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ORDINANCE NO. 1490
ORDINANCE NO. 1490
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA APPROVING AND ADOPTING
THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CENTRAL
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency (hereinafter
referred to as the "Agency") formulated and prepared the proposed
Redevelopment Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan") for the Central
Redevelopment Project (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia
has submitted its repo~t and recommendation reporting that the
proposed Redevelopment Plan is in conformity with the General Plan
and recommending approval of said proposed Redevelopment Plan as
the Planning Commission recommended it be changed and against
approval if the recommended change 'in the Project area boundary is
not made; and
WHEREAS, the Agency adopted rules governing participation
and preference by owners in the Project area; and
WHEREAS, the Agency submitted to the City Council of the
City of Arcadia said Redevelopment Plan, accompanied by the report
of the Agency; and
WHEREAS, an Environmental Impact Report for the Central
Redevelopment Project has been prepared by the Agency staff in
consultation with the City of Arcadia; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia
has reviewed and commented on the Environmental Impact Report as
it relates to the proposed Redevelopment Project; and
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WHEREAS, after due notice a joint public hearing was
held by the Agency and the City Council to consider the proposed
Redevelopment Plan as submitted by the Agency and as the Planning
Commission recommended it be changed, and to consider said Environ-
mental Impact Report for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved the Planning
Commission changes as set forth in Resolution No. 4358 (Changes
110. 1 through 19A) of the City Council and has approved changes
to the proposed Redevelopment Plan as set forth in Resolution
No. 4359 (Changes No. 20 through 29) of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has transmitted said changes to
the Planning Commission for its report and recommendation; and
WHEREAS, all action required by law has been taken by all
appropriate public agencies;
NOW,' THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The purposes and intent of the City Council
with respect to the Project area are to:
(1) Eliminate the conditions of blight existing in
the Project area;
(2) Insure, as far as possible, that the causes of
blighting conditions will be either eliminated or protected
against;
(3) Provide for participation fer of owners in the
Project area;
(4) Encourage and insure the rebuilding and development
of the Project area;
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(5) Encourage and foster the economic revitalization of
the Project area;
(6) Relocate the owners and occupants of the Project
area as needed; and
(7) Redevelop and rebuild ~fte public facilities in the
Project area to provide safer and more efficiGnt service
for the people in the Project area and the general public
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as a whole.
SECTION 2. The Environmental Impact Report for the Central
Redevelopment Project as prepared by the Agency staff in consultation
with the City of Arcadia, and as approved by the Agency, hereby is
adopted as the report of this Council.
SECTION 3. The City Council, after considering said
Environmental Impact Report, finds that the Project will not have
any significant adverse impact on the environment.
SECTION 4. The Redevelopment Plan for the Central Redevelop-
ment Project is on file in the office of the City Clerk and dated
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a-~ar~-ftereef7-a5-f~!!y-a5-if-5e~-e~~-a~-!eft~~ft-ftereift. December,
1973, and is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part
hereof as fully as if set out at length herein.
SECTION 5. The Redevelopment Plan for the Central
Redevelopment Project as incorporated herein by reference hereby is
approved and adopted and designated the official redevelopment plan
for the Central Redevelopment Project~ area.
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SECTION 6. The city Council hereby finds and determines
that:
(1) The Project area is a blighted area, the redevelop-
ment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes
declared in the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of
California;
(2) The Redevelopment Plan for the Central Redevelop-
ment Project will redevelop the Project area in conformity
with the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California
and in the interest of the public peace, health, safety and
welfare;
(3) The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelopment
Plan for the Central Redevelopment Project is economically
sound and feasible;
(4) The Redevelopment Plan for the Central Redevelop-
ment Project conforms to the General Plan of the City of
Arcadia;
(5) The Carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan will
promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of
the City of Arcadia and will effectuate the purposes and
pOlicies of the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of
California;
(6) The condemnation of real property, as provided for
in the Redevelopment Plan for the Project area, is necessary
to the execution of the Redevelopment Plan and adequate provi-
sions have been made for payment for property to be acquired
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as provided by law;
(7) The 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;
(8) There are or are being provided in the Project area
or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to
public utilities an9 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;
(9) The City Council is satisfied that permanent housing
facilities will be available within three years from the time
any occupants of the Project area might be displaced and that
pending the development of any such facilities, there will
be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary
housing at rents comparaole to those in the community at the
time of their displacement;
(10) The Redevelopment Plan for the Project area will
afford a maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs
of the locality as a whole, for the redevelopment of such
area by private enterprise;
(II) In order to implement and facilitate the effectua-
tion of the Redevelopment Plan hereby approved and adopted,
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it is found and determined that certain official action must
be taken by the City Council 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 action, and accordingly the City Council hereby:
(a) Pledges its cooperation in helping to
carry out such Redevelopment Plan; and
(b) Requests the various officials,
departments, boards and agencies of the City
of Arcadia having administrative responsibilities
in the premises likewise to cooperate to such
end to exercise their respective functions and
powers in a manner consistent with said Redevelop-
ment Plan; and
(c) Stands ready to consider and to take
appropriate action upon proposals and measures
designed to effectuate the Redevelopment Plan.
SECTION 7. All written and oral objections to the Redevelop-
ment Plan, hereby are overruled.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk hereby is directed to send a
certified copy of this ordinance to the Agency and the Agency
hereby is vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Redevelop-
ment Plan for the Central Redevelopment Project.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk hereby is directed to record with
the County Recorder of Los Angeles County a description of. the land
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within the Project area and a statement that proceedings for the
redevelopment of the Project area have been instituted under the
California Community Redevelopment Law. The Agency hereby is
directed to effectuate recordation in compliance with the' provisions
of Section 27295 of the Government Code to the extent applicable.
SECTION 10. The Building Department of the City of Arcadia
hereby is directed for a period of two years after the effective
date of this ordinance to advise all applicants for building permits
within the Project area that the site for which a building permit
is sought for the construction of buildings or for other improvements
is within a redevelopment project area.
SECTION 11. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a
copy of the description and statement recorded by the Clerk pursuant
to Section 9 of this ordinance, a copy of this ordinance, and a map
or plat showing the boundaries of the Project area to the Auditor
and Tax Assessor of Los Angeles County, to the governing body of
each of the taxing agencies which levies taxes upon the property in
the Project area, and to the State Board of Equalization.
SECTION 12. Whenever, in the accomplishment of the
Redevelopment Plan, it becomes necessary to institute any proceeding
for change of zone, change of grade, street opening or widening or
other similar proceedings, the City will institute the proceedings,
where applicable law permits, without cost to the Agency. In no
event shall any charge be made to the Agency, or any deposit be
required of the Agency, where a charge or deposit would not be re-
quired of any other government agency.
