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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19340430SCMeeting126 Real Estate $ 1,403,707.80 Improvements 785,414.00 Acreage 6,294.00 Total 2;,1954415.80 On motion made and seconded the following Resolution was passed; RESOLUTION RESOLVED that the report of the Committee on Assess- ' manta of valuations of Real Estate and Improvements thereon in Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., for the year commencing May 1, 1934, be received and the valuations as thereon assess- ed be adopted as the basis of Assessment for taxation of Real Estate and Improvements in said Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., for the year ending April 30th, 1935. Th4 e being no further business Council adjourned sub- ject to try- call of the Mayor. Clerk of Counci Mayor. Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga. April 30th, 1934. A special meeting of Council was held toddy at 4 :00 P. M. and was attended by Mayor Lewis who presided,and Council- men Logan, Blumenthal and Cann. It was moved and seconded that the Budget for the year commencing May 1, 1934 be adopted and upon the unanimous agree- ment of Council was placed on second .reading and passed. BUDGET ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE to be entitled an Ordinance to adopt the Budget for the fiscal year commencing May 1st, 1934, as prepared and submitted by the Finance Committee of the Mayor and Council- men of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., and for other pur- poses. SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., in meeting assembled that the attached budget, which is hereby made a part hereof, as prepared by the Finance Committee of the Mayor and Councilmen of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., for the fiscal year 127 commencing May 1st, 1934, be and the same is hereby adopted. SECTION 2. Be it further ordained that all Ordinances or parts of Ordi%andee<3thereof in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. BUDGET 128 It was moved and seconded that an Ordinance for the taxation of real and personal property ti-s- Tewn. - and also to provide for the rate of licenses for doing business in the Town for the year commencing May 1, 1934, be adopted and by the unanimous agreement of Council was placed on second reading and passed. ■ ORDINANCE 129 TO PROVIDE for the taxation of real and personal property in the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, ifra., for the fiscal year commencing May lst, 1934, and to provide for the rate of licenses for doing business in said Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., for the fiscal year end- ing April 30, 1935, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council- men of the Tpwn of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., in Council assembled and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same that the rata of taxation upon real estate and personal property within the limits of the said Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., for the fiscal year com- mencing May lst, 1934, shall be ONE AND ONE-QUARTER PER CENT upon the assessed or returned talus of same, the value of real estate and improvements to be ascertained from the re- turns of the Committee on Assessments of said Mayor and Coun- cilmen and the valuation of personal property to be ascertain- ed from the returns of the owners thereof in pursuance of the scheme and plan contained in sections One, Two, Three and Four of the Ordinance to provide for the assessment of taxa- ble property in the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., and the mode of valuing such property for taxation and to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of the (eneral Assembly of the State of Georgia approved August 19, 1922, Section 21, passed in Council assembled October 13, 1922, and it is further ordained that if any person or persons should refuse of neglect to pay and tax required by this Or- dinance within THIRTY (30) DAYS after same shall become due, or shall fail or refuse to pay any DOUBLE TAX assessed as above provided within THIRTY (30) DAYS after same shall be- come due, the Clerk of Council as Ex- officio Treasurer of said Town shall issue execution therefor and the further sum of ONE DOLLAR ($1.00) for costs, the Chief of Police and Ex -of- ficio Tax Collector shall proceed with such execution in the same manner as now provided by the law in siich cases of exe- cution lodged with the Sheriff of Chatham County. SECTION 2. Be it further ordained that any property, including new improvements upon completion and installation, will become taxable after May 1, 1934, and shall be subject to taxation from the first day of the month immediately suc- ceeding the time when the same becomes taxable and the owner or owners shall pay such proportion of the tax required by this Ordinance as the time left for the taxable year shall bear to the whole. 