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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1739 - Property Development TaxORDINANCE NO. 1739 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT 'BEACH AMENDING SECTION 3.12.030 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT TAX IMPOSED The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Section 3.12.030 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "3.12.030. Imposition of Excise Tax. A. Tax Imposed An excise tax is hereby imposed upon the construction and occupancy of each residential unit, commercial unit, industrial unit, and mobilehome park in the City in the amount of $.21 per square foot of gross floor area for all classes of new construction, including any area in a building designed for the parking of vehicles. • B. Due Date. The amount of the tax due hereunder shall be determined at the time a building permit is sought for the construction of residential, commercial or industrial units or buildings, or for the construction or reconstruction of any mobilehome park, and the full amount of the tax shall be due and payable concurrently with the application for such permit. If such tax is not fully paid on or before the due date the permit is issued, the tax or the amount thereof not paid shall thereupon become delinquent. C. Delinquency, Penalty, Interest. There shall be added to the tax for any unit or so much of the tax as becomes delinquent a penalty of twenty -five percent (25 %) which shall thereupon become payable in the same manner • as the tax. The tax and penalty shall bear interest at the • rate of .75 of one percent per month until paid." 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 23rd day of May 1977, and was adopted on the 13th day of June 1977, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Dostal, Barrett McInnis, Rogers, Ryckoff, Williams NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: Kuehn CERTI;-iED AS THE ORIGINAL AND C"cMiHED AS TO PUBLICATION JUN,] 5 1977 DATE ....-- _�.t ......... ...... IN CLEM OF THE IW OF N_=W T BEACW -2- 2 HRC:yz 5/13/77