Agenda packet, regular meeting — Big Bear Lake City Council, May 13, 2026 (part 1 of 3)

CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
MAY 13, 2026
Open Session: 5:00 p.m., Hofert Hall, Civic Center, 39707 Big Bear Boulevard, Big Bear Lake, CA 92315

COUNCILMEMBERS

MAYOR RANDALL PUTZ

MAYOR PRO TEM KENDI SEGOVIA

COUNCILMEMBER RICK HERRICK
COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES HICKS, JR.

COUNCILMEMBER PERRI MELNICK

CITY STAFF

CITY MANAGER ERIK SUND

CITY ATTORNEY HONGDAO NGUYEN

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK ERICA STEPHENSON

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGER RACHEL BOWMAN
If members of the public cannot attend the meeting, the City encourages the public to submit written public communications about any item on this meeting agenda, or about any subject matter within the jurisdiction of the City, to the City Clerk either in person, via mail or by email at [email protected]. If your comment is related to a specific Agenda item, please identify the Agenda item in the header of your letter or the subject line of your email. All written communications received by the City Clerk prior to the meeting will be distributed to the City Council prior to the start of the meeting, however, the public is encouraged to submit comments by 8:00 am on the day of the meeting to ensure adequate time for City Council review and consideration.

OPEN SESSION – 5:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION
An Invocation provided by Jim Lona, San Bernardino County’s 3rd District Veterans Affairs Commissioner.

EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER - For tickets please contact the box office at (909) 866-4970 or visit www.citybigbearlake.com
• The Steven G. Mihaylo and Big Bear High School Education Foundation present the 2026 Steven G.

Mihaylo BBHS Scholarship Awards presentation on May 30th at 2:00 p.m. • Big Bear High School presents the 2026 Senior Awards Night on June 4th at 6:00 p.m.

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
MAY 13, 2026 - Page 2

PRESENTATIONS
• Presentation to the Public Works Department declaring the week of May 17 – 23, 2026 as National Public Works Week.
• Presentation of a 5-year Employee Service Award to Assistant City Manager Sean Sullivan. • Presentation from Southern California Mountains Foundation representatives on a recent merit award from California State Parks to the City of Big Bear Lake for the Castle Rock Trailhead Parking Lot Project.
• Presentation from Bear Valley Community Healthcare District (BVCHD) Chief Executive Officer Evan Rayner providing an update on the proposed hospital facility expansion and other related BVCHD information.

CITY MANAGER AND/OR CITY ATTORNEY ANNOUNCEMENTS IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE AT THE 4/8/26 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS (PART 1)
At this time, general Public comment is permitted only on consent calendar items and other matters not listed on the posted agenda that are within the subject matter and jurisdiction of the City. Public comment on specific items listed on the posted agenda, such as public hearing & discussion or action items, will be taken later in the meeting when the item is called for discussion. When addressing the City Council, please keep the following in mind; State law prohibits the City Council from taking any action on items not listed on the agenda. Therefore, the City Council is prevented from engaging in discussion or deliberation regarding the public’s comments or inquires on non-agendized topics, although the City Council and/or City staff can make brief statements related to a public comment. Each speaker has a 3-minute maximum time limit subject to adjustment at the discretion of the Presiding Officer. To allow City Council sufficient time to address agendized City business, if Public Communications Part 1 exceeds one hour, the remaining public speakers will be allowed to provide public comments during Public Communications Part 2. Participants cannot cede their speaking time to another person. To help ensure a respectful and efficient meeting, please address the City Council directly, not the audience, and refrain from disruptive comments and applause. We appreciate your attendance and your participation in our local government proceedings.

1. CONSENT CALENDAR

1.1 APPROVE DEMANDS – CHECK ISSUE DATE 4/01/26 THROUGH 4/30/26 IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,536,857.01 AND THE MARCH 2026 TREASURER’S REPORT

1.2 APPROVE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 8, 2026 REGULAR MEETING

OF CITY COUNCIL

1.3 ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY’S REGULATIONS RELATED TO

TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, BUSINESS LICENSES, GENERAL PENALTIES,

ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AND HEARINGS, PUBLIC NUISANCES, AND VACATION RENTALS TO IMPLEMENT SENATE BILL 346 AND SUPPORT

TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX COMPLIANCE

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
MAY 13, 2026 - Page 3
Staff Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Big Bear Lake, California, Amending Certain Sections of Chapter 3.20 (“Transient Occupancy Tax”) of Title 3 (“Revenue and Finance”), Chapter 5.02 (“Business Licenses”) of Title 5 (“Business Licenses, Taxes, and Regulations”), Chapters 1.16 (“General Penalties”) and 1.17 (“Administrative Citations and Hearings”) of Title 1 (“General Provisions”), Chapter

8.80 (“Public Nuisances”) of Title 8 (“Health And Safety”) and Chapter 4.01 (“Vacation Rentals”) of Title 4 (“Visitor-Serving Uses And Tourism”) of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code to Update and Streamline the City's Procedures for Transient Occupancy Tax, Business License Regulations, Penalty Provisions, and Obligations of Short-Term Rental Facilitators and Make Other Technical Amendments to Said Provisions; and Finding these Amendments Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

1.4 AUTHORIZE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE 2026 TOUR

DE BIG BEAR EVENT TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICES
Staff Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Statewide Traffic Safety and Signs, Inc. DBA AWP Safety for Traffic Control Services in Support of the 2026 Tour de Big Bear Event, in an Amount Not to Exceed $49,927; the costs associated with this Agreement will be reimbursed by Visit Big Bear.

1.5 AUTHORIZE EXTENDING EXISTING ON-CALL CONSULTING SERVICES

AGREEMENTS AND AUTHORIZE NEW ON-CALL CONSULTING SERVICES

AGREEMENTS
Staff Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution Extending Existing On-Call Consulting Services Agreements and Authorizing New On-Call Consulting Services Agreements to Provide Planning and Architectural, Environmental Review, Geographic Information Systems, Engineering, Stormwater Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Land Surveying, and Building & Safety Services.

1.6 LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY BILL (AB) 1678 (HARABEDIAN) Staff Recommendation: Approve a Letter of Opposition to AB 1678 (Harabedian) which focuses on the Claremontclair Authority: Metro A Line Extension Project.

1.7 AUTHORIZE A BID SOLICITATION FOR THE BARLETT PARKING LOT

EXTENSION PROJECT AND A RELATED PURCHASE ORDER
Staff Recommendation: Authorize staff to conduct a bid solicitation for the construction of the Bartlett Parking Lot Extension (Beaver/Badger) Project; and authorize a Purchase Order with South Coast Lighting and Design, in an amount not to exceed $210,274.

ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR

2. PUBLIC HEARING - Any person may appear and be heard in support or in opposition to the proposal at the time of the hearing. If you challenge the action in court or an administrative proceeding, you may be limited to raising only those issues which you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at or before the public hearing.

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
MAY 13, 2026 - Page 4

2.1 INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 2025-0005, UPDATING PORTIONS OF THE CITY’S SIGN

ORDINANCE RELATING TO TEMPORARY NONCOMMERCIAL SIGNS
Staff Recommendation: Conduct a public hearing to hear any and all testimony, read the title, waive further reading, and introduce an ordinance entitled: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Big Bear Lake, California, Amending Portions of Chapter 17.12 (Signs) Of Title 17 (Land Use) of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code Regarding Temporary Noncommercial Signs by, among other things, Revising and Clarifying Definitions, Development Standards, and Enforcement Processes, Making Other Changes to Ensure Consistency Within the Chapter, and Finding These Amendments Exempt From the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

3. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS

3.1 ADOPT A DISRUPTION OF TELEPHONIC OR INTERNET SERVICE DURING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS POLICY AS REQUIRED PER SENATE BILL (SB) 707 Staff Recommendation: Adopt Administrative Instruction 2026-02: Disruption of Telephonic or Internet Service During City Council Meetings Policy; and direct staff to update City Council Regular Meeting Agendas to indicate there will be a thirty (30) minute limit for Public Communications (Part 1).

3.2 REAL PROPERTY PURCHASE – 546 SQUIRREL LANE / 0 COTTAGE LANE Staff Recommendation: Adopt one of the following resolutions:

Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Any and All Documents Necessary to Consummate the Purchase Transaction, Conveying to the City of Big Bear Lake Certain Real Property, Located at 546 Squirrel Lane / 0 Cottage Lane, Parcel Numbers 0308-163-15, 0308- 163-16, 0308-163-17, 0308-163-18 and 0308-162-19, 0308-162-20, in an Amount not to Exceed $220,000; Authorizing a Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget Appropriation; and Finding the Action Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.

OR
Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Any and All Documents Necessary to Consummate the Purchase Transaction, Conveying to the City of Big Bear Lake Certain Real Property, Located at 546 Squirrel Lane, Parcel Numbers 0308-163-15, 0308-163-16, 0308- 163-17, 0308-163-18, in an Amount not to Exceed $146,667; Authorizing a Fiscal Year 2025- 2026 Budget Appropriation; and Finding the Action Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.

PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS (PART 2)

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
MAY 13, 2026 - Page 5

4. COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & ADDITIONAL CITY BUSINESS
• CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY & CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
• COUNCILMEMBER BOARD/COMMITTEE REPORTS & COMMENTS

ADJOURNMENT

TENTATIVE ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED AT A FUTURE PUBLIC MEETING • Film Permit Ordinance Update
o June 10, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting
• Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Adoption
o June 10, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting
• Resolution Calling for the November 2026 Election
o June 10, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting
• GPAC Committee Meeting
o June 24, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting

DECLARATION OF POSTING
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing agenda was posted in accordance with the applicable legal requirements. Dated this 7th day of May 2026.

Erica Stephenson, City Clerk

The City of Big Bear Lake wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the public. If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (909) 866-5831.

Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

CONSENT

CALENDAR REPORTS
May 13, 2026
CHECK # VENDOR NAME DATE AMOUNT
93818 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 04/02/26 300.00 93819 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SOLID WASTE MGMT DIVISION 04/02/26 9,683.20 93820 BAY CITY EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES INC 04/02/26 2,536.74 93821 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER 04/02/26 360.73
93822 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS 04/02/26 1,693.52 93823 BEAR VALLEY ELECTRIC 04/02/26 1,092.82
93824 BEAR VALLEY PRINTING INC 04/02/26 808.13
93825 CINTAS CORPORATION 04/02/26 443.34
93826 LUMBER CITY CORP. 04/02/26 25.87
93827 EXTRA SPACE MANAGEMENT INC 04/02/26 1,058.00
93828 GOGOV, INC. 04/02/26 6,280.00
93829 HINDERLITER DE LAMAS & ASSOC INC. 04/02/26 1,406.88 93830 KELLOGG SUPPLY, INC 04/02/26 4,642.38
93831 LOR GEOTECHNICAL GROUP, INC. 04/02/26 7,000.00
93832 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. 04/02/26 198.66
93833 BBAP, LLC 04/02/26 501.49
93834 SWEEPSCRUB.COM LLC 04/02/26 694.99
93835 VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 04/02/26 24,998.00
93836 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. 04/02/26 4,237.92
93838 BAY CITY EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES INC 04/09/26 1,126.67 93839 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER 04/09/26 325.98
93840 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS 04/09/26 339.91 93841 BEAR VALLEY PAVING, INC. 04/09/26 127,660.50
93842 BEAR VALLEY PRINTING INC 04/09/26 89.74
93843 CYNTHIA LOUISE GABALDON 04/09/26 1,890.00
93844 CRAFCO INC. 04/09/26 1,939.50
93846 LUMBER CITY CORP. 04/09/26 288.75
93847 LAGUNA VAULT, LLC 04/09/26 57.75
93849 GEIGER SUPPLY, INC. 04/09/26 629.26
93850 GRAINGER INC. 04/09/26 3,160.39
93851 LLOYD WOOD TRUCKING INC 04/09/26 24,875.00
93854 MERRELL JOHNSON ENGINEERING INC 04/09/26 2,263.50 93855 MILE HIGH SPORTS AND EQUIPMENT 04/09/26 155,244.59 93856 MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT 04/09/26 2,506.25 93857 BBAP, LLC 04/09/26 200.49
93858 ORKIN PEST CONTROL 04/09/26 127.33
93859 PETER CRAWFORD PLUMBING 04/09/26 2,450.00
93860 PROCORE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 04/09/26 14,471.79
93861 ROMANS CONSTRUCTION CORP. 04/09/26 86,245.50
93862 RIGHT OF WAY, INC. 04/09/26 7,300.00
93863 SCMF URBAN CONSERVATION CORP 04/09/26 247,985.71
93864 SIMPLER SYSTEMS INC 04/09/26 1,190.20
93865 TRIPLE CROWN PRODUCTS, INC. 04/09/26 437.90
93866 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RECORDER 04/16/26 259.00
93870 EXECUCOM 04/16/26 735.00
93871 CIVICA LAW GROUP, APC 04/16/26 13,229.54
93872 LYNN MERRILL AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 04/16/26 247.42 93873 MERRELL JOHNSON ENGINEERING INC 04/16/26 3,143.25 93874 MOJAVE DESERT & MOUNTAIN JPA 04/16/26 4,146.00
93876 SANCON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 04/16/26 19,972.45
93877 TRIDEN GROUP CORPORATION 04/16/26 12,500.00
93878 CALIFORNIA STATE DEPT. OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 04/23/26 225.00 93879 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET 04/23/26 15,888.79 93880 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SOLID WASTE MGMT DIVISION 04/23/26 233.95 93881 CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE 04/23/26 100.27
93882 BBARWA 04/23/26 2,327,848.90
93883 BIG BEAR JANITORIAL SUPPLY 04/23/26 1,017.42
93884 BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 04/23/26 5,255.00
93885 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER 04/23/26 2,520.94
93886 BIG BEAR WINDOW WASHING 04/23/26 2,475.00
93887 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS 04/23/26 1,614.77 93888 BEAR VALLEY PAVING, INC. 04/23/26 420.00
93889 BEAR VALLEY PRINTING INC 04/23/26 44.63
93890 CALOLYMPIC GLOVE & SAFETY CO 04/23/26 2,679.04
93891 CINTAS CORPORATION 04/23/26 673.38
93892 MELISA CARLC 04/23/26 2,635.00
93893 LUMBER CITY CORP. 04/23/26 417.16
93894 EWING 04/23/26 522.43
93895 FISHER INTEGRATED, INC. 04/23/26 1,200.00
93896 GEIGER SUPPLY, INC. 04/23/26 1,602.25
93897 GRAINGER INC. 04/23/26 4,931.64
93898 GLENN M SLUSSER 04/23/26 1,000.00

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE
CHECKS ISSUED 04/01/2026 - 04/30/2026
Item 1.1
CHECK # VENDOR NAME DATE AMOUNT

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE
CHECKS ISSUED 04/01/2026 - 04/30/2026
93899 INLAND LIGHTING SUPPLIES, INC 04/23/26 783.00
93900 NORMAN OR LINDA LAPIDUS 04/23/26 5,000.00
93902 LUDECKE'S ELECTRICAL SERVICES, INC. 04/23/26 299.18 93903 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. 04/23/26 1,435.10
93904 MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT 04/23/26 3,112.56 93905 MONARCH WEATHER AND 04/23/26 990.00
93906 MOTIVE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, LLC 04/23/26 1,740.00 93907 RANDY SPITZ 04/23/26 117.98
93909 BBAP, LLC 04/23/26 973.43
93910 NATIVESCAPES, INC. 04/23/26 2,380.00
93911 ORKIN PEST CONTROL 04/23/26 472.25
93912 OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 04/23/26 3,801.12
93913 EMERGENCY ROADSIDE SERVICE INC 04/23/26 8,300.00
93914 ROBERTSON'S READY MIX 04/23/26 101.02
93915 SCA OF CA, LLC 04/23/26 5,500.00
93916 SIERRA AGGREGATE COMPANY INC 04/23/26 3,397.91
93917 TWIN BEAR EQUIPMENT RENTAL, INC. 04/23/26 197.63
93918 UNDERGROUND SERVICE ALERT INC. 04/23/26 238.02
93919 URIEL VILLEGAS 04/23/26 3,500.00
93920 VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 04/23/26 12,499.00
93921 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. 04/23/26 8,594.91
93922 WILLDAN ENGINEERING INC 04/23/26 27,630.00
93925 BEAR VALLEY ELECTRIC 04/30/26 27,021.53
93926 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET 04/30/26 4,829.41
93927 BIG BEAR LAKE DWP 04/30/26 2,519.99
93928 ALL PROTECTION ALARM 04/30/26 431.68
93929 AMERICAN LEGION POST 584 04/30/26 5,000.00
93930 A PERFORMANCE TOWING INC 04/30/26 525.00
93931 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER 04/30/26 391.01
93932 BRAVO ARTS SOLUTIONS LLC 04/30/26 47.85
93933 PETER JOSEPH BUCKNAM 04/30/26 2,895.00
93934 BEAR VALLEY PRINTING INC 04/30/26 452.55
93936 CINTAS CORPORATION 04/30/26 1,302.10
93938 LUMBER CITY CORP. 04/30/26 143.57
93940 GEIGER SUPPLY, INC. 04/30/26 435.21
93941 GRAINGER INC. 04/30/26 40.96
93942 THE GRIZZLY 04/30/26 2,958.00
93943 HAAKER EQUIPMENT CO. INC. 04/30/26 15,424.67
93944 HINDERLITER DE LAMAS & ASSOC INC. 04/30/26 12,075.00 93945 MTS PARTNERS INC 04/30/26 1,213.27
93946 LUDECKE'S ELECTRICAL SERVICES, INC. 04/30/26 3,151.25 93947 MINTIER HARNISH, LP 04/30/26 45,419.00
93948 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. 04/30/26 232.32
93949 MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT 04/30/26 1,202.71 93950 ORKIN PEST CONTROL 04/30/26 266.96
93952 PLANETBIDS, INC. 04/30/26 3,979.92
93953 PUMPMAN LLC 04/30/26 8,105.00
93954 QUADIENT LEASING USA, INC 04/30/26 831.16
93955 SWA GROUP INC. 04/30/26 18,000.00
93956 TRIDEN GROUP CORPORATION 04/30/26 20,662.85
93957 VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 04/30/26 32,347.50
93958 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. 04/30/26 8,349.87
93959 WEST COAST PIPEWORKS BIG BEAR 04/30/26 4,144.65
ACH ALL4, LLC 04/02/26 2,000.00
ACH AUTOZONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 04/02/26 340.89
ACH AUTOZONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 04/23/26 165.52
ACH AUTOZONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 04/30/26 21.99
ACH AVIDEX INDUSTRIES LLC 04/30/26 5,718.63
ACH BIG BEAR DISPOSAL INC 04/23/26 315,532.47
ACH BIG BEAR DISPOSAL INC 04/30/26 1,900.84
ACH CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC 04/02/26 246.66 ACH CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC 04/16/26 3,967.63 ACH ESPYR 04/02/26 429.66
ACH ESPYR 04/30/26 208.01
ACH FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY 04/30/26 205.94 ACH GARY PAYNE 04/02/26 220.00
ACH GARY PAYNE 04/23/26 825.00
ACH PHASE II SYSTEMS 04/02/26 2,336.95
ACH PHASE II SYSTEMS 04/23/26 2,336.95
ACH RING CENTRAL 04/23/26 2,878.17
ACH ROSE BRAND WIPERS INC 04/23/26 13,562.63
ACH S PORTER INC 04/09/26 62,755.00
CHECK # VENDOR NAME DATE AMOUNT