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SECTION 13. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the
City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage and adoption thereof,
and cause the same to be published in the "Arcadia Tribune," a
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semiweekly newspaper of general circulation printed, published, and
circulated in the City of Arcadia.
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SECTION !5. 14. Since an ordinance approving and adopting
a redevelopment plan is not subject to referendum and since a city
council in adopting such an ordinance acts in an administrative
capacity and functions as an administrative arm of the State of
California according to powers delegated to it pursuant to the
Community Redevelopment Law, this Ordinance approving and adopting
the Redevelopment Plan for the Central Redevelopment Project is
effective as of the date of adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
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Arcadia held on the
e}fc
day of if2tc/~cW, 1973, by the
affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES:
Councilmen Hage, Helms, Scott, Arth
NOES:
Councilman Butterworth
ABSENT: None
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SIGNED AND APPROVED this
26th day oJ December
, 1973.
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RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA APPROVING AND ADOPTING Q
THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CENTRAL f'F" ""EE l6 V.
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WHEREAS, the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency (hereinafter
referred to as the "Agency") formulated and prepared the proposed
Redevelopment Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan") for the Central
Redevelopment Project (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia
has submitted its repo~t and recommendation reporting that the
proposed Redevelopment Plan is in conformity with the General Plan
and recommending approval of said proposed Redevelopment Plan as
the Planning Commission recommended it be changed and against
approval if the recommended change in the Project area boundary is
not made; and
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WHEREAS, the Agency adopted rules governing participation
and preference by owners in the Project area; and
WHEREAS, the Agency submitted to the City Council of the
City of Arcadia said Redevelopment Plan, accompanied by the report
of the Agency; and
WHEREAS, an Environmental Impact Report for the Central
Redevelopme~t project has been prepared by the Agency staff in
consultation with the City of Arcadia; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia
has reviewed and commented on the Environmental Impact Report as
it relates to the proposed Redevelopment Project; and
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WHEREAS, after due notice a joint public hearing was
held by the Agency and the City Council to consider the proposed
Redevelopment Plan as submitted by the Agency and as the Planning
Commission recommended it be changed, and to consider said Environ-
mental Impact Report for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved the Planning
Commission changes as set forth in Resolution No. 4358 (Changes
110. 1 through 19A) of the City Council and has approved changes
to the proposed Redevelopment Plan as set forth in Resolution
No. 4359 (Changes No. 20 through 29) of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has transmitted said changes to
the Planning Commission for its report and recommendation; and
WHEREAS, all action required by law has been taken by all
appropriate public agencies;
NOW,' THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DO
ORDAJN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The purposes and intent of the City Council
with respect to the Project area are to:
(1) Eliminate the conditions of blight existing in
the Project area;
(2) Insure, as far as possible, that the causes of
blighting conditions will be either eliminated or protected
against;
(3) Provide for participation ~er of owners in the
Project area;
(4) Encourage and insure the rebuilding and development
of the Project area;
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(5) Encourage and foster the economic revitalization of
the Project area;
(6) Relocate the owners and occupants of the Project
area as needed; and
(7) Redevelop and rebuild ~fte public facilities in the
Project area to provide safer and more effici8nt service
for the people in the Project area and the general public
as a whole.
SECTION 2. The Environmental Impact Report for the Central
Redevelopment Project as prepared by the Agency staff in consultation
with the City of Arcadia, and as approved by the Agency, hereby is
adopted as the report of this Council.
SECTION 3. The City Council, after considering said
Environmental Impact Report, finds that the Project will not have
any significant adverse impact on the environment.
SECTION 4. The Redevelopment Plan for the Central Redevelop-
ment Project is on file in the office of the City Clerk and dated
J~!~7-!9~37-afta-i5-ftereey-ifteer~era~ea-ftereift-By-refe~eftee-afta-ffiaae
a-~a~~-fte~eef7-a5-f~!!y-a5-if-5e~-e~~-a~-!eft~~ft-fiereift. December,
1973, and is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part
hereof as fully as if set out at length herein.
SECTION 5. The Redevelopment Plan for the Central
Redevelopment Project as incorporated herein by reference hereby is
approved and adopted and designated the official redevelopment plan
for the Central Redevelopment Project~ area.
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SECTION 6. The City Council hereby finds and determines
that:
(I) The Project area is a blighted area, the re~evelop-
ment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes
declared in the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of
California;
(2) The Redevelopment Plan for the Central Redevelop-
ment Project will redevelop the Project area in conformity
with the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California
and in the interest of the public peace, health, safety and
welfare;
(3) The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelopment
Plan for the Central Redevelopment Project is economically
sound and feasible;
(4) The Redevelopment Plan for the Central Redevelop-
ment Project conforms to the General Plan of the City of
Arcadia;
(5) The Carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan will
promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of
the City of Arcadia and will effectuate the purposes and
pOlicies of the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of
California;
(6) The condemnation of real property, as provided for
in the Redevelopment Plan for the Project area, is necessary
to the execution of the Redevelopment Plan and adequate provi-
sions have been made for payment for property to be acquired
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as provided by law;
(7) The 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;
(8) 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;
(9) The City Council is satisfied that permanent housing
facilities will be available within three years from the time
any occupants of the Project area might be displaced and that
pending the development of any such facilities, there will
be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary
housing at rents comparable to those in the community at the
time of their displacement;
(10) The Redevelopment Plan for the Project area will
afford a maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs
of the locality as a whole, for the redevelopment of such
area by private enterprise;
(II) In order to implement and facilitate the effectua-
tion of the Redevelopment Plan hereby approved and adopted,
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it is found and determined that certain official action must
be taken by the City Council 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 action, and accordingly the City Council hereby:
(a) Pledges its cooperation in helping to
carry out such Redevelopment Plan; and
(b) Requests the various officials,
departments, boards and agencies of the City
of Arcadia having administrative responsibilities
in the premises likewise to cooperate to such
end to exercise their respective functions and
powers in a manner consistent with said Redevelop-
ment Plan; and
(c) Stands ready to consider and to take
appropriate action upon proposals and measures
designed to effectuate the Redevelopment Plan.
SECTION 7. All written and oral objections to the Redevelop-
ment Plan, hereby are overruled.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk hereby is directed to send a
certified copy of this ordinance to the Agency and the Agency
hereby is vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Redevelop-
ment Plan for the Central Redevelopment Project.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk hereby is directed to record with
the County Recorder of Los Angeles County a description of the land
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within the Project area and a statement that proceedings for the
redevelopment of the Project area have been instituted under the
California Community Redevelopment Law. The Agency hereby is
directed to effectuate recordation in compliance with the provisions
of Section 27295 of the Government Code to the extent applicable.
