HomeMy WebLinkAbout166 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 166
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
FOR THE R~RqCHO REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
hereinafter referred to as the "Agency", has formulated and prepared the
proposed Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project, herein-
after referred to as the "Redevelopment Plan"; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
submitted its report and recormnendation finding the said proposed Redevel-
opment Plan to be in conformity with the General Plan and recommending
approval of said proposed Redevelopment Plan; and
W/~EREAS, 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 Relocation Method 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 Rancho Cucamonga, hereinafter referred to as the "City Council", said
proposed Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has submitted the Report to City Council
accompanying the Redevelopment Plan to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, that Report describes conditions of blight existing
within the Project Area; and
WHEREA~, after due notice, a Joint Public Hearing has been
held by the Agency and the City Council; 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 to the City Council.
NOW THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The purposes and intent of the City Council with
respect to the Rancho Redevelopment Project Area hereinafter referred to
as the "Project Area" are:
(a) To eliminate and prevent the spread of physical blight
and deterioration by promoting and encouraging the re-
vitalization or redevelopment of currently deteriorating
or underutilized areas within the Project Area.
(b) To encourage new development within the Project Area to
provide additional residential housing at affordable
prices, and affordable financing terms.
(c) To encourage development of office, industrial, com-
mercial and permanent uses within the Project Area to
reinforce, strengthen and complement other developments
in the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
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Page 2
(d) To provide for construction which in turn will provide
short-term and long-term employment opportunities for
local residents.
(e) To mitigate the major flood hazards by providing im-
provements to the existing flood control channels.
SECTION 2: The Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment
Project is hereby approved and adopted and designated as the official
Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project Area, and is
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3: The City Council hereby finds and determines that:
(a) The Project Area is a blighted area for the reasons
described in the Redevelopment Plan, the Report to the
City Council accompanying the Redevelopment Plan, and the
Assessment of Conditions Report; the redevelopment of
which is 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 Rancho Cucamonga;
(e) The carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan will promote
the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the City
of Rancho Cucamonga and will effectuate the purposes and
policies of the California Health and Safety Code, Section
33000 et seq.;
(f) 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 required by
law;
(g) The Agency has a feasible method for the relocation of
families and persons who are 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 and public and co~mmercial 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) Inclusion of any land, buildings, or improvements which
are not detrimental to the public health, safety, and
welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of
the area of which they are a part; that 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.
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Page 3
(j) The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the
Project Area cannot be reasonably expected to be accom-
plished by private enterprise acting alone without the
aid and assistance of the Agency.
SECTION 4: 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 of Rancho Cucamonga 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 suitable 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 Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment
Project Area provides for the expenditure of money by the City of Rancho
Cucamonga 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 6: 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 changes in zoning, the
location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facili-
ties and other public action, and accordingly, the City Council hereby:
(a) Declares its intention to undertake and complete any
proceedings it deems necessary to be carried out by
the City of Rancho Cucamonga under the provisions of
the Redevelopment Plan; and
(b) Requests the various officials, departments, boards,
and agencies of the City of Rancho Cucamonga having
administrative responsibilities for the City likewise
to cooperate to such end and to excerise their respec-
tive functions and powers in a manner consistent with
the Redevelopment Plan.
SECTION 7: The City Council finds that pursuant to Section
33334.2 of the California Health and Safety Code, the use of tax revenues
by the Redevelopment Agency outside of the Rancho Redevelopment Project
Area for purposes of increasing and improving the community's supply of
low- and moderate-income housing for persons and families of low or
moderate income will benefit the Rancho Redevelopment Project.
SECTION 8: The City Council is convinced that the effect of
tax increment financing will not cause a severe financial burden or
detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from the Project Area.
SECTION 9: Ail written and oral objections to the Redevelopment
Plan hereby are overruled.
SECTION 10: 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 responsibility for carrying out the Redevelopment Plan.
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Page 4
SECTION 11: The City Clerk hereby is directed to record with
the County Recorder of San Bernardino 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 with the provisions of
Section 27295 of the Government Code to the extent applicable.
SECTION 12: The Community Development Department through the
Building and Safety Division is hereby directed 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 construction of buildings or for other improvements is within a
Redevelopment Project Area.
SECTION 13: The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a
copy of the description and statement recorded pursuant to Section 33373
of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California, a copy of this
Ordinance and a map or plat indicating the boundaries of the Rancho
Redevelopment Project to the Auditor and Tax Assessor of the County of
San Bernardino; to the officer or officers performing the functions of
auditor or assessor for any taxing agencies which, in levying or collecting
its taxes, do not use the County Assessment Roll or do not collect its
taxes through the County; to the governing body of each of the taxing
agencies which, in levying or collecting its taxes, do not use the
County Assessment Roll or do not collect its taxes through the County;
to the governing body of each of the taxing agencies which levies taxes
upon any property in the Rancho Redevelopment Project and to the State
Board of Equalization. Such documents shall be transmitted as promptly
as practicable following the adoption of this Ordinance, but in any
event, such documents shall be transmitted within 30 days following the
adoption of the Redevelopment Plan.
SECTION 14: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City
Clerk shall cause the same to be published within fifteen (15) days
after its passage at least once in The Daily Report, a newspaper of
general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and
circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 23rd day of December, 1981.
AYES: Frost, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, Schlosser
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Phil~ D. Schlosser, Mayor
ATTEST:
en M Wasserman, City Clerk~