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2-15-020 Establishment of the District. Pursuant to the Act, a business improvement district area is hereby created and established and designated as the "West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District" for the area located within one-quarter mile of the West San Leandro Shuttle route excepting therefrom that area within one-half mile of the San Leandro BART Station, as shown on the map attached as"Attachment A" and incorporated herein by this reference into the ordinance codified in this Chapter. 2-15-030 Amendments. All businesses within the boundaries of the district established by this Chapter shall be subject to any amendments of the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989, codified as California Streets and Highways Code Sections 36500 et seq. 2-15-040 Assessment. The assessment is to be levied on all businesses, existing and future, within the BID in the City of San Leandro based upon a fee of$21.00 per employee per year per business. Annually, the assessment may be increased in an amount up to the increase, if any, of the Cost of Living Index for San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, All Urban Consumers. Businesses that have a Home Occupation Permit, businesses with three (3) or less employees, businesses that have received Internal Revenue 501(c)(3)tax-exempt status, and businesses that are exempt from local assessments under State or Federal law are exempt from the assessment. 2-15-050 Protests to Formation. All protests, both written and oral, are overruled and denied and the City Council finds that there is not a majority protest within the meaning of Section 36525 of the Act. 2-15-060 Review of Annual Report. All of the assessments imposed pursuant to this Chapter shall be reviewed by the City Council annually based upon the annual reports prepared by the advisory board appointed pursuant to Sections 36530 and 36533 of the California Streets and Highways Code. Pursuant to Section 36533(c), the City Council may approve the report as filed by the advisory board or may modify any particular contained in the report and approve it as modified. 2-15-070 Use of Assessments. No portion of the revenues from the assessments within the district shall be used to provide improvements outside of the district for any purpose. The assessments shall be used exclusively to fund the West San Leandro Shuttle, other related transportation activities, and the administrative costs of collecting the assessment, or as modified by the City Council pursuant to compliance with Sections 36534 and 36535 of the California Streets and Highways Code. 2-15-090 Effective Period of Assessment. The assessment imposed by this Chapter shall remain in effect for fifteen(15) years from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter,unless sooner terminated, as provided in the Act. 2-15-100 Imposition of Assessment. The assessment imposed by this Chapter is levied on an annual basis upon all businesses within the district and the owner of each business shall be solely responsible for paying all assessments when due. The assessment will be collected annually at the same time, and in the same manner, as the business license tax imposed by Title 2, Chapter 2 of this Code. If a new business opens in the district before January 1 of any year in ORDINANCE NO.2014-023 3