20041214 r-04-83RESOLUTION NO. R-04-83
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE 2005 SESSION OF THE VIRGINIA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ENACT AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION
2.2(C) OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA,
CONCERNING THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX.
WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the City Council held on December 14, 2004,
after due and proper publication of the notice of public hearing pursuant to Section 15.2-202,
Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, which notic6 contained inter alia, an informative
summary of the proposed amendment to the City Charter of the City of Fairfax, a public
hearing with respect to such proposed amendment was held before the City Council in which
all citizens so desiring were afforded the opportunity to be heard to determine if the citizens
of the City desire that the City request the General Assembly to amend its existing Charter in
the form and manner hereinafter referred to and as provided in the aforesaid notice; and
WHEREAS, upon conclusion of such public hearing and upon consideration of the
proposed amendment to such Charter, the City Council is of the opinion that the 2005 General
Assembly of Virginia should be requested to amend the City Charter as hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Fairfax, that the General Assembly of Virginia is herby requested during its 2005 Session to
amend the City Charter of the City of Fairfax, Virginia (the "City Charter") as follows:
Amend Chapter 2, Section 2.2(C) of the City Charter to read in its entirety as follows:
Sec. 2.2. Financial Powers.
(c) To levy a transient occupancy tax on hotels, motels and boarding houses. Such tax
shall be in such amount and on such terms as the council may, by ordinance prescribe. The
tax imposed hereunder shall not apply to rooms rented for continuous occupancy for thirty or
more days in hotels, motels, and boarding houses.
ADOPTED this 14th day of December 2004.
Mayor
Attest:
/ - '-City Clerk
Vote:
Councilwoman Cross aye
Councilman Greenfield aye
Councilwoman Lyon aye
Councilman Rasmussen aye
Councilman Silverthorne nay
Councilmember Winter aye