SECTION 10. The Building Department of the City of Arcadia
hereby is directed for a period of two years after the effective
date of this ordinance to advise all applicants for building permits
within the Project area that the site for which a building permit
is sought for the construction of buildings or for other improvements
is within a redevelopment project area.
SECTION 11. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a
copy of the description and statement recorded by the Clerk pursuant
to Section 9 of this ordinance, a copy of this ordinance, and a map
or plat showing the boundaries of the Project area to the Auditor
and Tax Assessor of Los Angeles County, to the governing body of
each of the taxing agencies which levies taxes upon the property in
the Project area, and to the State Board of Equalization.
SECTION 12. Whenever, in the accomplishment of the
Redevelopment Plan, it becomes necessary to institute any proceeding
for change of zone, change of grade, street opening or widening or
other similar proceedings, the City will institute the proceedings,
where applicable law permits, without cost to the Agency. In no
event shall any charge be made to the Agency, or any deposit be
required of the Agency, where a charge or deposit would not be re-
quired of any other government agency.
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SECTION 13. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the
City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage and adoption thereof,
and cause the same to be published in the "Arcadia Tribune," a
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semiweekly newspaper of general circulation printed, published, and
circulated in the City of Arcadia.
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SECTION !5. 14. Since an ordinance approving and adopting
a redevelopment plan is not subject to referendum and since a city
council in adopting such an ordinance acts in an administrative
capacity and functions as an administrative arm of the State of
California according to powers delegated to it pursuant to the
Community Redevelopment Law, this Ordinance approving and adopting
the Redevelopment Plan for the Central Redevelopment Project is
effective as of the date of adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ~
'g;OUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF ARCADIA
I, CHRISTINE VAN MAANEN. the duly elected qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Arcadia, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. 1490
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as the same appears of record and on file in my office, and that I have carefully compared the same with the original.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Arcadia, thiFth
day
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December
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Arca,dia held on the 26th day of , December
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affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Hage, Helms, Scott and Arth
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Butterworth
/s/ CHRISTINE VAN MAANEN
City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 26th day of December , 1973. .
/s/ C. ROBERT ARTH
Mayor of the City of Arcadia.
ATTEST:
/s/ CHRISTINE VAN MAANEN
City Clerk
(SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
(s/ ROBERT D. OGLE
CJ.ty Attorney
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ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
FOR
CENTRAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
DECEMBER, 1973
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REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
FOR THE
CENTRAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
1. [5100] INTRODUCTION
The Redevelopment Plan ("Plan") for the Central Redevelopment
Project ("Project") consists of Part I ("Text") and Part II ("Map").
This Redevelopment Plan has been prepared by the Arcadia Redevelop-
ment Agency ("Agency") pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law
of the State of California ("Redevelopment Law"), the California
Constitution, and all applicable local laws and ordinances. The
California Community Redevelopment Law is located in the California
Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et seq.
II. [S200] PROJECT AREA BOUNDARIES
The boundaries of
area") are illustrated
hereto as Exhibit "A."
the Project area is as
the Redevelopment Project Area ("Project
on the Map, incorporated herein and attached
The legal description of the boundaries of
follows:
That certain parcel of land .in the City of Arcadia, County
of Los Angeles, State of California, described as follows:
BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION
Beginning at the intersection of the west line of
Colorado Boulevard 80 feet wide and the northeasterly
prolongation of the southerly line of Tract No. 15318
as shown on map recorded in Book 427, page 25, of Maps
of the recorder of Los Angeles County; thence easterly
along last said prolongation to the northeasterly line
of Colorado Boulevard 80 feet wide; thence southeasterly
along said Boulevard to the east right of way line of
the East branch of the Arcadia-Sierra Madre Flood Con-
trol Channel; thence south along said right of way
line to the southerly line of that parcel of land des-
cribed in deed to Maude Lapham and ~Iarie Van Horn and
recorded as Document No. 157 on June 8, 1956, in the
office of said recorder; thence easterly along the last
mentioned line and its easterly prolongation to the
east line of Santa Rosa Road; thence southerly along
the last said line to the northerly line of San Juan
Drive; thence easterly along last said line to the
westerly line of Tract No. 13154 as shown on map
recorded in Book 264, pages 3 and 4, of said map records;
thence southerly and easterly along the boundary of the
last mentioned tract to the southwest corner of Tract
No. 14744 as shown on map recorded in Book 305, pages 4
and 5, of said map records; thence easterly and north-
easterly along the southerly and northeasterly boundary
of said Tract 14744 to the most southerly southeast
corner of Tract No. 15337 as shown on map recorded in
Book 346, pages 12 and 13, of said map records; thence
northeasterly and northerly along the boundary of last
said tract to the southerly line of previously mentioned
Colorado Boulevard; thence northerly along the prolonga-
tion of last mentioned course to the northeasterly line
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad right of
way; thence northwesterly along last said line to the
southwesterly line of the Foothill (Interstate 210)
Freeway; thence southeasterly along said freeway right
of way to the Arcadia City Boundary; thence southerly
along said boundary to the southwesterly line of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad right of way;
thence northwesterly along last said line to the
easterly line of Second Avenue; thence southwesterly
along said Avenue to the easterly prolongation of the
south line of Alta Street; thence west along said
prolongation and street to the west line of Santa Anita
Avenue 100 feet wide; thence north along said west line
to the south line of Huntington Drive 80 feet wide;
thence west along last said line to the intersection
of the southeasterly line of Huntington Drive formerly
the Pacific Electric Railroad right of way; thence
southwesterly to the southeasterly prolongation of the
northeasterly line of that parcel described in the deed
to the City of Arcadia as recorded in Book 24722,
page 43, of Official Records of said County; thence
northwesterly along last said line and its westerly
prolongation to its intersection with the northwesterly'
line of Huntington Drive as described in the deed to
the City of Arcadia recorded in Book 9396, page 145, of
Official Records of said County; thence northeasterly
along last said line to the intersection of the south-
westerly line of Colorado Place; thence northwesterly
along last said line and its northwesterly prolongation
to the point of beginning.
III. [5300] PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT ACTIONS
A. [5301] GENERAL
The Agency proposes to eliminate and prevent the spread of
blight in the Project area by:
(1) Acquisition of certain real property.
(2) Demolition or removal of certain buildings and improve-
ments.
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(3) Relocation assistance to displaced residential and non-
residential occupants.
(4) Installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets,
utilities, and other public improvements.
(5) Disposition of any property acquired for uses in accord-
ance with this Plan.
