Ordinance - 1388ORDINANCE NO. 1388
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA PROVIDING FOR COLLECTION OF A CONSTRUCTION
TAX RELATED TO PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENTS MADE NECESSARY
BY INCREASED DEVELOPMENT AND SETTING THE AMOUNT THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Article VIII of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended by addition of Chapter 7 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 7 - PUBLIC WORKS•CONSTRUCTION TAXES
8700. TAX REQUIRED.
No building or structure shall hereafter be erected,
constructed, enlarged or relocated onto any property within the City until
a tax, as set forth in this Chapter, has been paid to the Building and Safety
Director. No building permit shall be issued for erection, construction,
enlargement or relocation of a building or structure until such tax has been
paid. Any permit issued without receipt of the -required tax is hereby declared
invalid and shall be cancelled by the -Building and Safety Director. The above
specified fee shall be in addition to any other fees or taxes specified in this
Code.
8701. Taxes to offset the cost of public works improvements
made necessary by development of property shall be assessed as follows:
A tax of $300 shall be paid to the Building and Safety Director
for each 1000 square feet of building gross floor area or fraction thereof
• proposed for construction, erection, enlargement or relocation.
Exceptions:
1. Fractional -parts of 1000 square feet less than 400 square feet.
2. Carports,.=patio structures and similar buildings that are accessory -
to single family_dwe,lling- uses.
SECTION 2. That this Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption pursuant to Section 36937 (d) of the Government Code, since
the taxes levied hereby are for the usual and current expenses of the City.
SECTION 3. That the tax imposed by this Ordinance shall be
increased or decreased annually as of July 1 of each calendar year, commencing
on July 1, 1979, in an amount equal to the increase or decrease from the Base
Index in the then latest available Consumer Price Index, as prepared and
released by the Federal Government or any other governmental agency for the
Los Angeles/Long Beach area. The last index published for the month of June,
1978 shall be deemed to be the base index for the purpose of this Section.
SECTION 4. Validity of Ordinance. If any section, sub -section,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have adopted this Ordinance and each section, sub -section, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, sub -sections, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconsti:-
tiitional.
ORDINANCE NO. 1388
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
• of this.Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in the manner pre-
scribed by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 26th .day of June 1978.
YAk 7t�e
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, LELA W. PRESTON, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance -No. 1388 was regularly introduced
• and placed upon its first reading at ari_adjourned regular meeting'of the_city
_Council on -the .-AJ th' -day of,. June 1978. That, thereafter, said Ordinance
was'duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the
26th day of June , 1978, by the following vote of the City
Council, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Shearer, Browne, Chappell, Tice.
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ci Attorney
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Gi:ty:Clerk
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