HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_1546_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO o 1546
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ESTABLISHING A TAX
FOR PARKS BASED ON NEW DWELLING UNNITS, AND RESCINDING ORDI-
NANCE NO. 1510
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION to Purpose of Tax. The City Council hereby declares that
the tax levied by this ordinance is solely for the purpose of producing
revenue for the acquisition and development of public parks, and it is
hereby determined that the need therefor increases in proportion to the
increase in the number and size of dwellings in the city. The amount
of tax shall be determined as follows :
(a) For each dwelling unit, two hundred and twenty-
five dollars ($225 .00) per each dwelling unit for which a building per-
mit is issued.
(b) For each lot established concurrently in the same
mobile hope park, fifty dollars ($50.00) for each lot within the mobile
home park.
SECTION 2. Dwelling Unit Defined. As used herein the term. "'dwell-
ing unit" includes each single-family dwelling, including mobile homes,
and each unit of an apartment, duplex, or multiple dwelling struct,Ure
designed as a separate habitation for one or more persons.
SECTION 3. 'Collection of Tax. The tax imposed by this ordinance
shall be due and payable, and shall be collected by the Director of
Building and Safety®
(a) At the same time that fees are paid to the City
for the building permit for construction of a dwelling unit.
(b) At the same time that fees are paid to the City
for the building permit for construction of the mobile home park at
fifty dollars ($50.00) per mobile home space.
If such permit is revoked, denied, or surrendered, the tax which
was so paid shall be refunded.
SECTION 4. Where a dwelling unit is constructed on a parcel of
ground which formerly contained a dwelling unit, a credit toward the
above charge shall be allowed as determined by the administrative auth-
ority but shall in no case exceed $225 for each dwelling unit previously
existing on the parcel.
SECTION 5. Use of funds, All money collected as taxes imposed
by this ordinance shall be deposited in the Park and Street Tree Fund
and shall be used for the acquisition and development of open space,
park land, parkways and median islands,
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect as
provided by law.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Redlands
Daily Facts, a daily newspaper hereby designated for that purpose.
ATTEST-.
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APPROVED FOR FORM:
C111-ty- Attorney
I, Peggy A. Moseley, City Clerk, City of Redlands, hereby certify that
the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 18th day of March, 1975, by the
following vote:
AYES : Councilmembers Miller, Knudsen, Grace, Mayor Cummings
NOES -.- Councilman DeMirjyn
ABSENT: None
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