ORDINANCE 1241ORDINANCE 1241
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO#
CALIFORNIA, DELETING SECTION 5.08.018, CHAPTER
5.08, TITLE 5 OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; AMENDING
SECTION 5.08.0191 CHAPTER 5.081 TITLE 5 OF THE
EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE A 10%
REDUCTION AND AN ADDITIONAL S% REDUCTION OF
THE REMAINDER OF ALL BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES;
AND AMENDING SECTIONS S.08.020(a), S.08.195(a)
and (b) AND 5.08.220(a) and (b) OF CHAPTER
5.088 TITLE 5 OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES COVERED BY
THE BASIC BUSINESS LICENSE FEE FROM 5
EMPLOYEES TO 10 EMPLOYEES.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to support business
attraction and retention within the City by creating business
incentives within the El Segundo Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, eliminating the annual automatic Consumer Price Index
increase in business licenses will be one such incentive for
businesses; and
WHEREAS, a ten percent (10 %) reduction in the business license
taxes and an additional five percent (5 %) reduction in the
remainder of such taxes imposed on businesses will be an incentive
to retaining and attracting businesses in the City; and
WHEREAS, an additional $616,000 reduction in business license
taxes imposed on businesses will be an incentive to retaining and
attracting businesses in the City.
WHEREAS, the additional $616,000 reduction in business license
taxes can be distributed to all businesses renewing or applying for
a business license on January 1st, 1996 by increasing the number of
employees exempt from the tax to ten (10) employees.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 5.08.018, Chapter 5.08 of Title 5 of the
E1 Segundo Municipal Code relating to indexing of business license
taxes is hereby deleted in its entirety, effective January 1, 1994.
SECTION 2. Section 5.08.019 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Section 5.08.019. Notwithstanding any other provision
of Title 5 of the E1 Segundo Municipal Code, the amount
of a business license tax imposed on any business by the
said Title 5 of the E1 Segundo Municipal Code, commencing
on January 1, 1996 shall be reduced by ten percent (10 %)
and the remainder of such tax shall be reduced by an
additional five percent (5 %)."
SECTION 3. Section 5.08.020 (a) is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"(a) A basic fee of one hundred and three dollars ($103) per
year, which shall cover the first ten (10) employees and
one hundred twenty seven dollars ($127) per year for each
employee in excess of ten employees."
SECTION 4. Section 5.08.195 (a) is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"(a) A basic fee of one hundred and three dollars ($103) per
year which shall cover the first ten (10) employees;"
SECTION S. Section 5.08.195 (b) is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"(b) One - hundred twenty -seven dollars ($127) per year for each
employee in excess of ten (10) employees;"
SECTION 6. Section 5.08.220 (a) is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"(a) A basic fee of one hundred and three dollars ($103) per
year which shall cover the first ten (10) employees;"
SECTION 7. Section 5.08.220 (b) is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"(b) One - hundred twenty -seven ($127) per year for each
employee in excess of ten (10) employees;"
SECTION 8 Severability. If any section, subsection,
subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional
by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the
ordinance or any part thereof. The E1 Segundo City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed each and every section
subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or
phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 9. This ordinance being an ordinance relating to
taxes for usual and current expenses of the City shall become
effective immediately upon adoption.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to be entered in
the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make a notice
of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the meeting
at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall within 15 days
after the passage or adoption thereof cause the same to be
published or posted in accordance with the law.
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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 1241 is a full, true correct original
of ORDINANCE NO 1241 of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
DELETING SECTION 5.08.018, CHAPTER 5.08, TITLE 5 OF THE EL
SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX; AMENDING SECTION 5.08.019, CHAPTER 5.08, TITLE 5 OF THE
EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE A 10% REDUCTION
AND AN ADDITIONAL 5% REDUCTION OF THE REMAINDER OF ALL
BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES] AND AMENDING SECTIONS 5.08.020(a),
5.08.195(a) AND (b) AND 5.08.220(a) AND (b) OF CHAPTER 5.08, TITLE
5 OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE INCIWASING THE
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE BASIC BUSINESS
LICENSE FEE FROM 5 EMPLOYEES TO 10 EMPLOYEES
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by
the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular
meeting of the said Council held on the 19TH DAY OF December, 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 1241,
was posted and /or published in the manner prescribed by law.
Y M ESE
City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo, California
BURRS, W=IAMS & SORE EN
QYFIQE MEMQ88iIpIIM
TO: Jim Morrison, City Manager CC: Lee Dolley
FRONT: Robert Messinger FILE NO. 00111 -531
DATE: December 11, 1995
RE: Clarification of Tax Reduction Ordinance
We have drafted language, set forth below, to be included in
a memorandum explaining the change to the tax reduction ordinance
introduced at the City Council's last meeting.
"A clarifying phrase has been included in the
ordinance introduced at your meeting of December 5,
1995, eliminating the indexing of the tax rate;
providing for a 10% reduction and an additional 506
reduction of the remainder of all business license
taxes; and increasing the number of employees covered
by the basic license fee from 5 employees to 10
employees. The clarification occurs in Section 1 of
the Ordinance, which reads as follows:
Section 1. Section 5.08.018, Chapter 5.08 of
Title 5 of the E1 Segundo Municipal Code
relating to indexing of business license
taxes is hereby deleted in its entirety
Affective January 1, 1994.
The clarification is indicated in the paragraph set
forth above with underlining. The date of January 1,
1994, relates to the date after which indexing was no
longer applied to the Business License Tax. This minor
change will facilitate a better understanding in the
future of what occurred previously with respect to the
Business License Tax."
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