(6) Redevelopment of land by private enterprise or public
agencies for uses in accordance with this Plan.
B. [S302] PROPERTY ACQUISITION
1. [S303j ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY
Except as specificly exempted herein, the Agency may
acquire, but is. not required to acquire, any real property
located in the Project area, by any means authorized by
law.
The Agency shall not within the Project area acquire
(1) interests in oil, gas or other mineral substances, or
(2) the right to extract such substances through any
opening or penetration for any purpose connected therewith
more than 500 feet from the surface.
The Agency shall not acquire real property to be retained
by an owner pursuant to a participation agreement if the
owner fully performs under the agreement. The Agency is
authorized to acquire structures without acquiring the land
upon which those structures are located. The Agency is
authorized to acquire either the entire fee or any other
interest in real property less than a fee.
The Agency shall not acquire real property on which an
existing building is to be continued on its present site
and in its present form and use without the consent of the
owner, unless (1) such building requires structural altera-
tion, improvement, modernization or rehabilitation, or
(2) the site or lot on which the building is situated
requires modification in size, shape or use, or (3) it is
necessary to impose upon such property any of the standards,
restrictions and controls of the Plan and the owner fails'
or refuses to participate in the Plan by executing a
participation agreement.
2. [S304] ACQUISITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
Generally personal property shall not be acquired. How-
ever, where necessary in the execution of this Plan, the
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Agency is authorized to acquire personal property in the
Project area by any lawful means except eminent domain.
C. [5305] PARTICIPATION BY OWNERS AND TENANTS
1. [5306J TENANT PARTICIPATION
The Agency shall extend preferences to persons who are
engaged in business in the Project area to re-enter in
business within the redevelqped area if they otherwise meet
the requirements prescribed by the Plan. The Agency shall
also extend preferences to other tenants in the Project
area if they otherwise meet the requirements prescribed
by the Plan. The Agency is authorized to permit business,
residential, institutional and semi-public tenants, if they
so desire, to purchase and develop real property in the
Project area.
2. [S 307] OWNER PARTICIPATION
The Agency is also authorized to permit persons who
are owners of residential, business and other types of real
property in the Project area to be given the opportunity
to participate in redevelopment by rehabilitation, by
retention of improvement~ or by new development by retaining
all or a portion of their properties, by acquiring adjacent
or other properties in the Project area, or by selling
their properties to the Agency and purchasing other properties
in the Project area.
In the event an owner-participant fails.or refuses to
rehabilitate or newly develop his real property pursuant to
this Plan and the agreement, the real property or any
interest therein may be acquired by the Agency and sold or
leased for rehabilitation or development in accordance
with this Plan.
If conflicts develop between the desires of partici-
pants for particular sites or land uses, the Agency is
authorized to establish reasonable priorities and preferences
among the owners and tenants.
In addition to opportunities for participation by
individual persons and firms, participation to the extent
it is feasible shall be available for two or more persons,
firms or institutions to join together in partnerships,
corporations or other joint entities.
Participation opportunities shall necessarily be
subject to and limited by such factors as the expansion of
public facilities; elimination and changing of land uses;
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realignment of streets; the ability of owners to finance
acquisition and development in accordance with the Plan;
any reduction in the total number of individual parcels
in the Project area; and development of a site for a
regional shopping center.
3. (5308] RULES FOR PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES
The Agency shall provide an opportunity to owners'and
tenants in the Project area to participate in the growth
and development of the Project area, and shall promulgate
rules for owner and tenant participation.
4. [5309] PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS
Each person desiring to become a participant shall
enter into a binding agreement with the Agency by which the
participant agrees to rehabilitate, develop or use the
property in conformance with the Plan and to be subject to
the provisions hereof. In such agreements, participants
who retain real property shall be required to join in the
recordation of such documents as are necessary to make the
provisions of this Plan applicable to their properties.
Whether or not a participant enters into a participation
agreement with the Agency the provisions of this Plan are
applicable to all public and private property in the Project
area.
D. [5310] COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC BODIES
Certain public bodies are authorized by State law to aid
and cooperate, with or without consideration, in the planning,
undertaking, construction or operation of this Project. The
Agency shall seek the aid and cooperation of such public bodies
and shall attempt to coordinate this Plan with the activities
of such public bodies in order to accomplish the purposes of
redevelopment and the highest public good.
The Agency, by law, is not authorized to acquire real property
owned by public' bodies without the consent of such public bodies.
The Agency, however, will seek the cooperation of all public
bodies which own or intend to acquire property in the Project
area. The Agency shall impose on all public bodies the planning
and design controls contained in the Plan to insure that any
future development by public bodies will conform to the require-
ments of this Plan. Any public body which owns or leases property
in the Project area will be afforded all the privileges of owner
and tenant participation if such public body is willing to enter
into a participation agreement with the Agency.
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E. (5311) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
During such time as property, if any, in the Project area is
owned by the Agency, such property shall be under the management
and control of the Agency. Such property may be rented or leased
by the Agency pending its disposition for redevelopment.
The Agency is authorized, but not required, to make payment
in lieu of property taxes to one or more taxing agencies.
The Agency shall also pay to any school district with
territory located within the Project area any amounts of money
which in the Agency's reasonable determination is appropriate to
alleviate any financial burden or detriment caused to any such
school district by the Project.
F. [5312] RELOCATION OF PERSONS DISPLACED BY THE PROJECT
1. [5313] ASSISTANCE IN FINDING OTHER LOCATIONS
The Agency shall assist all persons (including families,
business concerns and others) displaced by the Project in
finding other locations and facilities. In order to carry
out the Project with a minimum of hardship to persons dis-
placed from their homes, the Agency shall assist individuals
and families in finding housing that is decent, safe, sani-
tary, within their financial means, in reasonably convenient
locations, and otherwise suitable to their needs. The Agency
is also authorized to provide housing inside or outside the
Project area for displaced persons.
2. [5314] RELOCATION PAYMENTS
The Agency is authorized to pay all relocation payments
and to provide relocation advisory assistance to all Project
residents and business concerns that is in the best interest
of the Project and as authorized by law.
G. [5315] DEMOLITION, CLEARANCE, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS,
BUILDING AND SITE PREPARATION
1. [5316] DEMOLITION AND CLEARANCE
The Agency is authorized to demolish and clear buildings,
structures and other improvements from any real property in
the Project area as necessary to carry out the purposes of
this Plan.
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2. [~317] PUBLIC IMPROVEHENTS, PUBLIC FACILITIES,
AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
The Agency is authorized to install and construct or
to cause to be installed and constructed the public improve-
ments, pUblic facilities and public utilities (within or
outside the Project area) necessary to carry out the Plan.
