Title 500 · Chapter 500 - COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT—POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Chapter 500 - COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT—POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Section: 500
TITLE XIV - HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Chapter 501 - JACKSONVILLE ENTERPRISE ZONE Chapter 500 - COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT—POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Sec. 500.101. - Findings.
It is hereby ascertained, represented, determined and declared that:
(a)
There exist in certain areas of the City slum and blighted areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the City; the existence of such areas contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime, constitutes an economic and social liability imposing onerous burdens which decrease the tax base and reduce tax revenues, substantially impairs or arrests sound growth, retards the provision of adequate housing, aggravates traffic problems, and substantially hampers the elimination of traffic hazards and the improvement of traffic facilities; the prevention and elimination of slums and blight is a matter of City policy and concern in order that the City and its residents shall not continue to be endangered by areas which are focal centers of disease, promote juvenile delinquency, and consume an excessive proportion of City revenues because of the extra services required for police, fire, accident, hospitalization, and other forms of public protection, services, and facilities.
(b)
Certain slum or blighted areas, or portions thereof, may require the acquisition of property, the sale (including sales at below fair market prices) and grant of property to further redevelopment, the removal or demolition of existing structures, the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation and equipping of residential development and related office, commercial and light industrial development and other public and private improvements and projects, the sale, leasing or other disposition thereof, and the financing of such projects either by private financing or public funding since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation; other areas or portions thereof may be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils enumerated may be eliminated, remedied, or prevented; and salvageable slum and blighted areas can be conserved and rehabilitated through appropriate public and private action and the cooperation and voluntary action of the owners and tenants of property in such areas and other interested persons and corporations.
(c)
The powers conferred hereby and the financing of projects hereunder are for paramount public purposes for which public money may be expended, advanced, loaned or granted; public property may be granted or sold at prices below fair market value, and eminent domain and police powers exercised, and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions herein enacted is hereby declared as a matter of paramount public purposes and legislative policy and determination.
(d)
The preservation or enhancement of the tax base from which the City realizes tax revenues is essential to its existence and financial health; tax increment financing is an effective method of achieving such preservation and enhancement in areas in which such tax base is declining; community redevelopment and related economic development in such areas, when complete, will enhance such tax base and provide increased tax revenues to the City increasing its ability to accomplish its other respective purposes; and the preservation and enhancement of the tax base in such areas through tax increment financing and the levying of taxes by the City therefor and the appropriation of such funds and other non-ad valorem revenues of the City to redevelopment trust funds bears a substantial relation to the purposes of the City and is for its respective purposes and concerns.
(e)
Further, there exists a severe shortage of decent, safe and sanitary housing in slum and blighted areas of the City; the existence of such condition affects the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the City and retards its growth and economic and social development; such condition requires excessive expenditures for crime prevention and control, public health, welfare and safety, fire and accident prevention, and other public services and facilities; and the elimination or improvement of such condition is a proper matter of public policy and is for a valid and desirable paramount public purpose, which may be relieved through encouragement of investment by private enterprise and stimulation of residential development and office, commercial and light industrial development related thereto through use of public financing, expenditure of public funds, grants and sales of public property at below-market prices, and provision of loans to private, public and not for profit owners at below-market interest rates to provide residential development in community redevelopment areas; therefore, the financing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of residential development in redevelopment areas are effective growth management tools and practices and are paramount public purposes for which public money may be spent, advanced, loaned or granted and are governmental functions of public concern.
(f)
The residential, commercial and industrial development, historic preservation, recreational, cultural, educational and health care industries are vital to the economy of the City, particularly in these areas having conditions described in this Section; the enhancement of community redevelopment activity in such areas by attracting varied residential, commercial, office and light industrial and manufacturing activities is needed in such areas in order to provide a strong, balanced and stable economy in the City and at the same time prevent or eliminate slum and blight; it is, therefore, necessary and in the public interest to facilitate the financing of such projects in community redevelopment areas as herein provided and to provide incentives, financial and otherwise, for the planning and development of such projects in community redevelopment areas; and the provisions of such incentives, financial and otherwise, are paramount public purposes for which public money may be spent, advanced, loaned or granted and are governmental functions of public concern and are necessary and in the public interest as a matter of public policy and legislative determination.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03)
Sec. 500.102. - Definitions.
The following terms, wherever used or referred to herein within this Chapter, have the following meanings:
Authority means the Downtown Investment Authority or DIA as the community redevelopment agency for both of the Downtown community redevelopment areas as established in Chapter 55 (Economic Development), Part 1 (Downtown Investment Authority) consisting of the following:
(a)
Southside community redevelopment area; and
(b)
Northbank Downtown community redevelopment area.
