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6.3.A. - Page 4 Exhibit 1 <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AMENDING <br />SECTIONS 32.152, 32.153 AND 32.155 OF THE REDWOOD CITY <br />MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX <br />WHEREAS, in 1990, by its Ordinance No. 2016 (the "1990 Ordinance "), the City <br />Council adopted business license tax rates now located at Sections 32.152 and 32.153 <br />of the Redwood City Municipal Code; and <br />WHEREAS, the 1990 Ordinance also added former Section 32.148 (later <br />renumbered Section 32.154) to the Municipal Code, providing for annual inflation <br />adjustments to the business license tax rates through Fiscal Year 1994 -1995; and <br />WHEREAS, in 1995, by its Ordinance No. 2089 (the "1995 Ordinance "), the City <br />Council amended Section 32.154 of the Municipal Code to provide for ongoing annual <br />inflation adjustments; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 2(c) of Article XIII C of the California Constitution, adopted <br />by the voters in 1996 as part of Proposition 218, invalidated the rate adjustments <br />authorized by the 1995 Ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, subsequently, Section 32.154, which was of no further force and <br />effect, was removed from the Municipal Code; and <br />WHEREAS, the tax rate adjustments made through Fiscal Year 1994 -1995 by <br />authority of the 1990 Ordinance remained in effect; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the Municipal Code to reflect the <br />rates currently in effect, which are the rates that were effective immediately prior to the <br />adoption of the 1995 Ordinance, subject to a maximum tax limit added by the 1995 <br />Ordinance. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES <br />ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Section 35.152 of the Redwood City Municipal Code is amended to read as <br />follows: <br />SECTION 32.152 -- BASE TAX RATE <br />Except as otherwise specified in Section 32.153, every person commencing, <br />engaged in, conducting or carrying on a business within the City shall pay an <br />annual business license tax in the base amount of thirty seven dollars ($37.00) <br />plus the amount of twenty four dollars ($24.00) times the average number of <br />persons employed, including employees of contractors, subcontractors and <br />professional persons engaged in or to be engaged in such business. <br />Section 2. Section 35.153 of the Redwood City Municipal Code is amended to read as <br />follows: <br />ATTY /ORD /ORD.350 /RC BLT FIX ORD EXHIBIT 1 <br />062111 <br />