R-11-55 RESOLUTION NO. R -11 -55
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE 2012 SESSION F THE VIRGINIA , CTION
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ENACT AN AMENDMENT T
2.2(C) OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA,
PERTAINING TO THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the City Council held on December 13, 2011.
after due and proper publication of the notice of public hearing pursuant to Section an 15.2-202,
Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, which notice contained inter
summary of the proposed amendment to the City Charter of the City of Fairfax, Virginia (the
"City Charter ") a public hearing with respect to such proposed amendment
was s held b e r e
the City Council in which all citizens so desiring were afforded the opportunity Asse
determine if the citizens of the City desire that the City '' requestthenera1 as mb l t o
amend its existing City Charter in the form and manner hereinafter referred
in the aforesaid notice; and
WHEREAS, upon conclusion of such public hearing and upon consideration of the
T proposed amendment to such Charter, the City Council is of the opinion that the 2012 Session
11 of the General Assembly of Virginia should be requested to amend the City Charter as
hereinafter set forth.
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1 t NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Fairfax, that the General Assembly of Virginia is hereby requested during its 2012 Session to
E amend the City Charter as follows:
C4 Amend Chapter 2, Section 2.2(c) of the City Charter to read in its entirety as follows: 1
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1 1 "Sec. 2.2. Financial powers.
1 (c) To levy a transie nt occupancy tax on hotels, motels and boarding houses. Such tax shall
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be in such amount and on such terms as the Council may, by ordinance, prescribe; �eC
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d. The tax imposed hereunder shall not apply to rooms rented for continuous
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occupancy for thirty or more days in hotels, motels, and boarding houses."
ADOPTED this 13`" day of December, 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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The vote on the motion to approve was recorded as follows:
VOTE:
Councilman Drummond Aye
Councilman Greenfield Aye
Councilman Meyer Aye
Councilmember Schmidt Aye
Councilman Silverthorne Aye
Councilman Stombres Aye