Ordinance No. 574ORDINANCE NO. 574
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
AMENDING SECTIONS 26 -10 AND 26 -11 (a) OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF CYPRESS RELATING TO THE ADMISSIONS TAX.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS HEREBY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 26 -10 of the Code of the City of Cypress hereby
is amended to redefine the term "Event" as follows:
Event. Any live attraction, dance, demonstration, exhibition, feature,
meeting, performance, race, recreational activity or transaction for which
a separate or additional charge or admission price is paid for the right
or privilege of attending or participating in the same.
SECTION 2. Section 26 -10 of the Code of the City of Cypress hereby
is further amended by the addition thereto of the definition of the term
"Recreational Activity" to read as follows:
Recreational Activity. Any privately operated activity of a general
recreational nature, included but not limited to, roller skating, miniature
golfing, miniature auto racing, and other similar activities.
SECTION 3. Section 26 -11 (a) of the Code of the City of Cypress hereby
is amended to read as follows:
(a) A tax of twenty -five ($.25) cents shall be imposed, levied and
collected for each admission; provided however, when the event consists of
a recreational activity, a tax of five ($.05) cents shall be imposed, levied,
and collected for each admission.
SECTION 4. Severability.
If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion of this ordinance, or the application hereby to any person or place,
is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision
of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application
to other persons or places. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have adopted this ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sen-
tence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases,
or portions, or the application thereof to any person or place, be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held
on the 14th day of June 1976, and finally adopted and ordered posted at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 12th day of July 1976.
MAYOR OF THE ITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
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CITY "CLERK OR THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City
Council held on the 12th day of July 1976; by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 3 COUNCILMEN: Hudson, Lacayo and MacLain
NOES: 1 COUNCILMEN: Harvey
ABSENT: 1 COUNCILMEN: Sonju
CITY CLERK OF TCITY OF CYPRESS