ORDINANCE NO. 230363

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Amending Chapter 40, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 40-111 and enacting a new section of like number and subject matter; amending Chapter 40, Code of Ordinances, by enacting new Section 40-168 entitled "Short-term rental units"; and establishing an effective date.

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WHEREAS, Code of Ordinances Section 40-111 presently imposes a $1.50 business license fee on each room rental of hotels, motels, and tourist courts in the City to provide funds for the acquisition, development, construction, operation, and maintenance of a downtown arena; and

WHEREAS, there is currently no license fee imposed by the City for short-term rentals; and

WHEREAS, in an election on April 4, 2023 the qualified voters of the City authorized an additional One Dollar and Fifty Cent ($1.50) license fee on hotels, motels, and tourist courts, and imposed a like fee on short-term rentals in the City; and

WHEREAS, the City desires to implement the will of the voters by increasing the license fee imposed on hotels, motels, and tourist courts by $1.50 and imposing a like fee on short-term rentals in the City, for a total of a Three Dollar ($3.00) fee on the occupied room by a guest per day of all lodging establishments; and

WHEREAS, the City desires to use revenue generated by the license fees on lodging establishments to provide debt service on the downtown arena until fully paid as approved by the voters in the election held on August 3, 2004, and for convention and tourism purposes within the City; NOW, THEREFORE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That with approval of the qualified voters of the City, Chapter 40 of the Code of Ordinances shall be amended by repealing Section 40-111 entitled "Hotel, motel or tourist court" and enacting a new section of like number and subject matter, to read as follows:

Sec. 40-111. Hotel, motel or tourist court.

(a) Amount of fee. Every individu...

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