2022-078 - Declaring Results of the November 8, 2023 General Municipal ElectionRESOLUTION 2022-078
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
DECLARING ELECTION RESULTS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON
NOVEMBER 8, 2022 AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS ARE PROVIDED BY LAW
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election was held in the Town of Los Gatos on Tuesday,
the 8th day of November 2022; and,
WHEREAS, notice of the election was given in time, form, and manner as provided by
law; that voting precincts were properly established; that election officers were appointed and
that in all respects the election was held and conducted and the votes cast, received, and
canvassed and the returns made and declared in time, form, and manner as required by the
provisions of the laws of the State of California, and the Town of Los Gatos; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 2022-033, adopted by the Town Council on June 7,
2022, and Resolution 2022-054, adopted by the Town Council on August 11, 2022, the Santa
Clara County Registrar of Voters, at the direction of the Town Clerk of the Town of Los Gatos,
canvassed the returns of the election and has certified the results in accordance with applicable
provisions of the California Elections Code to the Town Council. The results are attached to this
resolution as Exhibit B; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos as
follows:
1. The Statement of Votes Cast and final official summary results attached to the
Certification (Exhibit B), show the whole number of votes cast for each candidate in
said Town and in each of the respective precincts.
2. The total number of registered voters was 22,189 and the total number of votes cast
in person, absentee, and write-in ballots cast in the Town was 14,607 (65.83% voter
turnout).
3. The General Municipal Election was held for the purpose of electing three members
to the Office of Member of the Los Gatos Town Council, and the submission to the
qualified voters one ordinance regarding the Business License Tax (Measure 1).
4. The names of the persons voted for at the election for the Office of Member of the
Los Gatos Town Council for the term ending December 2026 and that the number of
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votes given in said Town for each candidate were as follows:
CANDIDATE (Town Council) TOTAL VOTE
Mary Badame 6,801
Rob Rennie 6,136
Reza Tavana 1,456
Rob Stump 5,753
Margaret Smith 4,151
Rob Moore 7,294
5. The Town Council pursuant to its right and authority, submitted to the qualified
voters the following question and ordinance [Measure 1]:
"Shall the measure to fund critical Town needs such as public safety by amending
business license taxes, unchanged since 1991 while inflation increased 117%, to
increase flat taxes by 30%, adjusted annually for inflation, Retailing gross receipts
tax by 40%, and to add E-Commerce to the Manufacturing, Wholesaling, and
Jobbing gross receipts tax schedule and increase that schedule by 120%, raising
about $1,100,000 yearly for general fund purposes until ended by voters, be
adopted?"
YES
NO
6. The number of votes given at each precinct, the number of votes for each qualified
candidate, and Measure J are attached as Exhibit B.
7. The Town Council declares and determines that Rob Moore, Mary Badame, and Rob
Rennie, received the highest number of votes and were elected to the Office of
Member of the Los Gatos Town Council for the term ending December 2026.
8. The Town Council declares and determines that as a result of the election, a majority
of the voters voting on Measure 1 relating to the Business License Tax did vote in
favor of it, and that Measure J was carried, and shall be deemed adopted and
ratified.
9. That the Mayor and the Town Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute
Ordinance 2336 and the Town Clerk shall certify to the passage of ORDINANCE NO.
2336 ORDINANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ADOPTING
AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE TOWN CODE REGARDING BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES
attached as Exhibit A, by the People of the Town of Los Gatos, enter it into the book
of original Ordinances, and cause such Ordinance to be codified in the Los Gatos
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Town Code.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at the special meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos, California, held on the 13th day of December 2022 by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Mary Badame, Matthew Eludes, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie, Mayor Maria Ristow
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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ORDINANCE 2336
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE TOWN CODE REGARDING BUSINESS
LICENSE TAXES
The People of the Town of Los Gatos ordain as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 14 of the Los Gatos Town Code is hereby amended by adding,
deleting, and modifying provisions as set forth in this section below. Additions are indicated by
underscoring and deletions are indicated by sfil e. Portions of the Chapter not
included in this Ordinance or not shown in underscoring or strike -through type are not changed.
Chapter 14
LICENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 14.10.010. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
respectively.agcribed to them by this section:
Business means professions, trades and occupations and every kind of calling carried on for
profit or livelihood, including the business of renting or leasing apartments.
E-commerce means commercial transactions conducted electronically on the Internet.
Fixed place of business means the premises occupied for the particular purpose of
conducting the business thereat, and regularly kept open for that purpose, with a competent
person in attendance for the purpose of attending to such business. Included in such term is the
premises rented or leased by persons owning apartments located in the Town.
Gross receipts means the total amount of the sale price of all sales and the total amount
charged or received for the performance of any act, service or employment of whatever nature it
may be, for which a charge is made or credit allowed, whether or not such service, act or
employment is done as a part of or in connection with the sale of materials, goods, wares or
merchandise. Included in such term shall be all receipts, cash, credits and property of any kind or
nature, and any amount for which credit is allowed by the seller to the purchaser without any
deduction therefrom on account of the cost of the property sold, the cost of the materials used,
labor, or service costs, interest paid or payable or losses or other expenses whatsoever.
