City of Nevada City

Exclusively to fund a locally controlled Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Program that includes the reduction of flammable vegetation throughout Nevada City; the improvement and maintenance of emergency communications/early warning system, evacuation routes, and temporary refuge areas; the implementation of community oriented defensible space practices; and other activities and services; shall the measure adding a 0.5% Nevada City sales tax, providing approximately $900,000 annually over a five year period, monitored by a Citizen’s Oversight Committee, be adopted?

Shall an ordinance that amends the City’s General Plan and Zoning Code to establish an Historic Neighborhoods District be adopted?

Shall the offices of City Clerk and City Treasurer be appointive?

Shall the measure that, exclusively for the purpose of improving and maintaining Nevada City's streets, sidewalks, pathways, drainage, water distribution and sewer collection systems, allows the City of Nevada City to continue to impose and collect, as it has since 2006, a one-half cent per one-dollar retail transactions and use tax (sales tax), providing approximately $550,000 annually until repealed by the voters, and monitored by a citizens' oversight committee, be adopted?

Shall the measure of the City of Nevada City to tax cannabis (marijuana) businesses to fund general municipal expenses such as police, fire, streets and recreation at annual rates not to exceed $7.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation (adjustable for inflation), 8% of gross receipts for retail cannabis businesses, and 6% for all other cannabis businesses; generating approximately $120,000 to $135,000 annually be levied until repealed by voters or the City Council, be adopted?

To ensure Nevada City's Fire Station remains operational, continues to provide essential fire protection, 9-1-1 response, and emergency medical services to the community, and to fund one additional Police Officer for dedicated patrol and crime prevention services, shall the City of Nevada City enact a three-cent per one dollar transactions and use tax, with all funds to be spent locally, and subject to required annual financial audits and independent citizen oversight?

To facilitate initiation of customer-friendly online transactions and simplify administration while keeping rates affordable, shall the City of Nevada City simplify its 59-year-old Business License Tax which provides revenues for municipal purposes by reducing rate methodologies from more than 30 to 2 with a lower maximum annual tax of $150 on large businesses and $100 on smaller businesses, subject to annual adjustments for inflation and required independent financial audits?

(INITIATIVE) Shall the recently enacted hosted short-term rental regulations resulting from adoption by the City Council of Nevada City of a prior voter initiative (effective January 8, 2016) be repealed and replaced with the more restrictive provisions of an alternative voter initiative permitting on-line type home-sharing short-term rentals of two units in a single-family residence or small guest house only if the owner occupies the main dwelling and off-street parking is provided and making related General Plan amendments?

To preserve the safety, public services and quality of life in Nevada City, shall a three-eights cent per one dollar retail transactions and use tax (sales tax) be temporarily imposed and collected within the City of Nevada City for a period of five (5) years to be used for general municipal purposes, including funding for essential eservices such as police, fire, parks and trails, and general community services?