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Special Services District Occupancy Fee 3.650 Special Services District Occupancy Fee -Imposed. (1) Downtown Services District (a) Unless exempt pursuant to section 3.680(1)(a) of this code, the owner of property within the downtown services district shall pay to the city a fee based on the square footage of space in a building which is occupied or used for non-residential purposes. No fee shall be imposed for that portion of the building which is not occupied. The fee shall be paid quarterly. The quarterly fee shall be based on the amount of square footage of space occupied or used for non- residential purposes measured on the first day of the quarter as follows: 1. Owners of property located within the inner district as defined in subsection (c) of this section, shall pay the following fees per square foo t of occupied space, exclusive of occupied basement space, per quarter: a. $0.03 for fiscal year commencing July 1, 1997; b. $0.03125 for fiscal year commencing July 1, 1998; and c. $0.03250 for fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999; and 2. Owners of property located within the outer district as defined in subsection (c) of this section, shall pay the following fees per square foo t of occupied space, exclusive of occupied basement space, per quarter: a. $0.02 for fiscal year commencing July 1, 1997; b. $0.02125 for fiscal year commencing July 1, 1998; and c. $0.02250 for fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the owners of hotels and motels located within the downtown services district shall pay a fee of $7.50 per occupied room per quarter. For purposes of this subsection, the fee for any quarter shall be based on the daily average of occupied rooms during the immediately preceding quarter. Such hotels and motels also shall pay to the city a square footage occupancy fee under subsection (1) of this section for that portion of the hotel or motel which is engaged in retail or food service activities. (c) The boundaries of the downtown services district to which this occupancy fee applies are described as: 1. Inner district. That area bounded by the centerlines of 7th Avenue on the North, Charnelton Street on the West, 11th Avenue on the South, and the North/South alley between Pearl Street and High Street on the East. 2. Outer district. The properties between the centerlines of 6th Avenue and 1 lth Avenue that abut the west side of Charnelton Street on the West; the properties between the northern boundary of the inner services Ordinance - 2