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ORDINANCE of the City of San Leandro City Council 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 1.84%)
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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 $19.34 to $19.70, based on the 1.84% 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 Nineteen Dollars and Seventy Cents ($19.70) 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:
Property Use Benefit Units
One living unit 1 BU
Two to five living units 3 BU
Six or more living units 1 BU per unit
One-story stores 2 BU
Store first floor w/office/apartments above 4 BU
Miscellaneous commercial 2 BU
Department stores 5 BU
Discount houses 5 BU
Restaurants 4 BU
Shopping centers 7 BU
Supermarkets 4 BU
Comm/industrial condominiums 4 BU
Warehouses 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
Property Use Benefit Units
Schools 5 BU
Churches 4 BU
Other institutions 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
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