Excluded from such term shall be cash discounts allowed and taken on sales, any tax
required by law to be included in, or added to, the purchase price and collected from the
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consumer or purchaser, and such part of the sale price of property returned by purchasers upon
rescission of the contract of sale as is refunded either in cash or by credit.
Home occupation has the same meanings as it does in the zoning ordinance.
Jobbing business means any business conducted solely for the purpose of selling goods,
wares or merchandise in job lots to wholesale merchants for resale at wholesale to the trade by
such wholesale merchants.
Quarter means a period of three (3) calendar months. The quarters begin on the first day of
January, April, July and October of each year. The quarter shall include fractions thereof.
Real estate broker means the managing broker and/or partner of any real estate office.
Retail business means any business conducted for the purpose of selling, or offering to sell,
any goods, wares or merchandise, other than as a part of a wholesale business and jobbing
business.
Tax and collector is the Finance Director or designee.
Vehicle means any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be
transported or drawn upon a public street or highway, except devices moved by human power or
used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Wholesale business means any business conducted solely for the purpose of selling goods,
wares or merchandise in wholesale lots to retail merchants for resale at retail to the trade by such
retail merchants.
(Code 1968, § 15-1; Ord. No. 1929, § I, 1-19-93; Ord. No. 2026, §§ V, VI, 2-18-97)
Cross reference(s)—Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1.10.015; zoning
ordinance defmitions, § 29.10.020.
Sec. 14.10.040. Statements required Upon application for original business license.
(a) Upon a person making application for the first business license under this chapter, or for a
newly established business, in all cases where the amount of business license tax to be paid
is based upon gross receipts or is graduated according to some other sliding scale, such
person shall furnish to the Tax andLicense-Collector, for guidance in ascertaining the
amount of business license tax to be paid by the applicant, a written statement upon a form
provided by the Tax and -License -Collector, signed and certified under penalty of perjury to
be true and correct.
If the amount of the business license tax to be paid by the applicant is based upon the
amount of gross receipts, the applicant shall estimate the amount of gross receipts for the
period to be covered by the business license for the purpose of determining the licensing
bracket which will be applicable for the period to be covered by the license to be issued.
Such estimate, if accepted by the Tax andLicense-Collector as reasonable, shall be used in
determining the amount of business license tax to be paid by the applicant. The tax so
determined shall be tentative only and such person shall, by not later than January 31 st May
fifteenth -next -following the period for which the license was issued, furnish the Tax and
License -Collector with a certified or sworn statement upon a form furnished by the Tax
(b)
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Collector, containing the data required to show the licensing bracket properly applicable to
such person during the period of such business license, and the business license tax for such
period shall be finally ascertained and paid in the manner provided in this chapter, after
deducting from the payment found to be due the amount paid at the time such first business
license was issued. The TaxCollector shall not issue to any such person
another license for the same or any other business until such person shall have furnished the
written statement and paid the business license tax as required in this chapter.
(c) If the amount of the business license tax to be paid by the applicant is graduated according
to some sliding scale other than gross receipts, the applicant shall furnish to the Tax fled
License -Collector for guidance in ascertaining the amount of business license tax to be paid,
a certified or sworn statement upon a form provided by the Tax and Lisease-Collector
setting forth such information as may be therein required and as may be necessary properly
to determine the amount of business license tax to be paid by the applicant and which
statement shall show, among other things, the number of vehicles or tonnage thereof or the
number of seats, chairs, rooms, tables or other units used or involved in such person's
business as of the time of filing such application. Such person shall thereupon pay the
required license tax in advance, computed in accordance with the information contained in
such statement.
(d) Repealed.
(Code 1968, § 15-7; Ord. No. 1929, § IV, 1-19-93; Ord. No. 2026, §§ VIII, IX, 2-18-97)
Sec. 14.10.095. Term.
A business license issued under this chapter shall expire at the end of the term year -for
which the license or renewal is issued unless the license is renewed for an additional period.
(Code 1968, § 15-18; Ord. No. 2026, § XIII, 2-18-97)
ARTICLE H. LICENSES
DIVISION 2. SCHEDULES
Sec. 14.20.110. Gross receipts tax.
Every person doing business in the Town, except a person whose business is taxed under
the terms of section 14.20.115, shall pay an annual business license tax based on the gross
receipts of the business. The tax is levied according to one (1) or both of the following schedules.
When the business activities of one (1) person, taxable under the provisions of this section,
involve both retail and e-commerce, manufacturing, wholesaling or jobbing transactions, the
total gross income is apportioned between the two (2) schedules, according to its source.
