A parking and business improvement area, or visitor attraction district, is hereby established pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989, California Streets and Highways Code Section 36500, et seq., and shall be known as the Woodland Visitor Attraction District.
(Prior code § 23-86)
The purpose of the Woodland visitor attraction district is to increase visitors to the district, thereby directly benefiting all hotels within the district. The visitor attraction district will increase the desirability of holding conferences and other events in the City increasing the long-term viability of the visitor attraction district. The authorized uses to which the revenue proceeds shall be put are as follows:
A. 
General promotion of business activities and visitor-oriented programs within the visitor attraction district, including the development of program materials, visitor guides, and the creation of linkages with event sponsors to support additional conferences and events;
B. 
Promotion of and participation in conferences, activities, and public events which are to take place on or in public places within the visitor attraction district;
C. 
Furnishing of music in any public place within the visitor attraction district; and
D. 
Decoration of any public place within the visitor attraction district.
(Prior code § 23-87)
For purposes of this chapter, certain words and phrases are defined as follows:
"Assessment"
means a levy for the purpose of providing services and programs that will benefit the district and the hotels within the district.
"Beneficiary" or "beneficiaries"
means all hotels in the City of Woodland.
"District"
means the Woodland visitor attraction district.
"Hotel"
means any hotel, as defined by Woodland Municipal Code Section 3.12.020, and/or any hotel or motel, as defined in Section 17.12.010 of this code, and includes, but is not limited to, the following: any structure or any portion of any structure which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, and/or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, hotel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging house, rooming house, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home or house trailer at a fixed location, or other similar structure or portion thereof.
(Prior code § 23-88)
The City Council finds that all hotels in the district will benefit from the provision of appropriate visitororiented promotional activities, as set forth in Section 3.24.020. Assessments applied to hotels will be established in relation to the number of and cost of room rentals as shown by the amount of transient occupancy tax generated by the hotels. The benefits derived from the Woodland visitor attraction district are directly related to the number and cost of room rentals.
(Prior code § 23-90)
A. 
Only businesses that benefit from overnight visits shall be assessed. All hotels that are licensed to operate in the City shall be subject to the assessment.
B. 
New hotels shall not be exempt from the levy of the assessment.
(Prior code § 23-91)
The assessment for each hotel shall be a percentage of the rent charged by the hotel operator as set forth in the applicable resolution of the City Council levying the assessment for that fiscal year and shall be computed in the same manner as the transient occupancy tax, as set forth in Chapter 3.12.
(Prior code § 23-92)
Assessments are payable to the City Finance Department on a quarterly basis, at the same time and in the same manner as payment of the transient occupancy tax. Assessments not received when due shall be subject to late penalties and interest calculated in the same manner as late penalties and interest are calculated for delinquent payments of the transient occupancy tax.
(Prior code § 23-93)
The assessment imposed by this chapter shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in Section 3.24.020 and shall not be used for the purpose of acquiring or constructing capital improvements within the district, acquiring or constructing improvements or promoting or participating in activities outside the boundaries of the district, or for any purpose other than those specified in Section 3.24.020.
(Prior code § 23-94)
A. 
The City Council may designate additional beneficiaries or modify the beneficiaries following the procedures set forth in Section 36500 et seq., of the California Streets and Highways Code.
B. 
The City Council may make changes in the assessments or in the uses to which the revenue from the assessments shall be put, as provided by Section 36500 et seq., of the California Streets and Highways Code.
C. 
The City Council may disestablish the Woodland visitor attraction district and terminate the accompanying assessments by ordinance after a hearing before the City Council, as provided by Section 36500 et seq., of the California Streets and Highways Code.
D. 
Hotels and any other subsequently designated beneficiaries covered by this chapter shall be subject to the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989, California Streets and Highways Code Section 36500 et seq., and as may be amended.
(Prior code § 23-95)
A. 
All revenues received under this chapter shall be deposited by the Finance Director for the City of Woodland into a special fund of the City. No moneys shall be disbursed from this fund except for the purposes set forth in this chapter.
B. 
The City Council shall consider a recommended budget of the estimated expenditures for use of the Woodland visitor attraction district revenues on an annual basis. The City Council may contract with an independent agent or agents for administration of the revenue proceeds in accordance with an approved budget.
(Prior code § 23-96)
Any business that is exempt from payment of the assessments imposed by this chapter may make a voluntary contribution to the fund established by this chapter.
(Prior code § 23-97)
The assessments imposed by this chapter are annual assessments based on the City's fiscal year. To renew the assessment, each fiscal year, the City Council must enact an appropriate resolution and hold a public hearing pursuant to Section 36500 et seq., of the California Streets and Highways Code.
(Prior code § 23-98)