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RESOLUTION NO. 6058
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
GIVING NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ESTABLISH A PARKING AND
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA IN TRE DOWNTOWN AREA OF PALO ALTO~
DESCRIBI~G 'nlE BOUNDARIES THEREOF AND THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF
BUSINESSES THEREIN: FIXING A DATE FOR ~ PUBLIC HEARING;
INDICATING THE PURPOSES TO WHICH THE ANTIC!PATED REVENUE
SHA~L BE PUT; AND DESCRIBING THE PROPOSED INITIAL CHARGES;
ALL ~ AUTHORIZED BY THE PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
AREA LAW OF 1979.
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION l. The Council cf the City of Palo Alto does hereby
g i ve notice :
l. That it intends to form a parking and buainess im-
provement area in the d-Owntot1n area of the City of Palo Alto in
accordance with the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of
1979, after a. public hearinq on AtJgust 30, 1982 at 7:30 P.M., or
as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the Counci 1
Chambers of the City Hall, at 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA.
2. That the proposed area includes all that property
bounded by the fol lovinq publ le stt"eets: Forest, Everett, Alma.
and Webster.
3. The Council proposes to put revenue raised within
the area to the following uses:
{a) Decoration of any public place in the area.
(b) Proiaot:ion of public events which are to take
place on or in public places in the area.
(c) Furnishing the music in any public place in
the area.
(d) 'ft\e general promotion of business activitiea
in the area.
4. A description c.: the system of charqes which will
be used and the businesses upon which the levy will be made is as
fol lows:
(a) Por purpose of the Area ordinance, a •busi-
ness• shall be any perJ1on, fira or entity oonductinq activities
with the object of 9ain, benefit, or advantage, 1!ither direct '->r
indirect, whether or not such 9ain is realized, vithin the meaning
of that term as us~d in the Califo~nia Revenue and Taxation Code.
The City may presuae, unless rebutted by evidence presi,;1nted by a
person, fir• or entity, that occupancy of property zoned for a use
liat•d in aubparaqrapha (b) and (c) hereof and being listed either
on the uneecured property tax rol 1 of the County of Santa Clara,
or in the latest Peninsula edition ~f •contacts Influential• Mar-
ket Re&•arch and Developaient Service compiled by •nfluential Con-
tacts, Ltd., constitutes priaa facie evidence of conducting a bus-
iness.
(b) Claaa A businesaee shall be bu.ainesses con-
ductin9 the followin9 uses on propertles within the area (regard-
less of the actual zoning of the property) a• these teraa are de-
fined and uaed in the CC Zone prov iaiona of tha Palo Al to Munici-
pal Codez animal c~!'e,. e~t!~; ;.n-.! drinidng services, financial
••rvicea, hotels which are one-third or more transient aa that
t•r• i• defined in the Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance of the
City of Palo Alto, utiUty facilities, qeneral buiainesa offices,
personal services, '~etai l aerv ices and shopping center a, auto.o-
bi le service atations, eo .. ercial parking, co .. er~i•\ recreation, qe~tital buaine•• services, and tranaporta~ion ter•1na •·
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(c) Class B businesses are businesses conducting
uses as defined and used in the cc zone provisions as follows:
Hotels which are less than o~e-third transient as that term is de-
f in~d in the Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance of the City of Palo
Alto, mortuaries, ambulance services, medical offices6 and pro-
fessional off ices.
(d) Class A businesses shall pay an annual charge
of $110 per year.
(e) Class B businesses shall pay an annual charge
of $36 per year.
3. At the hearing, the City ~.ouncil shall hear all
protest and receive all evidence for or against the proposed ac-
tion. The Council shall also rule upon all protests and its de-
termination shall be final. City Council may cont;.nue tue hearing
from time to time. Proceedings shall terminate if a protest is
made by businesses in the proposed c-.rea which will pay a majority
of the char9es proposed to be imposed. If the City Council de-
cides to change the boundaries of the proposed area, the hearing
shall be continued to a time a least fifteen (15) days after such
a decision. Notice of the continued hearing shall be given as
prescribed in Section 36522 of the California Streets and Highways
Code, but no further resolution of intention will be given.
4. Following the hearing, if the Council decides Lo
establish the proposed area, it shall adopt an ordinance to that
effect.
5. Further proceeding shall be had in accordance with
Part 6 of Division 18 of the California Streets and Highways
Code.
SECTION 2. The Council finds thaG none of the prov1s1ons of
this or3inance will have a significant environmental impact.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: July 26, 1982
AYES: Bechtel, Cobb, Eyerly, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Witherspoon
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Fazzino, Renzel
~H Ma o
ttorney