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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMC-376 . .. : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 " ORDINANCE NO .f1C- j 7 6 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING CHAPTER 3.52.020 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE THAT THE UNIFORM TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX WILL APPLY TO TRANSIENTS OCCUPYING THE PREMISES FOR MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE FOR THIRTY DAYS OR LESS, UNLESS PERMANENT TENANCY IS ESTABLISHED BY AGREEMENT, AND DEFINING PERMANENT TENANCY. , THE MAYOR AND IORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: I I COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO SECTION 1. Section 3.52.020 Subsection F of the San Bernardino Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: "F. 'Transient' means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by reason of concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement, for a period of thirty consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days, and to any person who so occupies premises intended for transient occupancy on a temporary basis for more than thirty days without contracting for occupancy on a permanent basis. Any such person so occupying space in a hotel or motel shall be deemed to be a transient without regard to the thirty-day period, unless there is an agreement in writing between the operator and the occupant providing for a permanent occupancy. In determining whether a person is a transient, uninterrupted periods of time extending both prior and subsequent to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter may be considered. Each occupant of a hotel as defined in Section 19.04.330, or of a motel as defined in Section 19.04.430 shall be deemed to be a transient, for purposes of this chapter, unless the hotel or motel is authorized to have permanent residents. Each occupant of any such hotel or motel shall be deemed a transient, for purposes of this chapter, regardless of the period of continuous occupancy until an . MC-'376 0, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I . I' . I , ~greement is entered into between the operator and the occupant ~rOviding for a permanent tenancy." I SECTION 2. Section 3.52.020 Subsection G of the San , bernardino Municipal Code is added to read as follows: 'I I "G.' Permanent' in regard to tenancy and residents shall be I I deemed to apply to those tenancies and residents wherein tenancy . . ~ is on the basis of an agreement in writing for occupancy on a onth-to-month or week-to-week basis, or for any definite period IOf time, provided that in any event 'permanent' shall not include the first thirty days of occupancy in any motel, hotel or motor hotel which rents more than one-half of its rooms or dwelling units at a daily or weekly rate." I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a reqular meeting thereof, held on the 4th day of , 1984, by the following vote, June to wit: AYES: Council Members Castaneda. RejlJy. Hernannp7. Marks, Frazier, Strickler NAYS: None ABSENT: Council Member Ouiel "#t?4??~~/ /' Cit Clerk The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved s~?i day of June , 1984. Approved as to form: P:;~~"t;; City At:torney -2-