Ordinance - 1772ORDINANCE NO. 1772
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTION 21-89 ET SEQ OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL EXCEPTION
TO THE PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION TAX
follows: The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
SECTION 1. Article V Chapter 4 of the West Covina Municipal
4 Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE V - PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION TAXES
21-89 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.
21-90. Assessments; exceptions.
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.
Exception:
1. Carports, garages, workshops, patio structures and similar
buildings that are accessory to single family dwelling
uses.
2. Additions/enlargements of less than 400 sq. ft. for
existing single family homes.
3. The City Manager may waive the construction tax for
publicly financed parking structures.
21-91. Annual Adjustments.
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 2. 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.
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SECTION 3. Validity of Ordinance. If any selection,
subsection, 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, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections, subsections, phrases or portions be
Odeclared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in the
manner prescribed by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 22nd day of February,1988.
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Mayor Kenneth I. Cb&ppell
ATTEST:
Aity erk Helene Pi. Moony
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, HELENE M. MOONEY, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1772 was adopted
and passed at a regular meeting of City Council on the 22nd
day of Feb. , 19885 by the following vote of the City Council,
to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Tennant, Bacon, Manners, Chappell
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Shearer
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
0 APPROVED AS TO FORM :
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City Attorney
City Clerk Helene M. Moone
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CERTIFICATION
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of West Covina, State
of California, do hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of
Ordinance No. / 7 7 ?i was published, pursuant to law, in the San
Gabriel Valley Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of West Covina.
Janet Berry, City Clerk P.
City of West Covina, Ca,15rornia
DATED: /
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