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RETAILING
Tax
At least
But less Than
Current Proposed
$0
$50,000
$75.00 $75.00
$50,000
$100,000
5157.50
$100,000
$150,000
$150.00 $210.00
$150,000
$200,000
5187,50 $262.50
$200,000
$250,000
$225.00 $315.00
$250,000
$300,000
t2� $367.50
$300,000
$350,000
5300.00 5420.00
$350,000
$400,000
$33..50 $472.50
$400,000
$450,000
$375.00 $525.00
$450,000
$500,000
$A� $577.50
$500,000
$600,000
$450.00 5630.00
$600,000
$700,000
5487.50 $682.50
$700,000
$800,000
5525,00 $735.00
$800,000
$900,000
$561.-50 5787.50
$900,000
$1,000,000
$600.00 $840.00
$1,000,000
$1,100,000
5637,50 S892.50
$1,100,000
$1,200,000
$675.00 $945.00
$1,200,000
$1,300,000
$7 5997.50
$1,300,000
$1,400,000
$750.00 51,050.00
$1,400,000
$1,500,000
5787.50 $1,102.50
$1,500,000
$1,600,000
$825.00 1,155.00
$1,600,000
$1,700,000
5862.50 51,207.50
$1,700,000
$1,800,000
5900= $1,260.00
$1,800,000
_
$1,900,000
59 51,312.50
$1,900,000
$2,000,000 and above
$975.00 51, 365.00
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E-COMMERCE. MANUFACTURING, WHOLESALING AND JOBBING
Tax
At least
But less Than
Current Proposed
$0.00
$200,000.00
$450,00 $ 330.00
$200,000.00
$300,000.00
$ $412.50
$300,000.00
$400,000.00
$262.58 $577.50
$400,000.00
$500,000.00
$ $742.50
$500,000.00
$600,000.00
$458,88 $990.00
$600,000.00
$800,000.00
$562,-50 $1,237.50
$800,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$675,58 $1,486.10
$1,000,000.00
$1,200,000.00
$287.50 $1,732.50
$1,200,000.00
$1,400,000.00
$980,88 51,980.00
$1,400,000.00
$1,600,000.00
$1812.50 2,227.50
$1,600,000.00
$1,800,000.00
$1126,08 57,475.00
$1,800,000.00
$2,000,000.00
$1,237.50 $2,722.50
$2,000,000.00
$2,500,000.00
$4 350,00 $2,970,00.
$2,500,000.00
$3,000,000.00
$1746240 $3,217.50
$3,000,000.00
$3,500,000.00
$3,67-6,08 $3,465.00
$3,500,000.00
$4,000,000.00
$1627458 $3,712.50
$4,000,000.00
$4,500,000.00
$180040 $3,960.00
$4,500,000.00
$5,000,000.00
$1,912.50 54,207.50
$5,000,000.00
$5,500,000.00
$2,826,88 $4,455.00
$5,500,000.00
$6,000,000.00
2 0 $4,702.50
$6,000,000.00
$6,500,000.00
$2,250.00 $4,950.00
$6,500,000.00
$7,000,000.00
52,362,09 $5,196.40
$7,000,000.00
$7,500,000.00
$2,00 $5,445.00
$7,500,000.00
$8,000,000.00
528 $5,692.50
$8,000,000.00
$8,500,000.00
52 700:00 $5,940.00
$8,500,000.00
$9,000,000.00
$2 812.58 $6,187.50
$9,000,000.00
$9,500,000.00
$27925,08 $6,435.00
$9,500,000.00
$10,000,000.00
53,03 S 6, 682.50
$10,000,000.00
510,500,000.00
$4380.88 $9,900.00
$10,500,000.00
$11,000,000.00
54,6-1-2,50 $10,147.50
$11,000,000.00
$11,500,000.00
54,725400 $10,395.00
$11,500,000.00
$12,000,000.00
54,837.58 5101 642.50
Plus c-, $165 for each 5550,000
or fraction thereof in excess of
$12,000,000
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(Code 1968, § 15-27; Ord. No. 1857, §§ I, II, 6-3-91)
Sec. 14.20.115. License taxes for specified businesses.
Every person doing any of the kinds of business specified in this section shall pay the flat
business license tax specified in this section. The taxes in this section fees are annual unless
otherwise specified. On January 1 of each year the tax rates in this section shall be automatically
adjusted by a percentage equal to the percentage increase or decrease in the Consumer Price
Index for the preceding CPI Year as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for "All
Urban Consumers for All Items for the San Francisco -Oakland -Hayward Area" or any successor
to that index designated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or the Town Council. As used in
this section. "CPI Year" means the year beginning November 1 and ending October 31. The
"preceding CPI Year" is the CPI Year that ended October 31 of the year immediately before the
automatic tax rate adjustment in this section.