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE
CHECKS ISSUED 04/01/2026 - 04/30/2026
ACH S PORTER INC 04/23/26 3,200.00
ACH S PORTER INC 04/30/26 21,430.00
ACH SAN BERN CNTY SHERIFF DEPT 04/23/26 578,592.65
ACH TASC CLIENT INVOICES 04/02/26 106.02
ACH TASC CLIENT INVOICES 04/23/26 106.02
ACH UNITED RENTALS INC 04/02/26 14,662.62
ACH UNITED RENTALS INC 04/09/26 6,452.96
ACH UNITED RENTALS INC 04/23/26 2,793.09
ACH WHAT'S UP BIG BEAR 04/02/26 90.00
4,536,857.01
CHECK # VENDOR NAME TRANSACTION DATE AMOUNT
CITY COUNCIL 4110
93929 AMERICAN LEGION POST 584 04/30/26 5,000.00
CITY COUNCIL TOTAL 5,000.00
CITY CLERK & COMMUNICATIONS 4130
93824 BEAR VALLEY PRINTING INC 04/02/26 808.13
93842 BEAR VALLEY PRINTING INC 04/09/26 89.74
93847 LAGUNA VAULT, LLC 04/09/26 57.75
93934 BEAR VALLEY PRINTING INC 04/30/26 452.55
CITY CLERK & COMMUNICATIONS TOTAL 1,408.17
FINANCE & TREASURY SERVICES 4140
93829 HINDERLITER DE LAMAS & ASSOC INC. 04/02/26 1,406.88 93864 SIMPLER SYSTEMS INC 04/09/26 1,190.20
FINANCE & TREASURY SERVICES TOTAL 2,597.08
STAFF SERVICES & RISK MANAGEMENT 4150
93942 THE GRIZZLY 04/30/26 181.50
ACH ESPYR 04/02/26 429.66
ACH ESPYR 04/30/26 208.01
ACH PHASE II SYSTEMS 04/02/26 2,336.95
ACH PHASE II SYSTEMS 04/23/26 2,336.95
ACH TASC CLIENT INVOICES 04/02/26 106.02
ACH TASC CLIENT INVOICES 04/23/26 106.02
STAFF SERVICES & RISK MANAGEMENT TOTAL 5,705.11
CITY ATTORNEY 4170
93871 CIVICA LAW GROUP, APC 04/16/26 13,229.54
93884 BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 04/23/26 5,255.00
93942 THE GRIZZLY 04/30/26 2,776.50
CITY ATTORNEY TOTAL 21,261.04
TRAFFIC SAFETY 4230
93823 BEAR VALLEY ELECTRIC 04/02/26 126.28
93925 BEAR VALLEY ELECTRIC

VIETNAM TRAVELING WALL DONATION

ARMED FORCES BANNERS

PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS

DOCUMENT STORAGE - APRIL

ARMED FORCES BANNERS

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

RECRUITMENT EXPENSE

EAP SERVICES - MARCH

EAP SERVICES - APRIL

PARS ADMINISTRATIVE FEES - JANUARY

PARS ADMINISTRATIVE FEES - FEBRUARY

ADMINISTRATIVE FEES - APRIL

ADMINISTRATIVE FEES - MAY

PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES - MARCH

PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES - FEBRUARY

LEGAL NOTICES

ELECTRICITY USAGE
ELECTRICITY USAGE 04/30/26 659.91
TRAFFIC SAFETY TOTAL 786.19
LAW ENFORCEMENT 4250
ACH SAN BERN CNTY SHERIFF DEPT MONTHLY SHERIFF CONTRACT - APRIL/OVERTIME CHARGES 04/23/26 578,592.65 LAW ENFORCEMENT TOTAL 578,592.65
ANIMAL REGULATION 4260
93822 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 43.08 93826 LUMBER CITY CORP. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 25.87 93850 GRAINGER INC. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/09/26 469.42
93911 ORKIN PEST CONTROL PEST CONTROL SERVICE 04/23/26 177.42 93946 LUDECKE'S ELECTRICAL SERVICES, INC. ELECTRICAL LIGHTING SERVICES 04/30/26 305.00 ANIMAL REGULATION TOTAL 1,020.79
ENGINEERING 4310
93818 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF EXEMPTION FILING FEES 04/02/26 300.00 93843 CYNTHIA LOUISE GABALDON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/09/26 1,890.00

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE

EXPENDITURE BY DEPARTMENT
CHECKS ISSUED 04/01/2026 - 04/30/2026
CHECK # VENDOR NAME TRANSACTION DATE AMOUNT

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE

EXPENDITURE BY DEPARTMENT
CHECKS ISSUED 04/01/2026 - 04/30/2026
93854 MERRELL JOHNSON ENGINEERING INC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/09/26 994.50 93879 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET FUEL CHARGES 04/23/26 316.21 93926 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET FUEL CHARGES 04/30/26 438.41 93933 PETER JOSEPH BUCKNAM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/30/26 2,895.00 93952 PLANETBIDS, INC. ANNUAL BID SUPPORT SERVICE FEE 04/30/26 3,979.92 ENGINEERING TOTAL 10,814.04
STREET MAINTENANCE & SNOW REMOVAL 4320
93822 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 56.66 93827 EXTRA SPACE MANAGEMENT INC STORAGE RENTAL SPACES 04/02/26 1,058.00 93832 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/02/26 158.93 93835 VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SNOW REMOVAL EXPENSE - EQUIPMENT RENTALS 04/02/26 24,998.00 93836 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/02/26 1,059.50 93838 BAY CITY EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES INC EQUIPMENT REPAIRS 04/09/26 1,126.67 93840 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/09/26 39.25 93841 BEAR VALLEY PAVING, INC. SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES 04/09/26 127,660.50 93844 CRAFCO INC. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/09/26 1,939.50
93850 GRAINGER INC. OFFICE STORAGE CONTAINERS 04/09/26 2,690.97 93851 LLOYD WOOD TRUCKING INC SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES 04/09/26 24,875.00 93855 MILE HIGH SPORTS AND EQUIPMENT SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES 04/09/26 155,244.59 93856 MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT REPAIRS 04/09/26 2,506.25 93861 ROMANS CONSTRUCTION CORP. SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES 04/09/26 86,245.50 93862 RIGHT OF WAY, INC. SNOW REMOVAL EXPENSE - MESSAGE BOARD RENTALS 04/09/26 7,300.00 93865 TRIPLE CROWN PRODUCTS, INC. STAFF UNIFORMS 04/09/26 437.90 93870 EXECUCOM AFTER-HOURS CALL SERVICE 04/16/26 367.50 93879 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET FUEL CHARGES 04/23/26 10,048.88 93883 BIG BEAR JANITORIAL SUPPLY JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/23/26 1,017.42 93885 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 278.40 93887 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 23.33 93888 BEAR VALLEY PAVING, INC. SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES 04/23/26 420.00 93889 BEAR VALLEY PRINTING INC OFFICE EXPENSE 04/23/26 44.63 93890 CALOLYMPIC GLOVE & SAFETY CO STAFF UNIFORMS 04/23/26 1,339.52 93891 CINTAS CORPORATION FIRST AID SUPPLIES 04/23/26 336.69 93893 LUMBER CITY CORP. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 371.11 93897 GRAINGER INC. SAFETY SUPPLIES 04/23/26 3,077.03
93903 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE/STAFF UNIFORMS 04/23/26 1,318.89 93904 MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT REPAIRS 04/23/26 3,112.56 93905 MONARCH WEATHER AND WEATHER FORECASTING SERVICES 04/23/26 990.00 93907 RANDY SPITZ MEETING SUPPLIES 04/23/26 117.98
93913 EMERGENCY ROADSIDE SERVICE INC WINTER VEHICLE TOWING & IMPOUNDING SERVICES 04/23/26 8,300.00 93914 ROBERTSON'S READY MIX MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 101.02 93915 SCA OF CA, LLC ANNUAL STREET SWEEPING 04/23/26 5,500.00 93916 SIERRA AGGREGATE COMPANY INC SNOW REMOVAL EXPENSE - CINDERS 04/23/26 3,397.91 93919 URIEL VILLEGAS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/23/26 3,500.00 93920 VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SNOW REMOVAL EXPENSE - EQUIPMENT RENTALS 04/23/26 12,499.00 93921 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/23/26 2,148.72 93926 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET FUEL CHARGES 04/30/26 2,163.19 93931 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/30/26 189.72 93938 LUMBER CITY CORP. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/30/26 60.11 93941 GRAINGER INC. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/30/26 40.96
93948 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/30/26 185.86 93949 MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT REPAIRS 04/30/26 1,202.71 CHECK # VENDOR NAME TRANSACTION DATE AMOUNT

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE

EXPENDITURE BY DEPARTMENT
CHECKS ISSUED 04/01/2026 - 04/30/2026
93957 VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SNOW REMOVAL EXPENSE - EQUIPMENT RENTALS 04/30/26 32,347.50 93958 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/30/26 2,087.46 ACH BIG BEAR DISPOSAL INC TRASH ROLL-OFF 04/30/26 950.42 ACH CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC CABLE SERVICE 04/16/26 96.26 ACH S PORTER INC SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES 04/09/26 62,755.00 ACH S PORTER INC TREE REMOVAL 04/23/26 3,200.00
ACH UNITED RENTALS INC SNOW REMOVAL EXPENSE - EQUIPMENT RENTALS 04/02/26 14,662.62 ACH UNITED RENTALS INC SNOW REMOVAL EXPENSE - EQUIPMENT RENTALS 04/09/26 244.54 ACH UNITED RENTALS INC SNOW REMOVAL EXPENSE - EQUIPMENT RENTALS 04/23/26 2,635.83 PW: STREET MAINTENANCE & SNOW REMOVAL TOTAL 618,529.99
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE 4325
93822 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 6.87 93832 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/02/26 9.93 93833 BBAP, LLC MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 68.29
93857 BBAP, LLC VEHICLE REPAIR PARTS 04/09/26 200.49
93897 GRAINGER INC. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 144.90
93903 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/23/26 29.04 93909 BBAP, LLC VEHICLE REPAIR PARTS 04/23/26 973.43
93927 BIG BEAR LAKE DWP WATER USAGE 04/30/26 307.21
93930 A PERFORMANCE TOWING INC TOWING SERVICES 04/30/26 525.00 93948 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/30/26 11.61 ACH AUTOZONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION VEHICLE REPAIR PARTS 04/02/26 222.56 ACH AUTOZONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION VEHICLE REPAIR PARTS 04/23/26 165.52 ACH AUTOZONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION VEHICLE REPAIR PARTS 04/30/26 21.99 PW: VEHICLE MAINTENANCE TOTAL 2,686.84
STREET LIGHTING 4330
93925 BEAR VALLEY ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY USAGE 04/30/26 289.44 PW: STREET LIGHTING TOTAL 289.44
PARKING LOTS & FACILITIES 4335
93822 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 54.34 93830 KELLOGG SUPPLY, INC MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 464.24 93836 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/02/26 1,059.46 93858 ORKIN PEST CONTROL PEST CONTROL SERVICE 04/09/26 127.33 93885 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER PAINT SUPPLIES 04/23/26 858.94 93887 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 216.06 93899 INLAND LIGHTING SUPPLIES, INC MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 783.00 93902 LUDECKE'S ELECTRICAL SERVICES, INC. ELECTRICAL SERVICES 04/23/26 299.18 93911 ORKIN PEST CONTROL PEST CONTROL SERVICE 04/23/26 294.83 93917 TWIN BEAR EQUIPMENT RENTAL, INC. EQUIPMENT RENTAL 04/23/26 197.63 93921 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/23/26 2,148.74 93925 BEAR VALLEY ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY USAGE 04/30/26 12,130.91 93927 BIG BEAR LAKE DWP WATER USAGE 04/30/26 421.67
93928 ALL PROTECTION ALARM ALARM MONITORING 04/30/26 251.58 93931 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER PAINT SUPPLIES 04/30/26 201.29 93958 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/30/26 2,087.48 ACH BIG BEAR DISPOSAL INC PORTABLE RESTROOM RENTALS 04/23/26 127.48 ACH CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC SECURITY CAMERA INTERNET SERVICE 04/16/26 240.00 PW: PARKING LOTS & FACILITIES TOTAL 21,964.16
CHECK # VENDOR NAME TRANSACTION DATE AMOUNT

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE

EXPENDITURE BY DEPARTMENT
CHECKS ISSUED 04/01/2026 - 04/30/2026
PLANNING 4410
93866 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RECORDER DOCUMENT RECORDING FEES 04/16/26 259.00 93881 CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE NOTICE OF EXEMPTION FEES 04/23/26 100.00 93892 MELISA CARLC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/23/26 580.00 PLANNING TOTAL 939.00
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM MANAGEMENT 4415
93879 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET FUEL CHARGES 04/23/26 364.70 93926 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET FUEL CHARGES 04/30/26 516.58 93944 HINDERLITER DE LAMAS & ASSOC INC. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/30/26 12,075.00 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM MANAGEMENT TOTAL 12,956.28 BUILDING & SAFETY 4430
93879 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET FUEL CHARGES 04/23/26 128.35 93922 WILLDAN ENGINEERING INC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/23/26 27,630.00 93926 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET FUEL CHARGES 04/30/26 134.33 BUILDING & SAFETY TOTAL 27,892.68
PAC ADMINSTRATION 4610
93932 BRAVO ARTS SOLUTIONS LLC TICKET PRINTING FEES 04/30/26 47.85

47.85 CITY PARKS & TRAILS 4625
93822 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 459.76 93830 KELLOGG SUPPLY, INC MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 464.24 93836 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/02/26 1,059.48 93839 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER PAINT SUPPLIES 04/09/26 325.98 93840 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/09/26 258.13 93846 LUMBER CITY CORP. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/09/26 37.79 93885 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER PAINT SUPPLIES 04/23/26 1,383.60 93887 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 1,169.27 93893 LUMBER CITY CORP. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 32.69 93894 EWING IRRIGATION SUPPLIES 04/23/26 522.43
93897 GRAINGER INC. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 1,016.28 93910 NATIVESCAPES, INC. LANDSCAPING SERVICE 04/23/26 2,380.00 93921 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/23/26 2,148.73 93925 BEAR VALLEY ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY USAGE 04/30/26 3,851.82 93927 BIG BEAR LAKE DWP WATER USAGE 04/30/26 979.90
93958 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/30/26 2,087.47 ACH BIG BEAR DISPOSAL INC MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 447.75 ACH CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC SECURITY CAMERA INTERNET SERVICE 04/16/26 409.99 CITY PARKS & TRAILS TOTAL 19,035.31
GENERAL GOVERNMENT 4800
93825 CINTAS CORPORATION FIRST AID SUPPLIES 04/02/26 443.34 93881 CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE POSTAGE 04/23/26 0.27
93936 CINTAS CORPORATION FIRST AID SUPPLIES 04/30/26 741.79 93954 QUADIENT LEASING USA, INC MAILING MACHINE LEASE 04/30/26 831.16 GENERAL GOVERNMENT TOTAL 2,016.56
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 4810
93828 GOGOV, INC. CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT SOFTWARE 04/02/26 6,280.00

PAC ADMINSTRATION TOTAL
CHECK # VENDOR NAME TRANSACTION DATE AMOUNT

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE

EXPENDITURE BY DEPARTMENT
CHECKS ISSUED 04/01/2026 - 04/30/2026
93860 PROCORE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 04/09/26 14,471.79 93877 TRIDEN GROUP CORPORATION CLOUD MIGRATION SERVICES 04/16/26 12,500.00 93892 MELISA CARLC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/23/26 1,765.00 93895 FISHER INTEGRATED, INC. VIDEO STREAMING 04/23/26 1,200.00 93945 MTS PARTNERS INC TONER 04/30/26 1,213.27
93956 TRIDEN GROUP CORPORATION IT SERVICES/DOMAIN MIGRATION 04/30/26 20,662.85 ACH AVIDEX INDUSTRIES LLC COMPUTER EQUIPMENT 04/30/26 5,718.63 ACH CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC HIGH SPEED INTERNET 04/02/26 246.66 ACH CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC HIGH SPEED INTERNET 04/16/26 3,101.39 ACH FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY COPIER LEASE MAINTENANCE 04/30/26 205.94 ACH RING CENTRAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES 04/23/26 2,878.17 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TOTAL 70,243.70
CIVIC CENTER 4820
93830 KELLOGG SUPPLY, INC MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 232.12 93832 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/02/26 13.91 93834 SWEEPSCRUB.COM LLC MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 694.99 93836 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/02/26 1,059.48 93878 CALIFORNIA STATE DEPT. OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ANNUAL ELEVATOR PERMIT 04/23/26 225.00 93879 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET FUEL CHARGES 04/23/26 3,398.84 93886 BIG BEAR WINDOW WASHING WINDOW WASHING SERVICES 04/23/26 2,475.00 93887 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 46.60 93896 GEIGER SUPPLY, INC. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 972.99 93903 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/23/26 40.68 93906 MOTIVE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, LLC SOLAR SYSTEM MAINTENANCE 04/23/26 1,740.00 93912 OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY ANNUAL ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE 04/23/26 3,801.12 93921 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/23/26 2,148.72 93926 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET FUEL CHARGES 04/30/26 580.70 93927 BIG BEAR LAKE DWP WATER USAGE 04/30/26 395.79
93936 CINTAS CORPORATION AED LEASE 04/30/26 560.31
93940 GEIGER SUPPLY, INC. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/30/26 435.21 93948 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/30/26 16.26 93950 ORKIN PEST CONTROL PEST CONTROL SERVICE 04/30/26 266.96 93958 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY INC. JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 04/30/26 2,087.46 93959 WEST COAST PIPEWORKS BIG BEAR PLUMBING SERVICES 04/30/26 4,144.65 ACH CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC SECURITY CAMERA INTERNET SERVICE 04/16/26 119.99 CIVIC CENTER TOTAL 25,456.78
PAC OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE 4821
93821 BIG BEAR PAINT CENTER PAINT SUPPLIES 04/02/26 360.73 93822 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 986.21 93840 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/09/26 42.53 93849 GEIGER SUPPLY, INC. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/09/26 629.26 93887 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 130.30 93896 GEIGER SUPPLY, INC. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 629.26 93928 ALL PROTECTION ALARM ALARM MONITORING 04/30/26 180.10 93938 LUMBER CITY CORP. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/30/26 63.94 ACH GARY PAYNE THEATRE MAINTENANCE & SUPPORT 04/02/26 220.00 ACH GARY PAYNE THEATRE MAINTENANCE & SUPPORT 04/23/26 825.00 ACH ROSE BRAND WIPERS INC THEATRE DRAPES 04/23/26 13,562.63 ACH WHAT'S UP BIG BEAR THEATRE SUPPORT 04/02/26 90.00
PAC OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TOTAL 17,719.96
CHECK # VENDOR NAME TRANSACTION DATE AMOUNT

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE

EXPENDITURE BY DEPARTMENT
CHECKS ISSUED 04/01/2026 - 04/30/2026
SANITATION 250
93820 BAY CITY EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES INC 04/02/26 2,536.74 93823 BEAR VALLEY ELECTRIC 04/02/26 966.54
93833 BBAP, LLC 04/02/26 433.20
93854 MERRELL JOHNSON ENGINEERING INC 04/09/26 331.50
93870 EXECUCOM 04/16/26 367.50
93879 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET 04/23/26 1,631.81
93882 BBARWA 04/23/26 2,327,848.90
93887 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS 04/23/26 7.33 93890 CALOLYMPIC GLOVE & SAFETY CO 04/23/26 1,339.52
93891 CINTAS CORPORATION 04/23/26 336.69
93893 LUMBER CITY CORP. 04/23/26 13.36
93897 GRAINGER INC. 04/23/26 693.43
93918 UNDERGROUND SERVICE ALERT INC. 04/23/26 238.02
93925 BEAR VALLEY ELECTRIC 04/30/26 8,265.60
93926 SBCNTY VEHICLE SVCS DEPT FLEET 04/30/26 996.20
93927 BIG BEAR LAKE DWP 04/30/26 54.84
93938 LUMBER CITY CORP. 04/30/26 19.52
93943 HAAKER EQUIPMENT CO. INC. 04/30/26 15,424.67
93953 PUMPMAN LLC 04/30/26 8,105.00
ACH ALL4, LLC 04/02/26 2,000.00
ACH AUTOZONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 04/02/26 118.33
ACH BIG BEAR DISPOSAL INC 04/30/26 950.42
SANITATION TOTAL 2,372,679.12
PROPERTY LEASE GENERAL OPERATIONS 255
93900 NORMAN OR LINDA LAPIDUS 04/23/26 5,000.00
93927 BIG BEAR LAKE DWP 04/30/26 219.36
93946 LUDECKE'S ELECTRICAL SERVICES, INC.

EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

ELECTRICITY USAGE

MATERIALS/SUPPLIES

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

AFTER-HOURS CALL SERVICE

FUEL CHARGES

SEMI-ANNUAL SEWER CHARGES

MATERIALS/SUPPLIES

STAFF UNIFORMS

FIRST AID SUPPLIES

MATERIALS/SUPPLIES

SAFETY SUPPLIES

UNDERGROUND DIG ALERT SERVICES

ELECTRICITY USAGE

FUEL CHARGES

WATER USAGE

MATERIALS/SUPPLIES

EQUIPMENT REPAIRS

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

MATERIALS/SUPPLIES

TRASH ROLL-OFF

LEASE FINALIZATION

WATER USAGE
ELECTRICAL SERVICES 04/30/26 2,846.25
PROPERTY LEASE GENERAL OPERATIONS TOTAL 8,065.61
VILLAGE STREETSCAPE MAINTENANCE 291
93822 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 81.82 93830 KELLOGG SUPPLY, INC MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 3,481.78 93846 LUMBER CITY CORP. MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/09/26 250.96 93859 PETER CRAWFORD PLUMBING HEATED SIDE WALK REPAIR SERVICES 04/09/26 2,450.00 93887 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/23/26 21.88 93898 GLENN M SLUSSER VILLAGE SIGN DRAWING 04/23/26 1,000.00 93925 BEAR VALLEY ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY USAGE 04/30/26 1,823.85 93927 BIG BEAR LAKE DWP WATER USAGE 04/30/26 141.22
ACH BIG BEAR DISPOSAL INC VILLAGE LITTER CONTAINERS 04/23/26 2,686.15 ACH UNITED RENTALS INC EQUIPMENT RENTALS 04/09/26 6,208.42 ACH UNITED RENTALS INC EQUIPMENT RENTALS 04/23/26 157.26 VILLAGE STREETSCAPE MAINTENANCE TOTAL 18,303.34
CAPITAL PROJECTS 321
93831 LOR GEOTECHNICAL GROUP, INC. RATHBUN CREEK RESTROOM PROJECT 04/02/26 7,000.00 93854 MERRELL JOHNSON ENGINEERING INC BEAVER LANE LAND IMPROVEMENTS 04/09/26 606.00 93863 SCMF URBAN CONSERVATION CORP CA 4 ALL YOUTH WORKFORCE PROJECT 04/09/26 247,985.71 93873 MERRELL JOHNSON ENGINEERING INC RATHBUN CREEK RESTROOM PROJECT 04/16/26 3,143.25 93876 SANCON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE - RETENTION RELEASED 04/16/26 19,972.45 CHECK # VENDOR NAME TRANSACTION DATE AMOUNT

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE

EXPENDITURE BY DEPARTMENT
CHECKS ISSUED 04/01/2026 - 04/30/2026
93947 MINTIER HARNISH, LP GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT PROJECT 04/30/26 45,419.00 93955 SWA GROUP INC. BEAVER LANE LAND IMPROVEMENTS 04/30/26 18,000.00 ACH S PORTER INC CIVIC CENTER REPAIRS 04/30/26 21,430.00 CAPITAL PROJECTS TOTAL 363,556.41
REFUSE 550
93819 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SOLID WASTE MGMT DIVISION SOLID WASTE COLLECTION 04/02/26 9,683.20 93822 BUTCHERS BLOCKS & BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIALS/SUPPLIES 04/02/26 4.78 93832 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/02/26 15.89 93854 MERRELL JOHNSON ENGINEERING INC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/09/26 331.50 93872 LYNN MERRILL AND ASSOCIATES, INC. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/16/26 247.42 93874 MOJAVE DESERT & MOUNTAIN JPA MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS 04/16/26 4,146.00 93880 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SOLID WASTE MGMT DIVISION SOLID WASTE COLLECTION 04/23/26 233.95 93892 MELISA CARLC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 04/23/26 290.00 93903 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/23/26 46.49 93948 MISSION LINEN SUPPLY INC. UNIFORM LAUNDRY SERVICE 04/30/26 18.59 ACH BIG BEAR DISPOSAL INC RESIDENTIAL CURB/BIN SERVICE - APRIL 04/23/26 312,271.09 REFUSE TOTAL 327,288.91
4,536,857.01
DISTRIBUTION OF TREASURY CASH Rate Amount % of Total
Demand Account $ 2,026,474 6.96%
Imprest Cash - Payroll $ 11,586 0.04%
Imprest Cash $ 1,625 0.01%
Dental Self Insured Checking $ 178,667 0.61%
Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) 3.826% $ 26,913,751 92.39% Total Cash In Treasury: $ 29,132,104 100.00%
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY Days Deposits Withdrawals
LAIF Average Life (Days) of Portfolio 244
LAIF Transactions $0 -$1,800,000
Interest Received in Fiscal Year 2025-26 $943,826
DISTRIBUTION OF CASH BY FUND March 2026 February 2026 Change General $ 17,120,119 $ 16,897,629 $ 222,491
Sanitation $ 4,520,862 $ 4,223,600 $ 297,262
Capital Improvement $ 6,880,505 $ 6,863,421 $ 17,084
Refuse $ 1,235,116 $ 1,594,384 $ (359,268)
Trust $ 622,302 $ 654,057 $ (31,755)
Successor Agency $ 229,561 $ 229,561 $ -
AB 3229 Supp Law Enforce $ 467,127 $ 467,127 $ -
Fire Protection District $ (1,943,488) $ (554,742) $ (1,388,746) Total Cash in Treasury: $ 29,132,104 $ 30,375,037 $ (1,242,932) CASH WITH FISCAL AGENT - RESERVE FUNDS Cost Basis Market Value Current Yield 1999 IA Tax Allocation Bonds $ 289,288 $ 289,288 3.55%
- The aforementioned investments conform to the City's investment policy. (Res. 2022-64) - Cash is sufficient to meet needs of the next 6 months. - Interest earned on invested cash is accrued on a quarterly basis.

Pursuant to California Government Code 53647 all local government agencies are required to report the current market value of investments under management by an outside party. The reserve funds for the aforementioned bond issues are held and managed by the City's Trustee, Union Bank.

CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE

TREASURER'S REPORT
March, 2026
Regular Meeting Minutes – April 8, 2026
A Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Big Bear Lake was called to order by Mayor Putz at 4:18 p.m., Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at the Civic Center, 39707 Big Bear Boulevard, Big Bear Lake, California.

OPEN SESSION
Flag Salute: Led by Troop 49/Pack 49 Member Aaron DeHaan Invocation: Led by Troop 49/Pack 49 Member Rainie Corral Councilmembers Present: Mayor Randall Putz
Mayor Pro Tem Kendi Segovia
Councilmember Rick Herrick
Councilmember Charles Hicks, Jr.

Councilmember Perri Melnick
Others Present: City Manager Erik Sund
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk Erica Stephenson
Administrative Services Manager Rachel Bowman
City Attorney HongDao Nguyen

CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Daniel Gulbranson, Big Bear Lake resident, expressed his dissatisfaction with the City’s leadership.

At the hour of 4:24 p.m., Mayor Putz called for a recess to Closed Session.

At the hour of 5:21 p.m., Mayor Putz resumed Open Session.

RESULTS OF CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney HongDao Nguyen, announced that the City Council discussed the following items in Closed Session and stated that no reportable action was taken by the City Council.

1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS pursuant to Gove Code Section 54956.8
Property: 630 Bartlett Road, APN: 0308-166-57
Link to Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/38Wnozo7WvvziJSq7 Name of Negotiator: City Manager Erik Sund
Negotiating Party: Gonzalez Living Trust - Adolfo A. Gonzalez Under Negotiation: Price & Terms of Payment
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2. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8
Property: 546 Squirrel Lane / 0 Cottage Lane, APNs: 0308-163-18 / 0308-163-17 / 0308-163-16 / 0308- 163-15 / 0308-162-20 / 0308-162-19
Link to Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/pLc2SPvrgFP5iiqN8 & https://maps.app.goo.gl/b6N7hzwiifn9kQR67
Name of Negotiator: City Manager Erik Sund
Negotiating Party: Christie A. Brewster / Craig Brewster Separate Property Trust 9 Under Negotiation: Price & Terms of Payment

3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE/ DISMISSAL /RELEASE pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 (b)(1)

4. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (d)(3)
One (1) Case

PRESENTATIONS
• New Employee Introductions:
o Management Analyst Thom DeGriselles
o Management Analyst Melissa Burrola
• A 15-year Employee Service Award was presented to Community Development Manager Andrew Mellon. • There was a presentation of a Proclamation recognizing April 2026 as Arts, Culture & Creativity Month. • A presentation was made by Director of Finance Dena Heald & Engineering Manager Miguel Cabanas providing the City’s Mid-Year Financial & Capital Project Update (July – December 2025).

OPEN SESSION PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Kyle Biethan, Big Bear Lake resident, requested the City Council take a stance against the U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts within Big Bear Lake.

Amber C., Big Bear resident, expressed concern about a recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement action that occurred in the local community.

Jordan Lowe, Big Bear resident, stated their opinion that the City Council has an obligation to take a stance against local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts.

Juli Goss, Southern CA Mountains Foundation representative, expressed their agency’s support of Consent Calendar Item 1.12, which would allow the City to accept grant funding for the CA Youth Service Corp Program on behalf of the Southern CA Mountains Foundation.

Pat Foley, Fawnskin resident, provided a statement in opposition of recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions throughout the United States and locally.

Dr. Don Wilson, Big Bear resident, expressed his thoughts and opinions about local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.

Dan Gulbranson, Big Bear Lake resident, stated his support of recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts.

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Jim Lona, Big Bear City resident, provided information regarding local Veterans services and upcoming events.

Will Logan, Big Bear YMCA Camp Director, expressed interest in the YMCA organization establishing public partnerships throughout the Big Bear Lake community.

Adriana Gonzalez, Big Bear Lake resident, shared that her father was recently detained by U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and requested the City Council’s support.

1. CONSENT CALENDAR
A motion was made by Councilmember Hicks, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Segovia to pull Item 1.10 from the Consent Calendar for further discussion.

Said motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Hicks, Melnick, Segovia, Herrick, Putz
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
A motion was made by Mayor Putz, seconded by Councilmember Hicks to pull Item 1.11 from the Consent Calendar for further discussion.

Said motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Melnick, Herrick, Segovia, Hicks, Putz
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
A motion was made by Councilmember Melnick, seconded by Councilmember Herrick to approve the balance of the Consent Calendar as follows:

1.1 APPROVE DEMANDS – CHECK ISSUE DATE 3/1/26 THROUGH 3/31/26 IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,434,995.70 AND THE FEBRUARY 2026 TREASURER’S REPORT Approved

1.2 APPROVE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 3, 2026 SPECIAL

MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL
Approved

1.3 APPROVE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 10, 2026 SPECIAL JOINT

MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION
Approved

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1.4 APPROVE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 11, 2026 REGULAR MEETING

OF CITY COUNCIL
Approved

1.5 AUTHORIZE BID SOLICITATIONS FOR UPCOMING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

PROJECTS AND AUTHORIZE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ENGINEERING

STUDIES
Approved

1.6 AUTHORIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH CMAX COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE

FOR CITYWIDE STREET SWEEPING SERVICES
Approved and adopted the following resolution entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2026-08

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH CMAX

COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE FOR CITYWIDE STREET SWEEPING
SERVICES THROUGH JUNE 30, 2028, IN THE AMOUNT OF $44,875

1.7 AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT WITH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FOR THE

PURCHASE OF MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL
Approved and adopted the following resolution entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2026-09

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH SAN BERNARDINO

COUNTY FOR THE PURCHASE OF MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL

1.8 AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - 2026 CITYWIDE LINE STRIPING

PROJECT
Approved and adopted the following resolution entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2026-10

RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO
CAT TRACKING, INC. FOR THE 2026 CITYWIDE LINE STRIPING
PROJECT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $209,735.80

1.9 AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE ANNUAL PLANTING OF VILLAGE FLOWERS Approved and adopted the following resolution entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2026-11

RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT TO NEW GENERATION
LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT INC. FOR THE ANNUAL PLANTING
OF VILLAGE FLOWERS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $41,500

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1.10 ORDER THE PREPARATION OF AN ENGINEER’S REPORT AND RESOLUTION

OF INTENT TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1-92
This item was pulled from the Consent Calendar.

1.11 INITIATION OF PROPOSITION 218 PROCEEDINGS TO CONSIDER PROPOSED

ADJUSTMENTS TO SOLID WASTE AND COLLECTION RATES
This item was pulled from the Consent Calendar.

1.12 AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ACCEPT GRANT FUNDING FOR THE CALIFORNIA

YOUTH SERVICE CORP PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTHERN

CALIFONIA MOUNTAINS FOUNDATION
Approved and adopted the following resolution entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2026-15

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ACCEPT AND

ADMINISTER FUNDING FROM THE CALIFORNIANS FOR ALL YOUTH

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GRANT ON BEHALF OF THE

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS FOUNDATION

1.13 AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND

BROADCAST AREA AUDIO-VISUAL UPGRADE PROJECT
Approved and adopted the following resolution entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2026-16

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH IRELAND SOUND
SYSTEMS, INC. FOR THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND BROADCAST AREA AUDIO – VISUAL UPGRADE PROJECT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $325,000, AND APPROVING A BUDGET APPROPRIATION TO THE CITY’S FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET FROM THE PEG ACCESS

FUND BALANCE TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT
The Consent Calendar, excluding Items 1.10 and 1.11, was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Segovia, Herrick, Melnick, Hicks, Putz
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None

ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR

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1.10 ORDER THE PREPARATION OF AN ENGINEER’S REPORT AND RESOLUTION

OF INTENT TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1-92
This item was pulled from the Consent Calendar by Councilmember Hicks, seconded by Councilmember Segovia, for further discussion.

Following City Council’s questions and comments, a motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Segovia and seconded by Councilmember Melnick, to approve the staff recommendation and adopt the following resolutions entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2026-12
RESOLUTION ORDERING THE PREPARATION OF AN ENGINEER’S

REPORT FOR THE CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE MAINTENANCE
DISTRICT NO. 1-92 (VILLAGE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-27
AND
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-013

RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO INCREASE ASSESSMENTS AS OF
FISCAL YEAR 2026-27, TO AUTHORIZE THE ANNUAL LEVY AND

COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF BIG BEAR
LAKE MAINTENACE DISTRICT NO. 1-92 (VILLAGE STREETSCAPE

IMPROVEMENTS) FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND TAKING

OTHER ACTIONS THERETO
Said motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Segovia, Melnick, Herrick, Putz
NOES: Hicks
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None

1.11 INITIATION OF PROPOSITION 218 PROCEEDINGS TO CONSIDER PROPOSED

ADJUSTMENTS TO SOLID WASTE AND COLLECTION RATES
This item was pulled from the Consent Calendar by Mayor Putz, seconded by Councilmember Hicks, for further discussion.

At the hour of 6:30 p.m., Mayor Putz recused himself from the meeting, due to a conflict of interest with Item 1.11, based on the Levine Act.

Following City Council’s questions and comments, a motion was made by Councilmember Melnick and seconded by Councilmember Herrick, to approve the staff recommendation and adopt the following resolution entitled:

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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-14
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INITIATION OF PROPOSITION 218

PROCEEDINGS TO CONSIDER PROPOSED ADJUSTMNETS TO SOLID

WASTE COLLECTION RATES
Said motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Herrick, Melnick, Hicks, Segovia
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: Putz
ABSENT: None
At the hour of 6:40 p.m., Mayor Putz returned to the meeting.

2. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM

2.1 INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY’S REGULATIONS

RELATED TO TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, BUSINESS LICENSES, GENERAL

PENALTIES, ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AND HEARINGS, PUBLIC NUISANCES, AND VACATION RENTALS TO IMPLEMENT SENATE BILL 346 AND

SUPPORT TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX COMPLIANCE
Acting Director of Community & Economic Development Kelly Tinker and Administrative Services Manager Rachel Bowman made the staff presentation for this Item, which included a reading of the Ordinance title.

At 6:50 p.m., following the presentation and City Council questions, Mayor Putz invited up speakers who wanted to speak on this item. The following individuals approached the City Council:

Daniel Gulbranson, Big Bear Lake resident, expressed his dissatisfaction with the proposed revisions to the ordinance.

Dionne Olsen, Big Bear resident, asked a question about the City’s monthly vacation rental citation report.

At the hour of 6:55 p.m., Mayor Putz closed the Public Hearing.

Following the Public Hearing and further City Council discussion, a motion was made by Councilmember Hicks, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Segovia, to strikeout the verbiage “and an affirmative three votes of the council shall be necessary to sustain the revocation” from section

5.02.190, subdivision (D), and strikeout "Beginning January 1, 2022" from section 4.01.050, subdivision (B) of the proposed ordinance update; and approve staff’s recommendation to read the title, waive further reading and introduce an ordinance entitled:

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ORDINANCE NO. 2026-xxx

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 3.20 ("TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX") OF TITLE 3 ("REVENUE AND
FINANCE"), CHAPTER 5.02 (“BUSINESS LICENSES”) OF TITLE 5 (“BUSINESS LICENSES, TAXES, AND REGULATIONS”), CHAPTERS 1.16 (“GENERAL PENALTIES”) AND 1.17 (“ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AND HEARINGS”) OF TITLE 1 (“GENERAL PROVISIONS”), CHAPTER

8.80 (“PUBLIC NUISANCES”) OF TITLE 8 (“HEALTH AND SAFETY”). AND CHAPTER 4.01 (“VACATION RENTALS”) OF TITLE 4 (“VISITORSERVING USES AND TOURISM”) OF THE BIG BEAR LAKE MUNICIPAL

CODE TO UPDATE AND STREAMLINE THE CITY'S PROCEDURES FOR

TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, BUSINESS LICENSE REGULATIONS,

PENALTY PROVISIONS, AND OBLIGATIONS OF SHORT-TERM RENTAL

FACILITATORS AND MAKE OTHER TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO
SAID PROVISIONS; AND FINDING THESE AMENDMENTS EXEMPT

FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
Said motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Melnick, Herrick, Hicks, Segovia, Putz
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None

3. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS

3.1 APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR CONTINUATION OF MEASURE I

FUNDING
Assistant City Manager Sean Sullivan made the staff presentation for this Item.

Following the presentation and City Council questions, Mayor Putz invited up speakers who wanted to make a public comment on this Item. The following individual approached the City Council:

Daniel Gulbranson, Big Bear Lake resident, expressed his frustration with the State of California.

After Public Comment and further City Council discussion, a motion was made by Councilmember Melnick, seconded by Councilmember Herrick, to approve staff’s recommendation and adopt the following resolution entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2026-17

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF

REVENUES IN SAN BERNARIDNO COUNTY EXPECTED TO BE DERIVED

FROM THE PROPOSED CONTINUATION OF MEASURE I

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Said motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Herrick, Segovia, Melnick, Putz
NOES: Hicks
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None

3.2 REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTION – RELATING TO 630 BARTLETT ROAD AND 40729 BEAVER LANE
Acting Director of Community & Economic Development Kelly Tinker made the staff presentation for this Item.

Following the presentation and City Council questions, Mayor Putz invited up speakers who wanted to make a public comment on this Item. The following individual approached the City Council:

Daniel Gulbranson, Big Bear Lake resident, stated he doesn’t support the City’s property purchases.

After Public Comment, a motion was made by Councilmember Herrick, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Segovia, to approve staff’s recommendation and adopt the following resolution entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2026-18

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND

ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO CONSUMMATE THE REAL PROPERTY

EXCHANGE TRANSACTION, INVOLVING THE REAL PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 630 BARTLETT ROAD (PARCEL NUMBER: 0308-166-57) AND 40729 BEAVER LANE (PARCEL NUMBERS: 0308-166-13 AND 0308-166-14); AND FINDING THE

ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT Said motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Melnick, Segovia, Herrick, Hicks, Putz
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
EXCUSED: None

4. COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, & ADDITIONAL CITY BUSINESS
• CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
Assistant City Manager / City Clerk Stephenson provided a brief overview of some tentative items that will be presented at upcoming public meetings.
• COUNCILMEMBER BOARD/COMMITTEE REPORTS & COMMENTS
Councilmember Melnick announced that she won’t be attending the May 13 City Council Meeting; and took the opportunity to welcome Jackie and Shadow’s new eaglets.

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Councilmember Herrick provided a BBARWA Replenish Big Bear project update and indicated there will be an upcoming BBARWA workshop.

Mayor Pro Tem Segovia announced that the BBARWA workshop will be held on April 27; shared that she attended a Mountain Transit meeting, a local meeting with County Supervisor Dawn Rowe and, a Mayor/Mayor Pro Tem meeting in Adelanto.

