File #: 22-048    Version: 2 Name: Appeal Hearing for the Revocation of Business License No. BL-50006 held by HSP Hotels, LLC
Type: Resolution Status: Public Hearing
File created: 4/24/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/6/2025 Final action:
Title: Appeal Hearing for the Revocation of Business License No. BL-50006 held by HSP Hotels, LLC Recommended Action: It is recommended that the City Council conduct an appeal hearing regarding the revocation of Business License No. BL-50006, held by HSP Hotels, LLC, doing business as Holiday Inn Express ("Operator"), located at 9750 Key Point Avenue. Following the hearing, it is further recommended that the City Council determine that the Operator is in violation of Hesperia Municipal Code Section 3.10.050 due to its failure to remit Transient Occupancy Tax (“TOT”), thereby causing financial harm to the City and its taxpayers. Based on this finding, the City Council should uphold the revocation of Business License No. BL-50006 in accordance with Hesperia Municipal Code Section 5.04.140(A)(4).
Sponsors: Nathan Freeman
Attachments: 1. SR Appeal Hearing for Revocation of Business License 5-6-2025, 2. Attachment 1- April 25, 2024 Demand Letter, 3. Attachment 2a - November 14, 2024 Letter from City to Operator, 4. Attachment 2b - Returned Certified Mail Receipt, 5. Attachment 3 - January 27, 2025 Notice of Intent to Revoke BL-50006, 6. Attachment 4 - February 6, 2025 Revocation Letter 15 day Appeal, 7. Attachment 5 - February 18, 2025 Appeal Letter, 8. Attachment 6 - City's Response to Appeal Letter, 9. Attachment 7 - Hesperia Municipal Code Chapters 3.10 and 5.04, 10. Attachment 8 - Estimated Unpaid TOT Amounts of Operator

Title Appeal Hearing for the Revocation of Business License No. BL-50006 held by HSP Hotels, LLC

 

Recommended Action:

 

It is recommended that the City Council conduct an appeal hearing regarding the revocation of Business License No. BL-50006, held by HSP Hotels, LLC, doing business as Holiday Inn Express ("Operator"), located at 9750 Key Point Avenue.

 

Following the hearing, it is further recommended that the City Council determine that the Operator is in violation of Hesperia Municipal Code Section 3.10.050 due to its failure to remit Transient Occupancy Tax (“TOT”), thereby causing financial harm to the City and its taxpayers. Based on this finding, the City Council should uphold the revocation of Business License No. BL-50006 in accordance with Hesperia Municipal Code Section 5.04.140(A)(4).