Article 10. Demolition, Clearance, Project Improvements, And Site Preparation of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 24. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 10.

An agency may clear or move buildings, structures, or other improvements from any real property acquired.

Within a project area, for any project undertaken by an agency for building rehabilitation or alteration in construction, an agency may take those actions which the agency determines necessary and which is consistent with local, state, and federal law, to provide for seismic retrofits as follows:
  (a) For unreinforced masonry buildings, to meet the requirements of Appendix Chapter A1 of the current California Existing Building Code (Part 10 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations).
  (b) For any buildings that qualify as "historical property" under Section 37602, to meet the requirements of the State Historical Building Code (Part 2.7 (commencing with Section 18950) of Division 13) and the current California Historical Building Code (Part 8 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations).
  (c) For buildings other than unreinforced masonry buildings and historical properties, to meet the requirements of Appendix A: Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings of the International Existing Building Code unless superseding building standards for existing buildings are adopted in the California Building Code (Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations). If an agency undertakes seismic retrofits and proposes to add new territory to the project area, to increase either the limitation on the number of dollars to be allocated to the redevelopment agency or the time limit on the establishing of loans, advances, and indebtedness established pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of Section 33333.2, to lengthen the period during which the redevelopment plan is effective, to merge project areas, or to add significant additional capital improvement projects, as determined by the agency, the agency shall amend its redevelopment plan and follow the same procedure, and the legislative body is subject to the same restrictions, as provided for in Article 4 (commencing with Section 33330) for the adoption of a plan.

Within a project area, an agency may take any actions that the agency determines are necessary to remove graffiti from public or private property upon making a finding that, because of the magnitude and severity of the graffiti within the project area, the action is necessary to effectuate the purposes of the redevelopment plan, and that the action will assist with the elimination of blight, as defined in Section 33031.

An agency may develop as a building site any real property owned or acquired by it. In connection with such development it may cause, provide or undertake or make provision with other agencies for the installation, or construction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds and other public improvements necessary for carrying out in the project area the redevelopment plan.

Without the prior consent of the legislative body, the agency may not use its authority under Section 33421 to develop a site for industrial or commercial use so as to provide streets, sidewalks, utilities, or other improvements which an owner or operator of the site would otherwise be obliged to provide. In giving consent, the legislative body shall make a finding that the provision of such improvements is necessary to effectuate the purposes of the redevelopment plan.

To the greatest extent feasible, contracts for work to be performed in connection with any redevelopment project shall be awarded to business concerns which are located in, or owned in the substantial part by persons residing in, the project area.

To insure training and employment opportunities for lower-income project area residents, the agency may specify in the call for bids for any contract over one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for work to be performed in connection with any redevelopment project that project area residents, if available, shall be employed for a specified percentage of each craft or type of workmen needed to execute the contract or work.

Before awarding any contract for such work to be done in a project, the agency shall ascertain the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which the work is to be performed, for each craft or type of workman needed to execute the contract or work, and shall specify in the call for bids for the contract and in the contract such rate and the general prevailing rate for regular holiday and overtime work in the locality, for each craft or type of workman needed to execute the contract.

The contractor to whom the contract is awarded and any subcontractor under him shall pay not less than the specified prevailing rate of wages to all workmen employed in the execution of the contract.

As a penalty to the agency which awarded the contract, the contractor shall forfeit ten dollars ($10) for each calendar day or portion thereof for each workman paid less than the stipulated prevailing rates for any public work done under the contract by him or by any subcontractor under him. A stipulation to this effect shall be included in the contract.