Mayor Putz shared that he attended a Cal Cities Environmental Quality Policy Committee Meeting; he further announced that he participated in a call with the U.S. Forest Service; he also made a request for the City Attorney to provide a Brown Act briefing as it relates to Councilmember’s comments during a public meeting, and to agendize an item to consider the City’s roles and responsibilities related to local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts.

ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the City Council at this Regular Meeting, Mayor Putz adjourned the meeting at 7:47 p.m.
_______________________
Erica Stephenson, City Clerk

MEETING
DATE: May 13, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH: Erik Sund, City Manager
FROM: Kelly Tinker, Acting Director of Community & Economic Development Rachel Bowman, Administrative Services Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt an Ordinance Amending the City’s Regulations Related to Transient Occupancy Tax, Business Licenses, General Penalties, Administrative Citations and Hearings, Public Nuisances, and Vacations Rentals to Implement Senate Bill 346 and Support Transient Occupancy Tax Compliance

BACKGROUND & DISCUSSION
On April 8, 2026, the City Council conducted a noticed Public Hearing for the introduction and first reading of an ordinance proposing a series of amendments across multiple Titles of the Municipal Code (Titles 1, 3, 4, 5, and 8). These amendments were guided by two specific policy objectives: the implementation of Senate Bill 346 (SB 346) and strengthening the City’s ability to enforce TOT collection.

The Ordinance, as proposed, would amend certain sections of Chapter 3.20 ("Transient Occupancy Tax") of Title 3 ("Revenue and Finance"), Chapter 5.02 (“Business Licenses”) Of Title 5 (“Business Licenses, Taxes, and Regulations”), Chapters 1.16 (“General Penalties”) and 1.17 (“Administrative Citations and Hearings”) of Title 1 (“General Provisions”), Chapter 8.80 (“Public Nuisances”) of Title 8 (“Health and Safety”), and Chapter 4.01 (“Vacation Rentals”) of Title 4 (“Visitor-Serving Uses and Tourism”) of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code to update and streamline the city’s procedures for Transient Occupancy Tax, Business License regulations, penalty provisions, and obligations of Short-Term Rental Facilitators.

The City Council conducted the public hearing, introduced the ordinance, read the title, and waived further reading of the attached Ordinance 2026-xxx. City Council approved staff’s recommendation related to the introduction and first reading, and staff received two recommendations from the City Council to strike-out “and an affirmative three votes of the council shall be necessary to sustain the revocation” from Section 5.02.190, subdivision (D), and to strike out “Beginning January 1, 2022,” from Section 4.01.050, subdivision (B), both of which have been incorporated to the updated Ordinance being presented this evening for its second reading and adoption. Upon City Council approval, this Ordinance would become effective thirty (30) days from the date of adoption.

FISCAL IMPACT
There are no fiscal impacts associated with the adoption of the recommended Ordinance.

Item 1.3

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The City Council finds that the proposed amendments to the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code are exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.

CONSIDERATION OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
This item aligns with the following City Council strategic priorities:

1. Ensure fiscal responsibility.

2. Preserve and protect the quality of life for the residents and the businesses, while maintaining a balance with the environment to foster a sustainable economic base.

RECOMMENDED ACTION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt an ordinance entitled: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Big Bear Lake, California, Amending Certain Sections of Chapter 3.20 ("Transient Occupancy Tax") of Title 3 ("Revenue and Finance"), Chapter 5.02 (“Business Licenses”) Of Title 5 (“Business Licenses, Taxes, and Regulations”), Chapters 1.16 (“General Penalties”) and 1.17 (“Administrative Citations and Hearings”) of Title 1 (“General Provisions”), Chapter 8.80 (“Public Nuisances”) of Title 8 (“Health and Safety”), and Chapter 4.01 (“Vacation Rentals”) of Title 4 (“Visitor-Serving Uses and Tourism”) of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code to Update and Streamline the City’s Procedures for Transient Occupancy Tax, Business License Regulations, Penalty Provisions, and Obligations of Short-Term Rental Facilitators and Make Other Technical Amendments to Said Provisions; and Finding these Amendments Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

ATTACHMENTS

1. Ordinance 2026-xxx

2. Exhibit A - Redline Version

3. City Council Agenda Report from April 8, 2026 (without attachments) ORDINANCE NO. 2026- xxx

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BIG BEAR

LAKE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER

3.20 ("TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX") OF TITLE 3 ("REVENUE AND FINANCE"), CHAPTER 5.02 (“BUSINESS LICENSES”) OF TITLE 5 (“BUSINESS LICENSES, TAXES, AND REGULATIONS”), CHAPTERS 1.16 (“GENERAL PENALTIES”) AND 1.17 (“ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AND HEARINGS”) OF TITLE 1 (“GENERAL PROVISIONS”), CHAPTER

8.80 (“PUBLIC NUISANCES”) OF TITLE 8 (“HEALTH AND SAFETY”), AND CHAPTER 4.01 (“VACATION RENTALS”) OF TITLE 4 (“VISITORSERVING USES AND TOURISM”) OF THE BIG BEAR LAKE MUNICIPAL

CODE TO UPDATE AND STREAMLINE THE CITY'S PROCEDURES FOR

TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, BUSINESS LICENSE REGULATIONS,

PENALTY PROVISIONS, AND OBLIGATIONS OF SHORT-TERM

RENTAL FACILITATORS AND MAKE OTHER TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS TO SAID PROVISIONS; AND FINDING THESE

AMENDMENTS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Big Bear Lake previously elected to enact a transient occupancy tax requirements and related regulations in Chapter 3.20 of Title 3 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code as authorized by Revenue and Taxation Code section 7280 and other laws, business license requirements and related regulations in Chapter 5.02 of Title 5 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code as authorized by Business and Professions Code section 16000 et seq., penalty and violation provisions in Chapters 1.16 and 1.17 of Title 1 and Chapter 8.80 of Title 8 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code as authorized by Government Code sections 36900, 38773.5, and other laws, and requirements for owners and hosting platforms for vacation rentals and related regulations in Chapter 4.01 of Title 4 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code as authorized by the City’s police powers, Government Code sections 37100 and 37101, and other laws; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 3.20 of Title 3 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code (B.B.L.M.C. §§3.20.010 through 3.20.310), the City imposes a transient occupancy tax on the occupancy of rooms, lodging, or other accommodations in hotels, inns, and similar lodging establishment for stays with periods of thirty (30) consecutive days or less, which transient occupancy tax is collected by the operator from the transient and remitted to the City, subject to the conditions and regulations as provided in Chapter 3.20; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 5.02 of Title 5 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code (B.B.L.M.C. §§ 5.02.010 through 5.02.410), the City requires that persons engaging in or carrying on any business within the City to obtain and maintain a valid business license and comply with applicable licensing requirements, including the remittance of any transient occupancy tax by any operator of a hotel, inn, or other lodging business, subject to the conditions and regulations as Item 1.3
Attachment 1
provided in Chapter 3.20; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapters 1.16 and 1.17 of Title 1 and Chapter 8.80 of Title 8 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code (B.B.L.M.C. §§ 1.16.010 through 1.16.020, 1.17.010 through

1.17.140, and 8.80.010 through 8.80.130), the City has established various penalty and violation provisions governing consequences of violating provisions of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code, subject to the conditions and regulations as provided in Chapter 1.16, 1.17, and 8.80; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 4.01 of Title 4 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code (B.B.L.M.C. §§ 4.01.010 through 4.01.110), the City regulates the operation of vacation-rental properties within the City through licensing requirements, operational standards, the collection of transient occupancy taxes and its related reporting obligations, and enforcement provisions applicable to vacation-rental owners, their agents, and hosting platforms, subject to the conditions and regulations as provided in Chapter 4.01; and,
WHEREAS, in executing the regulations in the above-mentioned Chapters of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code, City staff has determined that certain provisions would be benefited by revisions for clarity as well as for streamlining and enhancing the language to allow for both greater transparency and understanding of the public and additional optionality for the City to protect the public when enforcing the regulations in the above Chapters; and, WHEREAS, Senate Bill 346 took effect on January 1, 2026, which allows cities to compel “shortterm rental facilitators” to share information about short-terms rentals operating within each city’s jurisdiction and City staff has identified amendments to Chapter 4.01 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code to account for Senate Bill 346’s new authorizations for the City; and, WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance have occurred.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BIG BEAR LAKE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.

SECTION 2. CEQA. The City Council finds that the proposed amendments to the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code are exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.

SECTION 3: Code Amendment to Title 3. Chapter 3.20 of Title 3 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Chapter 3.20 - TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX

3.20.010 - Short title.

The short title of this chapter shall be known as the "Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance."

3.20.020 – Definitions.

Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this section shall govern the construction of this chapter:

A. "Hotel" means any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied, intended or designed for use or occupancy by transients, including but not limited to dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging house, rooming house, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home or house, or portion thereof, duplex, triplex, singlefamily dwelling units, and vacation rentals.

B. "Occupancy" means the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room, rooms or any portion thereof offered for rent for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, regardless of the purpose for which such rooms are rented.

C. "Operator" means the person who is proprietor of the hotel whether in the capacity of owner, lessee, sublessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee or any other capacity. Where the operator performs his/her functions through a managing agent of any type or character, the managing agent shall also be deemed an operator for the purpose of this chapter, and shall have jointly and severally the same duties and liabilities as his/her principal. Compliance with the provisions of this chapter by either the principal or the managing agent shall, however, be considered to be compliance by both.

D. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

E. "Rent" means the amount of the consideration charged or chargeable to the tenant for the occupancy of space, valued in money whether received in money, goods, labor or otherwise, including in full value of receipts, cash, credits, property or services of any kind or nature, without any deduction whatsoever. It is not the intent of this subsection to make the operator liable for the tax on uncollected rent. However, uncollected rent must be reported.

F. “Short-term rental facilitator” as defined by Government Code section 50991(g) and herein means a person or entity that facilitates for consideration, regardless of whether it is deducted as fees from the transaction, the occupancy of a short-term rental that is not owned by the person facilitating the rental, through a marketplace operated by the person or a related person or entity, and that does both of the following:

1. Directly or indirectly, through one or more related persons, engages in any of the following:
a. Transmits or otherwise communicates the offer or acceptance between the purchaser and the operator.
b. Owns or operates the infrastructure, electronic or physical, or technology that brings purchasers and operators together.
c. Provides a virtual currency that purchasers are allowed or required to use to facilitate the occupancy of a short-term rental from the operator. d. Software development or research and development activities related to any of the activities described in paragraph (2), if such activities are directly related to facilitating short-term rentals.

2. Directly or indirectly, through one or more related persons, engages in any of the following activities with respect to facilitating short-term rentals:
a. Payment processing services.
b. Listing homes, houses, or rooms in homes or houses, campsites, or other lodgings that are not a hotel or motel, and that are not owned by that person or a related person, for rental on a short-term basis.
c. Setting prices.
d. Branding short-term rentals as those of the short-term rental facilitator. e. Taking orders or reservations.

Short-term rental facilitator includes a hosting platform or hosting site as defined in Chapter 4.01.

For purposes of this definition, marketplace as defined by Government Code section 50991(c) and herein means a physical or electronic place, including, but not limited to, a store, booth, internet website, catalog, television or radio broadcast, or a dedicated sales software application, where a marketplace seller facilitates the occupancy of a short-term rental for delivery in this state.

G. "Tax administrator" means the city manager or his/her designated agent.

H. "Transient" means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by reason of concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement for a period of twenty-eight (28) consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days. Any such person so occupying space in a hotel shall be deemed to be a transient if his actual total period of occupancy does not exceed twenty-eight (28) days.

I. "Vacation rental" means a residential dwelling unit subject to licensing as a vacation rental pursuant to Chapter 4.01.

J. "Lodging business" means hotel and vacation rental as defined above.

K. "Agent" means a person designated by the operator to perform the duties required by this chapter.

L. "Owner” or “Property owner” means the person who owns the property where the hotel subject to this Chapter is located, whether in the capacity as operator of the hotel or not.

3.20.030 - Tax imposed. Modified
A. For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to, and shall pay a tax on the rent charged by an operator, as follows:

1. As of January 1, 2024, a tax in the amount of nine percent; and

2. As of January 1, 2025, a tax in the amount of ten percent.

B. Insofar as the transient is concerned, the tax constitutes a debt owed by the transient to the city which is extinguished only by payment to the operator or to the city.

3.20.035 - Tourism business improvement district assessment.

A. The city council renewed by resolution the Big Bear Lake Tourism Business Improvement District (BBLTBID) for a period of ten (10) years effective April 1, 2021.

B. The assessment is levied upon ski resort businesses and lodging businesses as defined by this chapter.

C. Payment of assessments shall be made by operators, or in the case where a short-term rental facilitator facilitates collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, then a short-term rental facilitator, along with their tax obligations pursuant to the same provisions for tax collection contained in this chapter.

3.20.040 - Exemptions.

A. No tax shall be imposed upon:

1. Any person as to whom, or any occupancy as to which it is beyond the power of the city to impose the tax herein provided;

2. Any officer or employee of a foreign government who is exempt by reason of express provision of federal law or international treaty.

B. No exemptions shall be granted except upon a claim therefor made at the time the rent is collected and under penalty of perjury upon a form prescribed by the tax administrator.

3.20.050 - Operator's and Short-Term Rental Facilitator’s duties.

Each operator, or in the case where a short-term rental facilitator facilitates collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, then a shortterm rental facilitator, shall collect the tax imposed by this chapter to the same extent and at the same time as the rent is collected from every transient. The amount of the tax and BBLTBID assessment shall be separately stated from the amount of the rent charged. No operator or shortterm rental facilitator of a hotel shall advertise or state in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, that the tax or any part thereof will be assumed or absorbed by the operator or shortterm rental facilitator; or that it will not be added to the rent; or that, if added, any part will be refunded, except in the manner hereinafter provided. Operators or short-term rental facilitator may designate and assign these obligations to an agent. Such an action does not relieve the operator or short-term rental facilitator of all responsibilities contained in this chapter. Use of a short-term rental facilitator does not absolve any operator of their duties under this chapter.

Operators, and where operators use a short-term rental facilitator to collect assessments under this chapter, and short-term rental facilitators, have equal responsibility under this chapter.

3.20.060 - Permit required—Application.

A. Every person desiring to engage in or conduct business as operator of a hotel renting to transients within the city shall file with the tax administrator an application for a transient occupancy registration permit for each place of business. Every application for such a permit shall be made upon a form prescribed by the tax administrator and shall set forth the name under which the applicant transacts or intends to transact business, the location of his place of business, the owner of the property, if different from the operator, and such other information as the tax administrator may require. The application shall be signed by the operator, if a natural person, by a member or partner if an association or partnership, or by an executive officer or some person specifically authorized by the corporation to sign the application in the case of a corporation. The transient occupancy registration permit must be in effect at all times while the business is in operation and shall be at all times posted in a conspicuous place on the premises. The permit shall, among other things, state the following:

1. Name of hotel;

2. Name of operator;

3. Name of property owner, if different from operator;

4. Hotel address;

5. The date upon which the permit was issued;

6. "This Transient Occupancy Registration Permit signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the Transient Occupancy Tax Chapter by registering with the Tax Administrator for the purpose of collecting from transients the Transient Occupancy Tax and remitting the tax to the Tax Administrator. This Permit does not authorize any person to conduct any lawful business in any unlawful manner, nor operate a hotel without strictly complying with all applicable laws, including but not limited to those requiring a permit or license from any board, commission, department or office of this City. This Permit does not apply in lieu of such other permits which are otherwise required."

7. “This Transient Occupancy Registration Permit signifies that the property owner acknowledges and understands that the property will be operated as a hotel subject to the City’s Transient Occupancy Tax requirements in Chapter 3.20 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code and that the failure to collect or remit such Transient Occupancy Taxes and other amounts as set forth in Chapter 3.20 may result in enforcement action by the City, including but not limited to, the recordation of a lien against the property.”
B. The lack of a registration permit shall not void the requirement of non-registered operators or non-licensed vacation rental operators from collecting and remitting transient occupancy tax and BBLTBID assessment.

3.20.070 - Returns and remittances.

The tax imposed under Section 3.20.030 is:

A. Due to the tax administrator at the time it is collected by the operator, or in the case where a short-term rental facilitator facilitates collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, then a short-term rental facilitator; and
B. Becomes delinquent and subject to penalties if not received by the tax administrator on or before the last working day of the month following the close of each calendar month.

3.20.080 - Reporting and remitting.

Each operator, or in the case where a short-term rental facilitator facilitates collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, then a shortterm rental facilitator, shall, on or before the last day of the month following the close of each calendar quarter, or at the close of any shorter reporting period which may be established by the tax administrator, make a return to the tax administrator, on forms provided or requested by the city, of the total rents charged and received and the amount of tax collected for transient occupancies and the average number of rental units available during the remittance period, the total number of unit bookings (per individual/group) during the remittance period, and number of unit nights that were rented. Effective January 1, 2022, the due date shall be on or before the last day of the month following the close of each calendar month. Each such return shall contain a declaration under penalty of perjury, executed by the operator, short-term rental facilitator where a short-term rental facilitator facilitates collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, or his authorized agent, that to the best of the signatory's knowledge, the statements in the return are true, correct and complete. Amounts claimed on the return as exempt from the tax pursuant to Section 3.20.040 shall be fully itemized and explained on the return or supporting schedule. In determining the amount of taxable receipts on the tax return, rent as defined in subsection 3.20.020E., may not be reduced by any business expenses, including, but not limited to, the amount of service charges deducted by credit card companies, advertising or online platform fees, or commissions paid to travel agencies. At the time the return is filed, the tax fixed at the prevailing transient occupancy tax rate for the amount of rentals charged or chargeable, which are not exempt from tax under Section 3.20.040, and BBLTBID assessments shall be remitted to the tax administrator by the operator and/or short-term rental facilitator. The tax administrator may establish other reporting periods and may require a cash deposit or bond, or a separate trust fund bank account for any permit holder if deemed necessary in order to ensure collection of the tax, and may require further information in the return and/or that the return be submitted in an alternative format, including by not limited to, paper remittance forms, excel files, or through an online/digital platform by the operator and/or short-term rental facilitator. All taxes collected by operators or short-term rental facilitators pursuant to this chapter shall be held in trust for the account of the city until remittance thereof is made to the tax administrator.

3.20.090 - Cessation of business.

Each operator shall notify the tax administrator, ten (10) days prior to the sale or cessation of business for any reason, and returns and remittances are due immediately upon the sale or cessation of business.

3.20.100 - Delinquency—Interest and penalties.

Any operator, or in the case where a short-term rental facilitator facilitates collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, then a shortterm rental facilitator, who fails to remit any tax and BBLTBID assessment to the city or any amount of tax and BBLTBID assessment required to be collected and remitted to the city, including amounts based on determination made by the tax administrator under Section 3.20.120, within the time required, shall pay a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the tax or amount of the tax and BBLTBID assessment in addition to the tax and BBLTBID assessment or amount of tax and BBLTBID assessment plus interest at the rate of one percent per month, or fraction thereof, from the date on which the tax and BBLTBID assessment or the amount of tax and BBLTBID assessment required to be collected becomes delinquent until the date of remittance or payment.

Any operator, or in the case where a short-term rental facilitator facilitates collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, then a shortterm rental facilitator, who fails to pay any penalty imposed under this section within ten (10) days after receipt of notice thereof shall pay interest thereon at the rate of one percent per month, or fraction thereof, from the date on which the penalty becomes due and payable to the city until the date of payment.

3.20.110 - Fraud—Penalty.

If the tax administrator determines that the failure to make any remittance or payment due under this chapter is due to fraud, a penalty of one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the tax, BBLTBID assessment and penalties shall be added thereto in addition to the penalties stated in Section 3.20.100.

3.20.120 - Failure to collect and report tax—Estimation of taxes due—Notification— Hearing.

If any operator, or in the case where a short-term rental facilitator facilitates collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, then a shortterm rental facilitator, fails or refuses to collect the tax and BBLTBID assessment and to make, within the time provided in this chapter, any report and remittance of the tax and BBLTBID assessment or any portion thereof required by this chapter, the tax administrator shall proceed in such manner as he may deem best to obtain facts and information on which to base his estimate of tax and BBLTBID assessment due. As soon as the tax administrator procures such facts and information as he is able to obtain upon which to base the assessment of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter payable by any operator or short-term rental facilitator who has failed or refused to collect the same to make such report and remittance, he shall proceed to determine and assess against such operator or short-term rental facilitator the tax, BBLTBID assessment, interest and penalties provided for by this chapter. In case such determination is made, the tax administrator shall give a notice of the amount so assessed by serving it personally, via email with evidence of receipt, or by depositing it in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the operator or short-term rental facilitator so assessed at his last known address.

