Arcadia Municipal Code Part 10 Attorney Fees

Any tax required to be paid by any operator under the provisions of this Part shall be deemed a debt owed by the operator to the City. Any person owing money to the City under the provisions of this Part shall be liable in an action brought in the name of the City for the recovery of such amount. In any action to collect taxes under this Part, the prevailing party in the action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees; however, the amount of attorney's fees awarded to a prevailing party shall not exceed the amount of attorney's fees incurred by the City in the action or proceeding, and an award of attorney's fees shall only be allowed where the City elects, at the initiation of the action or proceeding, to seek recovery of its own attorney's fees.

This Part applies to all tax collection matters including current local taxes by ordinance including but not limited to Utility Users Tax ("UUT") and Transit Occupancy Tax ("TOT"); and any other future local taxes by ordinance hereinafter added by the voters of the City.

(Ord. No. 2393, § 2, 8-16-22)