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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1981-6241 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ORDINANCE NO. 624 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE RANCHO LAGUNA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AN AMENDMENT TO REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT I. WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Lake Elsinore, hereinafter referred to as the "Agency," has formulated and prepared the proposed Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Laguna Redevelopment Project, an amendment to Redevelopment Project I, hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Plan;" and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Lake Elsinore submitted its report and recommendation finding the said proposed Redevelop- ment Plan to be in conformity with the General Plan and recommending approval of said proposed Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, the Agency has adopted rules governing participation and rules for reasonable reentry preferences to property owners, operators of businesses and tenants in the Project Area; and WHEREAS, the Agency has adopted a method for relocation which is to be extended to all persons who may be caused to be displaced resulting from Agency acquisition of certain property; and WHEREAS, the Agency submitted to the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore, hereinafter referred to as the "City Council," said proposed Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, the Agency has submitted the Report of City Council accompanying the Redevelopment Plan to the City Council; and WHEREAS, specific conditions of blight existing within the Project Area have been identified; and WHEREAS, after due notice, a joint public hearing has been held by the Agency and the City Council; and WHEREAS, the Agency has exempted by resolution all residentially zoned properties in the Rancho Laguna Redevelopment Project from condem- nation; and WHEREAS, all actions required by law have been taken by all appropriate public agencies; and WHEREAS, after said joint public hearing, the Agency approved said Redevelopment Plan and recommended adoption of said Redevelopment Plan by the City Council. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 AS FOLLOWS: NOW, THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE ORDAIN SECTION 1. The purposes and intent of the City Council with respect to the Project Area are: (a) To provide the framework within which restoration of the economic health of the Project Area and its environment will be accomplished by both public and private actions. (b) The elimination and/or prevention of the spread of blight and deterioration, and the conservation, rehabilitation, renewal and redevelopment of the Project Area to the extent permitted by law and specified in the Redevelopment Plan. (c) The removal of unsightly, substandard and nonconforming structures which may be deterring the return of the Project Area to an economically viable use. (d) The elimination of certain environmental deficiencies, including among others, incompatible and non -conforming land uses, substandard streets, lack of and deteriorated public improvements. (e) To promote a productive use of land within the guidelines established by the City's General Plan. (f) The provision of land for public uses and facilities. (g) To obtain maximum benefit and utilization of the City's limited financial resources by the timely provision of necessary public improvements and facilities. (h) To create an aesthetically pleasing and functionally efficient living and working environment through encourage- ment, guidance and appropriate standards and controls. (i) The preservation of areas and buildings determined to be of historical or archeological value. (j) To preserve and expand the City's property tax base. (k) To expand the employment opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed. (1) To provide additional housing opportunities, where feasible, for all segments of the community. SECTION 2. The Redevelopment Plan is hereby approved and adopted and designated as the official Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Laguna Redevelopment Project Area, an amendment to Redevelopment Project Area I, and is incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that: (a) The Project Area as legally described in the Redevelopment Plan is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is -2- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the California Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq.; (b) The Redevelopment Plan will redevelop the Project Area in conformity with the California Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq. in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare; (c) The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan is economically sound and feasible; (d) The Redevelopment Plan conforms to the General Plan of the City of Lake Elsinore; (e) The carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the City of Lake Elsinore and will effectuate the purposes and policies of the California Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq.; (f) The condemnation of real property, except all residentially zoned properties in the Project Area, as provided for in the Redevelopment Plan, is necessary to the execution of the Redevelopment Plan and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired'as required by law; (g) The Agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from facilities in the Project Area; (h) There are or are being provided in the Project Area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities, public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons displaced from the Project Area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment. (i) The noncontiguous areas of the Project Area are either blighted or necessary for effective redevelopment and are not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of taxes from such areas pursuant to Section 33670 without other substantial justification for their inclusion. (j) Inclusion within the Project Area of any land, buildings, or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the Project Area; any such area included is necessary for effective redevelopment and is not included for the purposes of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenues from such area pursuant to Health and Safety Code, Section 33670, without other substantial justification for its inclusion. (k) The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the Project Area cannot be reasonably expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the Redevelopment Agency of Lake Elsinore. SECTION 4. The City Council is satisfied permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of -3- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 '1 12 '3 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 the Project Area are displaced and that pending the development of such facilities, there will be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the City of Lake Elsinore at the time of their displacement. No persons or families of low and moderate income shall be displaced from residences unless and until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced person or family at rents comparable to those at the time of their displacement. Such housing units shall be to the needs of such displaced persons or families and must be decent, safe, sanitary, and otherwise standard dwellings. The Agency shall not displace such person or family until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy. SECTION 5. The City Council is convinced that the effect of tax increment financing will not create a severe financial burden or detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from the Project Area. SECTION 6. The Redevelopment Plan provides for the expenditure of money by the City of Lake Elsinore in carrying out the Redevelopment Plan, and authorizes the City to financially assist the Agency by way of loans, grants, or other financial assistance. The City Council hereby provides that such financial assistance to the Agency shall be made from time to time as the City Council shall determine to be necessary, and that all such financial assistance shall be deemed to be loans to the Agency, based on terms to be established by an agreement between the City and Agency, unless the City Council shall provide in specific cases that such assistance shall be treated other than as a loan. SECTION 7. In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the Redevelopment Plan hereby approved and adopted, it is found and determined that certain official actions must be taken by the City Council with reference, among other things, to providing certain public improvements, public facilities and other public action, and accordingly, the City Council hereby: (a) Declares its intention to undertake and complete any -4- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ,2 L 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 proceedings necessary to be carried out by the City of Lake Elsinore under the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan; and (b) Requests the various officials, departments, boards, and agencies of the City of Lake Elsinore having administrative responsibilities for the City likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the Redevelopment Plan. SECTION 8. All written and oral objections to the Redevelopment Plan hereby are overruled. SECTION 9. The City Clerk hereby is directed to send a certified copy of this ordinance to the Agency, and the Agency is hereby vested with the responsiblility for carrying out the Redevelopment Plan. SECTION 10: The City Clerk hereby is directed to record with the County Recorder of Riverside County a description of the land within the Project Area and a statement that the proceedings for the redevelopment of the Project Area have been instituted under the California Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq.. The Agency hereby is directed to effectuate recordation in compliance sith the provisions of Section 27295 of the Government Code to the extent applicable. SECTION 11. The Building Department of Lake Elsinore 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 Project Area that the site for which a building permit is sought for the construc- tion of buildings or for other improvements is within a Redevelopment Project Area. SECTION 12. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause the same to be published once in the local newspaper. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of July, 1981. ATTEST: Z92"/ /-'�7 Z&.A:' Ange�'a M. Basch, Deputy City Clerk (SEAL) Howie Torn, Mayor Pro Tempore City of Lake Elsinore 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 W 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS.: CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE ) I, ANGELA BASCH, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, County of Riverside, State of California, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 624 was regularly adopted by the City Council of said City of Lake Elsinore at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 13th day of July, 1981, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Unsworth, Torn, Baldwin and Mayor Stewart NOES: None ABSENT: None, One Vacant Seat Anila Basch, Deputy City Clerk (SEAL)