Twentynine Palms Municipal Code Ch. 17.52 4 Corners Redevelopment Project Area

The purposes and intent of the City Council with respect to the 4 Corners Redevelopment Project Area (the "Project Area") are:

(a) The elimination of existing blighted conditions, be they properties or structures, and the prevention of recurring blight in the Project Area;

(b) The development and redevelopment of property within a coordinated land use pattern of commercial, residential, resort, recreation, and public facilities in the Project Area consistent with the goals, policies, objectives, programs, standards, guidelines, and requirements as set forth in the City's adopted General Plan;

(c) The development of public services and facilities including, but not limited to, emergency, cultural, recreational, maintenance, and operational services and facilities as are necessary and required for the redevelopment of the Project Area;

(d) The elimination of environmental deficiencies including inadequate street improvements, inadequate utility systems, and inadequate public services; and mitigation of the potential social, physical, and environmental characteristics of blight;

(e) The development of a more efficient and effective circulation corridor system free from hazardous vehicular, pedestrian, equestrian, and bicycle interfaces designed to their ultimate circulation flow;

(f) Beautification activities to eliminate all forms of blight including, but not limited to, visual blight, in order to encourage community identity;

(g) The encouragement, promotion, and assistance in the development and expansion of local commerce and needed commercial and resort facilities, increasing local employment and improving the economic climate within the Project Area;

(h) The acquisition, assemblage, and/or disposition of sites of usable and marketable sizes and shapes for commercial, resort, recreation, residential and public facility development within the Project Area;

(i) The creation of a more cohesive and unified community by strengthening the physical, social, and economic ties between the downtown and resort, residential, commercial, and recreational land uses within and adjacent to the Project Area;

(j) To provide for very low-, low- and moderate-income housing availability as required by County, Region, or State law, as necessary, desirable, and consistent with the goals and objectives of the community;

(k) To encourage the coordination, cooperation, and assistance of other local agencies, as may be deemed necessary, to ensure that projects undertaken by this Agency are implemented to their fullest and practical extent;

(l) The achievement of a physical environment reflecting a high level of concern for architectural and urban design principles deemed important by the community and property owners;

(m) To encourage participation in the redevelopment of the Project Area by owners of real property in the Project Area and by operators of businesses in the Project Area consistent with the objectives, goals, and requirements of the Redevelopment Plan and General Plan;

(n) To provide a procedural and financial mechanism by which the Agency can assist, complement, and coordinate public and private development, redevelopment, revitalization, and enhancement of the community;

(o) To ensure that the community maintains a competitive position with surrounding communities, so as to enhance the economic climate and stability of the Project Area and the community;

(p) To provide relocation assistance opportunities to persons and businesses temporarily or permanently displaced by redevelopment activities in the Project Area.

(Ord. 114 § 1, 1993)

The Redevelopment Plan for the 4 Corners Redevelopment Project Area, on file with the City Clerk's office, is approved, adopted and designated as the official Redevelopment Plan for the 4 Corners Redevelopment Project Area, and is incorporated herein by reference.

(Ord. 114 § 2, 1993)