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ORDINANCE NO. 5892 (GENERAL)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7 "B'USINESS'" SECTION 7.708
EXEMPTIONS FROM TRANSIENT ROOM TAX OF THE SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL
CODE TO INCLUDE AN EXEMPTION FOR AN OCCUPANT WHOSE RENT IS PAID
BY AN AGENCY IN RESPONSE TO A LOCAL DISASTER OR DECLARED
EMERGENCY.
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
section 1. "Business" section 7.708 Exemptions from the
Transient Room Tax is hereby amended as follows:
"section 7.708. Exemptions. No tax may be imposed upon:
(1) Any occupant for more than 30 successive calendar days;
(2) Any person who pays for lodging on a monthly basis,
irrespective of the number of days in the month;
(3) Any occupant whose rent is of a value less than $5.00;
(4) Any person who rents a private home, vacation, cabin,
or like facility from any owner who rents the facility
incidentally to his own use thereof;
(5) Any occupant whose rent is paid for a hospital room or
to a medical clinic or foundation, convalescent home,
or home for aged people;
(6) Any occupant whose rent is paid by an agency, either
directly or through a voucher in response to a local
disaster or an emergency declared pursuant to
Springfield Municipal Code Seccion 2.808.
Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Springfield
this 15th of June, 1998, by a vote of . 5 in favor and 0
against.
Approved by the Mayor of the city of Springfield this 15th
day of June, 1998.
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