Pattinson
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California