Current Proposed
Advertising signs
Signposting and painting $420:00 $546.00
Amusement
Shows, concerts, and the like (per day) $42:A0 $54.60
Circuses, menageries and the like:
Less than 2,000 seating capacity
First day $420.00 $546.00
Each succeeding day S-52,-5421 $68.25
More than 2,000 seating capacity
First day 0:00 $819.00
Each succeeding day $1� $136.50
Sideshows (per day):
Entrance fee not exceeding $0 10 $24:00
Entrance fee a e.ding $A 10 $A
Circus procession or parade (each) $210.00 $273.00
Carnivals (per day) c"� 54•60
Ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, and the like (per month) $'A $273.00
Public dances (per dance) $.2.1X00 $27.30
Apartment rental and mobile home parks (per unit) 4-7,50 $9.75
The term "apartment" includes all buildings or groups of buildings on the
same premises, composed of a total of three (3) or more dwelling units
Auctioneers $-1-12,50 $146.25
Billiard and Pool Rooms (per table) 452750 $68.25
Boardinghouses
Boardinghouses licensed by the state or county as boardinghouses for
pensioners, and who board pensioners exclusively, are exempt from the
business license tax.
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For first 4 boarders $2� $27.30
For each person over 4 $4.50 $5.85
Cleaning and dyeing laundry delivery
Vehicles (annual, per vehicle) $468:00 $218.40
The tax applies to those who have no fixed place of business in the town.
Contractors (annual) $2� $291.20
A separate fee for each type of work activity, such as general engineering,
building, plumbing, plastering, painting, masonry, termite service,
installation or other specialty, in addition to any sales or jobbing license fee.
Contractors with businesses not located in Los Gatos but doing a short-term
work activity may pay the daily fee when the job including inspection is
finished within a day. A contractor must show proof of a valid California
Contractor's License or a signed Declaration of Exemption from California
Contractor's License law.
Contractors (daily) t'�0 $136.50
Day care facilities
Day care facilities provide day care for children under eighteen (18) years of
age who are unrelated to the licensee.
Small family day care home (a facility providing day care for six (6) children
or less, including resident children) No -fee No fee
Large family day care home (a facility providing day care for seven (7) to
twelve (12) children, including resident children) No fee No fee
Nursery school (a facility providing day care for thirteen (13) or more
children) Ne#ee No fee
Hospitals, rest homes, and the like:
Annual, or $140:00 $182.00
Per bed, if that is larger $40,00 $13.00
Hotels and motels (annual, per guest room) $7 -50 $9.75
Business activities other than renting rooms, conducted in connection with a
hotel, are taxed separately.
House movers
Annual license c'� $136.50
Additional, per structure moved $84.00 $109.20
Itinerant photographers(annual) $2�00 $273.00
Itinerant vendors (daily) $105:00 $136.50
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The words "itinerant vendor" mean any person, both principal and agent,
who engages in a temporary and transient business in the Town selling
goods, wares and merchandise with the intention of continuing such business
in the Town for a period of not more.than ninety (90) days, and who, for the
purpose of carrying on such business, hires, leases or occupies any room,
building or structure for the exhibition or sale of such goods, wares, or
merchandise, or from which room, building or structure the sales shall be
made or business solicited by means of samples or delivery from house to
house. The person so engaged is not relieved from the provisions of this
section by reason of associating temporarily with any local dealer, trader,
merchant or auctioneer, or by conducting temporary or transient business in
connection with, or as a part of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader,
merchant or auctioneer. The provisions of this section do not apply to
commercial travelers or selling agents selling their goods to dealers, whether
selling for present or future deliveries, by sample or otherwise, nor to
hawkers on the street, nor peddlers from vehicles, nor to persons selling fruit,
vegetables, butter, eggs, or other fruit or ranch products.
Junk collectors (annual, per vehicle) $84:00 $109.20
Junk collector means any person who has no fixed place of business in the
Town and who engages in or carries on the business of collecting, buying or
selling any old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, papers, metals or other articles of
junk.
Junk dealers (annual) $42.000 $546.00
Junk dealer means any person who has a fixed place of business in the Town,
and who engages in or carries on the business of buying or selling, either at
wholesale or retail, any old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, papers, metals or other
articles of junk.
Peddlers
Peddlers of wares other than food, per person, per day $24700 $27.30
Peddlers of food, except lunch wagon operators:
Using a vehicle (per vehicle, annual) 2 0 $273.00
Not using a vehicle, carrying wares by hand c"� $54.60
Lunch wagon operators (per vehicle, annual) $210:00 $273.00
Peddlers engaged in the business of selling any personal property at a sale $7.50 $9.75
conducted by an organization exempt from the business license tax under the
provisions of section 14.10.030 of this chapter shall pay a license tax of $7.50
$9.75 per day. This rule applies only when all fees, commissions or other
remuneration of any kind paid by the peddler to the organization conducting,
sponsoring or promoting the sale is devoted exclusively to the business
license tax-exempt purposes of the organization and the organization has
obtained prior approval from the Town Council to conduct the sale, per day
�50 $9.75
A "peddler" is every person not having a regularly established place of
business in the Town who travels from place to place, or has a stand upon
any public street, alley or other public place, doorway or any building,
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unenclosed or vacant lot, or parcel of land, who sells, offers for sale, any
goods, wares or merchandise in the peddler's possession.
