Chapter 125 – Hotel/Motel Tax

125.01 IMPOSITION OF TAX.

A tax of 7% shall be and same is hereby imposed upon the gross receipts from the renting of sleeping quarters in a hotel, motel, inn, public lodging house, rooming house, mobile home which is tangible personal property, or tourist court, or in any place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to transient guests for rent, with or without meals, except for those accommodations specifically exempted by Iowa Code Section 423A.5, as amended, pursuant to the election held on November 6, 2007, at which a majority of those qualified voters of the City of Bloomfield, Iowa, did vote in favor of the imposition of said tax. This tax shall only apply within the corporate boundaries of Bloomfield, Iowa.

125.02 USE OF FUNDS.

Revenues derived from this tax shall be used as provided in Iowa Code Section 423A.7, as amended.

125.03 EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE AND TAX IMPOSITION.

The ordinance codified in this chapter shall be in full force and effect from and after its final passage, approval, and publication as provided by law. The tax shall be imposed beginning on the 1st day of January, 2008

(Ch. 125 – Ord. 635 – Jul. 08 Supp.)