Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 25 — AIRPORT›Chapter 25.08 — COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
San Jose Municipal Code Part 6 Consolidated Rental Car Facilities and Fees
San Jose Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Jose
Cite as: San Jose Municipal Code Part 6 · Text as of 2026-10-04
25.08.610 - Required common use transportation system.¶
From and after the date that city places a common use transportation system into service, including any interim rental car busing system, no on-airport or off-airport car rental agency shall pick up or deliver customers from the terminals except by transportation on the common use transportation system.
(Ord. 26063.)
25.08.620 - Customer facilities fee.¶
A. Each person who rents a vehicle from an on-airport rental car agency located in the consolidated rental car facility shall pay a customer facilities fee in such amount as is established by resolution of the city council.
B. Each on-airport car rental agency shall surcharge a customer facilities fee on every contract for a car rental derived from its commercial activity at the airport. All customer facilities fees collected by any on-airport car rental agency on behalf of city shall be deemed a debt owed to the city by such car rental agency. Each on-airport car rental agency shall remit all customer facilities fees collected from its customers to city in the manner prescribed by city in writing.
(Ord. 26063.)
25.08.630 - Customer transportation fee.¶
A. Each person who rents a vehicle from an on-airport or off -airport car rental agency, and who arrives at or departs from the airport or uses the interim common use transportation system, shall pay a customer transportation fee for use of the interim common use transportation system in such amount as is established by resolution of the city council.
B. Each on-airport car rental agency and each off-airport car rental agency shall surcharge any applicable customer transportation fee on each customer contract where the transaction derives from passenger activity at the airport, or the customer arrives or departs from the airport or uses the interim common use transportation system. All customer transportation fees collected by any car rental agency on behalf of city shall be deemed a debt owed to city by such car rental agency. Each on-airport car rental agency and off-airport car rental agency shall remit all customer transportation fees collected from its customers to city in the manner prescribed by city in writing.
(Ord. 26063.)
25.08.640 - Reporting and remittance.¶
A. Each on-airport car rental agency, and each off-airport car rental agency shall, on or before the last day of each calendar month, prepare and submit a monthly fee report, in a form satisfactory to the director, that specifies the total number of car rental contracts let, the amount of customer facilities fees collected, and the amount of customer transportation fees collected for the preceding calendar month.
B. The full amount of the customer facilities fees and the customer transportation fees collected in the preceding calendar month shall be remitted to the director along with the monthly fee report.
(Ord. 26063.)
25.08.650 - Recordkeeping requirements.¶
It shall be the duty of every on-airport rental car agency and every off-airport rental car agency liable for the collection and payment to the city of any fee imposed by this chapter to keep and preserve for a period of three years all records as may be deemed necessary by the city to determine the amount of any such fees for which such rental car agency may be liable for the collection of and remittance to the city. The city shall have the right to inspect such records at any reasonable time.
(Ord. 26063.)
25.08.660 - Fees deemed debt to city.¶
Any fee required to be paid by any person under the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a debt owed to the city. Any amount of money required to be collected and remitted to the city by any on-airport rental car agency or any off-airport rental car agency pursuant to this Part 6 of Chapter 25.08 shall be deemed a debt owed by such agency to the city. Any person owing money to the city under the provisions of this Part 6 of Chapter 25.08 shall be liable to an action brought in the name of the city for the recovery of such amount.
(Ord. 26063.)
25.08.670 - Failure to remit fees to city.¶
Any person who fails to remit fees or who does not remit fees in a timely manner shall, in addition to all remedies available to city under this Code and state law, be barred from using the airport or its facilities for the conducting of any commercial activity whatsoever.
(Ord. 26063.)
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