Such improvements, facilities, and utilities include, but
are not limited to, over or underpasses, bridges, streets,
curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lights, sewers, storm
drains, traffic signals, electrical distribution systems,
natural gas distribution systems, water distribution systems,
parks, plazas, playgrounds, telephone systems, motor vehicle
parking facilities and landscaped areas.
3. [S318] PREPARATION OF BUILDING SITES
The Agency is authorized to prepare or cause to be pre-
pared as building sites any real property in the Project area.
H. [S319] REHABILITATION AND MOVING OF STRUCTURES
BY THE AGENCY
1. [S320] REHABILITATION
The Agency is authorized to rehabilitate or to cause
to be rehabilitated any building or structure in the Project
area. The Agency is also authorized and directed to advise,
encourage, and assist in the rehabilitation of property in
the Project area not owned by the Agency.
2. [S321] MOVING OF STRUCTURES
As necessary in carrying out this Plan and only in
accordance with applicable provisions of the City's Munici-
pal Code, the Agency is authorized to move or to cause to
be moved any standard structure or building to a location
within or outside the Project area.
I. [S322] REAL PROPERTY DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT
1. [S323] GENERAL
For the purposes of this Plan, the Agency is authorized
to sell, lease, exchange, subdivide, transfer, assign, pledge,
encumber by mortgage or deed of trust, or otherwise dispose
of any interest in real property.
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To the extent. permitted by law, the Agerrcy is authorized
to dispose of real property by negotiated leases or sales
without public.bidding.
All real property acquired by the Agency in the Project
area shall be sold or leased to public or private persons
or entities for development for ~he uses permitted in the
Plan. Real property may be conveyed by the Agency to the
City or any other public body without charge. Property
containing buildings or structures rehabilitated by the Agency
shall be offered for resale within one year after completion
of rehabilitation or an annual report concerning such
property shall be published by the Agency as required by law.
The Agency shall reserve such powers and controls in the
disposition and development documents as may be necessary to
prevent transfer, retention or use of property for specula-
tive purposes and to insure that development is carried out
pursuant to this Plan.
All purchasers or lessees of property shall be made
obligated to use the property for the purposes designated in
this Plan, to begin and complete development of the property
within a period of time which the Agency fixes as reasonable
and to comply with other conditions which the Agency deems
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Plan.
2. [~324] PURCr~SE AND DEVELOPMENT BY PARTICIPANTS
Pursuant to the provisions of this Plan and the rules
adopted by the Agency, the Agency shall offer real property
acquired by the Agency in the Project area fo.r sale to and
development by owner and tenant participants prior to the
time that real property is made available for sale to and
development by persons who are not owners or tenants in the
Project area. .
3. [~325] PURCHASE AND DEVELOPlffiNT DOCUlffiNTS
To provide adequate safeguards to ensure that the provi-
sions of this Plan will be carried out and to prevent the
recurrence of blight, all real property sold, leased or
conveyed by the Agency, as well as all property subject to
participation agreements, shall be made subject to the
provisions of this Plan by leases, deeds, contracts, agree-
ments, declarations of restrictions, provisions of the
zoning ordinance, conditional use permits or other means.
Where appropriate, as determined by the Agency, such documents
or portions thereof shall be recorded in the Office of the
Recorder of the County.
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The leases, deeds, contracts, agreements and declara-
tions of restrictions may contain restrictions, covenants,
covenants running with the land, rights of reverter, conditions
subsequent, equitable servitudes or any other provision
necessary to carry out this Plan.
All property in the Project area is hereby subject to
the restriction that there shall be no discrimination or
segregation based upon sex, race, color, age, religion,
national origin or ancestry, in the sale, lease, sublease,
transfer, use, occupancy, tenure or enjoyment of property
in the Project area. All property sold, leased, conveyed
or subject to a participation agreement shall be made
expressly subject by appropriate documents to the restriction
that all deeds, leases or contracts for the sale, lease, sub-
lease or other transfer of land in the Project area shall
contain such nondiscrimination and non segregation clauses as
are required by law.
4. [5326J DEVELOPMENT
To the extent now or hereafter permitted by law, the
Agency is authorized to pay for, develop or construct any
building, facility, structure ,or other improvement either
within or outside the Project area for itself or for any
public body or public entity to the extent that such improve-
ment would be of benefit to the Project area.
During the period of development in the Project area,
the Agency shall insure that the provisions of this Plan
and of other documents formulated pursuant to this Plan are
being observed, and that development in the Project area is
proceeding in accordance with development documents and time
schedules.
Development plans, both public and private, shall be
submitted to the Agency for approval and architectural review.
All development must conform to this Plan and all applicable
Federal, State and local laws and must receive the approval
of the appropriate public agencies.
5. [5327] PERSONAL PROPERTY DISPOSITION
For the purposes of this Plan, the Agency is authorized
to sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber
or otherwise dispose of personal property.
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IV. [5400] USES PERMITTED IN THE PROJECT AREA
A. r 5401.] HAP
In addition to illustrating the location of the Project area
boundary, the Hap also illustrates the proposed public rights-of-.
way and the proposed land uses to be permitted in the ~roject
area.
B. 15402J RESIDENTIAL USES
Low, medium and high density residential developments and
related uses are permitted in the areas so designated on the Map.
New developments in these areas shall be developed in accordance
with City standards. Except as inconsistent with this Plan, all
requirements of the City's ordinances now existing or as hereafter
amended shall apply to such developments. The population density
in these residential areas shall not exceed the following limita-
tions:
(1) 0 to 6 dwelling units per acre for low density residen-
tial areas.
(2) 7 to 12 dwelling units per acre for medium density
residential areas.
(3) 13+ dwelling units per acre for high density residential
areas.
C. [5403] Cm~1ERCIAL USES
1. Commercial Office Areas
Areas shown on the Map as Commercial Office shall be
developed for commercial ~ffice uses and related activities.
2. Commercial General Areas
Areas shown on the Map as Commercial General shall be
developed for general commercial uses. These general
commercial uses shall include but not be limited to office,
retail, service, entertainment, planned commercial and for
recreational uses, plus related ancillary uses as permitted
by the Arcadia Municipal Code.
D. [5404] INDUSTRIAL USES
Industrial uses shall be allowed in the areas as shown on
the Map. These industrial uses shall include all those industrial
uses permitted by the applicable zone in the Arcadia Municipal Code
including but not limited to uses related to research and development
facilities.
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E. [405] PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Areas shown 011 the Map as Planned Development shall be developed
in accordance with the City's Planned Development objectives and
policies. The Planned Development uses shall include office, re-
tail, hotel, recreational, limited research and industrial uses,
and limited residential uses which are developed in such a manner
-as to encourage architectural and spatial compatibility of structures
and uses. (All sections shall be re-numbered upwards in sequence
to allow for this amendment.)
ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL MAY 19, 1981
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F. [5406J MIXED USES
In the vicinity of Rolyn Place and Santa Anita Avenue, where
designated on the Map, general commercial uses and/or light indus-
trial uses may be permitted in conformance with the zoning ordinance
and the General Plan.
At the northwest corner of Duarte Road and Santa Anita
Avenue, either office use or public facilities and open space use
may be permitted, as designated in the General Plan and in conformance
with all applicable zoning regulations.
G. [5407J PUBLIC USES
1. [54 08J RIGHTS-OF-IvAY
The principal streets and highways in the Project area
are shown on the Map and are as follows:
Alta Street
Colorado Boulevard
Colorado Place
Cornell Drive
Flower Street
Front Street
Huntington Drive
Indiana Street
La Porte Street
Morlan Place
Newman Avenue
Rolyn Place
St. Joseph Street
San Rafael Road
Santa Anita Avenue
Santa Clara Street
Wheeler Avenue
Windsor Drive
First Avenue
Second Avenue
Third Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Such streets_and alleys in the Project area may be
widened, altered, abandoned or closed as necessary for proper
development of the Project. Additional public streets,
alleys and easements may be created in the project area as
needed-for proper development and circulation.
The public rights-of-way may be used for vehicular
and/or pedestrian traffic as well as for public improvements,
public and private utilities and activities typically found
in public rights-of-way.
2. [5409J PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC, OPEN SPACE, INSTITU-
TIONAL AND NONPROFIT USES
With the approval of the Agency, parking, open space,
public. semi-public, institutional and nonprofit uses may be
interspersed with other uses in any area.
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In any area in addition to these areas designated on the
Map as Open Space and Public Facilities Uses, the Agency is
authorized to permit the establishment or enlargement of
public, semi-public, open space, institutional or nonprofit
uses: including civic center buildings and facilities;
police and fire stations; park and recreational facilities,
hiking and riding trails. and facilities; libraries; schools;
hospitals; educational, fraternal, employee, philanthropic
and charitable institutions; and facilities of otner
similar associations or organizations. All such uses shall
conform so far as possible to the provisions of this Plan
applicable to the uses in the specific area involved. The
Agency shall impose such other reasonable restrictions as
are necessary to protect the development and use in the
Project area.
H. [5 41 a GENERAL CONTROLS AND LIMITATIONS
All real property in the Project area is hereby subject to
the controls and requirements of this Pla~ which controls and
requirements shall conform to and not be less than those provided
in the City's Municipal Code.
No real property shall be developed, rehabilitated or
otherwise changed after the date of the adoption of the Plan except
in conformance with the provisions of this Plan.
I. [5 4UJ NEW CONSTRUCTION
All construction in the Project area shall comply with
all applicable State and local laws in effect from time-to-
time.
All setback areas shall be landscaped and maintained
by the owner. Any portion necessary for vehicle access shall
be paved.
Parking structures and parking facilities for the joint
use of two dr more parcels of a size sufficient to meet the
combined requirements of such parcels may be constructed with
prior written approval of the Agency. No parking space
shall be located in a setback area except with prior written
approval of the Agency. Parking spaces visible from streets
shall be landscaped in accordance with the City's zoning
ordinance to prevent unsightly or barren appearance.
Adjacent properties and adjoining streets shall be shielded
from light sources for or in parking spaces.
Off-street loading facilities shall be located in a
manner to avoid interference with' public use of sidewalks
from the street.
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All off-street loading facilities shall be located at
such a depth within a completely enclosed building as to
reasonably contain and restrict the emission of noise and
light typically attributed to such function. Off-street load-
ing facilities must also be screened by landscaping to the
extent and in the manner required by the Agency.
The Agency shall establish setback, off-stre~t parking
and off-street loading requirements for all new development
within the Project area which may exceed but shall not be
less than the requirements of the City's zoning ordinance.
2. (~ 412] EXISTING NONCONFORHING USES
The Agency is authorized to permit an existing use to
remain in an existing building in good condition, which use
does not conform to the provisions of this Plan, provided
that such use is generally compatible with the developments
and uses in the Project area. The owner of such a property
must be willing to enter into a participation agreement and
agree to the imposition of such reasonable restrictions as are
necessary to protect the development and use of the Project
area.
The Agency may authorize additions, alterations, repairs
or other improvements in the Project area for uses which do
not conform to the provisions of this Plan where such improve-
ments are within a portion of the Project where, in the
determination of the Agency, such improvements would be com-
patible as interim uses with surrounding uses and development.
3. [5413] REHABILITATION
Any existing structure within the Project area which the
Agency shall approve for retention and rehabilitation shall
be repaired, altered, reconstructed or rehabilitated in such
manner that it will be safe and sound in all physical respects
and be attractive in appearance and not detrimental to the
surrounding areas.
4. [5414] LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS
The number of buildings in the Project area shall not
exceed that which is determined by the Agency and the City
Council to be consistent with redevelopment pursuant to this
Plan.
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5. [5415J APPROXI~mTE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS
The approximate number of dwelling units presently in the
Project area is estimated to be 422. All new residential
construction shall not exceed 13+ dwelling units per acre in
areas designated and permitting high-density residential
use, 12 dwelling units per acre in medium-density residential
use areas, and 6 dwelling units per acre in low-density
residential use areas.
6. [5416] LIMITATION ON TYPE, SIZE AND HEIGHT
OF BUILDINGS
The type, size and height of buildings shall be as limited
by the applicable Federal, State and local statutes, ordinances
and regulations.
7. [5 417J OPEN SPACES, LANDSCAPING, LIGHT, AIR
AND PRIVACY
The approximate amount of open space to be provided in
the Proje~t area is the total of all areas which will be the
public rights-of-way, the public grounds, the space around
buildings and all other outdoor areas not permitted to be
covered by buildings. Landscaping plans shall be submitted
to the Agency for review and approval to ensure optimum use
of living plant material.
With respect to the amount of open space to be provided
in the Project area and with regard to the maintenance of
sufficient space between buildings to provide for adequate
light, air and privacy, the requirements and controls of
this Plan shall conform to and not be less than those provided
in the City's Municipal Code.
8. [5418] SIGNS
All signs shall conform to City
now exist or are hereafter amended.
shall be submitted to the Agency for
before erection.
sign ordinances as they
Design of all new signs
review and approval
9. [5419] UTILITIES
The Agency shall require that all utilties be placed
underground when physically and economically feasible, or
when not feasible, above ground utilities may be permitted
by the Agency.
