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Summary: Adopt an Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Revising the Webster Street Business Improvement Area (BIA) Boundaries and Setting a new Surcharge for Large, Single Stand Alone Retail Stores within the BIA Boundaries and Determining that Adoption of the Ordinance is not a "Project" under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Final Passage of Ordinance Amending Alameda Municipal Code Chapter VI, Sections 6-7.2(a), 6-7.2(b), and 6-7.5(j), and Adding Sections 6-7.5(a)6 and 6-7.5(e) to Revise the Webster Street Business Improvement Area (BIA) Boundaries and Setting a New BIA Surcharge Fee for Large, Single, Stand-Alone Retail Stores; Action is not a Project Under CEQA because it is Organizational or Administrative Activities of Government that will not Result in Direct or Indirect Physical Changes to the Environment. (Community Development 481001)
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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. ________
New Series
AMENDING ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER VI, SECTIONS 6-7.2(a), 6-7.2(b) AND 6-7.5(k), AND ADDING SECTIONS 6-7.5(a)6 AND 6-7.5(e) TO REVISE THE WEBSTER STREET BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA (BIA) BOUNDARIES AND SETTING A NEW BIA SURCHARGE FEE FOR LARGE, SINGLE, STAND-ALONE RETAIL STORES
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that:
Section 1. The Alameda Municipal Code is amended by changing sections 6-7.2(a), 6-7.2(b) and 6-7.5(k) in Chapter VI as follows (see underline):
6-7 REGULATIONS FOR ALAMEDA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA.
6-7.2 Area Established; Description.
There is hereby established a business improvement area which shall be known as the "Alameda Business Improvement Area of the City of Alameda", herein referred to as the "Area" for brevity and convenience. The description of the Area is as follows:
a. All of the Park Street Business Area included by reference on the map and list of inclusive addresses, as they may change from time to time as long as the addresses are within the geographic boundary of the map, included in this section as Exhibit A and C,* respectively.
b. All of the Webster Street Business Area included by reference on the map and list of inclusive addresses, as they may change from time to time as long as the addresses are within the geographic boundary of the map, included in this section as Exhibit B and C,* respectively.
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j. Each July 1, the amount of the nonretail charge in paragraphs a.3 and b.3 above, the amount of financial institutions/utility companies charge in paragraphs a.4 and b.4, and the maximum and minimum charges in paragraphs a. 1, 2 and 5 and 6 and b. 1, 2 and 5 shall be automatically increased by the amount of increase in the consumer price index, San Francisco area, all items, most recently available prior to the date of increase, provided, however, that in no event shall any automatic increase hereunder exceed ten (10%) percent, and provided further that the amounts of such charges which result from the application of the automatic increases hereunder shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
Section 2. The Alameda Municipal Code is amended by adding sections 6-7.5(a)6 and 6-7.5(e) to Chapter VI which shall read as follows:
6-7 REGULATIONS FOR ALAMEDA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA.
6-7.5 Classification of Business and Charges Imposed.
a. Benefit Area "A".
6. There shall be a surcharge of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars per year added to the maximum charge for any single stand-alone retail goods business enterprise, store, or tenant that exceeds thirty thousand (30,000) square feet in size.
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e. Where there are multiple separate businesses performing different business functions and operated by different persons or legal entities at the same address, there shall be a separate charge levied against each separate business at that address.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage.
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Presiding Officer of the City Council
Attest:
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted and passed by Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 6th day of May, 2014, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 7th day of May, 2014.
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda