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HomeMy WebLinkAbout46-Public Works .. 'cITY OF SAN BE~ARDINoJ - MEMORANDuM Subject Item No. 24 on 10-7-85 Agenda -- Removal of Traffic Signals at 3rd Street and ,.t. View Avenue ROGER G. HARDGRAVE, Dir. of From Publ ic Uorks/City Engineer Date 10- 9-85 File No. 13.95 To THE HONORABLE "AYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL Approved Date This item was continued until 10-21-85 in order to allow for an official notice to the County and Caltrans. A letter will be sent to ~r. Robert Rigney, County Administrative Officer, and Mr. Bill Edmonds, District Director, Caltrans, advising them of the proposed removal of these traffic signals and eliciting conunents. These agencies will have an opportunity to respond by the Council Meeting of 10-21-85. rJA ROGER G. HARDGRAVE Director of Public Works/City Engineer RGH:rs cc: John '~atzer, Jr. Peter Liu elFY 011 FH.:M~ -It. ,,/ . l ~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 \.> 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "-., ....... ,-/ ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ESTABLISHING INCENTIVES TO BE GRANTED CERTAIN BUSINESSES AND CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE ENTERPRISE ZORE, Am> AMENDING TITLE 19 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPROVAL OF PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS WITHIN COMMERCIAL ZONES IN ENTERPRISE ZONES, AND TO MODIPY SETBACK AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN ENTERPRISE ZONES. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 3.18 is hereby added to the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read: .CHAPTER 3.18 ENTERPRISE ZONE INCENTIVES 3.18.010 Incentives. Each new business and each expanding business within the Enterprise Zone established by resolution of the City of San Bernardino pursuant to Assembly Bill 40, Chapter 45 of the Statutes of 1984, shall qualify for the tax exemptions, fee exemptions, and relaxations of the building codes, zoning laws, and general development restrictions provided for herein, to the extent and for the period specified herein. 3.18.020 Purpose. The incentives set forth in this chapter are granted pursuant to Chapter 45 of the Statutes of 1984, and are established for the purposes authorized by Chapter 45 of the Statutes of 1984, and are established for the purposes authorized by Chapter 12.8 of the Government Code of the State of California, being Government Code Sections 7070 through 7077, inclusive. 3.18.030 Definitions. 1 . \, 10 11 12 13 ]4 "--, ]5 16 17 ]8 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ~. -, ........ ,", 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A. 'Commercial area' as used in this chapter is the commercial area established within the Enterprise Zone as described in a resolution of the City of San Bernardino. B. 'Industrial area' as used in this chapter is the industrial area established within the Enterprise Zone as described in a resolution of the City of San Bernardino. C. 'New business' as used in this chapter is any business which is start-up in nature or an existing business which has been relocated to San Bernardino from another area. A business which has been sold, resulting in a change of ownership, will not be considered a new business. D. 'Expanding business' as used in this chapter is any business which meets the criterion of paragraph 3 below, as well as the criteria in either paragraph 1 or 2. 1. A physical move of an existing business into a new location within the designated commercial area that results in at least fifty percent increase of permanent, full-time employees or an increase of two permanent, full-time employees, whichever is larger, within three years from the date of the move. 2. A physical expansion of existing facilities which results in at least a fifty percent increase of permanent, full- time employees or an increase of two permanent, full-time employees, whichever is larger, within three years from date of completion of expansion. 3. Employees filling the positions added in paragraphs 1 or 2 above must be residents of the City of San Bernardino and have been on the job for at least nine months. 2 .. , \., ~- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 I 25 26 27 28 \,- ,-..... ...../ E. 'Housing rehabilitation' as used in this chapter refers to construction involving home improvement through remodeling involving actual structural repairs and rehabilitation or through physical addition of rooms onto structures presently in existence within the Enterprise Zone of the City, when such structures are used for single-family or multi-family residential purposes; such construction shall fall within the scope of this definition only if the portion of the structure actually being rehabilitated or expanded is brought substantially into compliance with all applicable codes and ordinances. F. 'In-fill housing' as used in this chapter is single- family home construction built on vacant lots in neighborhoods existing at the time of adoption of this chapter, or built on lots where existing structures are demolished or removed for the I construction of single-family homes. 3.18.040 Rebates - Commercial area. During the first three years of the life of the Enterprise Zone, City shall rebate to qualifying new or expanding businesses located within the Commercial Area of the Enterprise Zone, upon application, the following: A. One hundred percent rebate of utility service users taxes collected by City from the business enterprise during that period for service used during that period under the provisions of Chapter 3.44 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code as applied to users of telephone, electricity, natural gas and cable television service. B. One hundred percent rebate of the business license tax imposed during that period upon the business enterprise under Chapter 5.04 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code. 3 . ..../ ~ ~- v ...-' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 C. For new businesses only, twenty-five percent of the total water bill collected by the San Bernardino Board of Water Commissioners from the new business during that period. Only the water portion of such bill shall be considered for such rebate. D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B above, the rebate to be granted to any expanding business shall be based on the stated percentage of the increase of such tax over and above a base amount, which base amount shall be the total amount of each such tax paid by that business during the twelve-month period immediately preceding such expansion. 3.18.050 Fee exemptions - Commercial area. During the first three years of the life of the Enterprise Zone, new businesses and expanding business in the designated Commercial Area shall be exempt from all engineering fees, planning fees, building permit fees and mechanical fees imposed by the City. Storm drain and sewer capacity fee charges are expressly not exempted. 3.18.060 Rebates - industrial area. During the first year of operation of any new industrial business located within the industrial area of the Enterprise Zone, City shall rebate to qualifying new businesses, upon application, the following: A. Twenty-five percent of the utility service users' taxes paid by such business under Chapter 3.44 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code, relating to telephone, electricity, natural gas and cable television use during that period. B. Twenty-five percent of the business license tax paid by such business for the period under the provisions of Chapter 5.04 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code.- 4 ., . .~ ".;' ,...1 3.18.070 Fee exemptions - in-fill and rehabilitation. In-fill housing and housing rehabilitation projects within the Enterprise Zone shall be exempt from all engineering fees, planning fees, building permit fees and mechanical fees imposed by the City. Storm drain and sewer capacity fee charges are expressly not exempt. SECTION 2. Section 19.18.020 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code is amended to read: -19.18.020 Creation. There is created the PRO planned residential development district. Whenever placed on the land use zoning map as the 11 primary district, PRO shall be indicated as the district 12 designation of the area over which it is placed, and the 13 provisions of said PRO district shall apply. Alternatively, PRO 14 may be used in conjunction with other residential or commercial 15 districts as an overlay district to control common areas, to 16 establish standards for lot maintenance, or to establish suitable 17 development standards as provided herein.- 18 SECTION 3. Section 19.26.025 is added to the San Bernardino 19 Municipal Code to read: 20 -19.26.025 Additional uses permitted. 21 dd' t' h . d . h' . In a 1 10n to t e uses perm1tte W1t 1n C-2 commun1ty 22 commercial districts as specified in Section 19.26.020, PRO 23 planned residential development districts as overlay districts 24 shall be permitted in C-2 community commercial districts when the 25 area proposed for such PRO use is within an Enterprise Zone 26 established by the City.- 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 , ~ , t,-_ ,j ..... .#' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SECTION 4. Section 19.28.025 is added to the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read: -19.28.025 Additional uses permitted. In addition to the uses permitted within C-3 general commercial districts as specified in Section 19.28.020, PRO planned residential development districts as overlay districts shall be permitted in C-3 general commercial districts when the area proposed for such PRO use is within an Enterprise Zone established by the City.- SECTION 5. Section 19.54.080 is added to the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read: -19.54.080 Lots or parcels in enterprise zone. In each block in the Enterprise Zone where fifty percent or more of the frontage on a side of a given street is already built up on the effective date of this section, the average distance from the building front to the property line of existing buildings shall be determined to be the setback line. If less than fifty percent of such frontage is built up, the average distance from the building front to the property lines of the two nearest buildings on the same side of the street shall be determined to be the setback line. If no such buildings exist within 500 feet of the subject property, the setback line shall be as established in Section 19.54.010.- SECTION 6. Subsection B is added to Section 19.56.040 to read: -8. In the Enterprise Zone, where fifty percent or more of existing uses within 250 feet each way on the same side of the street fail to meet current parking requirements, the parking 6 . -Jj 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ~- 28 '" , , requirements imposed upon a proposed use shall not exceed the percentage of current parking. requirements met by the average of the existing uses within 250 feet each way on the same side of the street. The provisions of this section shall prevail over any conflicting provisions of this chapter.- I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the day of , 1985, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members NAYS: ABSENT: City Clerk of The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this , 1985. day Mayor of the City of San Bernardino Approved as to form: City Attorney 7