Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 6 Valley Boulevard Redevelopment Project

That certain document entitled "Redevelopment Plan for the Los Angeles County Valley Boulevard Redevelopment Project," the map contained therein, and such other reports as are incorporated therein by reference, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby incorporated in this Part 6 by reference and made a part hereof, and as so incorporated is hereby designated, approved and adopted as the official Redevelopment Plan for the Los Angeles County Valley Boulevard Redevelopment Project.

(Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

The purpose and intent of the board of supervisors with respect to the project area is to accomplish the following:

A.

To control unplanned growth by guiding new development to meet the needs of the community as reflected in the redevelopment plan;

B.

To retain by means of redevelopment and rehabilitation as many existing businesses as possible;

C.

To remove impediments to land assembly and development through acquisition and reparcelization of land into reasonably sized and shaped parcels served by an improved street system and improved public facilities;

D.

To improve certain environmental deficiencies, including among others, substandard streets and surface drainage;

E.

To encourage the cooperation and participation of owners, business persons and public agencies in the revitalization of the area;

F.

To eliminate and prevent the spread of blight and deterioration and to conserve, rehabilitate and redevelop the project area in accordance with the redevelopment plan;

G.

To achieve an environment reflecting a high level of concern for architectural, landscape and urban design principles appropriate to the objectives of the redevelopment plan;

H.

To promote the economic well-being of the redevelopment project by encouraging the diversification of its commercial and industrial base and of employment opportunities;

I.

To encourage the development of an industrial environment which positively relates to adjacent land uses and to upgrade and stabilize existing industrial uses;

J.

To provide opportunities for industrial firms to locate their operations in an attractive, safe and economically sound environment in accordance with the redevelopment plan;

K.

To make provision for a pedestrian and vehicular circulation system (specifically for Valley Boulevard and Puente-Third- Workman Mill roadway alignment) which is coordinated with land uses and densities and adequate to accommodate traffic;

L.

To improve the visual environment of the community, and in particular to strengthen and enhance its image and identity;

M.

To develop safeguards against noise and pollution;

N.

To promote the development of local job opportunities;

O.

To coordinate the revitalization effort in the redevelopment project with other public economic development programs in the county of Los Angeles;

P.

To improve the visual character of Valley Boulevard by the renovation of existing commercial and industrial structures in accordance with a consistent implementation of streetscape improvements.

(Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

The board of supervisors 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 California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq.);

B.

The redevelopment plan will redevelop the project area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law and 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 County of Los Angeles;

E.

The carrying out of the redevelopment plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the county of Los Angeles, and will effectuate the purposes and policy of the Community Redevelopment Law;

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 the payment for property to be acquired as provided by law;

G.

The agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons who might be displaced, temporarily or permanently, from housing facilities in the project area;

H.

There are, or are being provided, within the project area or within other areas not generally less desirable with regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons who might be 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.

All 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 the Community Redevelopment Law, Section 33670, without other substantial justification for their inclusion;

J.

Inclusion of any lands, buildings or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the entire area of which they are a part, and any such area is not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenues from such area pursuant to Section 33670 of the Community Redevelopment Law without other substantial justification for its inclusion;

K.

The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the project area could not reasonably be expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the agency;

L.

The redevelopment plan will afford the maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the county of Los Angeles as a whole, for the redevelopment of the project area by private enterprise;

M.

The redevelopment plan contains adequate safeguards so that the work of redevelopment will be carried out pursuant to the redevelopment plan, and it provides for the retention of controls and the establishment of restrictions and covenants running with the land sold or leased for private use for periods of time and under conditions specified in the redevelopment plan, which the board deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Community Redevelopment Law.

(Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

The board of supervisors is satisfied that permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of the project area are displaced, if any, and that pending development of such facilities, there will be available to any such displaced occupants 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 persons or families 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 any such persons or families until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy.

(Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

The board of supervisors 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.

(Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

Written objections to the redevelopment plan filed with the executive officer-clerk of the board of supervisors before the hours set for hearing and all oral objections presented to the board of supervisors at the hearing having been considered are hereby overruled.

(Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

The board of supervisors hereby:

A.

Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out the redevelopment plan;

B.

Requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the county having administrative responsibilities in the project area likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the redevelopment of the project area;

C.

Stands ready to consider and take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the redevelopment plan; and

D.

Declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceeding necessary to be carried out by the county under the provisions of the redevelopment plan.

(Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

If any part of the ordinance codified in this Part 6, or the redevelopment plan which it approves, is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Part 6 or of the redevelopment plan, and the board hereby declares that it would have passed the remainder of the redevelopment plan if such invalid portion thereof had been deleted.

(Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)