Professionaland-semiprofessional-occupations
Per professional or semipFefessional person AAA $260.00
Support Staff additional per employee $1� $19.50
Professional services are occupations in the service sector requiring special
training in the arts or sciences. Some professional services require the
practitioner to hold professional degrees or licenses and possess specific
skills. Other professional services involve providing specialist business
support to businesses of all sizes and in all sectors. Professional Services
means the business is offering any professional, scientific, or technical service
including, but not limited to legal advice and representation; accounting,
bookkeeping, and payroll services; architectural, engineering, and specialized
design services; computer services; consulting services; research and
development services; advertising services; photographic services; translation
and interpretation services; veterinary services; and other professional,
scientific, and technical services. Professional OF scm prof cs onal business or
service occupations include, but are not limited to, the following: Accountant;
Advertising counsel; Appraiser; Architect; Artist; Assayer; Attorney at -law;
Auditor; Bacteriologist; Broker, stock or bond; Chemist; Chiropodist;
Chiropractor; Dental hygienist, Dentist; Designer or decorator; Detective or
investigative personnel; Draftsperson; Drugless practitioner; Electrologist;
E.. .:► g electr. ei �truc i .,Ef aI
. , -� , � ; ngineer
c-eraskritiRgr ; Engraver; Feed, grain and fruit broker;
Geologist; Illustrator or showcard writer; Landscape architect; Lapidary;
Lithographer; Licensed financial planner; Licensed investment counselor:
Ma seu c or ma eur Marriage Therapist; Massage Therapist; Nurse; Oculist,
optician or optometrist; Osteopath; Physical therapist; Physician; Property
Management; Reals estate brokers; Surgeon; Surveyor; •T
Veterinarian; X-ray, dental or medical laboratory
Support staff include, but are not limited to the following: receptionist, office
assistant, real estate agents
Service occupations $100.00 $130.00
Service occupations include, but are not limited to the following: appliance,
home furnishing or radio and television installation, janitorial and building
maintenance, landscape installation and maintenance, secretarial service,
security guards, etc.
Shooting galleries $ 1� $136.50
Solicitors (per business) $2 $273.00
A solicitor is one who engages in the business of going from house to house,
place to place or in or along the streets within the Town selling or taking
orders for, or offering to sell or take orders for, goods, wares, merchandise,
advertising or other things of value for future delivery, or for services to be
performed in the future.
Taxicabs
Per business $150.00 $195.00
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Additional per taxi c'� $29.25
Theaters and concert halls $1� $136.50,
Trucking (annual, per vehicle) $40:00 $182.00
Persons other than peddlers who sell or deliver food or any other goods by
means of a vehicle, and who have no fixed place of business in the Town.
Persons who make no more than two deliveries or sales per quarter are
exempt from the foregoing tax. All other motor vehicle delivery business,
whether the business operates on a regular route or between fixed termini or
not:
For one vehicle 545:00 $58.50
For each additional vehicle $ $28.60
(Ord. No. 1755, §§ 1-3, 7-5-88; Ord. No. 1857, §§ I, II, 6-3-91; Ord. No. 1929, § X, 1-19-93;
Ord. No. 2026, § XV, 2-18-97; Ord. No. 2320 , § III, 9-7-21)
.a' h b 1 d N,. b, e s by the Te .., f r t1=e 1; a ...1
(2) 'TL, business has paid ;ts parking and 1. * d' sr; + t
fer-the-prier-year,
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(Ord. No. 1983, § II, 7 5 91)
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Section 2. Severabiliiy. Should any provision of this Ordinance, or its application to any
person or circumstance, be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful,
unenforceable, or otherwise void, that determination shall have no effect on any other provision
of this Ordinance or the application of this Ordinance to any other person or circumstance and, to
that end, the provisions hereof are severable. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the
electorate that they would have adopted this Ordinance had such unconstitutional, illegal, or
invalid provision, sentence, clause section, or part thereof not been included herein.
Section 3. California Environmental Quail Act. This Ordinance is exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq., under,
including without limitation, Public Resources Code section 21065, and CEQA Guidelines
sections 15378(b)(4) and 15061(b)(3), as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility
that the activity authorized herein may have a significant effect on the environment.
Section 4. Council Implementation. The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos shall
adopt any and all laws it deems necessary to implement this Ordinance.
Section 5. Council Amendments. The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos is
authorized to amend Chapter 14 of the Los Gatos Town Code in any manner that does not
increase the rate of any tax or otherwise constitutes a tax increase for which voter approval is
required by Article XIII C of the California Constitution, including adopting exemptions,
waivers, or reductions of the tax.
Section 6. Administrative Regulations and Delegation. The Town Manager is
authorized to adopt rules and regulations consistent with this measure as needed to implement
this measure and Chapter 14 of the Los Gatos Town Code and to develop all related forms and
other materials and to take any other steps as needed to implement this measure and Chapter 14
and to make such interpretations of this measure and Chapter 14 as the Town Manager may
consider necessary to achieve the purposes of this measure and Chapter 14. The Town Manager
may delegate any authority within their discretion pursuant to this measure as they deem
reasonably necessary.
