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ORDINANCE 1238ORDINANCE NQ 1238 AN ORDINANCE OF TITS CITY OF EL SEGUNDOS CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 5 (BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND LICENSING) OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD NEW SECTION 5.08.527 REGARDING SPECIFIC LICENSE FEES FOR PARING LOT OPERATIONS. WTE REAS, Title 5 of the El Segundo Municipal Code licenses all business for revenue purposes to support a general level of services which the City Council considers minimal for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare; and WHEREAS, Title 5 of the El Segundo Municipal Code specifically spells out the business license fee for certain businesses under specific section of the Code; and VVIIEREAS, Title 5 of the El Segundo Municipal Code requires all businesses not called out specifically to pay a business license fee per the general business license fee section 5.08.020; and WFEREAS, there have been a number of new businesses established in El Segundo which operate parking lots for vehicles and which also provide shuttle service from that parking lot to other locations; and WHEREAS, the general business license section of the El Segundo Municipal Code deals specifically with employees and office space, and thus does not lend itself to the licensing of parking operations. NOW TIIEREFiORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF TBE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOIWVVS: SECTION 1. Section 5.08.527 shall be added to the El Segundo Municipal Code to read as follows: "5.08.527 PARKING LOTS. Every person engaged in the business of operating a parking lot for vehicles which is open to the public generally and which also provides shuttle service from the parking lot to any other location shall pay a business license tax of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per parking stall per year. The business license tax imposed by this section shall not apply to the number of stalls, if any, occupied on a regular basis by employees of the business or by tenants of the building which is serviced by the parking lot." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective January 1, 1996; however City Council reserves the right to review and adjust the rates, percentages and amounts set forth herein at any time after the operative date. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause to same to be entered in the book of original ordinances of the City of El Segundo; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within the City of El Segundo and which is hereby designated for that purpose. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 3 day of o c t 1 e r / , 1995. —/ Carl Jacobson, Mayor / City of El Segundo, California ATTESTED: L 1 `-- ^ Q,xi qKy Clerk' (SEAL) APPROVED AS TO FO City Attorney 7oa 091195 \n \oxdinanc \O -prkg lot STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF EL SEGUNDO I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being ORDINANCE NO 1238 is a full, true correct original of ORDINANCE NO. 1238 of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CIY OF EL SEGUNDO AMENDING TITLE 5 (BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND LICENSING) OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD NEW SECTION 5.08.527 REGARDING SPECIFIC LICENSE FEES FOR PARKING LOT OPERATIONS► which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor or said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 3rd DAY OF October ,1995, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Jacobson, Mayor ProTem Weston, Councilman Switz, Councilman Robbins, and Councilwoman Friedkin. NOES: None ABSENT: None NOT PARTICIPATING: None I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing ORDINANCE NO 1238, was posted and /or published in the manner prescribed by law. Y&Z CR)MY MOFESEN ' City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California (SEAL)