HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 6341 RESOLUTION NO. 6341.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ESTABLISH A
PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA
TO BE KNOWN AS THE
HUNTINGTON BEACH DOWNTOWN
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of
1989 , codified at Streets and Highways Code § 36500 et seq. (the
"Act") authorizes cities to establish parking and business
improvement areas for the purpose of imposing benefit
assessments on businesses for certain purposes; and
Business owners in downtown have requested this City Council
to establish such an improvement area.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach does hereby resolve, determine and find as follows :
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach hereby declares its intention to establish a parking and
business improvement area named the Huntington Beach Downtown
Business Improvement District (the "District") pursuant to the
Act .
SECTION 2. The proposed boundaries of the District,
including the designation of separate benefit zones, are set
forth in Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3 . The proposed uses to which the revenue from
the District will be put are the following improvements and
activities :
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a. General promotion of business activities within
the District.
b. Promotion of public events which are to take place
on or in public places in the District .
C. Decoration of any public place in the District.
d. Furnishing of music in any public place in the
District.
e. Other activities which benefit businesses located
and operating within the District.
SECTION 4 . The City Council intends to levy a benefit
assessment on all businesses, trades and professions, including
new businesses, located within the boundaries and benefit zones,
as applicable, within the Oistrict, as shown in Exhibit A
hereof, in the amounts set forth on Exhibit B hereof, which is
incorporated by reference herein.
SECTION 5 . Except where funds are otherwise available,
an assessment to pay for all specified improvements and
activities within the District will be levied annually following
a public hearing and adoption of a resolution by the City
Council .
SECTION 6 . A public hearing shall be held before the
City Council on _ March 2. 1999 at 7:00 _ p.m. , or as
soon thereafter as this mat�Ler may be heard, in the Council
Chambers of the City Hall, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach,
California, at which time the Council will hear all interested
persons for or against the establishment of the District, the
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extent of the District, and the furnishing of specified types of
improvements or activities. Protests may be made orally or in
writing but if written, shall be filed with the City Clerk at or
before the time fixed for the hearing and contain sufficient
documentation to verify business ownership and validate the
particular protest. If written protests are received by the
owners of businesses within the District which will pay 50% or
more of the total assessments to be levied, no further
proceedings to establish the District shall be taken for a
period of one year from the date of the finding of a majority
protest by the City Council . If the majority protest is only
against the furnishing of a specified type or types of
improvements or activity within the District, those types of
improvements or activities shall be eliminated.
SECTION 7. Further information regarding the proposed
business improvement district may be obtained at the Huntington
Beach City Hall, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California
92648; telephone (714) 536-5582; or from the Huntington Beach
Downtown Business Association Formation Committee, 419 Main
Street, Suite 234, Huntington Beach, California 92648; telephone
(714) 960-6396 .
SECTION 8 . The City Clerk has caused this resolution of
intention to be published Once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the city at least seven days before the public
hearing.
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SECTION 9 . The City Clerk shall mail a complete copy of
this resolution of intention by first-class mail to each
business owner in the area within seven days after the Council ' s
adoption of this resolution.
SECTION 10 . This resolution shall take effect immediately
upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of
February _. 1992 .
Mayor
:ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Clerk City Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
Cit Administrator Director of Economic
Development
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DOWNTOWN HUNTINGTON BEACH
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
EXHIBIT B
Proposed Annual Assessment Formula
Business Type Zone A
- Retail $300 ($400 if > 15 employees)
- Restaurant $300 ($400 if > 15 employees)
- Service $200 ($300 if > 15 employees)
- Professional $200 ($300 if > 15 employees)
- Real Estate $200 ($300 if > 15 employees)
- Financial $500 Flat
- Utility $500 Flat
Wholesale
Manufacturing $100 Flat
Contractor
- Theater/ Entertainment $300 ($600 if >500 seats)
- Hotel Motel $300, + $2/room > 10
- Commercial Landlord $100/parcel, up to 10,000 sq.ft.
of gross leasable area (GLA),
plus $25 for each additional 5,000 sq.ft. of GLA
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Res, No. 6341
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day
of ]Ed2naaLy19__22 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
Robitaille, Moulton-Patterson, Winchell, Silva, Green, MacAllister, Kelly
NOES: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
None
City Clerk and ex-o icio er
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California