Article 1.17

ENTERPRISE ZONE HIRING TAX CREDIT VOUCHER APPLICATION FEES

All applicants seeking an Enterprise Zone Hiring Tax Credit Voucher as authorized by Sections 17053.74 and 23622.7 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code shall pay a service fee to the Community Development Department, the City’s Enterprise Zone Administrator for processing such applications.

The State of California has established a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each application submitted to the State by the local Enterprise Zone Administrator effective November 1, 2004 pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code Section 7086. The City has determined that an additional twenty-five dollar fee ($25.00) is required to offset the cost of processing such applications by the City. Applicants for an Enterprise Zone Hiring Tax Credit Voucher shall pay a service fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) to the Community Development Department. The Department shall submit ten dollars ($10.00) of this fee to the State of California as required by State law. The balance of fees collected shall be used to offset costs of administering the program by the Community Development Department.

In the event that the State law authorizing the collection of the ten dollar ($10.00) fee for the State should no longer be in effect, the fee to be charged by the Community Development Department for each application shall be twenty- five dollars ($25.00).

If the State determines that the fee to be collected by the Enterprise Zone Administration is to be increased above the ten dollars ($10.00) currently authorized, the General Manager of the Community Development Department or an authorized representative shall issue adequate public notice of the fee increase and shall adjust its collection of the fee in conformity with the State requirements.

Neither the adoption of this ordinance which provides authority for the collection of the State’s Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Voucher Application Fee, nor any action by any representative of the City in carrying out this ordinance shall constitute City approval of or ratification of the State’s law.

(Added by Ord. No. 186,337, Eff. 11/27/19.)

The Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) shall have the authority to utilize all unencumbered Enterprise Zone Hiring Tax Credit Voucher fees, previously collected pursuant to this Article, for economic development activities which are consistent with its mission.

ARTICLE 2

DEFINITIONS – AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURE – REVOCATION OF PERMITS