HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-1995-02ORDINANCE NO. 95-02
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MOAB CITY CODE TO PROVIDE FOR AN
INCREASED LICENSE FEE ON ALL BUSINESS LICENSES ISSUED TO MOTELS,
HOTELS, INNS, CAMPGROUNDS, RV PARRS, BED AND BREAKFASTS AND ANY
OTHER BUSINESS PROVIDING OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS WITHIN MOAB CITY.
WHEREAS the City has determined that businesses which provide
overnight accommodations including, but not limited to, hotels,
motels, inns, Bed and Breakfasts, RV parks, campgrounds and other
businesses that provide overnight accommodations are a distinct
business class from other businesses; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the hotels, motels,
inns, Bed and Breakfasts, RV Parks, campgrounds and other
businesses that provide overnight accommodations place a greater
burden on Moab City's infrastructure, police and fire services than
other businesses; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that such businesses
place a greater burden on the City's sewer and water services than
other businesses; and
WHEREAS, the City needs to expand its sewer system and wishes
to finance some of the expansion from business license fees from
those businesses which have the greatest impact on the sewer
system;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY MOAB CITY as follows:
Chapter 5.08.110 E of the Moab Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
A fee equivalent to 2.51 percent of the gross revenue derived
from the rent for each and every occupancy of a suite, room or
rooms from every person, company, corporation, or other like and
similar persons, groups, or organizations, doing business in the
City as motor courts, motels, hotels, inns, trailer courts or like
and similar public accommodations.
For purposes of this section, gross revenue shall be computed
upon the base room rental rate. There shall be excluded from the
gross revenue by which this fee is measured:
1. The amount of any sales or use tax imposed by the State
of Utah or by any other governmental agency upon a retailer or
consumer:
2. The amount of any transient room tax levied under
authority of Chapter 31 of Title 17, Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as
amended, or its successor.
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON JULY 1, 1995.
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