130 SECTION 3. And every person who shall pay his taxes within FIFTEEN (15) DAYS after same shall become due shall be entitled to a deduction of TWENTY (20) PER -CENT on account, thereof, and the Clerk of Council and Ex- officio Treasurer of said Town is hereby authorized to make such deduction upon receipt of tai. The provision of this section shall not apply to licenses for doing business in said Town, the rate for such licenses being NET. SECTION 4. The licenses for doing business in the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1935, payable on or before commencing of business, shall be as follows; SECTION 5. In the event any business or calling not specifically mentioned in the above list set forth shall be established in the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga., the Mayor and Councilmen reserve the right to establish a license fee for same by resolution, which fee is to be of equal dignity as the license specifically mentioned in the above section, provided however that such licenses shall not be less than TWO DOLLARS -FIFTY CENTS and not more than the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall be subject to altera- tions or repeal in whole or in part at any time during the fiscal year beginning May 1, 1934, should it be deemed advis- able and no such amendment or repeal shall be construed to impair the right of Council to assess or levy tax for the whole of such year whenever made. SECTION 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances con- flicting with provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, providing nevertheless that so much and such parts of ordi- nances passed as provided for the execution for any tax assess- ment, or part of tax assessment, required by such ordinance and now remaining unpaid, shall continue and remain in force so as to authorize the Clerk of Council and Ex- officio Treasu- rer to issue executions and the Chief of Police and Ex- officio Tax Collector to collect same, until taxes or assessments shall be fully paid. It was moved and seconded and passed that the following Ordinance be adopted to make it unlawful to any person or vehicle to go upon the grass plats in the center of Butler Avenue. Upon the unanimous agreement of Council the same was placed on second reading and passed. LICENSES FOR TRANSACTING BUSINESS IN THE TOW OF SAVANNAH BEACH, FOR THE YEAR 1934, ALL LICENSES ARE NET, TERMS CASH, DISCOUNTS DO NOT APPLY. Every keeper or keepers of a hotel or rooming house that contains 10 rooms or less $ 10.00 Every keeper or keepers of a hotel or rooming house that contains over 10 rooms -each room 1.O0 131 Every owner, operator or lessee of a billiard or pool table other than those used in private dwellings, each table $ 5.00 Every owner or keeper of a rifle range, gun or ball game, each game 25.00 Every keeper of a show place of amusement 10.00 Every keeper or owner of a motion picture show 25.00 Every owner of keeper of a bowling alley, each alley 10.00 Every owner or keeper of a photograph gallery 10.00 Every owner of keeper of a skating rink 50.00 Each and every fortune teller or palmist 100.00 Each and every owner of a souvenir stand 10.00 Each and every owner of a pinwheel or prize table, each 25.00 Each and every owner or keeper of a grocery store or provision store 40.00 Each and every owner or keeper of a lunch, candy or ice cream stand, each 10.00 Each and every owner or keeper of a bakery, bread or cake shop 10.00 Each and every, owner of a water works 100.00 Each and every owner of an ice company 50.00 Each and every owner of an electric lighting or power company 100.00 Each and every owner of a telegraph company 25.00 Each and every owner of a telephone company 25.00 Each and every owner or keeper of a public both- house, each room .25 Each and every owner of horse drawn vehicles, hauling for hire 5.00 Every owner or keeper of vehicles for hire - automobile jitney, fare not over 100 per person, each way from Ft. Screven to Inlet 10.00 Every owner or keeper of flying horses, exhibition or itinerant shows, each 25.00 Every owner or keeper of a place selling soft drinks including ice - cream- candy- hotdogs and hot coffee and /or drugs 50.00 Every owner or keeper of a milk diary 7.50 Every owner or keeper of a restaurant or eating place 25.00 Every owner or keeper of a tailor shop 10.00 Every person or corporation operating a restaurant in