HomeMy WebLinkAbout1667 - Pier Registration Fee PenalityORDINANCE NO. 1667
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING SECTION 17.33.050 OF THE NEWPORT
BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE THE
PERCENTAGE AMOUNT OF THE PENALTY FEE FOR
FAILURE TO PAY PIER REGISTRATION FEES
WHEREAS, Section 17.33.050 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code prescribes and establishes a ten percent (10 %)
penalty fee for pier permit holders who fail to timely pay
their pier registration fees; and
WHEREAS, it is found and determined that the
administrative costs to the City exceed by a large degree
the amount collected by said penalty payment; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to increase the penalty
payment fee to offset the City's costs incurred in conjunction
with collection of said fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach DOES ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 17.33.050 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"17.33.050. Penalty for Failure to Pay Fees. Any
owner or permit holder who fails to pay any fee required
by this Chapter within thirty (30) days after the same
is due shall be subject to a penalty in the amount of
twenty -five percent (25 %) of said fee on the first day
of each month after the due date thereof; provided, however,
that the amount of such penalty to be added shall in no
event exceed one hundred percent (100 %) of the amount of
the fee due. Failure to pay the fee plus any accrued
penalty within one hundred and fifty (150) days after the
• fee was originally due shall constitute grounds for
revocation of the permit by the City Council.
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SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be published once
in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the
26th
day of
April
, 1976,
and was
adopted on
the 10th
day of
May
, 1976,
by the
following
vote, to
wit:
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
CERTIFIFD AS THE OTGINAL AND
CERTIFii3D :.S TO - UBLICATiON
DATE Iwi
CITY CLFGI: OF Te'_ CI;Y C t WORT BEACEI
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AYES, COUNCILMEN: Dostal, Barrett,
Kuehn, McInnis, Ryckoff, Williams
NOES, COUNCILMEN: Rogers
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None
Mayor
HRC:yz
4/13/76