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10. [5420J INCONPilTIBLE USES
No use or structure which by reason of appearance,
traffic, smoke, glare, noise, odor or similar factors would
be incompatible with the surrounding areas or structures
shall be permitted in any part of the Project area. Within
the Project area, except with the approval of the Agency,
there shall be no extraction of oil, gas or other.mineral
substances, nor any opening or penetration for any purpose
connected herewith within 500 feet of the surface.
11. [5 42lJ NONDISCRIMINATION AND NON SEGREGATION
There shall be no discrimination or segregation based
upon sex, race, color, age, creed, religion, nationnl origin
or ancestry permitted in the sale, lease, sublease, transfer,
use, occupancy, tenure or enjoyment of property in the Project
area.
12. [5422] RESUBDIVISION OF PARCELS
After rehabilitation and development pursuant to the
Plan, no parcel in the Project area, including any parcel
retained by a conforming owner or participant, shall be
resubdivided without the approval of the Agency.
13. [5423J MINOR VARIATIONS
Under exceptional circumsta~ces, the Agency is authorized
to permit a variation from the limits, restrictions and con-
trols established by the Plan. In order to permit such
variation, the Agency must determine that:
(1) The application of certain provisions of the
Plan would result in practical difficulties or
unnecessary hardships inconsistent with the
general purpose and intent of the Plan.
(2) There are exceptional circumstances or condi-
tions applicable to the property or to the
intended development of the property which do
not apply generally to other properties having
the same standards, restrictions and controls.
(3) Permitting a variation will not be materially
detrimental to the public welfare or injurious
to property or improvements in the area.
(4) Permitting a variation will not be contrary to
the objectives of the Plan.
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In permitting any such variation, the Agency shall
impose such conditions as are necessary to protect the public
health, safety or welfare and to assure compliance with the
purposes of the Plan.
In no event, however, shall the Agency permit a variance
which violates any limit, restriction or control provided in
the City's Municipal Code.
I. [5424) DESIGN FOR DEVELOPM~NT
Within the limits, restrictions and controls established ln
the Plan, the Agency shall within 180 days of the adoption of this
Plan establish heights of buildings, land coverage, setback
requirements, design criteria, traffic circulation, traffic access,
and other development and design controls necessary for proper
development of both private and public areas within the Project
area.
No new improvement shall be constructed and no existing
improvement shall be substantially modified, altered, repaired or
rehabilitated except in accordance with architectural, landscape
and site plans' submitted to and approved in writing by the Agency.
One of the objectives of this Plan is to create an attractive and
pleasant environment in the Project area. Therefore, such plans
shall give consideration to good design, open space and other
amenities to enhance the aesthetic quality of the Project area.
The Agency shall not approve any plans that do not comply with
this Plan.
J. [5425] BUILDINGPERI1ITS
1. [5 42 6J REVIE\'1 OF APPLICATIONS FOR ISSUANCE OF
PERNITS
No permit shall be issued for the construction of any
new building or for any construction on an existing building
in the Project area from the date of adoption of this Plan
until the application for such permit has been processed in
the manner herein provided. Any such permit that is issued
must be in conformance with the provisions of this Plan.
Upon receipt by the City of an application for permit
the Executive Director of the Agency shall be requested by
the City to review the application to determine what effect,
if any, the issuance thereof would have upon the Plan.
\~i thin ten days thereaf ter, said E:{ecuti ve Director, after
conferring with the Planning Director, shall file with the
City a written report setting forth Ilis finding of fact, but
not limited to the following:
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(1) Whether the proposed improvements would be com-
patible with the stand~rds and other requirements
set forth in the Plan; and
(2) What modifications, if any, in the proposed
improvements would be necessary in order to meet
the requirements of the Plan.
After receipt of said report or after said ten-day
period, whichever occurs first, the City may allow the
issuance of the permit \olith conditions; or shall withhold
the issuance of the permit if the Executive Director finds
that the proposed improvement does not meet the requirements
of the Plan. Within five (5) days after allowing or with-
holding issuance of the permit the City shall notify by
certified mail the applicant and the Executive Director of its
decision.
The applicant shall appeal the decision to the City
Council \olithin fifteen (15) days after notification of the
decision or the: decision becomes final.
K. [5427] CONFORHITY \nTH THE NUNICIPAL CODE
Notwithstanding anything provided to the contrary in the Plan,
all uses, limits, restrictions, controls, requirements and criteria
established in the Plan or by the Agency pursuant to the Plan,
shall at least meet the minimum standards provided in the City's
Municipal Code; and no building permit or plan for the development,
construction or rehabilitation of improvements shall be approved
by the Agency which is not in conformity with the City's Municipal
Code.
v. [5500J METHODS FOR FINANCING 'rEE PROJECT
A. [5501] GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED
FINANCING ~illTHODS
The Agency is authorized to finance this Project with financial
assistance from the City, State of California, property tax
increments, interest income, Agency bonds or any other available
source, public or private.
Advances and loans for survey and planning and for the
operating capital for nominal administration of this Project have
been and are to be provided by the City until adequate tax incre-
ments or other funds are available or sufficiently assured to
repay the loans and to permit borrowing adequate working capital
from sources other than the City. The City as it is able may also
supply additional assistance through City loans and grants for
various public facilities.
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As available, gas tax funds from the State of California
and the County of Los Angeles will be used for the street system.
Also all or a portion of the parking may be installed through a
parking authority or otherwise.
The Agency is authorized to issue bonds from time-to-time if
it deems appropriate to do so.
The Agency is authorized to obtain advances, borrow funds
and create indebtedness in carrying out this Plan. The principal
and interest on $~ch advances, funds and indebtedness may be paid
from tax increments- or any other funds available to the Agency.
B. [5502] TAX INCREHENTS
All taxes levied upon taxable property within the Project
area each year by or for the benefit of the State of California,
County of Los Angeles, City of Arcadia, any district or other
public corporation (hereinafter sometimes called "taxing agencies")
after the effective date of the ordinance approving this Redevelop-
ment Plan, shall be divided as follows:
(1) That portion of the taxes which would be produced by
the rate upon which the tax is levied each year by or
for each of said taxing agencies upon the total sum of
the assessed value of the taxable property in the
Redevelopment Project as shown upon the assessment roll
used in connection with the taxation of such property
by such taxing agency, last equalized prior to the
effective date of such ordinance, shall be allocated
to 'and when collected shall be paid into the funds of
the respective taxing agencies as taxes by or for said
taxing agencies on all other property are paid (for the
purpose of allocating taxes levied by or for any taxing
agency or agencies which did not include the territory of
the Project on the effective date of such ordinance but
to which such territory is annexed or otherwise included
after such effective date, the assessment roll last
equalized on the effective date of said ordinance shall
be used in determining the assessed valuation of the
taxable property in the Project on said effective date) I
and
(2) That portion of said levied taxes each year in excess of
such amount shall be allocated to and when collected
shall be paid into a special fund of the Agency to pay
the principal of and interest on bonds, loans, monies
advanced to, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded,
assumed or otherwise) incurred by the Agency to finance
or refinance, in whole or in part, this Redevelopment
Project. Unless and until the total assessed value of
the taxable property in the Project exceeds the total
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assessed value of the taxable property in the Project
as shown by the last equalized assessment roll referred to
in paragraph (1) hereof, all of the taxes levied and
collected upon the taxable property in the Project shall
be paid into the funds of the respective taxing agencies.
