Ord 1289 - AMENDING THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOSORDINANCE N0. 1289
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TRANSIENT
OCCUPANCY TAX OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1.
Section 28 -18 of the Code of the Town of Los Gatos is
amended to read:
SEC. 28 -18: TAX IMPOSED; WHEN PAYABLE.
For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each
transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the
amount of six percent of the rent charged by the opera-
tor. Such tax constitutes a debt owed by the transient
to the Town, which is extinguished only by payment to
the operator or to the Town. The transient shall pay
the tax to the operator of the hotel at the time the
rent is paid. If the rent is paid in instalments, a
proportionate share of the tax shall be paid with each
instalment. The unpaid tax shall be due upon the
transient's ceasing to occupy space in the hotel. If
for any reason the tax due is not paid to the operator
of the hotel, the tax administrator may require that
such tax shall be paid directly to the tax administrator.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be operative as of April 1,
1976. This ordinance shall take effect and shall be
in force thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption.
The Town Clerk of the
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Town of Los Gatos shall cause this ordinance to be published once
within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, in the Los Gatos
Times- Saratoga Observer, a newspaper of general circulation,
published and circulated in the Town of Los Gatos.
The above and foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly
introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos held on the 2nd day of February , 1976.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos,
California,
at
a regular meeting
of the Town Council, held on the
17th day
of
February
, 1976.
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Ruth Cannon
Mark B. DiDuca
John B. Lochner
Albert B. Smith
Egon Jensen
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
SIGNED: MAYO Vt)FITHE fF&W OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
CLERK O16/THE O LOS ATOS
WA