File #: 14-00252    Version:
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 5/6/2014 Final action: 5/6/2014
Title: Consider recommendations regarding Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Increase Ballot Measure for November 2014 General Election Ballot, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Consider the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending Section 32-12 of the Santa Barbara County Code to increase the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Rate from the current level of 10% to 12.5% of the rent charged in the unincorporated areas of the County; b) Consider the adoption of a Resolution proposing to increase the transient occupancy tax rate to 12.5%, submitting the proposed language for increase to the electorate for approval, and requesting and ordering consolidation with the November 4, 2014 General Election; (Resolution directs Auditor to prepare fiscal impact statement); and c) Direct the Clerk of the Board to forward the Board initiated Ordinance to County Counsel for the preparation of an impartial analysis.
Sponsors: COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment 1 - Annual TOT Report - FY 2012-13, 3. Attachment 2 - Local Measures Tentative Calendar - Events Deadlines_November (2014), 4. Board Letter - 4/22/14, 5. Attachment 1, 6. Attachment 2, 7. Attachment 3, 8. Attachment 4, 9. Presentation, 10. Board Letter - 5/6/14, 11. Attachment 1 - Proposed Ordinance for 12 5% TOT, 12. Attachment 2 - Resolution to Place 12 5% TOT on the November 2014 Ballot
Title
Consider recommendations regarding Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Increase Ballot Measure for November 2014 General Election Ballot, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
 
a) Consider the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending Section 32-12 of the Santa Barbara County Code to increase the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Rate from the current level of 10% to 12.5% of the rent charged in the unincorporated areas of the County;
 
b) Consider the adoption of a Resolution proposing to increase the transient occupancy tax rate to 12.5%, submitting the proposed language for increase to the electorate for approval, and requesting and ordering consolidation with the November 4, 2014 General Election; (Resolution directs Auditor to prepare fiscal impact statement); and
 
c) Direct the Clerk of the Board to forward the Board initiated Ordinance to County Counsel for the preparation of an impartial analysis.