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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 0990.- . .. w ORDINANCE NO. 990 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 945, AS AMENDED, AND THE OFFICIAL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA "A." WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 945 the City Council of the City of Lynwood has adopted a Redevelopment Plan for Redevelop- ment of Project Area "A" (the Lynwood Commercial Area); and WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 960, said City Council adopted an amendment to said Redevelopment Plan, enlarging the area thereof; and WHEREAS, on June 17, 1975, the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency adopted its Resolution of Intention, Resolution No. , declaring its intention to again amend the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area "A" by enlarging the territory included therein; and WHEREAS, the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency and the City Council of the City of Lynwood have called, duly noticed, and conducted a joint public hearing with respect to said proposed amendment; and WHEREAS, the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency and this City Council have considered all relevant testimony pertaining to said proposed amendment; and WHEREAS, no written objections to said proposed amendment were delivered to the City Clerk prior to the hour set forth at said hearing, and no oral objections to said plan were presented during the hearing, or, in the alternative, such written andoral objections as have been presented to the aforesaid bodies pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law have been and hereby are over- ruled by this City Council, NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby does find, determine, and ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The Official Redevelopment Plan for Redevelop- ment Project Area "A" as heretofore amended, is amended by adding land to and increasing the boundaries o£ said Project Area to include all lands and properties described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein. SECTION 2. Redevelopment Project Area "A," as amended by Section 1 hereof, is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the Community Redevelopment Law. SECTION 3. The Of£icial Redevelopment Plan for Project Area "A" wou-~velop said Project Area "A," as amended in con- formity with the Community Redevelopment Law and in the interests of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare. (b) The governing body of each of the taxing agencies which levy taxes upon any property in said Project Area; and, (c) The State Board of Equalization. SECTION 4. The adoption and carrying out of the Official Redevelopment Plan, as amended, is economically sound and feasible. SECTION 5. The Official Redevelopment Plan, as amended, conforms to the General Plan of the City of Lynwood. SECTION 6. The carrying out of the Official Redevelop- ment Plan, as amended, would promote the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the City of Lynwood and would effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law. SECTION 7. To the extent that the condemnation of real property is provided for in the O£ficial Redevelopment Plan, as amended, said condemnation is necessary to the execution thereof; and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law. SECTION 8. The rehousing and relocation of families and persons displaced from the Project Area "A" as amended, have been provided for by a plan for relocation adopted by the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency. There are other areas not generally leas desirable than Project Area "A," as amended, in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, with available, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons displaced from said project area, and reasonably accessible to their places of employ- ment. The Council is satis£ied that permanent housing facilities are now available and will be available at the time occupants of the project area are displaced. SECTION 9. In approving and adopting the aforesaid Amendment to the Of£icial Redevelopment Plan, it is the purpose and intent of this City Council to eliminate and to prevent the spread of blight in the community and to encourage, promote, and stimulate the redevelopment of Project Area "A," as amended, as a commercial and professional area. SECTION 10. The City Clerk hereby is authorized and directed to forward to the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency a certified copy of this Ordinance~ Said City Clerk is further authorized and directed to record with the County Recorder of the County of Los Angeles a description of the land within Project Area "A," as amended, and a statement that proceedings £or the redevelopment of said Project Area have been instituted under the provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law. Said City Clerk is further authorized and directed to forward, before January 1, 1976, copies of Ordinance Nos. 945 and 960 and this ordinance, a map indicating the boundaries of Project Area "A," as amended, and a description of the land within said Project Area "A," as amended, to: (a) The Auditor and Tax Assessor of the County of Los Angeles; (b) The governing body of each of the taxing agencies which levy taxes upon any property in said Project Area; and, (c) The State Board of Equalization. 2. ~ SECTION 11. For a period of two (2) years following the adoption of this Ordinance, all applicants for building permits in Project Area "A," as amended, shall be advised by the Building Department of the City of Lynwood that the site for which a build- ing permit is sought is within a redevelopment project area. SECTION 12. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Lynwood. SECTION 13. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance, or the application hereof to any person or place, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent juris- diction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the re- maining portions of this ordinance or its application to other persons or places. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each section, subsection, sub- division, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions, or the application thereof to any person or place, be declared invalid or unconstitu- tional. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the5th day of August , 1975, and finally adopted and order published at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 19thday of August , 1975, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN Byork, Green, Liewer, Morris, Rowe. NOES: COUNCILMEN None. ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None. G Mayor o C1ty o Lyn od ATTEST: ~~ 7~~.~=e~L,lC_.~; ~i"~,~L/'/r~~if~/ „ City Clerk, City Lynwo~- 3. S`l'I~TIi, OI~' C1111.i''0'•_???I;4 ) . ss. cOUC;T'r" 01~' IOS P.i?r,i?Li;S > ~ 1~ i,LtC' i]I~~r^~'C.1~(tlG:~.; C~i .' ~1L`I'i: O~' i-:h~l f;l_LV Gi' Lynvaood, ~n~ ea-~oi fic ~_o cler]r of 'Lhe C'ounci 1 of' said c-i_t5~ , do tiei•~~b5~ certiS;; f;l~at the abv~-E ~s a frt~e a.nd correcti ~opy o£ Or~~ir.a;,:c^ "do. 990 adopted b~ tne: C9t;;~ Coi~ncil, of t;he Cii,,y of Lyrii^roo<1, and th~3.t same was pa~ved. cr~ thc dat.e and by the voLe th°rei.n staLeQ. DaLed this 20th ciay of _ August , 1975,__• ~~ / ~ /~ / T~[ cs_~1Lt-~_?~~ `-~ C~-C~'~C~ ~'City Cler l., Ci~,s~ of 1~ynt~rood