(a) For only so long as and to the extent that the City is prohibited from imposing the Vacancy Tax, any person upon whom the City is prohibited under the Constitution or laws of the State of California or the Constitution or laws of the United States from imposing the Vacancy Tax shall be exempt from the Vacancy Tax.
(b) Any organization that is exempt from income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall be exempt from the Vacancy Tax.
(c) The City shall not be exempt from the Vacancy Tax.
(d) If a lessee or sublessee has operated a business in Taxable Commercial Space for more than 182 consecutive days during a lease or sublease of at least two years, such lessee or sublessee shall not be liable for the Vacancy Tax for the remainder of that lease or sublease, regardless of whether that lessee or sublessee keeps the Taxable Commercial Space Vacant.
(Added by Proposition D, 3/3/2020, Eff. 4/17/2020, Oper. 1/1/2021)