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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2113 • `r ORDINANCE NO. 2113 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE AZUSA CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa (herein- after referred to as the "Agency") formulated and prepared a proposed Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Azusa Central Business District Redevelopment Project (the "Project" ) which includes the addition of land to the Project; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Azusa has sub- mitted its report and recommendations, finding that the uses desig- ated in the Redevelopment Plan as it is proposed to be amended are in conformity with the uses designated in the General Plan and recommending approval and adoption of said proposed Amendment; and WHEREAS, the Agency adopted rules governing participation by and reasonable preferences to owners and tenants in the Project area on May 23 , 1978 ; and WHEREAS, the Agency submitted to the City Council of the City of Azusa said proposed Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan accompanied by the Report of the Agency on said proposed Amendment which Report contains, among other things, the Planning Commission' s report and recommendations, the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report on the proposed Second Amendment, and the Report of the County Fiscal Officer and analysis thereof by the Agency; and WHEREAS, the Project Area Committee submitted its report and recommendations concerning the proposed Plan, which report and re- commendations have been revised and considered by this Council; and WHEREAS, the Agency consulted with the taxing agencies which levy taxes, or for which taxes are levied, on property in the Project area with respect to the Plan and to allocation of taxes pursuant to Section 33670; and WHEREAS, after due notice, a joint public hearing was held by the Agency and the City Council to consider said proposed Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and the Agency and City Council _considered the Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report; and WHEREAS, the Agency and this Council certified to the prepara- tion and completion of the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report pertaining to the proposed Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan as being in conformity with the California Environmental Quality Act, State Guidelines pursuant thereto, and the procedures adopted therefor by the Agency; and WHEREAS, at said joint public hearing the City Council heard and considered all oral and written objections to the proposed Second Amendment; and WHEREAS, all actions required by law have been taken by all appropriate public agencies. -1- NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Azusa does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The purposes and intent of the City Council with respect to the area added to the Project area: (a) To eliminate the conditions of blight existing in the added areas. (b) To prevent recurrence of blighting conditions within the added areas. (c) To provide for participation by owners and tenants and for reentry preferences to persons engaged in business within the added areas to participate in the redevelopment of the Project Area; to encourage and ensure the development of the Project Area in the manner set forth in the Redevelopment Plan; and to pro- vide for the relocation of any residents, if any, dis- placed by the effectuation of the Redevelopment Plan. (d) To improve and construct or provide for the construction of public facilities, roads, and other public improvements and to improve the quality of the environment in the Project Area to the benefit of the Project Area and the general public. (e) To encourage and foster the economic revitali- zation of the Project Area by protecting and promoting the sound development and redevelopment of the Project Area and by replanning, redesigning, or developing por- tions of the added areas which are stagnant or improperly utilized because of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size, shape, accessibi- lity, or usefulness, lack of adequate utilities , and other causes. (f) To provide housing for families of all income levels, including low and moderate income families in accordance with this Plan and the needs of the community. SECTION 2. All written and oral objections to the Redevelop- ment Plan as amended are hereby overruled: SECTION 3. The Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan is - hereby approved and adopted, and the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said Second Amendment) is hereby desig- nated the official redevelopment plan for the Azusa Central Business District Redevelopment Project. SECTION 4 . The Redevelopment Plan of the Azusa Central Business District Redevelopment Project as amended by said Second Amendment is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set out at length herein. SECTION 5. The City Council hereby finds and determines that: (a) Upon the record of the joint public hearing on the Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan, the Report of the Agency thereon and supporting data thereto, the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report, and the testimony received at the joint public hearing, the areas added to the Project Area are blighted areas and are neces- sary for effective redevelopment. -2- (b) The Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said Second Amendment) will redevelop the area added to the Project in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California and in the interests of the public peace, health and safety and welfare. (c) The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelop- ment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said Second Amendment) is economically sound and feasible. (d) The Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said Second Amendment) conforms to the General Plan of the City of Azusa. (e) The carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said Second Amendment) will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the City of Azusa and will effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California. (f) The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said Second Amendment) for the area added to the Project, is necessary to the execution of the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby so amended) and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law. (g) There are families and persons to be displaced from housing facilities in the original Project area and added areas, and when any such families and persons are displaced by redevelopment activities: 1. The Agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities. 2. There will be provided in the entire Project Area (including the areas added to the Project) or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and pub- lic and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the famil- ies and persons displaced from the original Project, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and rea- sonably accessible to their places of employment. (h) Inclusion within the Project of any lands, build- ings or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the area of which they are a part; any such area included is necessary for effective redevelopment and is included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenues from such area pursuant to Section 33670 of the Community Redevelopment Law without other sub- stantial justification for its inclusion. -3- (i) The elimination of blight in the original Project Area (including the areas added to the Project) and the redevelopment of the Project Area by providing low and moderate income housing opportunities cannot be reasonably expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the Agency. SECTION 6. In order to implement and facilitate the effectu- ation of the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by inclusion of said Second Amendment) , it is found and determined that certain official actions must be taken by the City Council with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action, and accordingly, this Council hereby: (a) Declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the City of Azusa under the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan as hereby amended. (b) Requests the various officials, depart- ments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the City of Azusa having administrative responsibilities (in the Project) likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with said Redevelopment Plan as hereby amended. SECTION 7 . The City Clerk hereby is directed to cause the incorporation of the Amendment hereby approved and adopted into the Redevelopment Plan and to print and reproduce copies of said Redevelopment Plan as so amended. The City Clerk hereby is fur- ther directed to send a certified copy of this Ordinance and a copy of the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby so amended) to the Agency. The Agency hereby is vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended) for the Project, subject to the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan Las hereby amended) . SECTION 8. The City Clerk is hereby directed to record with the County Recorder of Los Angeles County descriptions of the land within the areas added to the Project and the entire Project Area (including the area added to the Project) , and a statement that proceedings for the redevelopment of the areas added to the Project have been instituted under the California Community Redevelopment Law. The Agency hereby is directed to effectuate recordation in compliance with the provisions of Section 27295 of the Government Code to the extent applicable. SECTION 9. The Building Regulation Division of the Department of the Public Works is hereby directed for a period of two years after the effective date of this Ordinance to advise all applicants for building permits within the areas added to the Project that the site for which a building permit is sought for the construction of buildings or for other improvements is within a redevelopment project area. -4- SECTION 10. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Ordinance; a copy of the descriptions and statement recorded by the City pursuant to this Ordinance; and a map or plat indicating the boundaries of the area added to the Project and the entire Project Area (including the area added to the Project) to the Tax Assessor of Los Angeles County, to the Auditor-Controller of Los Angeles County, to the governing body of each of the taxing agencies which levies taxes upon any property in the entire Project Area, and to the State Board of Equalization. SECTION 11. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law. Passed and approved this 20 day of July 1981. (7-Z- STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS. CITY OF AZUSA I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2113 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 7th day of July , 1981. That, thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 20th day of July , 1981, by the following vote to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Decker, Fry, Cruz, Moses, Solem NOES : COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None 7/1 </ /' 1^ , CITY OLERK Publish Azusa Herald July 29, 1981 -5-