Such operator or short-term rental facilitator may within ten (10) days after the serving or mailing of such notice make application in writing to the tax administrator for a hearing on the amount assessed. If application by the operator or short-term rental facilitator for a hearing is not made within the time prescribed, the tax, BBLTBID assessment, interest and penalties, if any, determined by the tax administrator shall become final and conclusive and immediately due and payable. If such application is made, the tax administrator shall give not less than five days' written notice in the manner prescribed herein to the operator or short-term rental facilitator to show cause at a time and place fixed in the notice why the amount specified therein should not be fixed for such tax, BBLTBID assessment, interest and penalties. At such hearing, the operator or short-term rental facilitator may appear and offer evidence why such specified tax, BBLTBID assessment, interest and penalties should not be so fixed. After such hearing the tax administrator shall determine the proper tax and BBLTBID assessment to be remitted and shall thereafter give written or electronic notice to the person in the manner prescribed herein of the determination and the amount of such tax, BBLTBID assessment, interest and penalties. The amount determined to be due shall be payable after fifteen (15) days unless an appeal is taken as provided in Section 3.20.130.

3.20.130 - Appeal.

Any operator or short-term rental facilitator aggrieved by any decision of the tax administrator with respect to the amount of any tax, interest and penalties, if any, may appeal to the city manager by filing a notice of appeal with the city clerk within fifteen (15) days of the serving of the assessment or determination of tax and penalties, if any, due. The city manager shall fix a time and place for hearing the appeal, and the city clerk shall give notice in writing to the operator or short-term rental facilitator at his last known address. The findings of the city manager shall be final and conclusive and shall be served upon the appellant in the manner prescribed above of service of notice of hearing. Any amount found to be due shall be immediately due and payable upon the service of notice.

3.20.140 - Records to be kept—Inspection—Subpoena.

It shall be the duty of every operator or short-term rental facilitator liable for the collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter to keep and preserve, for a period of three years, records in such form as the tax administrator may require to determine the amount of such tax. The tax administrator shall have the right to inspect such records at all reasonable times and may subpoena the records of any operator or short-term rental facilitator who refuses to make them available for examination.

3.20.150 - Refunds.

A. Whenever the amount of any tax, interest or penalty has been overpaid or paid more than once, or has been erroneously or illegally collected or received by the city under this chapter, it may be refunded as provided in subsections B. and C. of this section, provided a claim in writing therefore, stating under penalty of perjury the specific grounds upon which the claim is founded, is filed with the tax administrator within three years of the date of payment. The claims shall be on forms furnished by the tax administrator.

B. An operator or in the case where a short-term rental facilitator facilitates collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, then a short-term rental facilitator, may claim a refund for the amount overpaid, paid more than once or erroneously or illegally collected or received when it is established in a manner prescribed by the tax administrator that the person from whom the tax has been collected was not a transient; provided, however, that neither a refund nor a credit shall be allowed unless the amount of the tax so collected has either been refunded to the person or credited to rent subsequently payable by the person to the operator or shortterm rental facilitator.

C. A transient may obtain a refund of taxes overpaid or paid more than once erroneously, or illegally collected or received by the city, by filing a claim in the manner provided in subsection A. of this section, but only when the transient, having paid the tax to the operator or short-term rental facilitator, establishes to the satisfaction of the tax administrator that the transient has been unable to obtain a refund from the operator or short-term rental facilitator who collected the tax.

D. No refund shall be paid under the provisions of this section unless the claimant establishes his right thereto by written records.

E. Overpayments of taxes and assessments caused by mathematical error of the operator or short-term rental facilitator will be refunded only upon request of the operator or shortterm rental facilitator and such requests must be made within forty-five (45) days of overpayment.

3.20.160 - Revocation of permit.

Whenever any operator or short-term rental facilitator fails to comply with any provision of this chapter relating to occupancy tax, or any rule or regulation of the tax administrator relating to occupancy tax prescribed and adopted under this chapter, the tax administrator upon hearing, after giving the operator ten (10) days notice in writing specifying the time and place of hearing and requiring him to show cause why his permit or permits should not be revoked, may suspend or revoke any one or more of the permits. The notices herein required may be served personally or by mail in the manner prescribed for service of notice of a deficiency determination. The tax administrator shall not issue a new permit after the revocation of a permit unless he is satisfied that the former holder of the permit will comply with the provisions of this chapter relating to the occupancy tax and regulations of the tax administrator. Vacation rental license holders are also subject to the revocation of the vacation rental license associated with the property if found to be in violation of this chapter and are subject to administrative citations pursuant to Chapter 4.01.

3.20.170 - Closure of hotel without permit.

During any period of time during which a permit has not been issued, or is suspended, revoked or otherwise not validly in effect, the tax administrator may require that the hotel be closed.

3.20.180 - Recording certificate—Lien.

If any amount required to be remitted or paid to the city under this chapter is not remitted or paid when due, the tax administrator may, within three years after the amount is due, file for record in the office of the county recorder a certificate specifying the amount of tax, penalties and interest due, the name and address as it appears on the records of the tax administrator of the operator liable for the same, and the fact that the tax administrator has complied with all provisions of this chapter in the determination of the amount required to be remitted and paid. From the time of the filing for record, the amount required to be remitted, together with penalties and interest, constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county owned by the operator or afterward and before the lien expires acquired by the operator and/or a lien upon the property where the hotel operates whether the operator is the owner of the property or not. The lien has the force, effect and priority of a judgment lien and shall continue for ten (10) years from the time of filing of the certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.

3.20.190 - Priority and lien of tax.

A. The amounts required to be remitted and/or paid by any operator under this chapter, with penalties and interest, shall be satisfied first in any of the following cases:

1. Whenever the person is insolvent;

2. Whenever the person makes a voluntary assignment of his assets;

3. Whenever the estate of the person in the hands of executors, administrators or heirs is insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased;

4. Whenever the estate and effects of an absconding, concealed or absent person required to pay any amount under this chapter are levied upon by process law.

This chapter does not give the city a preference over any recorded lien which attached prior to the date when the amounts required to be paid became a lien.

B. The preference given to the city by this section shall be subordinate to the preferences given to claims for personal services by Sections 1204 and 1205 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

3.20.200 - Warrant for collection of tax.

At any time within three years after any operator is delinquent in the remittance or payment of any amount herein required to be remitted or paid, including where an operator utilized a shortterm rental facilitator to facilitate the collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, or within three years after the last recording of a certificate under Section 3.20.180, the tax administrator may issue a warrant for the enforcement of any liens and for the collection of any amount required to be paid to the city under this chapter. The warrant shall be directed to any sheriff, marshal or constable and shall have the same effect as a writ of execution. The warrant shall be levied and sale made pursuant to it in the same manner with the same effect as a levy of and a sale pursuant to a writ of execution. The tax administrator may pay or advance to the sheriff, marshal or constable the same fees, commissions and expenses for his services as are provided by law for similar services pursuant to a writ of execution. The tax administrator, and not the court, shall approve the fees for publication in a newspaper.

3.20.210 - Seizure and sale.

At any time within three years after any operator is delinquent in the remittance or payment of any amount, including where an operator utilized a short-term rental facilitator to facilitate the collection and remittance to the city of any tax and BBLTBID assessment imposed by this chapter, the tax administrator may collect the amount in the following manner: The tax administrator shall seize any property, real or personal, of the operator or real property upon which the hotel operates if not otherwise owned by the operator to the extent authorized by law and sell the property, or a sufficient part of it, at public auction to pay the amount due, together with any penalties and interest imposed for the delinquency and any costs incurred on account of the seizure and sale. Any seizure made to collect occupancy taxes due shall be only of property of the operator not exempt from execution under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure.

3.20.220 - Successor's liability—Withholding by purchaser.

If any operator liable for any amount under this chapter sells out his hotel business or quits the hotel business, or if any owner of the real property upon which the hotel is located sells, transfers, assigns, or otherwise conveys his interest to another while amounts under this chapter are still due and owing, the applicable successor, assign, purchaser, transferee or otherwise new interested person in the hotel business and/or the property, shall withhold sufficient of the purchase price to cover such amount until the former business owner or property owner produces a receipt from the tax administrator showing that the amounts under this chapter have been paid or a certificate stating that no amount is due.

3.20.230 - Liability of purchaser—Release.

If the purchaser of a hotel or purchaser of a property upon which the hotel is located fails to withhold purchase price as required, he shall become personally liable for the payment of the amount required to be withheld by him to the extent of the purchase price, valued in money.

Within sixty (60) days after receiving a written request from the purchaser for a certificate, or within sixty (60) days from the date the former owner's records are made available for audit, whichever period expires the later, but in any event not later than ninety (90) days after receiving the request, the tax administrator shall either issue the certificate or mail notice to the purchaser at his address as it appears on the records of the tax administrator of the amount that must be paid as a condition of issuing the certificate. Failure of the tax administrator to mail the notice will release the purchaser from any further obligation to withhold purchase price as provided above. The time within which the obligation of the successor may be enforced shall start to run at the time the operator sells his business or at the time the real property upon which the hotel is located is transferred, as the case may be, or at the time that the determination against the operator becomes final if an appeal is taken under section 3.20.130, whichever occurs the later.

For the avoidance of doubt, all unpaid amounts owed under this chapter may also be enforced against the real property upon which the hotel operates to the extent authorized by law, and purchasers or transferees of such property are deemed to have actual and constructive notice of such potential liability.

3.20.240 - Responsibility for payment.

Any tax required to be paid by any transient under the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a debt owed by the transient to the city. Any such tax collected by an operator which has not been remitted to the city is a fiduciary obligation of the operator to the city and collectible in the same manner as a debt. Any person owing money to the city under the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to an action brought in the name of the city for the recovery of such amount. The city shall have the right to examine, inspect, and audit the books and records of any person hereunder and any deficiency found by such audit shall be assessed against such person in the same manner as a debt. Any such deficiency which is in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be increased by an amount equal to the cost to the city causing the audit to be made.

3.20.250 - Withhold notice.

If any person is delinquent in the remittance or payment of the amount required to be remitted or paid by him, or in the event a determination has been made against him for the remittance of tax and payment of the penalty, the city may, within three years after the tax obligation became due, give notice thereof personally or by registered mail to all persons, including the state or any political subdivision thereof, having in their possession or under their control any credit or other personal property belonging to the taxpayer. After receiving the withholding notice, the person so notified shall make no disposition of the taxpayer's credits, other personal property or debts until the city consents to a transfer or disposition, or until sixty (60) days elapse after the receipt of the notice, whichever expires earlier. All persons, upon receipt of the notice, shall advise the city immediately of all such credits, other personal property or debts in their possession, under their control or owing by them. If such notice seeks to prevent the transfer or other disposition of a deposit in a bank, or other credits or personal property in the possession or under the control of the bank, to be effective the notice shall be delivered or mailed to the branch or office of such bank at which such deposit is carried or at which such credits or personal property is held. If any person so notified makes transfer or disposition of the property or debts required to be held hereunder during the effective period of the notice to withhold, he shall be liable to the city to the extent of the value of the release up to the amount of the indebtedness owed by the taxpayer of the city.

3.20.260 - Extension of time.

The tax administrator, for good cause, may extend for not to exceed one year the time for making any return or paying any amount required to be paid under this chapter. The extension may be granted at any time, provided a request therefore is filed with the tax administrator within or prior to the period for which the extension may be granted. Any person to whom an extension is granted shall pay, in addition to the tax, interest at the rate of one percent per month or fraction thereof, from the date on which the tax would have been due without the extension until the date of payment.

3.20.270 - Divulging of information forbidden.

It is unlawful for any person having an administrative duty under this chapter to make known in any manner whatever the business affairs, operations or information obtained by an investigation of the records of any operator or any other person visited or examined in the discharge of official duty, or the amount or source of income, profits, losses, expenditures, or any particular thereof, set forth or disclosed in any return, or to knowingly permit any return or copy thereof, any abstract or particulars thereof to be seen or examined by any person. Successors, receivers, trustees, executors, administrators, assignees and guarantors, if directly interested, may be given information as to the items included in the amount of unpaid tax or amounts of tax, penalties and interest required to be collected.

3.20.280 - Agreement with county.

The city is empowered to enter into a joint powers agreement with other cities and the county, and if such agreement or agreements can be made wherein central collection for the county is provided, then it shall be done upon approval of the city council.

3.20.290 - Expenses paid from gross receipts.

The expense for staff and collection of the tax herein provided shall be paid from the gross receipts.

3.20.300 - Use of proceeds.

The net proceeds from the tax imposed herein shall be used for any lawful purpose of the city.

3.20.310 - Violations—Remedies.

A. The city may enforce any violation of this chapter by any and all means available by law, including, but not limited to, criminal, civil, or administrative abatement or any other legal remedy permitted by law, including through administrative citation pursuant to Chapter 1.17 of this Code and through nuisance abatement pursuant to Chapter 8.80. The city has the discretion to determine the appropriate enforcement action. These remedies are intended to be cumulative and may be used in conjunction with or in lieu of each other remedy. The use of any one remedy shall not preclude the use of any other remedy authorized by the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code or by any other applicable law.

B. Violations deemed a misdemeanor.

1. Any person knowingly violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. Any operator or other person who knowingly or willfully fails or refuses to remit room tax collections to the tax administrator prior to the time of delinquency as specified in Section 3.20.070 through 3.20.090 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. Any operator or other person who willfully fails or refuses to register as required herein, or to furnish any return required to be made, or who fails or refuses to furnish a supplemental return or other data required by the tax administrator, or who renders a false or fraudulent return or claim is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person required to make, render, sign or verify any report or claim with intent to defeat or evade the determination of any amount due required by this chapter to be made, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

C. Violations deemed an infraction. Alternatively, the City in its discretion may deem any violation of this chapter an infraction.

SECTION 4: Code Amendment to Title 5. Chapter 5.02 of Title 5 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Chapter 5.02 - BUSINESS LICENSES
ARTICLE I. - LICENSE REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES

5.02.010 - Purpose of provisions.

This chapter is enacted solely for the purpose of regulation.

5.02.020 - Definitions.
"Business" means professions, trades and occupations and all and every kind of calling whether or not carried on for profit or livelihood.
“Tax collector” means the city manager or his/her designated agent.

5.02.030 - License required.

A. There are imposed upon all businesses in the city, license fees in the amounts hereinafter set forth in this chapter. It is unlawful for any person, either for himself or for any other person, to commence, transact or carry on any business in the city not excluded by this chapter, without first having procured a license from the city to do so, or without complying with any and all regulations contained in this chapter.

B. The carrying on of any business without first having procured a license from the city to do so, or without complying with any and all regulations of this chapter, constitutes a separate violation of this chapter for each and every day that such business is so carried on. See also Section 5.02.410 of this chapter.

5.02.040 - Scope of license.

A. No license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the conduct or continuance of any illegal or unlawful business, or any business in violation of any ordinance of the city, or regulations of the state or federal court.

B. The application for a license, payment of a license fee, and/or the issuance of a license to any person by the city shall not entitle the licensee to carry on any business unless he/she has complied with all the requirements of the code and all other applicable laws, nor to engage in or to carry on any business in any building or in any premises designated in such license in the event such building or premises are situated in any area or locality in which the conduct of such business is in violation of the code, or any ordinance of the city, or any other law. The city thus reserves and retains the right to deny issuance of a license, deny renewal of a license, or revoke or suspend a license as set forth in this chapter.

5.02.050 - Evidence of doing business.

When any person shall by use of signs, circulars, cards, telephone book, newspapers, digital media, or other means of dissemination of information, advertise, hand out, or represent that he/she is in business in the city, for one transaction or more, or when any person holds an active license or permit issued by a governmental agency indicating that he/she is in business in the city, or when the city receive complaints or conducts investigations and determines through these means that he/she is in business in the city, then these facts shall be considered prima facie evidence that he/she is conducting a business in the city.

5.02.060 - Exclusions.

A. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the terms hereof shall not be deemed or construed to apply to any of the following persons:

1. Any public utility which pays to the city a tax under a franchise or similar agreement;

2. Banks, savings and loan companies, including national banking associations, to the extent that a city may not levy a license fee upon them under provisions of Article XIII, Section 16, Subdivision 1(a) of the State Constitution;

3. Insurance companies and associations to the extent that a city may not levy a license tax upon them under the provisions of Article XIII, Section 14 4/5 of the State Constitution;

4. Any person whom the city is not authorized to license under any law or constitution of the state.

B. The tax and license collector shall require the filing of a verified statement from any person claiming to be excluded by the provisions of this section, which statement shall set forth all facts upon which the exclusion is claimed.

5.02.070 - Exemptions.

A. Constitutional or Statutory Exemptions.

1. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed or construed to apply to any person transacting and carrying on any business exempt by virtue of the Constitution or applicable statutes of the United States or of the state for the payment of such taxes as are herein prescribed.

2. Any person claiming an exemption pursuant to this section shall file a sworn statement with the tax collector stating the facts upon which exemption is claimed, or present official documents from the California Secretary of State stating that the organization is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization, and in the absence of such proof substantiating the claim, such person shall be liable for the payment of the taxes imposed by this chapter.

B. General. The following are exempted from the payment of a license fee under this chapter:

1. Any recognized tax-exempt charitable institution, organization or association organized and conducted for charitable purposes only. This exemption shall not apply to promoters;

2. Any person, religious, fraternal, educational, military, state, county, or municipal organization or association conducting or staging any amusement, concert, exhibition, lecture, dance, athletic event or entertainment where the receipts, if any derived there from, are to be used totally and solely for recognized tax-exempt charitable or benevolent purposes and not for private gain, or other purposes of the conducting person, or for the private gain of any person in whole or in part;

3. Any recognized tax-exempt religious, fraternal, educational, military, state, county, or municipal organization or association conducting any business which is open to members thereof only and not open to the public;

4. Any solicitor engaged in interstate commerce when a license tax casts a burden upon such interstate commerce;

5. Any honorably discharged or relieved veteran of any of the armed forces of this country who provides a certificate of disability from the Veteran's Administration, who is physically unable to earn a livelihood by manual labor and who is a voter or resident, respectively, of this state, and who desires to hawk, peddle or vend goods, wares and merchandise owned by him or to distribute circulars;

6. Any individual person of the age of sixteen (16) years and under whose annual gross receipts from any and all business are three hundred dollars ($300.00) or less;

7. Any public transportation system in the city operating under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission of the state and operating buses of the capacity of twenty (20) or more passengers upon a fixed route with definite permanent points of origin and termination.

8. Any property owner holding a vacation rental license for the self-management of their residence as a vacation rental.

5.02.080 - Revocation of exemption.

The tax collector may revoke any exempt license granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter upon information that the licensee is not entitled to the exemption as provided therein. In such revocation the procedure to be followed and right of appeal shall be as provided in Section 5.02.190 of this chapter.

5.02.090 - Content of license.

All licenses shall be prepared and issued by the tax collector of the city, upon payment of the required fee and each license shall state the following:

A. The name of the business to which the license is issued; B. The kind or kinds of business licensed thereby;
C. The location of such business;
D. The date of the expiration of such license;
E. Such other information as the tax collector shall determine.

5.02.100 - Branch establishments.

Separate licenses must be obtained for each branch establishment or location of the business engaged in, as if each such branch establishment or location were a separate business, and each license shall authorize the licensee to engage only in the business licensed thereby at the location or in the manner designated in such license; provided, that warehouses, distributing plants and other locations which generate no additional gross receipts but are used in connection with and incidental to a business licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be separate places of business or branch establishments.

5.02.110 - Separate license for each establishment.

Any person managing, carrying on or conducting two or more separate businesses subject to the payment of a license fee under more than one classification in the chapter whether or not at the same location or under the same management shall pay a separate license fee for each of said businesses.

5.02.120 - Duration of license.

No license shall be issued for a period of more than twelve (12) months. No license shall be issued for any period extending beyond the thirtieth day of September of each calendar year.

5.02.130 - Transferability.

No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be transferred to a different licensee, owner, entity, or operator, including any name change. When a licensee transfers the business from one location to another in the city, the license previously issued may be amended to authorize the conduct of the business at the new location. The license transfers and amendments herein authorized may be obtained upon application to the tax collector and payment of the license fee. The license fee shall be established, from time to time, by resolution of the city council, after the city council conducts a public hearing.

