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HomeMy WebLinkAbout16239i 44C 1 ORDINANCE NO. 16,239 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, 4 ARK., REV. CODE SS 7 -126 and 7 -127 TO 5 ADD ANOTHER CLASSIFICATION OF 6 OFF - AIRPORT BUSINESSES, TO ESTABLISH 7 RATES TO BE ASSESSED ON THIS 8 CLASSIFICATION, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY 9 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 10 11 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the City of Little 12 Rock has previously determined that it is necessary to permit 13 the Airport Commission to assess rates, fees, charges and 14 amounts for certain uses of the airport facilities, and 15 WHEREAS, these assessments are necessary to help retire 16 existing debts, pay for airport equipment, protect the public, 17 preserve order, provide for the public health, safety and 18 welfare, and to enhance the welfare and operational 19 capabilities of the airport, and 20 WHEREAS, certain off - premises parking facilities are 21 using airport facilities on a daily basis and are being 22 assessed a nominal amount for such use, and 23 WHEREAS, recent court cases have determined that a fee 24 for such use is justified because the revenues are based 25 solely on the revenues derived from passengers picked up at 26 the airport, and thus tie the fee directly to the benefit that 27 a business receives from the airport, 28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 29 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: 30 SECTION 1. Little Rock, Ark. Rev. Code § 7 -126 (1987), 31 "Class "B ", is hereby amended to read as follows: 32 Class B: Off - airport businesses, not 33 including Class A and Class C 34 business, such as hotels and 35 motels that tansport persons to 36 M" . 0 441 and from the airport. 1 SECTION 2: Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 7 -126 (1987) is 2 hereby amended to add the following: 3 Class C: Off - airport businesses operating 4 parking facilities for the air 5 travelling public. 6 SECTION 3: Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 7 -127 (1) is 7 hereby amended to read as follows: 8 (1) Licenses. Class A, Class B, and Class C 9 off - airport businesses shall apply to the 10 manager for original and renewal licenses to 11 operate at the airport. All applications shall 12 be accompanied by a payment of fifteen dollars 13 ($15.00) as a nonrefundable application fee. 14 SECTION 4: Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 7 -127 (2) is 15 amended to add the following: 16 C. Class C. Each business operating an 17 off - airport parking facility for the air 18 travelling public shall pay a fee based 19 on the following calculation: 20 Thirty -five cents ($0.35) for each 21 vehicle entrusted to the parking 22 facility by an airport patron, 23 multiplied by the number of complete 24 days such patron's vehicle is entrusted 25 to the parking facility. A "complete 26 day" consists of a period of 24 27 consecutive hours, beginning at the time 28 such vehicle is entrusted to the parking 29 facility. With respect to period of 30 entrustment that either do not equal a 31 complete day or that exceed a complete 32 day yet do not equal a successive 33 complete day, the parking facility shall 34 pay a fee of ten cents ($.10) per hour 35 or partial hour, not to exceed thirty 36 S69 ,S- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 • • 448 five cents ($0.35) in any one complete day. This permit fee shall be payable monthly and such payment shall entitle a licensee to a permit which will authorize it to shuttle the parking facility's customers to and form the airport for one month. SECTION 5. Emergency Clause. The ability to pay off debts, provide for equipment, and efficiently operate the airport is important to the public health, safety and welfare. At the present, the revenue lost by a waiting period of this ordinance to take effect could have a detrimental impact upon the airport. An emergency is therefore declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its adoption. PASSED: July 7, 1992 APPROVED AS TO .OA., MOST, 'ham Q19• u` news y •• ZHAIRON•i MAYOR D"sK &-/4