File #: 13-199    Version: Name: Ordinance Amending EMS Tax 2013-14
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Meeting Date: 5/6/2013 Final action: 5/20/2013
Enactment date: 5/20/2013 Enactment #: Ordinance 2013-005
Title: ADOPT: Ordinance No. 2013-005, an Ordinance Amending Section 2-13-140 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to Relating to the Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) Adjustment of the Emergency Medical Services Tax (EMS Tax) (increases EMS tax by CPI of 2.7%)
Sponsors: David Baum Finance Director
Related files: 13-198, 13-197, 13-156
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ADOPT: Ordinance No. 2013-005, an Ordinance Amending Section 2-13-140 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to Relating to the Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) Adjustment of the Emergency Medical Services Tax (EMS Tax) (increases EMS tax by CPI of 2.7%)

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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-13-140 of the San Leandro Municipal Code, the Emergency Medical Services Tax (EMS Tax) shall be adjusted annually by an amount not to exceed the Consumer Price Index (All-Urban Consumers, San Francisco-Bay Area); and

WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the tax per benefit unit from the current rate of $15.35 to $15.76, based on the 2.7% annual CPI increase.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows:

Section 1. Title 2, Chapter 13, Section 2-13-140 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:

"2-13-140 AMOUNT OF TAX

The tax per "benefit unit" (BU) is Fifteen Dollars and Seventy-Six Cents ($15.76) per year. The number of benefit units shall be determined by the use to which the owner or occupant has put the property, as follows:

One living unit 1 BU
Two to five living units 3 BU
Six or more living units 1 BU per unit
One-story store 2 BU
Store first floor w/office/apartments above 4 BU
Miscellaneous commercial 2 BU
Department store 5 BU
Discount house 5 BU
Restaurant 4 BU
Shopping center 7 BU
Supermarket 4 BU
Comm/industrial condominium 4 BU
Warehouse 2 BU
Light industry 4 BU
Heavy industry 6 BU
Miscellaneous industrial 2 BU
Nurseries 2 BU
Quarries 2 BU
Wrecking yards 2 BU
Terminals, trucking 2 BU
Improved government-owned property 2 BU
Golf courses 2 BU
Schools 5 BU
Churches 4 BU
Other institution 3 BU
Lodge halls 7 BU
Clubhouses 4 BU
Car washes 2 BU
Commercial garage/auto repair 2 BU
Service station 2 BU
Funeral homes 2 BU
Nursing/boarding homes 6 BU
Hospitals 5 BU
Hotel 5 BU
Motel 5 BU
Mobile home p...

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