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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_1780_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 1780 AN ORDINANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS , CALIFORNIA, LEVYING A SPECIAL TAX FOR EMERGENCY PARAMEDIC SERVICE THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Pursuant to the authority of California Government Code Section 50077, there is hereby levied and assessed a special tax by the City of Redlands on each improved parcel of property, each residential unit in a multiple dwelling, or each mobile home site as hereinafter set forth, in the City of Redlands for each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year 1982-83. SECTION 2 . Said special tax for each fiscal year shall be as follows: 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 Single Family (Including condominiums) $ 24 . 51 $ 27. 79 $ 32 . 87 $ 36. 74 Multi-family and 18. 38 20 . 84 24 . 65 27 . 55 Mobile Home Units per unit per unit per unit per unit Commercial & Industrial : 0 - 4 , 999 sq. ft. 49 . 02 55. 58 65.74 73 . 48 5, 000 - 9 , 999 sq. ft. 98 . 04 111. 16 131 .48 146 .96 10 , 000 - 19 , 999 sq. ft. 196 . 08 222. 32 262. 96 293 . 92 20 ,000 - 39, 999 sq. ft. 294 . 12 333 . 48 394 . 44 440 .88 40 , 000 - 99 , 999 sq. ft. 588 . 24 666 .96 788 -88 881 . 76 100, 000 - + 1, 176 .48 1, 333 .92 1 , 577 . 76 1, 763 . 52 The records of the San Bernardino County Assessor, as of March 1 of each year preceding the applicable fiscal year shall determine whether or not any particular lot is unimproved by purposes of this section., "Parcel of Property" as used in this ordinance shall mean any contigu- ous unit of improved or unimproved real property held in separate ownership, including, but not limited to, any single family residence, any condominium unit, as defined in California Civil Code Section 783 , or any other unit of real property subject to the California Subdivided Lands Act (Business and Professions Code Section 11000, et seq. ) . The tax imposed by this section shall be a tax upon each improved parcel of property, and the tax shall not be measured by the value of the property. The maximum amount of the tax to be imposed shall be as set forth above for each such fiscal year. SECTION 3. The special tax imposed by Section 2 shall be due in two equal installments, in accordance with the collection procedures of the San Bernardino County Tax Collector with the first installment for the first fiscal year, to wit: 1982-83 being due November 1 , 1982 , and the second installment of said fiscal year being due on February 1, 1983. The special tax for subsequent fiscal years shall be due on the same basis, in the same manner, and on the same applicable dates as established by law for the due dates for the other charges and taxes fixed and collected by the County of San Bernardino in behalf of the City of Redlands. SECTION 4 . The revenue raised by this ordinance shall be placed in a special fund to be used only for the purpose of maintaining a Paramedic Service, for paying the salaries and benefits to Firefighter/ Paramedics and for other necessary paramedic equipment and expenses of the City of Redlands. SECTION 5. The City Council, by three (3) affirmative votes, is empowered to suspend all or any part of the tax imposed by this ordinance, and shall suspend such part of said tax as the City Council finds in the exercise of reasonable discretion and fiscal prudence is not required to provide an adequate level of Paramedic services in the City, in accordance with the purposes set forth in this ordinance. SECTION 6. The City Council shall be empowered to amend this ordinance by three (3) affirmative votes of the members thereof in order to carry out the general purposes of this ordinance, in order to conform to state law that permits the County Tax Collector, or other proper official, to collect a special tax such as is levied by this ordinance in conjunction with County taxes, or in order to assign duties pursuant to the Ordinance to other officers; provided however, no amendment shall permit the levy of a tax in excess of the maximum set forth in Section 2. SECTION 7. The special tax imposed hereby shall be collected in the same manner, on the same dates, and subject to the same penalties and interest in accordance with the established dates as , or with, other charges and taxes fixed and collected by the County of San Bernardino in behalf of the City of Redlands, and the said County may deduct its reasonable costs incurred for such service before remittal of the balance to the City. Said special tax, together with all penalties and interest, thereon, shall constitute a lien upon the parcel upon which it is levied until it has been paid, and said special tax, together with all penalties and interest thereon, shall, until paid, constitute a personal obligation to the City of Redlands by the persons who own the parcel on the date the tax is due. Ordinance No. 1780 - Page two SECTION 8 . The special tax hereby imposed shall not be imposed upon a Federal or State Governmental Agency, or another local agency, or upon any parcel of property that is exempt from the special tax imposed by this ordiannce pursuant to any provision of the Constitution or any paramount law. SECTION 9 . If any provision of this ordiannce or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitu- tional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not effect any other provision or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. The people hereby declare that they would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions thereof, be declared invalid or unconstitutional . SECTION 10. This ordinance, or any provision thereof other than those provisions, if any, which provide for modification by the City Council of the City of Redlands , may only be amended or repealed by approval of two-thirds (2/3) of the voters voting on the provisions at any initiative or referendum election. SECTION 11 . This ordinance shall go into effect only if approved by two-thirds (2/3) of the voters voting at an election to be held on April 13 , 1982, and go into effect ten (10) days after the City Council has , by resolution, declared that such measure was approved by two- thirds (2/3) of the voters voting thereon. SECTION 12 . The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published once in the Redlands Daily Facts , a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in this city. I, Peggy A. Moseley, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, California, do hereby certify that as a result of the General Municipal Election held in the City of Redlands on the 13th day of April., 1982, two-thirds (2/3) of the qualified voters voting on the foregoing ordinance did vote in favor thereof, and that said ordinance was carried and shall be deemed adopted and ratified. Dated: April 20, 1982 City /C '��.K, City of Redlands Ordinance No. 1780 Page three