Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 4 Maravilla Project Area

The Maravilla Project Area official redevelopment plan, as prepared by the county of Los Angeles community redevelopment agency, is hereby incorporated by reference, approved and adopted, and designated as the official redevelopment plan for the Maravilla Project Area.

(Ord. 10661 § 1 (part), 1973: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1417, 1942.)

The purposes and intent of the board with respect to the Maravilla Project Area are to:

A.

Achieve an option balance and harmonious land-use configuration in accordance with the revealed needs and preferences of the residents of the project area;

B.

Eliminate and discourage the spread of blight conditions and encourage both the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the project area to the extent permitted by law;

C.

Preserve and enhance historical landmarks;

D.

Eradicate negative environmental influences and deficiencies;

E.

Remove structurally substandard buildings in the project area so that land may be put to its highest and best use by new construction through the acquisition and redevelopment of land;

F.

Develop a plan in accordance with all aspects of the general plan for the area and the environmental development guide of the regional planning commission of the county of Los Angeles;

G.

Provide a substantial number of housing units of low and moderate cost on land to be disposed of for residential purposes;

H.

Provide participation for owners and tenants and a reasonable preference for persons engaged in business in the project area;

I.

Encourage and foster the economic revitalization of the project area;

J.

Relocate the owners and occupants of the project area as needed;

K.

Develop 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. 10661 § 1 (part), 1973: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1418, 1942.)

The board hereby finds and determines that:

A.

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;

B.

The official redevelopment plan will redevelop the project area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare;

C.

The adoption and carrying out of the official redevelopment plan is economically sound and feasible;

D.

The official redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan of the county of Los Angeles;

E.

The carrying out of the official redevelopment plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the county of Los Angeles 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 official redevelopment plan, is necessary to the execution of the official redevelopment plan and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law;

G.

The community redevelopment agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing 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 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.

For purposes of federal financial aid, the project area which may be financed through aid provided in federal contracts shall be considered an urban renewal area and the aforesaid redevelopment project shall be considered an urban renewal project within the meaning of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended;

J.

The redevelopment of the portions of the project area which may be financed through aid provided in federal contracts for predominately nonresidential uses is necessary for the proper development of the community;

K.

The official redevelopment plan will afford a maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole for the redevelopment of such area by private enterprises;

L.

The official redevelopment plan gives due consideration to the provisions of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the area covered by the plan;

M.

In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the official redevelopment plan hereby approved and adopted, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by the board of supervisors 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 board of supervisors hereby:

Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out such official redevelopment plan, and

Directs the various officials, departments, commissions and agencies of the county of Los Angeles 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 said official redevelopment plan, and

Pledges appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the official redevelopment plan;

N.

The objectives of the official redevelopment plan cannot be achieved only through rehabilitation of the project area.

(Ord. 10661 § 1 (part), 1973: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1419, 1942.)

The board declares that it 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 county of Los Angeles 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.

(Ord. 10661 § 1 (part), 1973: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420, 1942.)

The portion of taxes divided and allocated to the commission pursuant to the redevelopment plan as authorized by California Health and Safety Code Section 33670 shall not exceed a cumulative total of $80,000,000.00.

(Ord. 86-0213 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The county's community development commission is authorized to establish or incur loans, advances, or indebtedness to finance, in whole or in part, the Maravilla Project Area official redevelopment plan at any time during which such redevelopment plan is effective. Loans, advances, or indebtedness may be repaid over a period of time beyond such time limit.

(Ord. 2004-0013 § 1, 2004: Ord. 86-0213 § 1 (part), 1986.)

Eminent domain proceedings, if used to acquire property within the project area, must be commenced within 12 years from the effective date of the ordinance codified in Sections 2.60.141 through 2.60.144.

(Ord. 86-0213 § 1 (part), 1986.)

If any part of the ordinance codified in Sections 2.60.141 through 2.60.144 is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of the ordinance codified in Sections 2.60.141 through 2.60.144, and the board of supervisors declares that it would have passed the remainder of the ordinance codified in Sections 2.60.141 through 2.60.144, if such invalid portion thereof had been deleted.

(Ord. 86-0213 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The Maravilla Project Area official redevelopment plan shall be effective to and terminate on February 20, 2016. After February 20, 2016, the County's Community Development Commission shall have no authority to act pursuant to the Maravilla redevelopment plan except to pay previously incurred indebtedness and to enforce existing covenants, contracts, or other obligations.

(Ord. 2010-0019 § 1, 2010: Ord. 99-0107 § 1, 1999: Ord. 94-0087 § 4, 1994.)

Except as provided in subdivisions (g) and (h) of Health and Safety Code section 33333.6, or any successor statute of similar import, the County's Community Development Commission shall not pay indebtedness or receive property taxes pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 33670 after February 20, 2016.

(Ord. 2010-0019 § 2, 2010: Ord. 94-0087 § 5, 1994.)