Los Angeles Municipal Code Ch. 20 [warner Center Air Quality Trust Fund]

(Title amended by Ord. No. 173,277, Eff. 6-25-00, Oper. 7-1-00.)

Section

5.331 Warner Center Air Quality Trust Fund.

A. There is hereby created within the Treasury of the City of Los Angeles a special fund known as the “Warner Center Air Quality Trust Fund”, referred to in this chapter as “the Fund”, to be administered by the Department of City Planning in accordance with City practice and in compliance with Government Code Section 66000, et seq.

B. The Fund shall be used for the deposit of fees for the purposes of receiving and disbursing, as authorized, payments of the Construction Air Quality Impact Assessment (CAQIA) Fee collected by the Department of City Planning pursuant to Section 18 of the Warner Center Specific Plan.

C. The Department of City Planning shall collect payments derived from all commercial, industrial and the non-residential component of mixed use development projects in the Warner Center Specific Plan area, and remit these funds to the Treasury of the City of Los Angeles for deposit into “the Fund”. All interest and other earnings from money received into the Fund shall be credited to the Fund and devoted to the purposes set forth in this ordinance.

D. All monies from the Fund shall be expended only as provided in Section 18 of the Warner Center Specific Plan and for the sole purpose of mitigating each Project’s air quality impacts on either Canoga Park High School or Parkman Middle School, including reimbursing the School District for funds it expends to purchase and install existing and enhanced/upgraded air conditioning/filtration systems to mitigate the impacts of Projects in the Air Quality Impact Areas.

E. Expenditures shall be authorized by the Director of City Planning or the Director’s designee.

SECTION HISTORY

Chapter 20, Sec. 5.331, Added by Ord. No. 163,218, Eff. 3-12-88.

Repealed by Ord. No. 170,572, Eff. 7-31-95.

New Chapter XX and Section Added by Ord. No. 173,072, Eff. 3-13-00.