Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 2 — Administration and Personnel
Palm Desert Municipal Code Ch. 2.24 Redevelopment Agency
Palm Desert Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Palm Desert
Cite as: Palm Desert Municipal Code Chapter 2.24 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 2.24.010. Finding of fact.¶
The city council finds and declares that there is a need for a community redevelopment agency to function in the city pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law of the state.
(Ord. 53 § 1, 1974)
§ 2.24.020. City council to be redevelopment agency.¶
Pursuant to Section 33200 of the Health and Safety Code of the state, the city council declares itself to be the redevelopment agency for the city.
(Ord. 53 § 2, 1974)
§ 2.24.030. Compensation and reimbursement.¶
Compensation shall be paid to each member of the redevelopment agency in the amount of thirty dollars per member per meeting not to exceed four meetings per month and shall increase in such amounts as may be prescribed by Section 33114.5 of the Health and Safety Code of the state of California. The compensation shall be in addition to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. This section shall be in full force and effect on September 1, 2003.
(Ord. 1051 §§ 1, 4, 2003)
§ 2.24.040. Acquisition of real property by eminent domain.¶
A. Unless the redevelopment plans are amended, the agency does not have a program for the acquisition of real property by eminent domain because the agency presently lacks authority to acquire real property in the project areas by eminent domain.
B. If and when the city council adopts an ordinance amending any of the redevelopment plans to authorize the agency to acquire any real property by eminent domain, any such amendment shall also describe the agency's program to acquire property by eminent domain under the amended redevelopment plan. Such program must require that any acquisition of real property by eminent domain shall comply with all applicable law and regulations.
C. The ordinance codified in this section is adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33342.7, as mandated by the statute, and that it does not amend the redevelopment plans.
D. The ordinance codified in this section has been reviewed with respect to CEQA and the city does determine that the ordinance is not a "project" for purposes of CEQA and sets forth the applicable CEQA guidelines allowing for the conclusion that adoption of the ordinance is not subject to CEQA.
(Ord. 1137, 2007)
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