connection with a pavilion 50.00 Every pavilion or hall used for dancing and charging a fee to patrons for using same 50.00 . Every dry -goods merchant, peddler or dealer in second hand clothing 25.00 Every junk dealer 25.00 Passenger vehicles for hire where passengers are solicit- ed from Tybee, each 25.00 Any person, firm or corporation selling and delivering gasoline, . oil, etc., 25.00 Any person, firm or corporation selling and delivering soft drinks, etc., each 25.00 Any person, firm or corporation selling and delivering bakery products, each 7.50 132 Any person, firm or corporation selling and de ice- cream, etc., each Every dealer selling and delivering vegetables vehicles Automobile garages, for hire, each Automobile parking spaces, for hire, each Automobile supply houses, each Gasoline dealers, each pump Laundries soliciting and delivering by truck Each and every owner of a store selling milk in connection therewith 7.50 Any person, firm or corporation selling and delivering any commodities by auto truck not specified in this ordinance 15.00 Each and every owner or keeper of a recreational game known as "BLUES'* or similar games 75.00 Every dealer selling and delivering fruits from vehicles 5.00 Each and every owner or keeper of a recreational game known as JAPANESE BALL GAME, or similar ,v games `' Each and every owner or keeper of a recreational game known as SK BALL GAME or similar .game 75.00 Every owner or keeper of a place selling soft drinks including ice- cream - candy - hotdogs or hot coffee where hot lunch or meals are served in connec- tion therewith 75.00 Every owner or keeper of a place . making and selling iced sweets under trade names such as "FR07ER CUSTARD* or similar trade names 25.00 Each and every owner or keeper of a minature golf course 10.00' Each and every owner or keeper of a roller coaster, each 75.00 Each and every dealer in balloons and /or novelties on streets 10.00 Each and every distributor of peanuts soliciting and delivering to stands, stores, etc., 15.00 Each and every dealer selling peanuts from auto truck or stand and using vendors on streets 50.00 Each and every merchandise vending machine 10.00 Each and every operator of a drug store 10.00 Any person,' firm or corporation within the corporate limits of said Town, selling, offering for sale or giving away, for the purpose of inducing business, any non intoxicating bever- ages not forbidden by the laws of Georgia or of the United States and not included within the license imposed for th®sale of soft drinks, including ice - cream, candy, etc., livering 25.00 from 5.00 10.00 100.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 50.00 Any person, firm or corporation, within the limits of said Town, selling, offering for sale or giving away for the purpose of inducing business, any beverage or liquid or beverages or liquids, whether to be consumed upon the premises or not, and not included within any of the provisions of the licen- ses hereinbefore set forth in this ordinance $100.00 Any person, firm or corporation selling and delivering diary products - each 7.50 There being no further business Council adjourned sub- ject to 'the ca/ of the Mayor. • I . __ erk of Council .. • • Mayor. Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga. May 4th, 1934. The regular meeting of Council called for 4 :00 P. IL, was not held d to the lack of a quorume k of Council. Mayor. Savannah Beach, Tybee Islands ua. May 7th, 1934. A regular meeting of Council was held today at 4:00 F. and was attended by Mayor Lewis who presided and Councilmen Logan, Sharpley, Blumenthal, Cann and Righton. The minutes of the meetings og April 6th, 23rd and 30th were read and adopted.. Mr. Sam 'Blumenthal petitioned that the assessments on the'improvements on this property on Lot 5, Ward 6 were too high and requested a reduction of 32,500.00. After some dis- cussion, it was moved and seconded and passed that the reduc- tion be granted. (Mr. Blumenthal did not vote on the motion.) As there was no further business to come before the old board before its retirement, Mayor Lewis thanked the Members of Council for their splendid co- operation and support during his tenure of Office and said that without their help,a±id gui- dance, he would not have been able to have carried on. Councilman Cann, speaking for the Members of the board, presented Mayor Lewis with a present and in doing so said that he wanted the Mayor to accept the gift as a little token of appreciation from the Members of Council for the pleasure it gave them to be associated with him in conducti$# the af- fairs of the Town,as efficiently as he had. There being no further business Council adjourned. 0000000 0000000 133.