HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1981-6241
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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Ange�'a M. Basch, Deputy City Clerk
(SEAL)
Howie Torn, Mayor Pro Tempore
City of Lake Elsinore
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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)