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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09_091 CC Resolution1 1 1 RESOLUTION NO. 09 -91 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA ESTABLISHING THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX APPEAL FEE SCHEDULE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Findings. The City Council of the City of Temecula hereby finds and determines that: A. On October 27, 2009, the City of Temecula (the "City introduced Ordinance No. 09 -07, entitled "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Temecula Amending Section 3.20.070 of the Temecula Municipal Code, Reporting and Remitting, and 3.20.110, Appeal, of the Temecula Municipal Code Relating to the Transient Occupancy Tax." B. Section 3.20.110 of the Temecula Municipal Code will provide an operator the ability to appeal the transient occupancy tax "TOT determination of the tax administrator. C. Subsection B of Section 3.20.110 of the Temecula Municipal Code also provides that any appeal filed with the City Clerk be accompanied by an appeal fee in an amount as set by City Council resolution. D. The City Council desires to set the amount of the TOT appeal fee as authorized in Subsection B of Section 3.20.110 of the Temecula Municipal Code. E. The TOT appeal fee collected pursuant to this Resolution shall be used to cover the costs of processing the appeal. F. The TOT appeal fee does not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged. G. The TOT appeal fee set and collected pursuant to this Resolution shall be in addition to any costs incurred for appealing a tax determination as provided in Subsection A of Section 3.20.110 of the Temecula Municipal Code Section, which states that "any operator appealing the tax determination pursuant to the provision of this Section shall pay the costs of a hearing officer to hear the appeal, unless such operator substantially prevails on the appeal." H. The findings set forth above are hereby adopted in support of this Resolution. R: /Resos 2009 /Resos 09 -91 1 1 1 Section 2. TOT Appeal Fee Schedule. In accordance with Subsection B of Section 3.20.110 of the Temecula Municipal Code, the following fee schedule for the TOT appeal fee is hereby adopted: a processing fee of ninety dollars ($90.00). Section 3. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective on the date Ordinance No. 09 -07 becomes effective. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula this 27th day of October, 2009. ATTEST: Susan W ones, MMC City Cler -7"‘:t:' [SEAL] R: /Resos 2009 Resos 09 -91 2 gd. Maryann Edwards, Mayor 1 1 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE CITY OF TEMECULA ss I, Susan W. Jones, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 09 -91 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 27th day of October, 2009, by the following vote: AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Naggar, Roberts, Washington, Edwards NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None R: /Resos 2009 /Resos 09 -91 3 Susan Jones, MMC City Clerk