Section 7. Liberal Construction. This Ordinance shall be liberally construed to
effectuate its purposes.
I hereby certify that this "Business License Tax" Ordinance was PASSED, APPROVED, AND
ADOPTED by the People of the Town of Los Gatos on the 8th day of November 2022.
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE:
11
EXHIBIT A
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE:
12
EXHIBIT A
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CERTIFICATION OF REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OF THE RESULTS OF rd
� THE CANVASS OF THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022, GENERAL ELECTION `�
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
, 1, Shannon Bushey, Registrar of Voters of County of Santa Clara, do hereby certify that, in pursuance of the provisions of
IElections Code section 15300, et seq., I did canvass the results of the votes cast in the General Election held in said County I
41 on November 8, 2022, for measures and contests that were submitted to the vote of the voters, and that the Statement of '
Votes Cast, to which this certificate is attached is full, true, and correct.
rd
at the County of Santa Clara rd
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Registrar of Voters
County of Santa Clara rd
State of Califomia
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EXHIBIT B
1 hereby set my hand and official seal this 8th day of November, 2022,
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CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION RESULTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA )
I, Shannon Bushey, Registrar of Voters of the County of Santa Clara, State of
California, hereby declare:
1. A General Election was held in the County of Santa Clara, for the Town of
Los Gatos, on November 8, 2022 for the purpose of electing three (3) full -term Council
Members to the Goveming Board.
2. The official canvass of the returns of this election was conducted by the Office
of the Registrar of Voters in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the Elections
Code of the State of Califomia.
3. The Statement of Votes Cast, now on file in my office and attached hereto,
shows the number of votes for each candidate for the Goveming Board of the Town of
Los Gatos and in each of the precincts and that the total shown for each candidate are
true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and Official Seal this 8th day of December 2022,
1,l I,�V�Gi�t
Shannon Bushey, Registrar of Votj
Santa Clara
Santa Clara 2022 General
1 Town of Los Gatos Council Member
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3o.
Voters Cas
c
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MARY
BADAME
ROB
RENNIE
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TAVAN
ROB
STUMP
MARGARE
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Electionwide
Precinct
22189
862
3.88 %
411
264
124
437
228
314
Electionwide
Vote by Mai
22189
13745
61.95 %
6390
5872
1332
5316
3923'
6980
Electionwide
Total
22189
14607
65.83 %
6801
6136
1456
5753
4151
7294
16th Congressional District
Precinct
22189
862
3.88 %
411
264
124
437
228
314
16th Congressional District
Vote by Mail
22189
13745
61.95 %
6390
5872
1332
5316
3923
6980
16th Congressional District
Total
22189
14607
65.83 %
6801
6136
1456
5753
4151
7294
13th Senatorial District
Precinct
22189
862
3.88 %
411
264
124
437
228
314
13th Senatorial District
Vote by Mail
22189
13745
61.95 %
6390
5872
1332
5316
3923
6980
13th Senatorial District
Total
22189
14607
65.83 %
6801
6136
1456
5753
4151
7294
28th Assembly Dislnct
Precinct
22189
862
3.88 %
411
264
124
437
228
314
28th Assembly District
Vote by Mad
22189
13745
61.95 %
6390
5872
1332
5316
3923
6980
28th Assembly District
Total
22189
14607
65.83 %
6801
6136
1456
5753
4151
7294
State Board of Equalization #2
Precinct
22189
862
3.88 %
411
264
124
437
228
314
State Board of Equalization #2
Vote by Mail
22189
13745
61.95 %
6390
5872
1332
5316
3923
6980
State Board of Equalization #2
Total
22189
14607
65.83 %
6801
6136
1456
5753
4151
7294
5th Supervisorial District
Precinct
22189
862
3.88 %
411
264
124
437
228
314
5th Supervisorial District
Vote by Mail
22189
13745
61.95 %
6390
5872
1332
5316
3923
6980
5th Supervisorial District
Total
22189
14607
65.83 %
6801
6136
1456
5753
4151
7294
Town of Los Gatos
Precinct
22189
862
3 88 %
411
264
124
437
228
314
Town of Los Gatos
Vote by Mad
22189
13745
61.95 %
6390
5872
1332
5316
3923
6980
Town of Los Gatos
Total
22189