Each contractor and subcontractor shall keep an accurate record showing the name, occupation, and actual per diem wages paid to each workman employed by him in connection with the work. The record shall be kept open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of the agency.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 33391, 33430, 33433, and 33445, or any other provision of this part, an agency shall not provide any form of direct assistance to:
  (a) An automobile dealership which will be or is on a parcel of land which has not previously been developed for urban use, unless, prior to the effective date of the act that adds this section, the agency either owns the land or has entered into an enforceable agreement, for the purchase of the land or of an interest in the land, including, but not limited to, a lease or an agreement containing covenants affecting real property, that requires the land to be developed and used as an automobile dealership.
  (b) (1) A development that will be or is on a parcel of land of five acres or more which has not previously been developed for urban use and that will, when developed, generate sales or use tax pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, unless the principal permitted use of the development is office, hotel, manufacturing, or industrial, or unless, prior to the effective date of the act that adds this section, the agency either owns the land or has entered into an enforceable agreement, for the purchase of the land or of an interest in the land, including, but not limited to, a lease or an agreement containing covenants affecting real property, that requires the land to be developed.
  (2) For the purposes of this subdivision, a parcel shall include land on an adjacent or nearby parcel on which a use exists that is necessary for the legal development of the parcel.
  (c) A development or business, either directly or indirectly, for the acquisition, construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or replacement of property that is or would be used for gambling or gaming of any kind whatsoever including, but not limited to, casinos, gaming clubs, bingo operations, or any facility wherein banked or percentage games, any form of gambling device, or lotteries, other than the California State Lottery, are or will be played.
  (d) The prohibition in subdivision (c) is not intended to prohibit a redevelopment agency from acquiring property on or in which an existing gambling enterprise is located, for the purpose of selling or leasing the property for uses other than gambling, provided that the agency acquires the property for fair market value.
  (e) This section shall not be construed to apply to agency assistance in the construction of public improvements that serve all or a portion of a project area and that are not required to be constructed as a condition of approval of a development described in subdivision (a), (b), or (c), or to prohibit assistance in the construction of public improvements that are being constructed for a development that is not described in subdivision (a), (b), or (c).

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a redevelopment agency shall not provide any form of financial assistance to a vehicle dealer or big box retailer, or a business entity that sells or leases land to a vehicle dealer or big box retailer, that is relocating from the territorial jurisdiction of one community to the territorial jurisdiction of another community but within the same market area.
  (b) As used in this section:
  (1) "Big box retailer" means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that will generate sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).
  (2) "Community" and "territorial jurisdiction" have the meanings specified in Sections 33002 and 33120, respectively.
  (3) "Financial assistance" includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
  (A) Any appropriation of public funds, including loans, grants, or subsidies or the payment for or construction of parking improvements.
  (B) Any tax incentive, including tax exemptions, rebates, reductions, or moratoria of a tax, including any rebate or payment based upon the amount of sales tax generated from the vehicle dealer or big box retailer.
  (C) The sale or lease of real property at a cost that is less than fair market value.
  (D) Payment for, forgiveness of, or reduction of fees.
  (4) (A) "Market area" means a geographical area that is described in independent and recognized commercial trade literature, recognized and established business or manufacturing policies or practices, or publications of recognized independent research organizations as being an area that is large enough to support the location of the specific vehicle dealer or the specific big box retailer that is relocating.
  (B) With respect to a vehicle dealer, a "market area" shall not extend further than 40 miles, as measured by the most reasonable route on roads between two points, starting from the location from which the vehicle dealer is relocating and ending at the location to which the vehicle dealer is relocating.
  (C) With respect to a big box retailer, a "market area" shall not extend further than 25 miles, as measured by the most reasonable route on roads between two points, starting from the location from which the big box retailer is relocating and ending at the location to which the big box retailer is relocating.
  (5) "Relocating" means the closing of a vehicle dealer or big box retailer in one location and the opening of a vehicle dealer or big box retailer in another location within a 365-day period when a person or business entity has an ownership interest in both the vehicle dealer or big box retailer that has closed or will close and the one that is opening. "Relocating" does not mean and shall not include the closing of a vehicle dealer or big box retailer because the vehicle dealer or big box retailer has been or will be acquired or has been or will be closed as a result of the use of eminent domain.
  (6) "Vehicle dealer" means a retailer that is also a dealer as defined by Section 285 of the Vehicle Code.
  (c) This section does not apply to agency assistance in the construction of public improvements that serve all or a portion of a project area and that are not required to be constructed as a condition of approval of the vehicle dealer or big box retailer. This section also does not prohibit assistance in the construction of public improvements that are being constructed for a development other than the vehicle dealer or big box retailer.
  (d) This section shall not apply to any financial assistance provided by a redevelopment agency pursuant to a lease, contract, agreement, or other enforceable written instrument entered into between the redevelopment agency and a vehicle dealer, big box retailer, or a business entity that sells or leases land to a vehicle dealer or big box retailer, if the lease, contract, agreement, or other enforceable written instrument was entered into prior to December 31, 1999.