HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 2007-2291 Adds §§ 15.16.060 and 15.16.065, uniform housing code (15.16)ORDINANCE NO. 2007 — 2291
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE NATIONAL CITY
MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 15.16
PERTAINING TO HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND PERMITS
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of National City as follows:
Section 1. That Chapter 15.16 of the National City Municipal Code is amended by
adding Sections 15.16.060 and 15.16.065 to read as follows:
15.16.060 Annual housing permit fee - Exemptions.
A. No annual housing permit fee shall be imposed on a residential rental unit in any
of the following situations:
1. The unit is occupied by a family member, is rented at Tess than current
owner's expense, and is declared as family -occupied on the owner's county property tax
declaration or federal income tax return. "Current owner's expense" is defined to include
mortgage payments, property taxes, association fees, assessments, property insurance and
utilities;
2. The unit is unoccupied, under construction and will not be occupied for
any portion of the tax year.
B. Proof of exemption eligibility will be required for certain exemptions, and may be
different for each exemption claimed. Exemption eligibility is only good for one year, and must
be renewed each taxable year by the tax due date or be subject to an administration fee.
15.16.065 Collection enforcement and penalties.
Failure to pay the fee when due shall result in a penalty of twenty percent of the fee due
on the first day of March and each first day of each month thereafter, provided that the amount
of penalty added shall not exceed one hundred percent of the fee due for each year or portion
thereof that the fee was unpaid. Should the owner fail to pay the fee and penalty, the City may
use any remedies provided by law, including abatement or municipal lien procedures
established by ordinance or state laws.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of April, 2007.
Ron Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/r
Michae Dalia, City CI = George H. Eiser, III
City Attorney
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, Califomia, on April 3,
2007, by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Morrison, Natividad, Parra, Ungab, Zarate.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
RON MORRISON
Mayor of the City of National City, California
City Cle of the C of ational City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was not finally adopted until seven
calendar days had elapsed between the day of its introduction and the day of its final
passage, to wit, on March 20, 2007, and on April 3, 2007.
I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said ordinance was read in full prior to its final passage or
that the reading of said ordinance in full was dispensed with by a vote of not less than a
majority of the members elected to the Council and that there was available for the
consideration of each member of the Council and the public prior to the day of its
passage a written or printed copy of said ordinance.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
ORDINANCE NO. 2007-2291 of the City Council of the City of National City, passed
and adopted by the Council of said City on April 3, 2007.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy