Clovis Municipal Code Art. 3 Parking and Business Improvement Area

Pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Law of 1965 (Sections 36000 et seq. of the Streets and Highways Code of the State), the Council on April 7, 1975, adopted Resolution No. 75-27, entitled “Resolution of Intention to Establish Business and Parking Improvement Area”, and on May 19, 1975, at 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, Clovis, California, a hearing was duly held concerning the formation of such Area.

(§ 1, Ord. 75-31, eff. July 2, 1975)

A Parking and Business Improvement Area is established within the City, pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Law of 1965, within the boundaries described as follows:

Commencing at the northeast corner of Section 8, Township 13 south, Range 21 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; thence westerly along the north line of said Section 8 37.5 feet to the true point of beginning, said point being on the center line at the San Joaquin Valley Railroad track as per Map of Clovis City recorded in miscellaneous drawings of Book 1 at Page 9 of official records of Fresno County; thence northerly along said railroad center line to its intersection with the center line (extended) of Second Street as per map of the Town of Clovis recorded in record of surveys, Book 1, at Page 1, of Fresno County Records; thence westerly along said Second Street center line to its intersection with the center line of the alley between Clovis Avenue and Pollasky Avenue; thence southerly along said alley center line to its intersection with the center line of Third Street; thence westerly along the center line of Third Street to its intersection with the center line of Woodworth Avenue; thence southerly along the center line of Woodworth Avenue to its intersection with the center line of Seventh Street; thence easterly along the center line of Seventh Street to its intersection with the center line of Clovis Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of Clovis Avenue to its intersection with Seventh Street (running easterly from Clovis Avenue); thence easterly along the center line of Seventh Street to the center line of said railroad track; thence northerly along said railroad track center line to the point of beginning.

(§ 1, Ord. 75-31, eff. July 2, 1975)

Businesses within the area described in Section 3.1.302 of this article shall be subject to the provisions of the tax or additional tax provided by this article.

(§ 1, Ord. 75-31, eff. July 2, 1975)

A license fee in addition to all other business license fees is imposed on businesses within the area, to be collected with other City business license fees as follows:

(a) For those businesses that have parking available in accordance with zone district standards for new construction at their location, fifty (50) cents for each One and no/100ths ($1.00) Dollar of additional fee as computed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section; and

(b) For those businesses that do not have parking available in accordance with zone district standards for new construction at their location, One and no/100ths ($1.00) Dollar for each One and no/100ths ($1.00) Dollar of the amount of the business license fee payable pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of this chapter.

(§ 1, Ord. 75-31, eff. July 2, 1975; as amended by § 1, Ord. 75-34, eff. September 3, 1975, and § 69, Urgency Ord. 78-26, eff. June 19, 1978, reenacted by § 69, Ord. 78-27, eff. June 28, 1978, and § I, Ord. 81-4, eff. January 5, 1981)

The revenue from the additional license tax shall be used for any of the following purposes:

(a) The acquisition, construction, or maintenance of parking facilities for the benefit of the area;

(b) The decoration of any public place in the area;

(c) The promotion of public events which are to take place on or in public places in the area;

(d) The furnishing of music in any public place in the area; and

(e) The general promotion of retail trade activities in the area.

(§ 1, Ord. 75-31, eff. July 2, 1975)