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To amend ch. 12, of the City Code by adding therein a new art. VI, consisting of ?? 12-266-12-277, for the purpose of establishing a tourism improvement district.
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WHEREAS, the Council determines that the public notice for all hearings required to be held for the creation of a tourism improvement district was published and mailed as required by law and is otherwise sufficient; and
WHEREAS, the Council determines that the requisite number of owners have not filed objections to the establishment of a tourism improvement district as provided in subsection B of ? 15.2-2413.4 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Council determines that all of the businesses that will be charged a fee will benefit from the establishment of a tourism improvement district; and
WHEREAS, the Council determines that the establishment of a tourism improvement district is in the public interest;
NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That Chapter 12 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020) be and hereby is amended and reordained by adding therein a new article numbered VI, consisting of sections numbered 12-266 through 12-277 as follows:
ARTICLE VI
TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FEE
Sec. 12-266. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Accommodations means any room or space for which a fee is imposed on the retail sale pursuant to this article and includes but is not limited to, any public or private hotel, inn, apartment, hostelry, tourist home or house, motel, rooming house, or other lodging place within the city of Richmond offering lodging, and the owner and operator thereof, who for compensation, furnishes lodging to any transients as defined in this article.
Accommodations intermediary means any person, other than an accommodations prov...
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