HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1987-004 CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
ORDIlVANCE NO. 8 7-0 4
AN OR.DINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY AMEP+TDIIVG CHAPTE�i, 21, ARTICLE II,
RELATING TO HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BY AMENDING SEC-
TION 21; DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO NOTIFY ALL
HOTELS WITHIN THE CITY OF THE AMENDMENT; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EX-
CEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) AND A
,��•� SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED UPON
EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS;
PROVIDING AlV EFFECTIVE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMER-
� GENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section l. That Chapter 21, Article II of the City Code of the City of
Grapevine, Texas, relating to Hotel Occupancy Tax is hereby arnended only in
the particulars stated in this ordinance and that all ordinance and that all other
existing sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, definitions, phrases and
words of said City Code are not amended, but shall remain intact and are hereby
ratified, verified and affirmed.
Section 2. That Section 21-25 relating to Reports is amended to read
as follows:
"On the last day of each month, every person required in section
21-23 to collect the tax imposed herein shall file a report with the
city manager showing the consideration paid for all room occu-
pancies in the preceding month, the amount of the tax collected on
such occupancies, and any other information as the city manager
may reasonably require. Such person shall pay the tax due on such
occupancies at the time of filing such report.
�ection 3. The change in the reporting and payment requirements as
provided by this Ordinance shall be effective commencing March 1, 1987, with
the reporting and payment requirements for the months of January and February,
1987 being due on the last day of March, 1987, and the City Secretary is hereby
directed to notify all hotels within the City of Grapevine, Texas, of the change
no later than February 13, 1987, by sending each hotel an executed copy of this
Ordinance.
Section 4. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word in this ordinance or application thereto any person or circumstances is held
invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance; and the
City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the
ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full
force and effect.
Section 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and a separate offense
shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs
or continues.
Section 6. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the
�'" City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health,
safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of
Grapevine, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of
� public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which
requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of
its passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the 3rd day of , 15°37.
Mayor, City of Grapevine, Texas
ATTEST:
City Secretary, City of Grapevine, exas
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