Agency Board or Board means the governing board of a Community Redevelopment Agency.
Blighted area means either:
(1)
An area in which there are a substantial number of slum, deteriorated, or deteriorating structures and conditions that lead to economic distress or endanger life or property by fire or other causes or one or more of the following factors that substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the City and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present condition and use:
(i)
Predominance of defective or inadequate street layout;
(ii)
Faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness;
(iii)
Unsanitary or unsafe conditions;
(iv)
Deterioration of site or improvements;
(v)
Inadequate and outdated building density patterns;
(vi)
Tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land;
(vii)
Inadequate transportation and parking facilities; and
(viii)
Diversity of ownership or defective or unusual conditions of title which prevent the free alienability of land within the deteriorated or hazardous area; or
(2)
An area in which there exists faulty or inadequate street layout; inadequate parking facilities; or roadways, bridges, or public transportation facilities incapable of handling the volume of traffic flow into or through the area, either at present or following proposed construction.
Bonds means, collectively, indebtedness of the City pursuant to financing agreements permitted hereunder and revenue bonds issued by the City hereunder.
City means the City of Jacksonville, Florida, a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Florida.
CRA or Community Redevelopment Agency or Agency means and includes any agency created by Council to carry out community redevelopment under F.S. Ch. 163, Pt. III. This term includes the Downtown Investment Authority ("DIA"), the Renew Arlington Community Redevelopment Agency ("Renew Arlington CRA"), the Jacksonville International Airport Community Redevelopment Agency ("JIA CRA"), the KingSoutel Crossing Community Redevelopment Agency ("KingSoutel Crossing CRA") and such other agencies as may be created by the Council for community redevelopment purposes.
City Council means the governing body of the City.
Community redevelopment or redevelopment means undertakings, activities or projects of the City in a community redevelopment area for the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slums and blight, or for the reduction or prevention of crime, or for residential and commercial development, and may include slum clearance and redevelopment in a community redevelopment area or rehabilitation or revitalization in a community redevelopment area, or any combination or part thereof, in accordance with a community redevelopment plan and may include the preparation of such a plan.
Community redevelopment area means a slum area, blighted area, or an area in which there is a shortage of housing or an area that is deteriorating and economically distressed due to outdated existing structures, building density patterns, inadequate transportation and parking facilities, faulty lot layout or inadequate street layout, or a combination thereof which the City Council designates as a community redevelopment area.
Community Redevelopment Plan means a plan approved by Council ordinance, as may be modified from time to time, to be implemented by a Community Redevelopment Agency for a community redevelopment area and that includes a description of various capital projects, programs and other activities designed to further the goal of revitalization under the plan, subject to available funds.
Community policing innovation means a policing technique or strategy designed to reduce crime by reducing opportunities for, and increasing the perceived risks of engaging in, criminal activity through visible presence of police in the community, including, but not limited to, community mobilization, neighborhood block watch, citizen patrol, citizen contact patrol, foot patrol, neighborhood storefront police stations, field interrogation, or intensified motorized patrol.
Cost, as applied to any project, shall embrace:
(1)
The cost of construction, renovation or rehabilitation;
(2)
The cost of acquisition and sales or other disposition of property, including rights in land and other property, both real and personal and improved and unimproved;
(3)
The cost of demolishing, removing, or relocating any buildings or structures on lands so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved or relocated;
(4)
The cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction, and, for a reasonable period after completion of construction, the cost of engineering and architectural surveys, plans, and specifications; and
(5)
The cost of consultant and legal services, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing such project, administrative and other expenses necessary or incident to the construction, renovation or rehabilitation of such project, and the financing of the construction, renovation or rehabilitation thereof, including reimbursement to the City, to any State or other governmental agency or any lessee of such project for such expenditures made with the approval of the City that would be costs of the project hereunder had they been made directly by the City.
Debt service millage means any millage levied pursuant to Section 12, Art. VII of the State Constitution.
Federal Government includes the United States or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States.
Financing agreement means any lease, lease-purchase agreement, lease with an option to purchase, sale or installment sale agreement, whether title passes in whole or in part at any time prior to, at, or after completion of the project, loan agreement, or other agreement forming the basis for financing indebtedness under this ordinance, including any agreements, guarantees, or security instruments forming part of or related to providing assurance of payment of indebtedness under such financing agreement.
Governing body or Council means the City Council of the City.
Housing authority means the Jacksonville Housing Authority created by and established pursuant to F.S. Ch. 421.
Increment revenue means the amount calculated pursuant to Section 500.112 of this Part.
Mayor means the mayor of the City.
Obligee means and includes any person, bondholder, agent or trustee for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the City property used in connection with community redevelopment, or any assignee of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the Federal Government when it is a party to any contract with the City.
