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Any operator aggrieved by any decision of the tax administrator with respect to the amount of any tax, interest and penalties, if any, may appeal to the city council by filing a notice of appeal with the city clerk within fifteen (15) days of serving of the assessment or determination of tax and penalties, if any, due. The city council shall fix a time and place for hearing the appeal, and the city clerk shall give notice in writing to the operator at his or her last known address. The findings of the city council shall be final and conclusive and shall be served upon the appellant in the manner prescribed above for service of notice of hearing. Any amount found to be due shall be immediately due and payable upon the service of notice. (Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 3.24.130)
It shall be the duty of every operator liable for the collection and remittance to the city of any tax imposed by this chapter to keep and preserve, in the city, for a period of three years, records in such form as the tax administrator may require to determine the amount of such tax. The tax administrator shall have the right to inspect such records at all reasonable times and may subpoena the records of any operator who refuses to make them available for examination.
(Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 3.24.140)
A. Whenever the amount of any tax, interest or penalty has been overpaid or paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or received by the city under this chapter, it may be refunded as provided in subsections B and C of this section, provided a claim in writing therefor, stating under penalty of perjury the specific grounds upon which the claim is founded, is filed with the tax administrator within three years of the date of payment. The claims shall be on forms furnished by the tax administrator.
B. An operator may claim a refund or take as credit against taxes collected and remitted the amount overpaid, paid more than once or erroneously or illegally collected or received when it is established in a manner prescribed by the tax administrator that the person from whom the tax has been collected was not a transient; provided, however, that neither a refund nor a credit shall be allowed unless the amount of tax so collected has either been refunded to the person or credited to rent subsequently payable by the person to the operator.
C. A transient may obtain a refund of taxes overpaid or paid more than once erroneously or illegally collected or received by the city by filing a claim in the manner provided in subsection A of this section, but only when the tax was paid by the transient directly to the tax administrator, or when the transient having paid the tax to the operator, establishes to the satisfaction of the tax administrator that the transient has been unable to obtain a refund from the operator who collected the tax.
D. No refund shall be paid under the provisions of this section unless the claimant establishes his or her right thereto by written records. (Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 3.24.150)
Whenever any operator fails to comply with any provision of this chapter relating to occupancy tax or any rule or regulation of the tax administrator relating to occupancy tax prescribed and adopted under this chapter, the tax administrator upon hearing, after giving the operator ten days' notice in writing specifying the time and place of hearing and requiring him or her to show cause why his or her permit or permits should not be revoked, may suspend or revoke any or more of the permits held by the operator. The tax administrator shall give to the operator written notice of the suspension or revocation of any of his or her permits. The notices required in this chapter may be served personally or by mail in the manner prescribed for service of notice of a deficiency determination. The tax administrator shall not issue a new permit after the revocation of a permit unless he or she is satisfied that the former holder of the permit will comply with the provisions of this chapter relating to the occupancy tax and regulations of the tax administrator. (Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 3.24.160)
If any amount required to be remitted or paid to the city under this chapter is not remitted or paid when due, the tax administrator may, within three years after the amount is due, file for record in the office of the county recorder a certificate specifying the amount of tax, penalties and interest due, the name and address as it appears on the records of the tax administrator of the operator liable for the same and the fact that the tax administrator has complied with all provisions of this chapter in the determination of the amount required to be remitted and paid. From the time of the filing for record, the amount required to be remitted together with penalties and interest constituting a lien upon all real property in the county owned by the operator or afterwards and before the lien expires acquired by him or her. The lien has the force, effect and priority of a judgement lien and shall continue for ten years from the time of filing of the certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. (Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 3.24.180)
A. The amounts required to be remitted and/or paid by any operator under this chapter with penalties and interest shall be satisfied first in any of the following cases:
1. Whenever the person is insolvent;
2. Whenever the person makes a voluntary assignment of his or her assets;
3. Whenever the estate of the person in the hands of executors, administrators, or heirs is insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased;
4. Whenever the estate and effects of an absconding, concealed or absent person required to pay any amount under this chapter are levied upon by process law. This chapter does not give the city a preference over any recorded lien which is attached prior to the date when the amounts required to be paid became a lien.
B. The preference given to the city by this section shall be subordinate to the preferences given to claims for personal services by Sections 1204 and 1206 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 3.24.190)
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