5.02.140 - Renewal.

On or before the end of each license year, all licensees shall remit the annual license renewal fee to the city's tax collector along with a completed license application form provided by the tax collector and completed by the licensee. Any change in information from that set forth on an original license application shall also be noted on such form. The license year shall end on September 30th of each calendar year. Renewal is not guaranteed or automatic; the city reserves and retains the right to deny renewal of a license as set forth in Section 5.02.180.

5.02.150 - Display of license.

A. Every person having a license under the provisions of this chapter and carrying on a business at a fixed place of business shall keep such license posted and exhibited while in force, in some conspicuous part of the place of business.

B. The tax collector and each and all of his assistants and any police officer shall have the power and authority to enter, free of charge, and at any reasonable time, any place of business required to be licensed herein and demand an exhibition of its license certificate.

Any person having such license certificate theretofore issued, in his possession or under his control, who willfully fails to exhibit the same on demand, is guilty of an infraction and subject to the penalties provided in this chapter. It shall be the duty of the tax collector and each of his assistants to cause a complaint to be filed against any and all persons found to be violating any of said provisions.

C. Every person having such a license and not having a fixed place of business shall carry such license with him at all times while carrying on the business for which the same was granted, or have attached to the vehicle used in such business the windshield sticker as provided in Article IV of this chapter.

5.02.160 - Cancellation of license on request.

A. The tax collector may cancel an unexpired license at the request of the owner provided:

1. The owner surrenders the certificate and any applicable stickers; and

2. All business activity has ceased.

B. Liability for any further business taxes will cease only if the owner's account is cleared.

5.02.170 - Revocation upon bond cancellation.

The tax collector shall revoke any license for which a bond is required if the city receives notice from the bonding company to the effect that it has cancelled the bond.

5.02.180– Denial, Revocation, Suspension—Grounds.

Any business license may be denied upon application or request for renewal, revoked, or suspended by the tax collector based upon the following grounds:

A. Upon the applicant/licentiate losing necessary licentiate from any agency controlling that business, profession or occupation. Any denial, revocation, or suspension shall remain in effect as long as the applicant/licentiate remains suspended or revoked, and a business license may be reapplied for upon reinstatement;
B. Upon the conviction of the applicant/business license holder of any of the following: Any felony; Any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or Any conviction of any offense arising out of the conduct of the business so licensed or sought to be licensed.

C. Upon a finding of any violation of this code, any other code adopted by this code, or any state law that occurred on the premises of or in connection with the business establishment;
D. Upon a finding that information that was provided in the process of obtaining a business license was materially false; and
E. If there are any fees, fines, taxes, or other amounts owing the city in connection with the business activity including the building, structure, premises, or the equipment used to conduct the business activity. Any denial, revocation, or suspension shall remain in effect as long as the amounts remain unpaid, and a business license may be reapplied for upon payment of the amounts owing. Nothing requires the city to deny, revoke, or suspend a license under this ground if the owner has entered into an agreement with the city for payment of said amounts and complies with that agreement.

5.02.190 – Denial, Revocation, Suspension—Hearing.

A. Upon service of notice of denial, revocation, or suspension under Section 5.02.180 of this chapter, the holder of the license or applicant for the license shall have ten (10) days following service of such denial, revocation, or suspension by either personal service or deposit of the notice in the U.S. Post Office, registered mail, to request a hearing for consideration of the denial, revocation, or suspension by the city manager or his/her designee. Such requests shall be to the tax collector's office, by personal delivery, at the city office. The tax collector shall set a hearing before the city manager or his/her designee, no sooner than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after service.

B. The licensee or applicant shall have the right to legal counsel at his/her sole expense and may have a court reporter present at their expense. The city manager or his/her designee may direct that the proceedings be tape recorded and a copy thereof may be purchased by the licensee or applicant. During such appeal, the revocation shall be abated.

C. The city manager or his/her designee shall rule upon the denial, revocation, or suspension no later than seven days after the close of such hearings.

D. The rules of evidence shall be those of administrative hearings.

E. Any final decision under this section shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to administrative mandate pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5.

ARTICLE II. - REGISTRATION

5.02.200 - Form.

Every person required to have a business fee certificate under the provisions of this chapter shall register for the same with the tax collector of the city. Such registration shall be a written statement upon a form provided by the tax collector and shall be sworn to by the registrant under penalty of perjury. The registration form should include the name of the business and any fictitious name that is used, the tax identification number (social security or federal tax identification number), the business mailing and physical address, business phone number, business activities, owner's or officer's names, addresses (mailing and physical), and phones, type of ownership, state license numbers and expiration dates, property owner's name and proof of authority to use the property as a business location. This will not preclude requests for other pertinent information as needed to administer this ordinance and other ordinances of the city.

ARTICLE III. - FEES

5.02.220 - Designated.

The amount of the business license fee shall be established, from time to time, by resolution of the city council, after the city council conducts a public hearing.

5.02.230 - Limitations.

A. No greater or less amount of money shall be charged or received for any license fee other than provided for in this chapter.

B. In no case shall any mistake made by the city in stating the amount of a license fee prevent or prejudice the collection by the city of what shall be actually due from anyone carrying on a business subject to a license fee under this chapter.

C. No statement shall be conclusive as to the matters set forth herein, nor shall the filing of the same preclude the city from collecting by appropriate action such sum as is actually due and payable hereunder.

5.02.240 - Payable when.

All license fees due under this chapter shall be paid in advance, in lawful money of the United States, at the office of the tax collector.

5.02.250 - Proration.

No proration of any license due under this chapter shall be made unless hereinafter set forth.

5.02.260 - Delinquency.

A. Annual license renewal fees are due and shall be paid in accordance with Section 5.02.240 and shall be paid at or before five p.m., on September 30th of each calendar year, or if September 30th of that year falls on a weekend, then renewal fees are due and shall be paid on the Monday following September 30th.

B. For each delinquent renewal, separate and apart from, and in addition to the license renewal fee, the licensee shall pay to the city a penalty in the amount provided in the following schedule:

Payment Received or Postmarked
by:

Penalty Due:

October 5th $ 0.00
October 15th 10.00
After October 15th 25.00 plus actual expenses incurred
by the city in collection of the fee

5.02.270 - Fees deemed debt to city.

The amount of any license fee and penalty imposed by the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a debt to the city, and any person carrying on any business without first having procured a license from the city to do so shall be liable to an action in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of the license tax and penalties imposed on such business.

5.02.280 - License replacement fee.

Duplicate licenses may be issued by the tax collector to replace any license previously issued, which has been lost or destroyed. The city shall not charge a fee for the issuance of a duplicate license.

5.02.290 - Contractors and subcontractors.

A. General Contractors.

1. Any person commencing or engaging in the business of acting in the capacity of a general building or engineering contractor (B-1 or A, as licensed by the state), within the city shall pay to the city an annual license fee, the amount of which shall be established, from time to time, by resolution of the city council, after the city council conducts a public hearing.

2. Each contractor, including owner-builders, shall furnish the tax collector with a list of each subcontractor under his/her control or direction before the final inspection on any building or structure shall be given by the building and safety department under penalty of perjury.

B. Specialty Contractors. Every person engaged in a business or acting as a subcontractor established by the state contractors board, shall pay to the city an annual license fee, the amount of which shall be established, from time to time, by resolution of the city council, after the city council conducts a public hearing.

C. Owner-builders. A business license shall be required of every person acting as an ownerbuilder who builds any building, structure, shop, store, or apartment for rent or lease, and they shall pay the license fee as herein provided. The provisions of this section shall not apply to an owner of property building or improving structures thereon for the exclusive occupancy of such owner-builder and not offered for sale, lease, or rent.

D. For purposes of this section, the term "contractor" is defined by Chapter 9, Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code of the state.

E. A contractor making application for a business license for the city shall present evidence of having a valid state contractor's license.

ARTICLE V. - ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

5.02.380 - Enforcement authority.

A. It shall be the duty of the city tax collector, his/her deputy agents and/or employees, and they and each of them are directed to enforce each and all of the provisions of this chapter.

Each department of the city which issues permits for work to be done shall require the production of a valid unexpired license prior to the issuance of such a permit.

B. The tax collector in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him/her hereunder and acting through his/her deputies or duly authorized assistants, shall examine or cause to be examined all places of business in the city to ascertain whether the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.

5.02.390 - Remedies cumulative.

The conviction and punishment of any person for transacting any business without first obtaining a license shall not excuse or exempt such person from the payment of any license fee due or unpaid at the time of such conviction and nothing herein shall prevent a criminal prosecution of any violation of the provisions of this chapter. All remedies prescribed hereunder shall be cumulative and the use of one or more remedies by the city shall not bar the use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.

5.02.400 - Effect on past actions and obligations.

Neither the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, nor its superseding of any portion of any other ordinance of the city shall in any manner be construed to affect prosecution for violation of any other ordinance committed prior to February 24, 1988, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or any penal provisions applicable to any such violation, nor be construed to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit required by any ordinance to be posted, filed, or deposited, and all rights and obligations thereunto appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.

5.02.410 - Violation—Penalties.

1.17 of this Code and through nuisance abatement pursuant to Chapter 8.80. The city has the discretion to determine the appropriate enforcement action. These remedies are intended to be cumulative and may be used in conjunction with or in lieu of each other remedy. The use of any one remedy shall not preclude the use of any other remedy authorized by the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code or by any other applicable law.

B. Violations deemed an infraction for criminal abatement. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punishable as set forth in section 1.16.020B of this code.

C. Each such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this chapter or any of its provisions is committed.

SECTION 5: Code Amendment to Title 1. Chapter 1.16 of Title 1 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Chapter 1.16 - GENERAL PENALTY

1.16.010 - Violations—Misdemeanor.

Unless a different penalty is prescribed for violation of a specific provision of this code, every act prohibited or declared unlawful and every failure to perform an act made mandatory by this code is punishable as a misdemeanor, provided, that where the city attorney or citing officer determines that such action would be in the interests of justice, the city attorney or citing officer may specify in the accusatory pleadings that the offense shall be an infraction. Every person who causes, aids, abets or conceals a violation of this code is guilty of violating this code. Each person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof during which any violation of any provision of this code is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm or corporation and shall be punishable therefore as provided in this section and Section 1.16.020.

1.16.020 - General penalties.

A. Misdemeanor. Except in cases where a different punishment is specifically prescribed elsewhere in this code, every misdemeanor offense is punishable by imprisonment in the city jail or in the San Bernardino County jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both.

B. Infraction. Except as prescribed elsewhere in this code, every offense specifically declared to be an infraction is punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a first violation, a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for a second violation of the same provision within any twelve-month period, and a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for each additional violation of the same provision within any twelve-month period. An infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. A person charged with an infraction in a criminal proceeding shall not be entitled to a trial by jury and shall not be entitled to have the public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent him unless he is arrested and not released on his written promise to appear, his own recognizance, or a deposit of bail.

D. Administrative fine. Administrative fines are set at the amounts provided in Section

1.17.030D of this code or as otherwise specified in this code.

E. Cumulative remedies and public nuisance. The city may enforce any violation of this code by any and all means available by law, including, but not limited to, criminal, civil, or administrative abatement or any other legal remedy permitted by law, including through administrative citation pursuant to Chapter 1.17 of this Code and through nuisance abatement pursuant to Chapter 8.80. The city has the discretion to determine the appropriate enforcement action. These remedies are intended to be cumulative and may be used in conjunction with or in lieu of each other remedy. The use of any one remedy shall not preclude the use of any other remedy authorized by the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code or by any other applicable law. Any violation of this code is deemed a public nuisance. Each violation of this code is separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this code or any of its provisions occurs.

SECTION 6: Code Amendment to Title 1. Chapter 1.17 of Title 1 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Chapter 1.17 - ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AND HEARINGS

1.17.010 - Legislative findings and purpose.

The city council hereby finds that the city needs another mechanism in addition to the traditional civil, criminal or administrative abatement actions to effect compliance with this Code. The city council further finds that an appropriate additional mechanism to affect such compliance is an administrative citation program authorized by Government Code Section 53069.4. The procedures established in this chapter shall be in addition to criminal, civil or administrative abatement or any other legal remedy permitted by law. Use of this chapter shall be at the discretion of the city.

1.17.020 - Definitions.
"Administrative citation" shall mean the written notice provided to a responsible party to inform that party of a violation of this Code.
"Administrative fine" shall mean a monetary penalty imposed by a compliance officer pursuant to this chapter for violation of the Code.
"Big Bear Lake Municipal Code" and "Code" shall mean any ordinance adopted by the city regardless of whether it has been codified.
"City manager" shall mean the city manager of the City of Big Bear Lake, or his or her designee. "Compliance officer" shall mean any officer or employee with the authority to enforce the Code. "Hearing officer" shall mean the city manager or the person or entity designated by the city manager pursuant to this chapter to determine the validity of a Code violation. "Non-emergency health or safety violation" shall mean a violation of any Code provision pertaining to building, plumbing, electrical or other similar structural or zoning issues, when such violation is deemed by the compliance officer to not create an immediate danger to health or safety. "Responsible party" shall mean:
(i) Any individual or legal entity who is the owner, tenant, co-tenant, lessee, sub-lessee, occupant or other person with any right to possession of the real property, owner or authorized agent of any business, company, or entity, or the parent or the legal guardian of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, who causes, permits or maintains a Code violation; or
(ii) Any individual, legal entity or the parent or the legal guardian of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, who causes, permits or maintains a Code violation.

1.17.030 - Authority.

A. A compliance officer may issue an administrative citation to any responsible party for a violation of the Code.

B. Each and every day, or portion thereof, that a violation of the Code exists constitutes a separate and distinct offense.

C. Any responsible party issued an administrative citation shall be responsible for payment of the administrative fine imposed, the amount of which shall be set forth below. The city council may amend the amount of fines from time to time by a separate resolution.

D. When an administrative fine is imposed, it shall be imposed in the following amounts:

1. Infractions. For the violation of the Code specified by the Code as an infraction, the amount of the administrative fine shall be the amounts set forth in Government Code Section 36900 as follows: (a) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation; (b) a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation of the same Code provision within one year; (c) a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional violation of the same Code provision within one year. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the administrative fine for a violation of a building and safety code provision that is specified by the Code as an infraction shall be as follows: (a) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation; (b) a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a second violation of the same Code provision within one year; (c) a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each additional violation of the same Code provision within one year of the first violation.

2. Vacation rentals. Violations relating to vacation rentals are subject to the fines and penalties set forth in Chapter 4.01.

3. Other fines in code. To the extent that specific provisions under other titles of this code refer to different fine amounts for infractions that are within the infraction limits of subdivision D1 above, those infraction fine amounts apply for the administrative fine.

E. For administrative fines issued for a second or more violation of the same code within a year of the first violation as set forth in sections 1.17.030(D)(1), 4.01.100, or other applicable provisions of this code, the city shall apply the following process to consider a fine hardship waiver to reduce the fines as set forth in Government Code 36900(e) as follows:

1. Any responsible party who has been issued a qualifying administrative fine who has made a bona fide effort to comply after the violation and who would suffer an undue financial burden if required to pay the full amount of a subsequent fine, may request a waiver to reduce the amount of the imposed fine by completing and submitting to the city the city-approved application form for a fine hardship waiver (hereafter the “fine hardship waiver”). This fine hardship waiver and all required accompanying records must be submitted within thirty (30) days of issuance of the fine to the city.

2. To be considered for a fine hardship waiver, the application form must be complete, signed, and must be accompanied by documents that enable the city to reasonably determine the party’s bona fide effort to comply after the first violation and substantiation on the party’s suffering of an undue financial burden if required to pay the full amount of the fine imposed. Documents suitable for consideration demonstrating the party’s bona fide effort to comply after the first violation may include, without limitation, a declaration attesting to the compliance efforts made, photographs of the efforts attesting to the compliance efforts made, copies of receipts, contracts, work orders, or other documentation reflecting compliance efforts made. Documents suitable for consideration demonstrating the person’s undue financial burden if required to pay the fine may include, without limitation, a declaration attesting to the undue financial burden and reasons therefor, complete and legible copies of state and federal income tax returns and all schedules for the preceding tax year; financial statements, loan applications, bank account records, income and expense records for twelve (12) months preceding submittal of the fine hardship waiver application. The documents may and should be submitted with redactions for private information, such as social security number information and account numbers. After a determination is made on the person’s fine hardship waiver application, the city will destroy the documents submitted by a party’s for a fine hardship waiver without prior notice to the party.

3. The city via its city manager or his or her designee will issue a written decision specifying the reasons for issuing or not issuing the fine hardship waiver, including the revised fine amount, if applicable. This decision is final and non-appealable.

The decision shall be served upon the party requesting the fine hardship waiver by first class mail unless service via email is specified in the application form.

4. Payment of the fine shall be due within thirty (30) days of the issuance of the fine, however, in cases where a written decision on the fine hardship waiver has not been issued before expiration of that thirty (30) day period, payment shall be due to the city within seven (7) days of the date the decision is deposited with the U.S. Postal Service or is sent via email. In the event the city clerk does not receive the full amount of the fine within the required period: (1) fines or other penalties not paid within that time shall accrue interest at the rate set forth by the City Council; and (2) the city may take further action to ensure payment as provided by law.

5. Should a fine hardship waiver be granted, the amount in the city’s written decision shall be controlling for purposes of the fine amount for any administrative hearing requested pursuant Chapter 1.17 and this section, including section 1.17.080 advance deposit of hardship waiver.

1.17.040 - Service procedures.

A compliance officer may issue an administrative citation on a form approved by the city manager to the responsible party for a Code violation in any the following manner:

A. Personal Service.

1. The compliance officer shall first attempt to locate and personally serve the responsible party and, if possible, obtain the signature of the responsible party on the administrative citation.

2. If the responsible party refuses or fails to sign the administrative citation, the failure or refusal to sign shall not affect the validity of the administrative citation or of subsequent proceedings.

B. Service by Mail.

1. Service by mail shall be made by sending the administrative citation to the responsible party's address as shown on public records or as known to the city. The administrative citation shall be sent by certified mail and by first class U.S. mail.

Service by mail under this subsection shall be deemed complete on the third day following its deposit into the U.S. postal service as first class mail (postage prepaid) or the date on which the certified return receipt is signed for as delivered, whichever date is earlier.

C. Service by Posting.

1. Service by posting shall be made by placing the administrative citation in a conspicuous location on the subject property or on any real property in which the city has knowledge that the responsible party has a legal or equitable interest.

D. Service by Electronic Mail.

1. Service relating to violations concerning vacation rentals and the provisions of Chapter 4.01 may be delivered by electronic mail to the email address provided by the responsible party during the licensing process.

2. Service relating to other chapters may be delivered by electronic mail to the email address provided by the responsible party on city applications and forms used during the permitting or licensing process.

1.17.050 - Contents of notice.

Each administrative citation shall contain the following information:

A. Date, approximate time and address or definite description of the location where the violation(s) of the Code was observed or occurred;
B. The Code provision(s), section(s) or condition(s) violated and a brief description of the violation(s);
C. A description of the action required to correct the violation(s); D. For non-emergency health and safety violations, an order to the responsible party to correct the violation(s) by a correction date and an explanation of the consequences of failure to correct the violation(s);
E. The amount of the administrative fine imposed for the violation(s); F. An explanation of how the administrative fine shall be paid, the deadline by which it shall be paid, and the place to which the fine shall be paid; G. An order prohibiting the continuation or repeated occurrence of the Code violation(s) described in the administrative citation;
H. Identification of rights of appeal, including the time within which the administrative citation may be contested and the place to obtain a notice of appeal and request for hearing form to contest the administrative citation; and
I. The name and signature of the compliance officer and, if possible, the signature of the responsible party.

1.17.060 - Satisfaction of administrative citation.

A. Non-emergency health and safety violations. When a compliance officer finds that a nonemergency health and safety violation has occurred, the compliance officer shall have the authority to issue an administrative citation that provides for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days, to correct or otherwise remedy the non-emergency health and safety violation prior to the imposition of an administrative fine. The responsible party may request an extension of the correction period, provided that a written request is filed with the city manager before the correction period ends. The city manager may, in his or her discretion, grant a reasonable extension of the period of time to correct the violation if the responsible party has supplied substantial evidence showing that the correction cannot reasonably be made within the correction period. The decision to grant or deny an extension shall be in writing by the city manager and shall be final. If the responsible party provides proof to the compliance officer, or his/her designee, that the violation has been corrected within the period of time provided for correction, no administrative fines shall be assessed and the administrative citation shall be canceled. If the non-emergency health and safety violation has not been corrected or otherwise remedied within the correction period, the compliance officer shall have the authority to issue a second administrative citation notifying the responsible party of the violation and impose an administrative fine.