14607
65.83 %
6801
6136
1456
5753
4151
7294
Total - Precinct
22189
862
3.88 %
411
264
124
437
228
314
Total - Vote by Mai
22189
13745
61.95 %
6390
5872
1332
5316
3923
6980
'Contest Total
22189
14607
65.83 %
6801
6136
1456
5753
4151
7294
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Santa Clara
Santa Clara 2022 General
1 Town of Los Gatos Council Member
Registered
Voters
Voters Cas
Tumout (%):
MARY
BADAME
ROB
RENNIE
RE
TAVAN
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MARGARFI
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2110
m co
Precinct
1077
53
4.92 %
25
16
311
7
21
16
23
0002720
Vote by Mail
1077
654
60.72 %
2774
87
207
180
420
0002720
Total
1077
707
65.65 %
299
327
94
228
196
443
0002721
Precinct
1371
43
3.14 %
21
14
2
26
15
17
0002721
Vote by Mal
1371
855
62.36 %
379
403
83
328
209
524
0{302721
Total
1371
898
65.50 %
400
417
85
354
224
541
0002723
Precinct
2237
70
3.13 %
48
23
8
43
15
21
0002723
Vote by Mail
2237
1533
68.53 %
792
624
151
664
432
692
0002723
Total
2237
1603
71.66 %
840
647
159
707
447
713
0002724
Precinct
2110
88
4.17 %
37
23
13
50
19
40
0002724
Vote by Mail
2110
1268
60.09 %
597
501
104
493
351
694
0002724
Total
2110
1356
64.27 %
634
524
117
543
370
734
0002725
Precinct
2152
76
3.53 %
36
21
468
489
6
10
35
19
27
0002725
Vote by Mail
2152
1204
55.95 %
�544
122
445
344
582
0002725
Total
2152
1280
59.48 %
T 580
132
480
363
609
0002726
Precinct
231
12
5.19 %
5~
6
3
5
4
0002726
Vote by Mail
231
97
41.99 %
26
37
12
26
25
40
0002726
Total
231
109
47.19 %
31
43
18
29
30
44
0002727
Precinct
1211
27
2.23 %
15
8
5
16
5
11
0002727
Vote by Mail
1211
816
67.38 %
417
356
68
390
259
358
0002727
Total
1211
843
69.61 %
432
364
73
406
264
369
0002729
Precinct
1923
78
4.06 %
40
18
13
48
16
22
0002729
Vote by Mail
1923
1288
66.98 %
617
520
96
574
385
586
0002729
Total
1923
1366
71.03 %
657
538
109
622
401
608
0002733
Precinct
1389
62
4.46 %
27
24
403
17
29
18
27
0002733
Vote by Mail
1389
859
61.84 %
425
110
327
202
432
0002733
Total
1389
921
66.31 %
452
427
127
356
220
459
0002734
Precinct
1788
69
3.86 %
32
20
9
35
21
19
0002734
Vote by Mail
1788
1130
63.20 %
498
460
80
463
420
584
0002734
Total
1788
1199
67.06 %
530
480
89
498
441
603
0002740
Precinct
2421
87
3.59 %
40
32
6
43
26
34
0002740
Vote by Mail
2421
1566
64.68 %
746
766
162
550
346
803
0002740
Total
2421
1653
63.28 %'
785798
168
593
372
837
0002742
Precinct
1120
49
4.38 %
20
16
235
9
18
13
19
0002742
Vote by Mail
1120
555
49.55 %
217'
83
139
177
269
0002742
Total
1120
604
53.93 %
237
251
92
157
190
288
0002751
Precinct
19
0
0.00 %^
0002751
Vote by Mail
19
7
36.84 %
3
2
2
3
2
0002751
Total
19
7
36.84 %
3
2
2
3
2
0002767
Precinct
3140
148
4.71 %
65
43
19
70
40
50
0002767
Vote by Mal
3140
1913
60.92 %
858
785
172
708
590
994
0002767
Total
3140
2061
65.64 %
923
828
191
778
630
1044
Total - Precinct
22189
862
3.88 %
411
264
124
437
228
314
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Santa Clara
Santa Clara 2022 General
Total -Vote by Mail
22189
13745
61.95 %
6390
5872
1332
5316
3923
6980
Contest Total
22189
14607
65.83 %
6801
6136
1456
5753
4151
7294
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CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION RESULTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY -OF SANTA CLARA )
I, Shannon Bushey, Registrar of Voters of the County of Santa Clara, State of
California, hereby declare:
1. A General Election was held in the County of Santa Clara, in the Town of Los
Gatos, on November 8, 2022 for the purpose of submitting the following measure to the
voters.
J
Shall the measure to fund critical Town needs such as public
safety by amending business license taxes, unchanged since
1991 while inflation increased 117%, to increase flat taxes by
30%, adjusted annually for inflation, Retailing gross receipts
tax by 40%, and to add E-Commerce to the Manufacturing,
Wholesaling, and Jobbing gross receipts tax schedule and
increase that schedule by 120%, raising about $1,100,000
yearly for general fund purposes until ended by voters, be
adopted?
2. The official canvass of the returns of the election was conducted by the Office of
the Registrar of Voters in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the Elections Code
of the State of California.
3. The Statement of Votes Cast, now on file at my office, shows the whole number
of votes cast for Measure J in each of the precincts and the total shown is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and Official Seal this 8th day of December, 2022.
