Hanford Municipal Code Ch. 3.28 Central Parking and Business Improvement Area

This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority of the "Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1965," being Sections 36000 et seq. of the Streets and Highway Code of the state.

(Prior code § 3-6.101; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

There is created and established a parking and business improvement area designated as the "central parking and business improvement area of the city of Hanford," hereinafter for brevity and convenience referred to as "area."

(Prior code § 3-6.102; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

A description of the exterior boundaries of said central parking and business improvement area of the city is as follows:

All that certain area situated in the city of Hanford, county of Kings, state of California, more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Redington Street and Ivy Street; thence northerly along the center line of Redington Street approximately 660 feet to its intersection with the center line of Elm Street; thence easterly along the center line of Elm Street approximately 1,500 feet to the center line of Harris Street; thence southerly along the center line of Harris Street approximately 660 feet to the center line of Ivy Street; thence easterly along the center line of Ivy Street approximately 2,150 feet to the east line of Section 25, said east line being located in the 10th Avenue right-of-way; thence southerly along the east line of said Section 25 approximately 1,300 feet to the north boundary line of the territory annexed by Ordinance No. 651; thence easterly along the boundary line of said annexed territory approximately 190 feet to an angle point in said boundary line, said point being located 10 feet east of the northeast corner of Lot 6 of Block 1 of Orange Addition and also being located on the east line of Assessor's Parcel No. 14-211-10; thence southerly along said line of Assessor's Parcel No. 14-211-10 and its southerly prolongation thereof approximately 180 feet to the south line of Section 30, said: line being located in the Lacey Boulevard right-of-way; thence easterly along the south line of Section 30 a distance of approximately 52.5 feet to its point of intersection with the northeast corner of the territory annexed by Ordinance No. 693, said point being located on a northerly prolongation of the east line of Assessor's Parcel No. 16-011-12 and being also located 12.5 feet east of a northerly prolongation of the west line of Lot 9 of Block X of Manasse and Simon Addition; thence southerly along the east line of the territory annexed by Ordinance No. 693 a distance of approximately 200 feet to the southeast corner of said annexed territory, said corner being located on the south line of the alley in Block X; thence westerly along the south line of last said annexed territory a distance of approximately 242.5 feet to the east line of Section 36, said line being located in the 10th Avenue right-of-way; thence southerly along said section line in 10th Avenue approximately 1,200 feet to its intersection with the construction center line of State Highway 198; thence westerly along said construction center line of State Highway 198 approximately 4,280 feet to its point of intersection with the east line of the A.T.&S.F. Railroad right-of-way, said line being also an east line for the right-of-way for the former city street named Thornton Street; thence northerly along the east line of said railroad right-of-way and said former street right-of-way and its northerly prolongation thereof to its point of intersection with the south line of Section 25; thence westerly along the south line of said Section 25 approximately 150 feet to its point of intersection with the center line of Park Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of Park Avenue approximately 1,500 feet to its intersection with the center line of Ivy Street; thence easterly along the center line of Ivy Street approximately 1,050 feet to the point of beginning.

(Prior code § 3-6.103; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

Effective July 1, 1975, all revenue from the regular business license taxes collected pursuant to Chapters 5.04 and 5.08 within the central parking and business improvement area of the city of Hanford shall be credited to the central parking and improvement fund for use as established by Sections 3.28.140 and 3.28.150.

(Prior code § 3-6.104; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

Effective July 1, 1975, there is imposed an initial rate of increase or additional levy of business license tax upon all permanent businesses located within the boundaries of the central parking and business improvement area of the city established by this chapter and which businesses are required to pay a business license tax upon a monthly or quarterly basis under the provisions of Chapter 5.04.

(Prior code § 3-6.105; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

The additional levy of the license tax imposed upon businesses within said area is hereby fixed, levied, determined and established as follows:

A. An amount equal to 100% of the business license taxes imposed by Chapters 5.04 and 5.08, and subsequent amendments thereto, as the same applies to permanent businesses located within said proposed area and which are required to pay a license tax, excluding those businesses which pay license fees based upon average monthly gross receipts; and

B. When the amount of the license fee required by the provisions of Chapters 5.04 and 5.08, and subsequent amendments thereto, applies to permanent businesses located within said proposed area which pay a license tax based upon the amount of gross receipts from the sales of business transacted, the additional levy imposed shall be as follows:

1. An amount equal to 100% on gross annual sales up to $500,000 per business,

2. An amount equal to 50% on all portions of gross annual sales between $500,000 and $1,000,000 per business, and

3. An amount equal to 25% on all portions of gross annual sales exceeding $1,000,000 per business.

(Prior code § 3-6.106; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

The definitions and classifications of business shall be determined by the definitions and classifications set forth in Chapter 5.04 and 5.08 as the same apply to businesses within the area.

(Prior code § 3-6.107; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

The collection of the initial rate of increase or additional levy of business license tax imposed by this chapter shall be made at the same time and in the same manner as the ordinary business license taxes of the city under the provisions of Chapter 5.04 and 5.08 as the same apply to businesses which are required to pay a license tax upon a monthly or quarterly basis. Such tax shall be computed in the manner provided for in Chapter 5.04 and 5.08 and shall be due and payable and subject to the same penalties for delinquencies as provided in Chapter 5.04 and 5.08 of this title as the same applies to businesses paying a regular business license tax on a quarterly or monthly basis.

(Prior code § 3-6.108; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

Any business, person or institution located within said area, or which is exempt from the payment of the ordinary business license taxes of the city by reason of the laws of the United States or the state shall not be taxed under this chapter but may make a voluntary contribution to the city. Such contributions shall be used for the purposes provided in Section 3.28.110.

(Prior code § 3-6.109; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

It shall be the duty of the director of finance and his or her designee to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The director of finance and his or her designee shall have the power to enforce business license requirements as set forth in Chapter 5.04.

(Prior code § 3-6.110; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

The uses to which the business license tax imposed by Chapter 5.04 and 5.08 and the additional revenues received by the initial rate of increase or additional levy of business license tax imposed by this chapter and all voluntary contributions are to be put are as follows:

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.

(Prior code § 3-6.111; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

For the sole purpose of advising the council and making recommendations on the operation and extent of the area, the methods and ways in which the revenue derived from the levy of the license tax imposed by this chapter shall be used within the scope of the purposes set forth in Section 3.28.110, of this article, and to have and to perform such other powers and duties as the council may determine, the council shall establish an advisory board, which shall consist of seven members. The advisory board may, at the council's election, be comprised of the board of directors of a private organization designated by the council. The advisory board shall present an annual report to the city council to include an estimate of expenditures to be made to carry out the purposes of the central parking and business improvement area of the city.

(Prior code § 3-6.112; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

The revenues received by the business license tax imposed by Chapters 5.04 and 5.08 from businesses within the area and the additional rate of increase or additional levy of business license tax imposed by this chapter and all voluntary contributions shall be deposited in the central parking and improvement fund created by Section 3.28.140.

(Prior code § 3-6.113; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

There is established in the city a fund to be designated as the "central parking and improvement fund."

(Prior code § 3-6.201; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)

All revenues deposited in the central parking and improvement fund shall be used for 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.

(Prior code § 3-6.202; Ord. 24-06, 11/5/2024)