Pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of
1989 (California Streets and Highways Code Sections 36500 et seq.),
there is hereby established a business improvement area within the
city to be known as the "Glendora Village business district" (the
district). The boundaries of the Glendora Village business district
are as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Bennett Avenue
(80 feet wide) and the centerline of Vermont Avenue (60 feet wide);
then easterly along the centerline of said Bennett Avenue to the centerline
of Vista Bonita Avenue (60 feet wide); thence southerly along the
centerline of said Vista Bonita Avenue to the centerline of Foothill
Boulevard (80 feet wide); thence westerly along the centerline of
said Foothill Boulevard to the centerline of Glendora Avenue (100
feet wide); thence southerly 274.55 feet along the centerline of said
Glendora Avenue; thence westerly 219.88 feet; thence southerly 119.90
feet, thence westerly to the centerline of said Vermont Avenue; thence
northerly along the centerline of said Vermont Avenue ending at the
centerline of said Bennett Avenue.
Businesses lying within said Glendora Village business district
shall be subject to any amendments of the aforementioned Parking and
Business Area Law of 1989 which may be enacted after the date of the
ordinance codified in this chapter.
(Ord. 1922 § 1, 2009)
The purpose and intent of the city council and the businesses
lying within the district are as follows:
(a)
To advance and achieve the goals and objectives of the Glendora Village Business District advisory board, as described in Chapter 2.18;
(b)
To ensure that the activities and expenditures of the Glendora Village Business District advisory board, as described in Chapter 2.18, are focused on the general promotion of member businesses and events;
(c)
To
diversify and strengthen the mix of businesses located in the district;
(d)
To
improve the overall improvement of market conditions in the district;
(e)
The
type or types of improvements and activities proposed to be funded
by the levy of assessments on businesses in the area include all "improvements"
and "activities" permitted under Sections 36510 and 36513 of Streets
and Highway Code, specifically: (1) "improvement" means the acquisition,
construction, installation, or maintenance of any tangible property
with an estimated useful life of five years or more including, but
not limited to, parking facilities, benches, trash receptacles, street
lighting, decorations, parks, and fountains; (2) "activities" means,
but is not limited to, promotion of public events which benefit businesses
in the area and which take place on or in public places within the
area, furnishing of music in any public place in the area, promotion
of tourism within the area and activities which benefit businesses
located and operating in the area. Except where funds are otherwise
available, an assessment will be levied annually to pay for all improvements
and activities within the area.
(Ord. 1922 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2036 § 5, 2019)
All businesses within the district are subject to the charges and assessments imposed by this chapter, which are in addition to the business license tax required by this title. The charges and assessments imposed hereby are in addition to any and all other tax imposed by any other ordinance of the city council. Charities, resident farmers, ministers, employees of licensees, certain manual laborers, persons under court order, students, and veterans, as those terms are defined in Section 5.04.060, shall be exempt from paying the charges and assessments imposed pursuant to this chapter.
(Ord. 1922 § 1, 2009)
Charges and assessments imposed pursuant to this chapter shall
be set forth in a resolution adopted by the city council.
(Ord. 1922 § 1, 2009)
(b)
The charges and assessments imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed a debt to the city. Any person carrying on any business covered in this chapter without having lawfully paid the charges and assessments to the city shall be liable in an action in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of the required charge and assessment. Such charge and assessment shall be due and payable once a year, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and the person or business so assessed shall pay to the city the amount of the charge and assessment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Chapters 5.04 and 5.08.
(Ord. 1922 § 1, 2009)
No person shall fail or refuse to pay any charges and assessments
imposed by this chapter, and civil, administrative and criminal penalties
and interest provided by the city council shall apply.
(Ord. 1922 § 1, 2009)
Any business which is exempt from the payment of the charges
and assessments imposed by reason of federal, state or local law,
or whose place of business is outside of the district, may make a
voluntary contribution to the fund established by this chapter for
the purposes provided for in this chapter.
(Ord. 1922 § 1, 2009)
There is created a special fund designated Glendora Village business district fund, into which all revenues derived from charges, assessments, and contributions under this chapter, less the cost of collection, shall be placed, and such funds shall be used only for the purposes specified in Section 5.40.020.
(Ord. 1922 § 1, 2009)
Expenditure of district funds recommended by the Business District advisory board, established in Chapter 2.18, must have a direct correlation to the purposes of the district, as stated in this chapter.
(Ord. 1922 § 1, 2009; Ord. 1981 § 8, 2014; Ord. 2036 § 6, 2019)
The Business District advisory board, established in Chapter 2.18, shall adopt an annual budget of proposed expenditures no later than thirty days after the beginning of each fiscal year.
(Ord. 2036 § 6, 2019)