.44,1v114/e90 &di
Shannon Bushey, Registrar of 1/".-
Santa Clara
Santa Clara 2022 General
1 Measure J - Town of Los Gatos,
Business License Taxes
Registered
Voter
Voters Cas
c
0
0
c
-4
m
Z
o
Electionwide
Precinct
22189
865
3.90 %
275
507
Electionwide
Vote by Mail
22189
13769
62.05 %
6759
5663
Electionwide
Total
22189
14634
65.95 %
7034
6170
1 6th Congressional District
Precinct
22189
865
3.90 %
275
507
16th Congressional District
Vote by Maii
22189
13769
62.05 %
6759
5663
16th Congressional District
Total
22189
14634
65.95 %
7034
6170
13th Senatorial District
Precinct
22189
865
3.90 %
275
507
13th Senatorial District
Vote by Mail
22189
13769
62.05 %
6759
5663
13th Senatorial Dretrict
Total
22189
14634
65.95 %
7034
6170
281h Assembly District
Precinct
22189
865
3.90 %
275
507
28th Assembly District V
Vote by Mail
22189
13769
62.05 %
6759
5663
28th Assembly District
Total
22189
14634
65.95 %
7034
6170
State Board of Equalization #2
Precinct
22189
865
3.90 %
275
507
State Board of Equalization #2
Vote by Mal
22189
13769
62.05 %
6759
5663
State Board of Equalization #2
Total
~
22189
14634
65.95 %
7034
6170
5th Supervisorial District
Precinct
22189
865
3.90 %
275
507
5th Supervisorial District
Vote by Mail
22189
13769
62.05 %
6759
5663
5th Supervisorial District
Total
22189
14634
65.95 %
7034
6170
Town of Los Gatos
Precinct
22189
865
3.90 %
275
507
Town of Los Gatos
Vote by Mail
22189
13769
62.05 %
6759
5663
Town of Los Gatos
Total
22169
14634
65.95 %
7034
6170
-
Total - Precinct
22189
865
3.90 %
275
507
Total - Vote by Mail
22189
13769
62.05 %
6759
5663
Contest Total
22189
14634
65.95 %
7034
6170
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Santa Clara 2022 General
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Registered
Voters
Voters Cas
3c
0
c
o
m
N
o
0002720
Precinct
1077
53
4.92 %
19
27
0002720
Vote by Mail
1077
653
60.63 %
324
279
'0002720
Total
1077
706
65.55 %
343
306
0002721
Precinct
1371
43
3.14 %
10
30
0002721
Vote by Mail
1371
856
62.44 %
403
390
0002721
Total
1371
899
65.57 %
413
420
0002723
Precinci
2237
70
3.13 %
24
42
0002723
Vote by Mail
2237
1536
68.66 %
774
620
0002723
Total
2237
1606
71.79 %
798
662
0002724
Precinct
2110
88
4.17 %
34
50
508
0002724
Vote by Mail
2110
1270
60.19 %
��
0002724
Total
2110
1358
64.36 %
651
558
0002725
Precinct
2152
76
3.53 %
23
45
0002725
Vote by Mad
2152
1208
56.13 %
586
490
0002725
Total
2152
1284
59.67 %
609
535
0002726
Precinct
231
12
5.19 %
3
7
0002726
Vote by Mail
231
98
42.42 %
43
45
0002726
Total
231
110
47.62 %
46
52
0002727
Precinct
1211
29
2.39 %
7
21
331
0002727
Vote by Mad
1211
819
67.63 %
421T
0002727
Total
1211
848
70.02 %
428
352
0002729
Precinct
1923
78
4.06 %
25
43
0002729
Vote by Mail
1923
1294
67.29 %
644
524
0002729
Total
1923
1372
71.35 %
669
567
0002733
Precinct
1389
62
4.46 %
22
34
382
0002733
Vote by Mail
1389
861
61.99 %
398
0002733
Total
1389
923
66.45 %
420
416
0002734
Precinct
1788
69
3.86 %
22
39
0002734
Vote by Mad
1788
1128
63.09 %
576
438
477
0002734
Total
1788
1197
66.95 %
' 598
0002740
Precinct
2421
87
3.59 %
28
51
0002740
Vote by Mail
2421
1570
64.85 %
745
668
0002740
Total
r 2421
1657
68.44 %
773
719
0002742
Precinct
1120
49
4.38 %
15
29
0-002742
Vote by Mail
1120
554
49.46 %
255
232
261
0002742
Total
1120
603
53.84 %y---27^
0002751
Precinct
19
0
0 00 %
0002751
Vote by Mad
19
7
36.84 %
2
5
0002751
Total
19
7
36.84 %
2
5
0002767
Precinct
3140
149
4.75 %
42
89
0002767
Vote by Mail
3140
1915
60.99 %
971
751
0002767
Total
3140
2064
65.73 %
1013
840
Total - Precinct
22189
865
3.90 %
275
507
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Santa Clara 2022 General
Total - Vote by Mail
22189
13769
62.05 %
6759
5663
Contest Total
22189
14634
65.95 %
7034
6170
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