B. Upon receipt of an administrative citation, the responsible party shall do all of the following:

1. Correct the violation(s) within a reasonable period of time or, if possible, within any provided correction period; and

2. Pay any administrative fine(s) to the city within thirty (30) calendar days from the correction date on the administrative citation. All administrative fines assessed shall be payable to the City of Big Bear Lake. Payment of an administrative fine shall not excuse or discharge the failure to correct the violation(s) nor shall it bar further enforcement action by the city.

C. If the responsible party fails to correct all of the violation(s) set forth in the administrative citation, subsequent administrative citations may be issued for the continued violation(s). The amount of the fine for failure to correct the violation shall increase at the rate specified in Section 1.17.030 or as specified by a separate resolution of the city council.

1.17.070 - Appeal of administrative citation.

A. Any person or party in receipt of an administrative citation may contest that there was a violation of the Code or that he or she is the responsible party by completing a notice of appeal and request for hearing form and filing it with the city clerk within thirty (30) calendar days following the date of service of the administrative citation, together with an advance deposit of twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount of any administrative fine imposed, or the timely filing of a request for an advance deposit hardship waiver form pursuant to Section 1.17.080. Any administrative fine that has been deposited shall be refunded if it is determined, after a hearing, that the person charged in the administrative citation was not responsible for the violation(s) or that there was no violation(s) as charged.

B. In addition to the requirements listed in subsection 1.17.070A., any appeal of the administrative citation shall include a detailed written explanation as to the grounds for the appeal. Appeals shall be limited to only these written grounds.

C. Failure to timely and properly file an appeal from an administrative citation shall constitute a waiver of all rights to an administrative appeal hearing.

D. Appeals of administrative citations shall be conducted pursuant to Section 1.17.090.

1.17.080 - Advance deposit of hardship waiver.

A. Any party that intends to request a hearing to contest an administrative citation and that is financially unable to make the advance deposit of the fine may file a request for an advance deposit hardship waiver form.

B. The request shall be filed with the city within thirty (30) days following the date of the issuance of the administrative citation.

C. Upon the city's receipt of the request, the requirement of depositing the full amount of the administrative fine as described in subsection 1.17.070A. shall be stayed unless or until the city manager makes a determination not to issue the advance deposit hardship waiver.

D. The city may waive the requirement for advance deposit only if the cited party submits to the city a declaration under penalty of perjury supported by evidence that shows to the city's reasonable satisfaction that such party is financially unable to deposit the total amount of the administrative fine in advance of the hearing. Documents suitable for consideration demonstrating financial inability may include, without limitation, a declaration attesting to the undue financial burden and reasons therefor, complete and legible copies of state and federal income tax returns and all schedules for the preceding tax year; financial statements, loan applications, bank account records, income and expense records for twelve (12) months preceding submittal of the request for an advance deposit hardship waiver. The documents may and should be submitted with redactions for private information, such as social security number information and account numbers.

After a determination is made, the city will destroy the documents submitted by a party’s for a fine hardship waiver without prior notice to the party.

E. If the city determines not to issue an advance deposit hardship waiver, the cited party shall remit the deposit to the city within five days of the date of that decision.

F. The city's decision to grant or deny the request shall be final and in writing with stated reasons for the grant or denial. The city shall cause the decision to be served on the cited party.

1.17.090 - Hearing procedure; fees.

A. A request for a hearing shall be deemed filed upon the city's receipt of payment of any hearing fee, which may be established by city council resolution, and the notice of appeal and request for hearing form. Any hearing fee shall not exceed the reasonable cost to the city for conducting the hearing.

B. The hearing shall be set for a date not less than fifteen (15) and not more than sixty (60) calendar days following the date the hearing request is filed. The party requesting the hearing shall be notified of the time and place set for the hearing at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of the hearing.

C. The hearing shall be before a hearing officer, who shall only consider evidence relevant to the hearing matter and grounds specified in the appeal.

D. The party requesting the hearing shall be given a reasonable opportunity to testify and present witnesses and evidence concerning the hearing matter. Rebuttal shall also be permitted.

E. Failure to appear at the hearing shall constitute a forfeiture of any administrative fine and a failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

F. Any documents submitted by the city shall constitute prima facie evidence of the respective facts contained in those documents.

G. If the city submits an additional written report concerning the hearing matter to the hearing officer for consideration at the hearing, then a copy of the report shall also be served on the party requesting the hearing in accordance with Section 1.17.040 at least five days prior to the date of the hearing.

H. At least ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing, the party requesting the hearing shall be provided with copies of the citations, reports and other documents submitted or relied upon by the city. No other discovery shall be permitted. Formal rules of evidence shall not apply.

I. The hearing officer may continue the hearing and request additional information from the city or the party requesting the hearing prior to issuing a decision.

J. After considering all of the testimony and evidence submitted at the hearing, the hearing officer shall issue a written decision within ten (10) days following the date of the hearing and shall list in the decision the reasons for that decision. The decision of the hearing officer shall be the final administrative decision of the city.

K. Service of such decision shall be made by U.S. first class mail, addressed to the party that requested the hearing at the address provided by that party on the notice of appeal and request for hearing form.

L. The hearing officer shall not be required to provide transcriptions of hearings, but shall make available tapes of hearings for a fee that does not exceed the reasonable cost of providing such tapes. Such fee shall be established by the city council by a resolution.

1.17.100 - Hearing officer's decision.

A. If the hearing officer determines that the administrative citation should be upheld, and no timely appeal therefrom is taken, then the city shall retain the administrative fine amount on deposit with the city.

B. If the hearing officer determines that the administrative citation should be upheld, no timely appeal therefrom has been taken, and the administrative fine has not been deposited pursuant to an advance deposit hardship waiver, the hearing officer shall set an administrative fine payment schedule.

C. If the hearing officer determines that the administrative citation should be canceled and the administrative fine has been deposited with the city, then the city shall refund the entire amount within seven business days following the date of the decision.

D. An appeal from the hearing officer's decision to superior court shall be made pursuant to Government Code Section 53069.4(b).

1.17.110 - Failure to pay administrative fines.

A. Administrative fines shall be a debt to the city and subject to all remedies for debt collection permitted by law. The failure of any party to pay administrative fines within the time specified on the administrative citation may result in the matter being referred to the city attorney to file a case in court. Alternatively, the city may pursue any other legal remedy to collect the administrative fines.

B. Any party who fails to pay to the city any administrative fine imposed pursuant to this chapter on or before the time specified on the administrative citation shall also be assessed late payment charges in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per citation. The city shall notify the responsible party of late payment charges pursuant to Section 1.17.040. The notice shall contain a statement that administrative fines and late payment charges may be collected as a lien or special assessment against any real property owned by the responsible party in connection with the violation(s).

C. If the responsible party has failed to pay all administrative fines within a specified period following the issuance of the third administrative citation for the same violation in connection with the same real property or has failed to pay any late payment charges, the city may collect such debts as a lien or special assessment against the subject real property. Prior to taking either action, the compliance office shall serve notice on the record property owner, as identified on the last equalized county assessment roll, of the planned lien or special assessment. Such notice shall be made pursuant to Section 1.17.040 and shall specify that property subject to a special assessment may be sold after three years by the tax collector for unpaid delinquent assessments. Any party issued an administrative citation with an administrative fine, or any other party with a legal or equitable interest in the property that is the subject of the administrative fine, may contest the imposition of a lien or special assessment for such only by seeking a hearing pursuant to Section 1.17.070. Failure to seek such a hearing shall constitute a waiver of that party's right to contest the imposition of a lien or special assessment.

D. In order to pursue a lien or special assessment against real property pursuant to this chapter, the following must occur:

1. Annually or more often as determined by the city council, the city council shall, by ordinance or resolution, confirm the amounts of the liens and special assessment sought to be collected from each respective property; and

2. The city council's confirmation shall include the amounts of the administrative fines, any late payment charges associated therewith and any applicable interest. Upon such confirmation, the city council shall authorize the city staff to take any further steps necessary to enforce collection of the liens and special assessments, including but not limited to the following:
a. Requesting the county recorder to record a notice of any lien confirmed by the city council against the respective property; and
b. Requesting the county tax collector on behalf of the city to collect any special assessment confirmed by the city council.

1.17.120 - Notices.

A. Any administrative citation and notice given under this chapter shall be served on the responsible party, or when required, to other persons or entities pursuant to subsection

1.17.110C. and Section 1.17.040.

B. Failure to receive actual notice specified in this chapter does not affect the validity of proceedings conducted hereunder.

1.17.130 - Right to judicial review.

A. Any party aggrieved by a decision of a hearing officer pursuant to this chapter may obtain review of the decision by filing a petition for review with the San Bernardino County Superior Court in accordance with the timelines and provisions as set forth in the Government Code and/or the Code of Civil Procedure, as applicable.

B. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit any party from seeking prompt judicial review of a decision of a city official regarding the issuance, denial, suspension or revocation of a permit or license for an activity protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution as provided by Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.8. The city shall comply with all requirements described therein for prompt judicial review.

1.17.140 - Contracting with the office of administrative hearings.

Pursuant to Government Code Section 27727, the city manager is authorized to enter into a contract with the office of administrative hearings of the state of for services for an administrative law judge or a hearing officer to conduct proceedings pursuant to this chapter.

The duties and responsibilities of the hearing officer shall be set forth in the contract.

Reimbursement to the office of administrative hearings for the services of hearing officers shall be made as provided in the contract. If no provision for reimbursement is contained in the contract, reimbursement shall be made on a pro rata basis of actual cost to the office of administrative hearings in providing the service including salaries, benefits, overhead and any travel expenses.

SECTION 7: Code Amendment to Title 8. Chapter 8.80 of Title 8 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Chapter 8.80 - PUBLIC NUISANCES

8.80.010 - Purpose.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, whenever there is a condition or use existing on private land and such use or condition is a public nuisance and is a violation of any provision of this code, the following proceedings may be used as an alternative to any other proceeding or manner of getting abatement set forth in this code.

8.80.020 - Definitions.

The following words shall have the following meanings:

A. "Fenced" or "walled enclosure" means an area completely enclosed by a structure, at least five feet in height, and at which area a person is present at regular business hours as manager or employee.

B. "Public officer" means any employee or official of the city authorized by the city manager to serve notices on behalf of the city.

8.80.030 - Notice of violation.

Any party who is the owner or possessor of land upon which is located a public nuisance which is a violation of a provision of this code may be served with a written notice by the public officer to abate such public nuisance and violation. The notice shall demand that such person remedy or abate the public nuisance which is a violation within a period of time that may not require results in less than ten days. The notice thereof shall be served personally on such person, or, if he cannot be readily found, shall be served by registered mail (return receipt requested) or, if he cannot be served by mail, then service shall be accomplished by posting such notice on a conspicuous place on the land specified.

8.80.040 - Authority to enter upon land.

The public officer, or his assistants, deputies, employees or contracting agents may enter upon the land for posting or serving notice, or, also, for abating any such public nuisance and violation as herein provided.

8.80.050 - Public hearing on notice of abatement.

Any party served, constructively or personally, may have a public hearing before the board of zoning adjustment at the next regular scheduled meeting of the board of zoning adjustment, provided that at least forty-eight hours' notice is provided. Such hearing shall be to determine if such public nuisance and violation in fact exists. If the board finds that such public nuisance and violation does not exist, no further proceedings under this chapter shall take place.

If the board finds that such public nuisance and violation does in fact exist, further proceedings shall be followed as provided herein. This hearing and determination by the board of zoning adjustment shall be had only if demanded within the period specified in the notice by a party having some interest in the land.

8.80.060 - Abatement by public officer.

If the public nuisance and violation is not abated after ten days after the notice thereof, or after any further period of time as may be allowed by the board of zoning adjustment, the public officer shall have the same abated.

8.80.070 - Cost of abatement—Account and itemized report required.

The public officer, in the event that he has the abatement accomplished as provided herein, shall prepare an account of the cost of abatement and shall render an itemized report in writing to the city council showing the total cost of the abatement, including administrative costs necessarily incurred.

8.80.080 - Cost of abatement—Notice to applicable party.

Before the account and itemized report are submitted to the city council, a copy shall be served on the same parties and in the same manner as the notice as provided in Section 8.80.030.

8.80.090 - Hearing.

Within twenty-two days after the service thereof, any person so served may have a public hearing before the city council at a regular meeting of the council falling within such period, at which time the council shall hear any objections to such accounting and report.

8.80.100 - Modification or confirmation of report.

The city council, at a public hearing if one is requested, or at any other regular meeting if no public hearing is requested, shall make any modifications in the account and report as it deems necessary, after which, by order or resolution, the account and report shall be confirmed.

8.80.110 - Cost of abatement to become special assessment and lien.

The amounts of the cost for abating the public nuisance and violation from the land, as confirmed, shall constitute a special assessment against that land and a lien.

8.80.120 - Collection of abatement cost.

A copy of the report as confirmed shall be turned over to the auditor, who shall enter the amount of the assessment against the parcel of land as it appears on the current assessment roll.

The city tax collector shall include the amount of the assessment on bills for taxes levied against the lots and parcels of land. Thereafter the amount of the assessment shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as city taxes are collected, and be subject to the same penalties. On land for which no property tax is due, the lien shall be collected at the same time taxes on the land are collected, and in a similar manner.

8.80.130 - Cancellation of special assessment or lien.

All or any portion of any such special assessment, penalty or cost entered pursuant hereto, shall on order of the city council be cancelled by the auditor if uncollected, or, except in the case provided for in subsection C of this section refunded by the city treasurer if collected, if it or they were entered, charged or paid:

A. More than once;
B. Through clerical error;
C. Through the error or mistake of the city council or the public officer in respect to any material fact;
D. Illegally;
E. On land acquired after the lien date by the state or by any county, city, school district, or other political subdivision and because of this public ownership not subject to sale for delinquent taxes.

8.80.140 - Violation—Penalties.

1.17 of this Code and through nuisance abatement pursuant to this Chapter 8.80. The city has the discretion to determine the appropriate enforcement action. These remedies are intended to be cumulative and may be used in conjunction with or in lieu of each other remedy. The use of any one remedy shall not preclude the use of any other remedy authorized by the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code or by any other applicable law.

SECTION 8: Code Amendment to Title 4. Chapter 4.01 of Title 4 of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Chapter 4.01 - VACATION RENTALS

4.01.010 - Purpose.

This chapter is intended to provide a procedure to allow the rental of private homes to visitors on a short-term basis as vacation rentals. The city seeks to promote vacation rentals, promote responsible visitor behavior, and protect the residential character of its neighborhoods.

4.01.020 - Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases are defined as follows:
"Agent" means a person or entity, who does not hold any interest in the property and who has authority to act on behalf of the owner.
"Bedroom " means a room designed primarily for sleeping purposes that meets the definition of the applicable California Building, Housing and related codes currently adopted by the city.
"Check in" or "registration" means the registration of a guest for a vacation-rental property with an owner or agent, or through a virtual registration procedure between the guest and the owner or agent that, at minimum:

1. Verifies the identities of all responsible parties;

2. Requires the responsible party(ies) to sign the Good Neighbor Policy; and

3. Requires the responsible party(ies) to execute the rental contract.

An owner or agent that performs check-in shall be certified by the city to do so as provided by administrative policy.
"Contract" means an agreement or evidence of any tenancy that allows or provides for occupancy of a vacation-rental property. A contract is any occupancy of a property where any compensation or fees are paid for or related to such occupancy, whether or not occupancy is evidenced in an agreement or document. A contract is not required for home-sharing, as defined herein.
"Dwelling unit" shall mean one or more rooms in a building or portion thereof, designed, intended to be used or used for occupancy by a family or household for living and sleeping quarters, and containing only one kitchen, not including hotels or motels. "Good Neighbor Policy" means a document prepared by the city that summarizes the general rules of conduct, consideration, and respect, including, without limitation, provisions of this code and other applicable laws, rules or regulations pertaining to the use and occupancy of vacation rentals.
"Home-sharing" or "home sharing property" means the rental of no more than two bedrooms in a detached single-family dwelling unit, for compensation, for a term of twenty-eight (28) or fewer consecutive days while the owner of the unit lives on-site and in the home, throughout the visitor's stay.
"Hosting platform" or "hosting site" means a person or entity who participates in homesharing or vacation rentals by collecting or receiving a fee, directly or indirectly through an agent or intermediary, for conducting a booking transaction using any medium of facilitation. Examples include, but are not limited to, VRBO.com, Airbnb.com, homestay.com and other internet and non-internet based services that facilitate bookings for a fee. "Owner" means a person or entity, who holds record fee title to the vacation rental property, except that "owner" does not include the holder of a leasehold interest in the vacation rental property.
"Responsible party" means the lessee of a vacation-rental property. “Short-term rental facilitator” as defined by Government Code section 50991(g) and herein means a person or entity that facilitates for consideration, regardless of whether it is deducted as fees from the transaction, the occupancy of a short-term rental that is not owned by the person facilitating the rental, through a marketplace operated by the person or a related person or entity, and that does both of the following:

3. Directly or indirectly, through one or more related persons, engages in any of the following:
a. Transmits or otherwise communicates the offer or acceptance between the purchaser and the operator.
b. Owns or operates the infrastructure, electronic or physical, or technology that brings purchasers and operators together.
c. Provides a virtual currency that purchasers are allowed or required to use to facilitate the occupancy of a short-term rental from the operator. d. Software development or research and development activities related to any of the activities described in paragraph (2), if such activities are directly related to facilitating short-term rentals.

4. Directly or indirectly, through one or more related persons, engages in any of the following activities with respect to facilitating short-term rentals:
a. Payment processing services.
b. Listing homes, houses, or rooms in homes or houses, campsites, or other lodgings that are not a hotel or motel, and that are not owned by that person or a related person, for rental on a short-term basis.
c. Setting prices.
d. Branding short-term rentals as those of the short-term rental facilitator. e. Taking orders or reservations.

Short-term rental facilitator includes a hosting platform or hosting site as herein defined. For purposes of this definition, marketplace as defined by Government Code section 50991(c) and herein means a physical or electronic place, including, but not limited to, a store, booth, internet website, catalog, television or radio broadcast, or a dedicated sales software application, where a marketplace seller facilitates the occupancy of a short-term rental for delivery in this state. "Vacation rental" or "vacation-rental property" means a residential dwelling unit, or any portion thereof, that is leased for a term of twenty-eight (28) or fewer consecutive days. "Vacation rental" or "vacation-rental property" includes properties where a home-sharing takes place unless expressly indicated otherwise.

4.01.030 - License required.

A. A current, valid and active annual license issued by the city to the owner is required for each property prior to advertising, offering to lease, or leasing the property as a vacation-rental property. Each vacation-rental property on a site requires a license.

B. The license shall be conspicuously posted inside of the vacation-rental property and the license number shall be included on all advertisements or solicitations for the vacation-rental property, including, but not limited to hosting sites, websites, social media postings, emails, and print ads.

C. Upon sale or change of vacation-rental property ownership, the license shall automatically expire and the property shall not be used as a vacation rental until the new or successor owner obtains a license for the vacation rental. A change in ownership of a business entity that owns a vacation rental property such that the property is subject to property tax reassessment constitutes a change of ownership for the purposes of this provision and results in the expiration of the license. Notwithstanding the above, a change of vacation-rental ownership between family members or among spouses, including as a result of death or divorce or transfer to a personal or family trust, shall not result in expiration of a license. "Family members" shall mean spouses, as well as biological, step or adopted children, parents, step parents or in-law parents, brothers/sisters, grandparents, grandchildren , uncles, aunts, nephews or nieces of the owner.

D. A transferring owner shall notify the city in writing of any change in vacation-rental ownership, including a change of vacation-rental ownership between family members, a personal or family trust or among spouses, not later than fifteen (15) business days after the change in ownership.

4.01.040 - Licensing procedure.

A. All vacation-rental licenses issued by the city shall have a term of no more than one year. An owner shall apply to the city for a new license or for the annual renewal of a license for each vacation-rental property and pay a fee established by resolution of the city council. The fee shall be non-refundable. The fee shall be sufficient to allow for comprehensive and complete enforcement of the regulations in this section. The city shall provide an application form and list of application and insurance requirements. If an owner submits a renewal application with the city prior to the license's expiration date, the license shall remain valid until the city renders a decision on the license renewal. Any renewal of a license shall have a term of one year following the date of expiration of the prior license.

