HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 4865ORDINANCE NO. 41865
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5.02.230 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO BUSINESS
TAXES.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 5.02.230 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
5.02.230 Delinquency — Penalties.
A. For failure to pay a business fax when due, the collector shall add a
penalty of ten percent of the business tax on the first day of each month after
the due date thereof, providing that the amount of such penalty to be added
shall in no event exceed fifty percent of the amount of the business tax due.
B. In the event legal action is brought by the city to enforce collection
of any amount owed to the city, the debtor shall pay all costs of suit incurred by
the city or its assignee, including a reasonable cost allocated for attorney's fees.
C. Any overpayments of business tax may be used to offset
delinquencies and debts owed to the city on other accounts.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and
after the date of its passage.
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Page 1 of 2 Pages ORIGINAL
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
OCT 12 2016 , by the following vote:
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ROBERTA GAFFORD, CAKC
CITY CLERK and EX OFFICIO Clerk of the
APPROVED:
OCT 12 2016 Council of the City of Bakersfield
By:
HARVEY L. HALL, Mayor
City of Bakersfield
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By:A
JOSHUA H. RUDNICK
Deputy City Attorney
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ORIGINAL
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
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ROBERTA GAFFORD, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield,
and that on the 14th day of October, 2016 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall,
a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4865 passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 12th daV of October. 2016 and
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5.02.230 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO BUSINESS TAXES.
ROBERTA GAFFORD
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
By:
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