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DES:yc:6/l6/78 ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. 1755 JUN 26 1978 --------- - - ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 32.75 OF THE REDWOOD CITY CODE RELATING TO THE RATE OF TAX IMPOSED UPON THE PRIVILEGE OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY, AND DECLARING THE ENACTMENT HEREOF TO BE NECESSARY AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE THE COUNCIL OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 32.75 of the Redwood City Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 32.75 For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of eight percent (8%) of the rent charged by the operator. Said tax constitutes a debt owed by the transient to the City which is extinguished only by payment to the operator or to the City. The transient shall pay the tax to the operator of the hotel at the time the rent is paid. If the rent is paid in installments, a proportionate share of the tax shall be paid with each installment. The unpaid tax shall be due upon the transient's ceasing to occupy space in the hotel. If for any reason the tax due is not paid to the operator of the hotel, the tax administrator may require that such tax shall be paid directly to the tax administrator." SECTION 2. This ordinance is hereby declared by the Council of Redwood City to be necessary as an emergency measure for the immediate preservation of the public peace, hea'lth and safety in that the increased tax revenues anticipated by enactment hereof are included in the City's Annual Budget for Fiscal Year July 1, 1978-June 30, 1979, as a partial off-set for the anticipated reduction in ad valorem real property tax revenues pursuant to Article XIII A of the Constitution of the State of California, added by initiative amendment, the pertinent provisions of which become operative July 1, 1978. The proceeds of the tax which is the subject of this ordinance are used for the usual 1 755 "T'-'.