When said bonds, loans, advances and indebtedness, if
any, and interest thereon, have been paid, all monies
thereafter received from taxes upon the taxable property
in the Project shall be paid into the funds of the
respective taxing agencies as taxes on all other property
are paid.
The portion of taxes mentioned in paragraph (2), above,
are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the
principal of and interest on the advance of monies, or
making of loans, or the incurring of any indebtedness
(whether funded, refunded, assumed or otherwise) by the
Agency to finance or refinance the Project in whole or
in part.
The Agency 15 authorized to make such pledges as to
specific advances, loans and indebtedness as appropriate
in carrying out the Project.
C. [5503] OTHER LOANS AND GW\NTS
Any other loans, grants, guarantees or financial assistance
from the United states or any other public or private source may be
utilized if available.
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VI. [5600J ACTIONS BY THE CITY
The City shall aid and cooperate with the Agency in carrying
out this Plan and shall take all actions necessary to ensure the
continued fulfillment of the purposes of this Plan and to prevent
the recurrence or spread in the area of conditions causing blight.
Action by the City may include, but is not limited to, the
following:
A. Institution and completion of proceedings for opening,
closing, vacating, widening or changing the grades of streets,
alleys and other public rights-of-way, and for other necessary
modifications of the streets, the street layout and other public
rights-of-way in the Project area. Such action by the City shall
include the requirements of abandonment and relocation by the
public utility companies of their operations in public rights-of-
way as appropriate to carry out this Plan.
B. Institution and completion of proceedings necessary for
changes and improvements in publicly owned public utilities
within or affecting the Project area.
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C. Revision of .the zoning within the Project area to permit
the land uses and development authorized by this Plan.
D. Performance of the above, and of all other functions and
services relating to public health, safety and physical development
normally rendered in accordance with a schedule which will permit
the redevelopment of the Project area to be commenced and carried.
to completion without unnecessary delays.
VII. [3700) ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PLAN
The administration and enforcement of this Plan including
the preparation and execution of any documents implementing this
Plan shall be performed by the Agency and/or the City.
When reference is made in this Plan to the Executive Director
concerning acts to be performed under this Plan, such acts shall be
performed by the Executive Director or his nominee.
The provisions of this Plan or other documents entered into
pursuant to this Plan may also be enforced by court litigation
instituted by either the Agency or the City. Such remedies may
include but are not limited to specific performance, damages,
re-entry, injunctions or any other remedies appropriate to the
purposes of this Plan. In addition, any recorded provisions
which are expressly for the benefit of owners of property in the
Project area may be enforced by such owners.
VIII. [3800) PROCEDURE FOR AMENDMENT
This Plan may be amended by means of the procedure established
in Sections 33450-33458 of the Community Redevelopment Law or by any
other procedure established by law.
IX. [3900) NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT ELEMENT
The Project area does contain low and moderate-income housing.
The impact of the Project upon the residents of the Project area
and surrounding areas has been described with specificity in the
draft Environmental Impact Report which the Agency has prepared as
the lead agency in this Project and placed on file with the City
Clerk in conjunction with this Plan.
Relocation: By using rehabilitation of existing structures
through owner participation agreements, the Agency plans to minimize
relocation of residential owners and occupants. If, however,
parcels are needed for the construction of public improvements
or to successfully implement this Plan, relocation will be unavoid-
able. No specific estimate can be made at this time of the
number of parcels and residents that could be so affected.
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Traffic Circulation: Traffic circulation in residential
areas, while generally adequate, requires some modification.
Construction and installation of pedestrain walkways and signal
devices will increase safety in these areas. The installation of
adequate arterial traffic controls and the provision for increased
parking and the improvements to be made to First Avenue will
encourage more commercially oriented circulation in the commercial
use areas along First Avenue, Huntington Drive and Duarte Road.
The provision of railroad over and underpasses will increase
vehicular and pedestrian safety while providing for better traffic
circulation.
Environmental Qualitf: The short run impact of the Project
may be negative because 0 the traffic, noise and debris associated
with rehabilitation and construction. However, after the develop-
ment is completed, the aesthetic improvements throughout the
Project, coupled with the decrease in traffic circulation in the
residential areas and the provisions for the installation of
pedestrian walkways and signal devices and adequate arterial
traffic controls, will be significant improvements of environmental
quality.
Availabilit of Communit Facilities and Services: Improved
trafflc clrculatlon wlll permlt greater access to t e municipal
services within and without the Project area. Sidewalks to be
installed will definitely improve pedestrian movement and safety.
Improvements to the Arcadia County Park will expand and make more
available and accessible community facilities and services in the
Project area and in the community. . The development of new commercial
uses and the development of the Fashion Park Regional Shopping
Center will create convenient and additional shopping and services
to both the Project area and the City of Arcadia.
of Education: The
use 0 reha 1 ltatlon 0 eXlstlng resl entla dwe lngs ln conjunc-
tion with the development of multi-family dwellings, where such
uses are permitted (which multi-family residential uses are antici-
pated to produce a lesser impact on school population than single-
family residential uses), indicate that the Project will have
little effect on the school population.
Property Assessments and Taxes: The improvements to real
property will probably result in higher assessed values. The
increase will probably be greater for commercial use properties and
presently undeveloped property than for properties with existing
residential uses. Because of recent property tax reform legisla-
tion, no accurate projection of tax rates can be made. The intent
of such legislation, however, was to reduce real property tax
rates.
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Other Matters Affecting the Physical and Social Quality of
the Neighborhood: To the extent that portions of the Project area
are underdeveloped and improvements projects are currently under
construction or committed, change and development are going to come
in the Project area notwithstanding the adoption of a redevelopment
plan for the area. The adoption of a redevelopment plan and
its implementation by the Agenc~ in cooperation with other entitie~
including the Project Area Committee, are means of assuring
community control of the manner in which the inevitable changes
will effect the physical and social quality of the neighborhood.
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