Ordinance - 1391ORDINANCE NO. 1391
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
AMENDING §6235.1 OF THE WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE BUSINESS
LICENSE TAX IMPOSED ON OFFICE AND
COMMERCIAL RENTALS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Paragraph A -.II of §6235.1 of the West Covina
Municipal Code relating to Office and Commercial Rentals is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 6235.1 CATEGORY CODE A.
A -II OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL RENTALS
Offices, stores, industrial plants, or any building or
structure of any kind on land.located in the City of
West Covina and rented to a tenant for purposes other
than dwelling, sleeping, or lodging. This includes the
letting of every kind and character, whether by an owner,
lessee, or sub -lessee, of such types of rentals. Where
a land lease is in effect for the purpose of effectuating
the use of the property for the purposes noted in this
Category, then such rents from said land shall also be
subject to the business licensing provisions herein.
The business license tax for Category A -II shall be:
Minimum of $50.00 for the first $5,000.00 rental revenues
plus an additional $10.00 per $1,000.00 or fraction
thereafter.
• All rentals received by one individual or entity can be
combined in one license.
The City Council may, by resolution, suspend all or any
portion of said tax imposed under Category A -II for a
period of time as it determines to be equitable in order
to adjust the impact of said tax. At the end of said
period of suspension, the tax shall automatically be
reinstated in accordance with the amounts set forth herein.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this ordinance and cause the same to be published in the manner
required by law.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24thday of July , 1978.
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. 1391 , was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading'at a
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regular meeting of the City Council on the loth day of July, 1978.
That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 24th day of July, 1978,
by the following vote of the Council, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Shearer, Browne, Chappell, Tice.
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
City Crlerk
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