3.10.180 Amendment or repeal.
This chapter may be repealed or amended by the city council without a vote of the people. However, as required by Article XIIIC of the California Constitution, voter approval is required for any amendment provision that would increase the rate of any tax levied pursuant to this chapter. The people of the city of Marina affirm that the following actions shall not constitute an increase of the rate of a tax:
A. The restoration of the rate of the tax to a rate that is no higher than that set by this section, if the city council has acted to reduce the rate of the tax;
B. An action that interprets or clarifies the methodology of the tax, or any definition applicable to the tax, so long as interpretation or clarification (even if contrary to some prior interpretation or clarification) is not inconsistent with the language of this section;
C. The establishment of a class of persons or entities that are exempt or excepted from the tax or the discontinuation of any such exemption or exception (other than the discontinuation of an exemption or exception specifically set forth in this section); or
D. The collection of the tax imposed by this section, even if the city had, for some period of time, failed to collect the tax. (Ord. 2013-07 § 1, 2013)