1. At the time of applying for a new license or for renewal of an existing license, all business entities and personal or family trusts must provide the names, contact information, and any other information deemed necessary by the city, of each natural person holding a legal, equitable, or beneficial interest in the business entity, personal business or personal or family trust that owns the vacation rental, and the address of each vacation rental owned by each such business entity, personal business or trust.

The city shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, maintain the confidentiality of such information. Unless otherwise required by law, the city shall not disclose any of this information in response to a public records request.

2. When reviewing applications for new licenses and prior to issuing a new license, the city shall utilize the information provided under subsection A1 to ensure that no natural person has any legal, equitable, or beneficial interest in more licenses than permitted in subsection B.

3. If an owner seeking renewal of a license fails to provide all required application information to the city within sixty (60) days following written demand by the city, the application for renewal shall be closed out, no license renewal shall be issued, and the owner shall be required to submit a new application and fee to the city to seek a new license.

B. An owner may not hold more than two licenses, except that an owner holding more than two licenses as of September 16, 2021, may renew those licenses unless they have been revoked or not renewed.

C. As a courtesy each year, the city will provide a notice to the owner or their agent by standard and/or electronic mail at least sixty (60) days prior to an existing license's expiration that the owner or their agent must apply to the city to renew a license. The city may adopt an administrative policy to specify the notice procedures and to allow an owner to opt out of some or all of these notices. Notwithstanding the above, failure of an owner or agent to receive a notice shall not relieve the owner of the obligation to apply for a license renewal nor shall it operate to extend the term of any license beyond its expiration date.

D. The city shall not renew any licenses for any vacation-rental property units with unpaid city taxes or fines outstanding that the owner is responsible for, if all administrative appeals have been exhausted, unless the owner has entered into an agreement with the city for payment of said taxes or fines that allows renewal of a license.

4.01.050 - Transient occupancy tax/tourism business improvement district assessment.

A. Except as provided in subsection B below, the owner is responsible for collecting and remitting transient occupancy tax and tourism business improvement district assessments to the city and shall comply with all provisions of Chapter 3.20 of this Code concerning transient occupancy taxes.

B. Short-term rental facilitators shall be responsible for collecting all applicable transient occupancy taxes and tourism business improvement district assessments and remitting the same to the city. The short-term rental facilitator shall be considered an agent of the host for purposes of transient occupancy tax collections and remittance pursuant to Chapter 3.20.

C. Owners shall be responsible for submitting transient occupancy tax forms reporting nightly stays and gross receipts even if a short-term rental facilitator is remitting the taxes due on their behalf.

D. Licensees making two or more late submittals in a twelve-month period shall not have their license renewed upon expiration.

E. Owners shall provide all transient occupancy tax/tourism business improvement district assessment related documents to the city within five business days of the city's written request, as more particularly set forth in Section 4.01.080. If any documents are not in the possession of an owner but are in the possession of an agent, the owner shall promptly request said documents from the agent within three business days of the city's written request and the documents shall be provided to the city within five business days thereafter.

F. Timely payment of applicable transient occupancy taxes/tourism business improvement district assessments for a vacation-rental property shall not excuse an owner's noncompliance with any other provisions of this chapter and the city may impose fines or take other action as set forth in this chapter to address said noncompliance.

4.01.060 - Operational requirements.

A. The owner and owner's agent shall ensure that the vacation rental property complies with all applicable codes regarding fire, building and safety, zoning, lighting, and all other laws and regulations.

B. All responsible party and guest check-ins must be performed in person by the owner or the owner's agent, or by confirmation of arrival through a virtual registration procedure between the guest and the owner or agent. The responsible party must sign a copy of the city's Good Neighbor Policy prior to or during check-in. If using virtual registration, the owner or their agent shall secure the signature of the responsible party staying at the vacation-rental property prior to occupancy. The owner shall retain a copy of each signed Good Neighbor Policy for a period of one year from the date of check-in. A copy of the signed policy shall be provided to the city by the owner or owner's agent upon request. An owner or agent may provide an electronic process for guests to sign and acknowledge the Good Neighbor Policy at check-in.

C. Occupancy of the vacation-rental property shall always be limited to the limit stated on the license. Such occupancy shall not exceed two adults per bedroom, plus two additional adults, not including persons under eighteen (18) years of age; but the total number of persons, including persons under eighteen (18) years of age, may not exceed one person per two hundred (200) square feet of living space or sixteen (16) persons, whichever is less.

D. No party, wedding, or other gathering exceeding occupancy limits is permitted without prior written approval by the city manager or the city manager 's designee at least fourteen (14) business days in advance. City approval is discretionary and may be subject to reasonable conditions.

E. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the vacation-rental property sufficient for all vehicles and trailers associated with the vacation-rental property or its occupants in accordance with Section 17.25.070. Parking is allowed only in designated driveways and garages. Gravel parking spaces approved for vacation rental properties licensed before January 11, 2021, and originally constructed after January 1, 2004, shall continue to be allowed until January 1, 2026. Properties licensed before January 11, 2021, that do not contain off-street parking spaces shall continue to be allowed until January 1, 2026. Off-street parking at a vacation-rental property shall always be limited to the limit stated in the license, provided however that the number of vehicles parked at the vacation-rental property shall not exceed the number of legal parking spaces on the vacation-rental property. For purposes of this subsection, "vehicles" shall include passenger cars, towing trailers and boats. Further, the owner or agent shall remove snow from required parking spaces and access drives to off-street parking spaces prior to and during occupancy of the vacation rental if snow accumulation exceeds two inches. If the city has not reduced the snow berm at the driveway prior to or during occupancy, the owner or agent shall reduce the berm to provide guest access to the required off-street parking spaces.

F. Upon the request of the city, the owner or the owner's agent shall respond in person at the vacation-rental property within thirty (30) minutes of dispatch of notice by the city to correct any violation of this chapter or any other provision of this code. If the responsible patty or any guest at a vacation-rental property fails to follow the reasonable direction of the owner or owner's agent to comply with this ordinance or this code, the owner or owner's agent shall notify the city and refer the matter to lawful authority. Any responsible patty and guests must comply with any lawful order of any fire, law enforcement, code enforcement or any other public safety officer, which may include vacating or removal from the vacation-rental property.

G. No radio receiver, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or any other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of any sound may be operated on the vacation-rental property unless it is within a fully enclosed structure and is not audible at the property line of the vacation-rental property.

H. Any activity, whether indoor or outdoor, on the vacation-rental property that disturbs the peace and the use of an outdoor spa by a responsible party and/or their vacation rental guests are prohibited between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

I. Each vacation-rental property shall be equipped with no more than a single informational sign not to exceed two square feet in area. Each sign shall be clearly visible from the street, include the city's code compliance hotline/reporting telephone number, the 24/7 agent contact telephone number, the maximum number of occupants, and the maximum number of vehicles permitted plus additional information required by administrative policy of the city.

J. Trash and refuse shall not be left stored within public view except in proper containers for the purpose of collection by the collectors. No container shall be placed in or adjacent to a street or public right-of-way for collection service more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the normal collection time. Containers shall be removed from, within or adjacent to the street or right-of-way within twenty-four (24) hours after collection. The owner shall ensure compliance with all the provisions of Chapter 8.64 of this Code ("Solid Waste Management, Collection or Solid Waste and Recyclable Material, and Edible Food Recovery") or by such other means as may be approved by the city. Alternatively, trash and refuse may be disposed at "Clean Big Bear" sites as authorized by the city.

K. Incessant barking from dogs of a responsible party and/or their vacation rental guests heard beyond the property line is prohibited.

L. The owner shall include written notice to the responsible patty of the identified requirements of this section in all contracts and shall post a copy of the current license and the requirements of this section at the interior entrance or other prominent location within the vacation-rental property.

M. No person may enter into a vacation-rental contract with an owner or agent for occupancy of a vacation rental property unless that person is at least eighteen (18) years of age. No owner or agent may enter into a vacation-rental contract with any person for occupancy of a vacation rental property unless that person is at least eighteen ( 18) years of age.

4.01.070 - Agency and certification.

An owner may grant authority to an agent to act on behalf of the owner for purposes of fulfilling some or all the requirements of this chapter. The owner shall give prior written notice to the city of any grant of such authority, including the identity and contact information for the agent. The owner shall promptly give the city written notice of any change to any such grant of authority. The use of an agent shall not excuse the owner from the owner's obligations of this chapter. Agents and owners fulfilling any of the requirements of this chapter shall be annually certified by the city.

4.01.080 - Inspection and audit.

A. Each owner and owner's agent shall provide the city with access to the vacation rental property and to such related records, documents, tax returns, and bank accounts at any time during normal business hours as the city may determine are necessary for the purpose of inspection or audit to determine that the objectives and conditions of this chapter are being fulfilled. Any access to such records and documents including, but not limited to, bank statements, tax returns, and responsible person and lessee or guest names, email addresses and governmentissued identification documents or information for inspection or audit shall be performed by the city on a confidential basis with any social security and bank account numbers and government-issued identification names and numbers redacted and shall not be copied and shall remain in the possession, custody or control of the owner during the inspection or audit by the city. The city shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, maintain the confidentiality of the information contained in such records and documents, including, but not limited to, bank statements and tax returns, any responsible party and guest names, e-mail, home and business addresses and government-issued identification documents. Unless otherwise required by law, the city shall not disclose any of this information in response to a public records request.

B. Every applicant applying for a license or for renewal of an existing license shall provide the city access to any premises, property or dwelling unit which is the subject of the application, and, upon reasonable advance written notice to the owner and/or agent, the city shall be permitted to make any inspections as the city may determine is necessary from time to time throughout the application process. If a license is issued or renewed, the city shall, upon reasonable advance written notice to the owner and/or agent, be permitted access to the subject premises, property or dwelling unit in order to determine continued compliance with this chapter and/or any conditions of approvals set forth in the respective license.

4.01.090 - Short-term rental facilitator responsibilities.

A. Each month, short-term rental facilitators shall, promptly disclose to the city the following information:

1. Physical address, including nine-digit ZIP Code of each short-term rental within the city;

2. The assessor parcel number of each short-term rental;

3. The URL associated with the specific short-term rental listing;

4. If applicable, information exclusively related to the identification of an accessory dwelling unit, guest house, or single unit of a timeshare or multifamily housing project located at a single address for the short-term rental;

5. The host ID of each short-term rental listing;

6. The listing ID of each short-term rental listing;

7. The names of the persons responsible for each short-term rental listing;

8. The length of stay for each short-term rental listing; and

9. The price paid for each stay for each short-term rental listing.

B. A short-term rental facilitator is responsible for collecting and remitting transient occupancy taxes and tourism business improvement district assessments on behalf of their hosts, in accordance with this Code. Short-term rental facilitators shall cooperate with and allow the city to conduct an audit or otherwise examine the records of the short-term rental facilitator documenting the receipt of the transient occupancy taxes and tourism business improvement district assessments due and payable to the city.

C. A short-term rental facilitator shall promptly remove any listing upon receipt of a takedown notice from the city indicating that a listing violates applicable legal requirements.

D. A short-term rental facilitator shall require all hosts to include a valid license number in a designated field dedicated to the license prior to advertising or facilitating a short-term rental listing.

4.01.100 - Violations and penalties.

A. The city may issue an administrative citation to any person who either:

1. Operates a vacation-rental property without a current license;

2. Advertises a vacation rental property with false license or occupancy information, offering self-check-in, or without including a valid license number for the property in the advertisement; or

3. Fails to provide records and other information required to be provided to the city under this chapter.

The administrative fine for the first citation shall be in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). Any person violating this subsection shall be permanently ineligible to operate any vacation-rental property in the city, and any property that is operated as a vacationrental property in violation of this subsection shall be ineligible to be issued a vacation-rental property license for a period of one year from the most recent citation issued for violating this subsection. If the person continues to operate a vacation-rental property in violation of this subsection within a twelve-month period from the first violation, the city may issue second administrative citation, with an administrative fine in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). Any additional violations occurring within a twelve-month period from the first violation may be subject to additional citations of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) each.

Each violation constitutes a separate violation of this chapter. Any person operating an unlicensed vacation-rental property remains liable to the city for the payment of any applicable transient occupancy tax and tourism business improvement district assessments in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.20 of this Code, including without limitation penalties and interest.

B. For any violation of this chapter that is not subject to subsection A above, the city may impose an administrative fine for the first violation in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00). The city may impose an administrative fine for a second violation within a twelve-month period from the first violation in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The city may issue an administrative fine for third and subsequent violations within a twelve-month period from the first violation in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) each. Upon the third violation in any twelve-month period of any provision of this chapter that is not subject to subsection A above, the license for that vacation-rental property may be suspended or revoked by the city.

C. Except as stated herein, each administrative citation for a violation of any provision of this chapter may be levied or assessed against one or more of: the owner, the owner's agent, a short-term rental facilitator, including hosting platform or hosting site, and the responsible party. The city may initiate suspension or revocation of a license after one violation. Each violation which occurs is a separate violation, even if each violation occurs on the same calendar day, for which the city may issue a separate administrative citation and fine.

D. The failure of an owner or the owner's agent to comply with lawful order of any fire, law enforcement, code enforcement or any other public safety officer may result in the revocation or suspension of the license.

E. The appeal and hearing provisions of Section 1.17.070 of this Code apply to any revocation or suspension of a license. In lieu of revocation or suspension of a license, the city manager, at his or her discretion, may place additional operating conditions on a vacation-rental property license.

F. In addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedy allowed by law, all remedies prescribed under this chapter are cumulative, and the election of one or more remedies does not bar the city from pursuing any other remedy, whether criminal, civil, or administrative, through which the city may enforce this chapter or address any violation of this Code or to remedy any other public nuisance
G. Owners and agents must accept all city vacation-rental-related correspondence, including, but not limited to, notices of violation, administrative citations, registration materials, notices of regulatory changes, and transient occupancy tax notices via email delivery. It is the responsibility of the owner and agent to ensure that the email address provided on the license application is active and monitored regularly.

FINE SCHEDULE
Code
Section Violation 1st 2nd 3rd+

4.01.030(A)
Renting and/or
advertising without a
current license or
misrepresenting
provisions of the license.
$1,500.00 $2,500.00 $5,000.00

4.01.060(J)
Maintenance issues
(trash, pine needles
(roof), other debris, etc.)
Warning will be issued
and potential violation
will be sent to Big Bear
$500.00 $1,000.00 $1,500.00
Code
Section Violation 1st 2nd 3rd+
Fire Authority

4.01.060(A)
Zoning (lighting,
unpermitted
construction) dark skies.

A one-time warning will
be issued, and the
violation must be
corrected within 30 days
of issuance of the
warning

4.01.060(I)
Missing or incorrect
information on exterior
sign
A one-time warning will
be issued, and the
violation must be
corrected within 30 days
of issuance of the
warning

4.01.060(K)
Excessive dog noise
A one-time warning will
be issued, case may be
referred to SB County
Sheriff's Dept.

4.01.060(B) Failure to provide proof
of signature for the Good
Code
Section Violation 1st 2nd 3rd+
Neighbor Policy

4.01.060(C),
(D) Over occupancy

4.01.060(E)
Excessive
vehicles/improper
parking (parking on the
street or front yard)

4.01.060(F) Failure of agent response
within 30 minutes

4.01.060(G)
Amplified music
(noise/speaker) that is
heard past the property
line

4.01.060(H) Noise, outdoor activity,
or use of outdoor spa

4.01.105 - Authority to make rules and regulations.

The city shall have the authority to establish administrative rules and regulations, which may include, but are not limited to, registration conditions, notice and repairing requirements, inspection frequencies, enforcement procedures, advertising restrictions, disclosure requirements, or insurance requirements, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, for the purpose of implementing, interpreting, clarifying, carrying out, furthering, and enforcing the requirements and the provisions of this chapter.

4.01.110 - Vacation rental eligibility table.

Zoning district Improvements on property Vacation rental eligibility R-L & R-1 zones
1 single-family unit Eligible
1 single-family unit &
detached guest house (no
kitchen)
Eligible, as one unit combined. Must
rent the entire property to same party.

No kitchen allowed in guest house.
1 single-family unit & ADU Eligible for Primary Residence only, ADU is not eligible
1+ detached single-family
units Only 1 unit is eligible
1+ attached single-family
units Only 1 unit is eligible
R-3 zone
1 single-family unit Eligible
1 single-family unit &
detached guest house (no
kitchen)
Eligible, as one unit combined. Must
rent the entire property to same party.

No kitchen allowed in guest house.
1 single family unit & ADU Eligible for Primary Residence only, ADU is not eligible
1+ detached single-family
units Only 1 unit is eligible
2—4 attached single-family
units All are eligible
>4 attached single-family
units under single ownership
(apartments)
None are eligible
>4 attached single-family
units under multiple
ownership (condominiums)
All are eligible
Commercial zones
(including village 1 single-family unit Village commercial = eligibleCommercial zones = not eligible Zoning district Improvements on property Vacation rental eligibility commercial) Mixed-use building
1+ detached single-family
units
1+ attached single-family
units
None are eligible
* Owners of licensed properties as of January 11, 2021 that are not in compliance with the above table can continue to renew license unless it has been revoked or expired more than thirty (30) days.

SECTION 9. Records. The documents and materials associated with this Ordinance that constitute the record of proceedings on which the City Council's findings and determination are based are on file in the office of the City Clerk.

SECTION 10. Severability. If any section or provision of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, or contravened by reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining sections and/or provisions of this Ordinance shall remain valid. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section or provision thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more section(s) or provision(s) may be declared invalid or unconstitutional or contravened via legislation.

SECTION 11. Certification and Publication. The City Clerk shall certify the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be entered in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute passage and adoption thereof in the records of the meeting at which time the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen (15) days following the passage of this Ordinance, the Ordinance, or a summary thereof, along with the names of the City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance, shall be posted in at least three public places in the City in lieu of publication unless publication is requested by the City Council or otherwise required by law.

SECTION 12. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its adoption.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of May, 2026. ____________________________
Randall Putz, Mayor
ATTEST:
________________________
Erica Stephenson, City Clerk

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO )

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BIG BEAR

LAKE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER

8.80 (“PUBLIC NUISANCES”) OF TITLE 8 (“HEALTH AND SAFETY”).

AND CHAPTER 4.01 (“VACATION RENTALS”) OF TITLE 4 (“VISITORSERVING USES AND TOURISM”) OF THE BIG BEAR LAKE MUNICIPAL

CODE TO UPDATE AND STREAMLINE THE CITY'S PROCEDURES FOR

TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, BUSINESS LICENSE REGULATIONS,

PENALTY PROVISIONS, AND OBLIGATIONS OF SHORT-TERM

RENTAL FACILITATORS AND MAKE OTHER TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS TO SAID PROVISIONS; AND FINDING THESE

AMENDMENTS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the Clerk of Said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council on the 13th day of May, 2026, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2026-xxx was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council and circulated within the said City. _____________________________
Erica Stephenson, City Clerk

EXHIBIT A

REDLINE VERSION
Proposed Text Changes to Municipal Code per Ordinance 2026-xxx Various Sections within Chapter 3.20 (Transiency Occupancy Tax) of Title 3 (Revenue and Finance), Chapter 5.02 (“Business Licenses”) of Title 5 (Business Licenses, Taxes, and Regulations), Chapter 4.01 (“Vacation Rentals”) of Title 4 (Visitor-Serving Uses and Tourism), Chapter 1.16 (“General Penalties”) and 1.17 (“Administrative Citations and Hearings”) of Title 1 (General Provisions), and Chapter 8.80 (“Public Nuisances”) of Title 8 (Health and Safety) of the Big Bear Lake Municipal Code. Proposed changes shown in RED for added language and STRIKETHROUGH for deleted text:

Chapter 3.20 - TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX

3.20.010 - Short title.

The short title of this chapter shall be known as the "Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance."

3.20.020 – Definitions.

Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this section shall govern the construction of this chapter:

C. "Operator" means the person who is proprietor of the hotel whether in the capacity of owner, lessee, sublessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee or any other capacity. Where the operator performs his/her functions through a managing agent of any type or Item 1.3
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character, the managing agent shall also be deemed an operator for the purpose of this chapter, and shall have jointly and severally the same duties and liabilities as his/her principal. Compliance with the provisions of this chapter by either the principal or the managing agent shall, however, be considered to be compliance by both.