Chapter 18.76
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN*
Sections:
18.76.030 Objections overruled.
18.76.040 Incorporated by reference.
18.76.050 Findings of council.
18.76.060 Temporary housing facilities.
18.76.070 Responsibility of redevelopment agency.
18.76.100 Contract—Council approval required.
18.76.110 Copies of ordinance to be sent to government agencies.
18.76.120 Final engineering plans.
18.76.130 Certification, publishing of ordinance required.
*For the statutory provisions regarding community redevelopment, see West’s Health and Safety Code § 33000 et seq.
18.76.010 Purpose.
The purposes and intent of the city council with respect to the project area are to:
(1) Eliminate the conditions of blight existing in the project area;
(2) Insure, as far as possible, that the causes of blighting conditions will be either eliminated or protected against;
(3) Provide participation for owners and tenants and a reasonable preference to persons engaged in business in the project area;
(4) Encourage and insure the development of the project area where feasible;
(5) Encourage and foster the economic development of the project area;
(6) Relocate any owners and occupants of the project area displaced by the project; and
(7) Redevelop and rebuild the public facilities in the project area to provide safer and more efficient service for the people in the area and the general public as a whole. (Ord. 290 § 1, 1970)
18.76.020 Adoption.
The proposed redevelopment plan for the Los Cerritos redevelopment project as changed after public hearing is approved and adopted and designated the official redevelopment plan for the Los Cerritos redevelopment project. (Ord. 290 § 2, 1970)
18.76.030 Objections overruled.
All written and oral objections to the redevelopment plan are overruled. (Ord. 290 § 3, 1970)
18.76.040 Incorporated by reference.
The redevelopment plan for the Cerritos redevelopment project, (herein after called the “redevelopment plan”) is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as fully as if set out at length herein. (Ord. 290 § 4, 1970)
18.76.050 Findings of council.
The city council finds and determines that:
(1) The project area is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California;
(2) The redevelopment plan will redevelop the project area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California and in the interests of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare;
(3) The adoption and carrying out of the redevelopment plan is economically sound and feasible;
(4) The redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan of the city of Cerritos;
(5) The carrying out of the redevelopment plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the city of Cerritos and will effectuate the purposes and policy of the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California;
(6) The condemnation of real property, 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 provided by law;
(7) The agency has a feasible method or plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the project area;
(8) There are or are being provided in the project area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and 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;
(9) In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the redevelopment plan approved and adopted it is found and determined that certain official action 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 the city council hereby:
(A) Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out such redevelopment plan, and
(B) Requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the city having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the redevelopment plan, and
(C) Stands ready to consider to take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the redevelopment plan. (Ord. 290 § 5, 1970)
18.76.060 Temporary housing facilities.
The city council is satisfied permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of 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 at the time of their displacement. (Ord. 290 § 6, 1970)
18.76.070 Responsibility of redevelopment agency.
The city clerk is directed to send a certified copy of the ordinance codified herein to the agency and the agency is vested with the responsibility for carrying out the redevelopment plan. (Ord. 290 § 7, 1970)
18.76.080 Recording required.
The city clerk is directed to record with the county recorder of Los Angeles County the redevelopment plan, a description of the land within the project area and a statement that proceedings for the redevelopment of the project area have been instituted under the California Community Redevelopment Law. The agency is directed to effectuate recordation in compliance with the provisions of Section 27295 of the Government Code to the extent applicable. (Ord. 290 § 8, 1970)
18.76.090 Building permits.
The city building department is directed for a period of two years after November 19, 1972, to advise all applicants for building permits within the project area 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. (Ord. 290 § 9, 1970)
18.76.100 Contract—Council approval required.
Prior to the execution by the agency of any contract involving an expenditure in excess of five thousand dollars and of any participation agreement, the agency shall submit such contract to the city council for its approval. Within fifteen days after any contract is submitted to it, the council shall approve or disapprove such contract. If the council fails to approve or disapprove within the time above-mentioned, such contract shall be deemed approved and the agency may execute the same and proceed in accordance with the terms thereof.
There shall be no expenditures of any moneys or the incurring of any debt or liability by the redevelopment agency or on its behalf, unless the expenditures, debt and/or liability is first approved by the city council. (Ord. 396 § 1, 1972; Ord. 290 § 10, 1970)
18.76.110 Copies of ordinance to be sent to government agencies.
The city clerk is directed to transmit a copy of the description and statement recorded by the clerk pursuant to Section 18.78.080, a copy of the ordinance codified herein and a map or plat showing the boundaries of the project area to the auditor and tax assessor of Los Angeles County, to the governing body of each of the taxing agencies which levies taxes upon any property in the project area, and to the State Board of Equalization. (Ord. 290 § 11, 1970)
18.76.120 Final engineering plans.
All final engineering plans for public improvements in the project area shall be subject to city council approval. (Ord. 290 § 12, 1970)
18.76.130 Certification, publishing of ordinance required.
The city clerk shall certify to the passage of the ordinance codified herein and cause it to be published in some newspaper of general circulation in the city. (Ord. 290 § 13, 1970)