HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-011 Ordinance amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Section 5.99.040 Tourism Promotion Charge to add an additional tourAN ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 2021-011
amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Section 5.99.040 Tourism
Promotion Charge to add an additional tourism promotion charge of two
dollars per night of lodging stay
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 5.99.040 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
5.99.040 Tourism promotion charge.
Effective October 1, 2011, there shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the
furnishing of lodging by a lodging business located in the Yakima County tourism promotion
area in the amount of two dollars per room per day.
Added to the tourism promotion charge specified in the above paragraph, there shall be
imposed a second, additional tourism promotion charge of two dollars per night of lodging
stay furnished by a lodging business located within the Yakima County tourism promotion
area, until such time that RCW 35.101.057 shall expire or is repealed, or as modified by
ordinance.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the "sale of
lodging" for the purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
(Ord. 2011-21 § 1 (part), 2011: Ord. 2010-37 § 1 (part), 2010: Ord. 2004-17 § 1 (part),
2004).
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 15th day of June, 2021.
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ATTEST:
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Sonya a r Tee, City Clerk
Publication Date: June 18, 2021
Effective Date: July 18, 2021
Patricia Byers, Meyer
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ITEM TITLE:
SUBMITTED BY:
BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEM ENT
Item No. 6.
For Meeting of: June 15, 2021
Public hearing and Ordinance amending the City of Yakima
Municipal Code Section 5.99.040 Tourism Promotion Charge to
add an additional tourism promotion charge of two dollars per night
of lodging stay
Ryan Bleek, Assistant City Attorney
Steve Groom, Director of Finance and Budget
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
At Council's regular business meeting on June 1, 2021, Council passed a resolution of intent
pursuant to YMC 5.99.070(A), which seta public hearing for 6:00 p.m. on June 15, 2021 at the
Yakima City Hall Council Chambers, for consideration of a proposed ordinance that would modify
Chapter 5.99 of the Yakima Municipal Code entitled "Tourism Promotion Area." The proposed
ordinance would impose a two -dollar tourism promotion charge in addition to the already existing
two -dollar charge.
On April 14, 2021, the City received a petition from authorized representatives of lodging properties
within the TPA whose collective room capacity comprises 78% of those rooms subject to the additional
TPA lodging charge. The petition contains the proposed uses and projects to which the proposed
revenue from the additional charge shall be put, the total estimated costs, and the estimated rate for
the charge as required by RCW 35.101.057. The petition seeks to impose an additional two -dollar
charge per night of lodging at stays within the Yakima County TPA. The current boundaries of the
TPA include the City of Yakima and all unincorporated areas of Yakima County.
ITEM BUDGETED: NA
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Economic Development
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
Pass ordinance
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