Person means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other person acting in a similar representative capacity.
Plan Authorized Expenditures shall have the meaning given in Section 106.340, Ordinance Code.
Plan Professional Services means professional services obtained by the CRA Board to support the Community Redevelopment Plan.
Pledge means promising or obligating funds.
Program means any grant, loan, or incentives established by one of the Agencies in accordance with the applicable Community Redevelopment Plan.
Project means any capital project in furtherance of community redevelopment within a community redevelopment area pursuant to a community redevelopment plan, including the development of residential, office, commercial and light industrial development, and any rehabilitation, improvement, renovation or enlargement of, or any addition to, any buildings or structures, and including also the sites thereof and other rights in land therefor whether improved or reimproved, machinery, equipment, site preparation and landscaping, and all appurtenances and public facilities incidental thereto, such as utilities, roads, parks, playgrounds, or parking facilities for community redevelopment within a community redevelopment area pursuant to a community redevelopment plan.
Public officer means any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the City relating to health, fire, building regulations, or other activities concerning dwellings in the City.
Real property means all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith and every estate, interest, right, and use, legal or equitable, therein, including but not limited to terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise.
Related activities means:
(1)
Planning for the preparation of a general neighborhood redevelopment plan or for the preparation or completion of a community-wide plan or program.
(2)
The development of housing, open spaces, shops, restaurants and cultural and entertainment facilities for residents of the area.
(3)
The development of community policing innovations.
Slum area means an area in which there is a predominance of buildings or improvements, whether residential or nonresidential, which by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence; inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces; high density of population and overcrowding; the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire or other causes; or any combination of such factors is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, or crime and is detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare.
To the extent not defined in this Section, the definitions utilized in F.S. § 163.340 (Definitions), shall be applicable to all terms used in this Section.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03; Ord. 2012-212-E, § 4; Ord. 2012-364-E, § 5; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16; Ord. 2018-555-E, § 6)
Sec. 500.103. - Finding of necessity and paramount public purpose.
The City shall not exercise the authority conferred herein with regard to new community redevelopment areas until after the council has adopted a resolution finding that:
(1)
One or more slum or blighted areas, or one or more areas in which there is a shortage of housing, exist in the City; and,
(2)
The rehabilitation, conservation, renovation, improvement and redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of such area or areas, including residential development and related, office, commercial, light industrial and other development, and the financing thereof, is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of the City as a paramount public purpose.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03)
Sec. 500.104. - Exercise of powers by the Downtown Investment Authority.
The powers of the Downtown Investment Authority include all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Part within Downtown as defined and established in Chapter 55 (Economic Development), Part 3 (Downtown Investment Authority), except the following, which continue to vest in the Council:
(1)
The power to determine an area to be a slum or blighted area, or combination thereof, to designate such area as appropriate for community redevelopment, and to hold public hearings required with respect thereto.
(2)
The power to grant final approval to community redevelopment plans and modifications thereof.
(3)
The power to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds as set forth in F.S. § 163.385.
(4)
The power to approve the acquisition, demolition, removal, or disposal of property as provided in F.S. § 163.370(4), and the power to assume the responsibility to bear loss as provided in F.S. § 163.370(4).
(5)
The power to approve the development of community policing innovations.
(6)
The power of eminent domain.
(Ord. 2012-364-E, § 5)
Sec. 500.105. - Community redevelopment plans.
(a)
New community redevelopment shall not be planned or initiated under this Part unless and until the Council has, by resolution, found and determined that a specified area is appropriate for community redevelopment, has designated such area as a community redevelopment area and has adopted a community redevelopment plan for such area.
(b)
The community redevelopment plan shall:
(1)
Conform to the comprehensive plan for the City as prepared by the Department of Planning and Development under the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act.
(2)
Be sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment, rehabilitation and improvements, including residential development and related office, commercial and light industrial development, as may be proposed to be carried out in the community redevelopment area; zoning and planning changes, if any; land uses; maximum densities; and building requirements.
(3)
Provide for residential development in the area, or state the reasons for not addressing residential development in the area. The City and the JEDC shall coordinate with the housing authority and the Duval County Housing Finance Authority, concerning residential development in the area.
(c)
The community redevelopment plan may also provide for the development and implementation of community policing innovations.
(d)
The Council shall hold a public hearing on a community redevelopment plan after public notice thereof by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in the City. The notice shall describe the time, date, place, and purpose of the hearing, identify generally the community redevelopment area covered by the plan, and outline the general scope of the community redevelopment plan under consideration.
(e)
Following such hearing, the Council may approve the community redevelopment area and the community redevelopment plan therefor if it finds that:
(1)
A feasible method exists for the location of families who will be displaced from the community redevelopment area in decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means and without undue hardship to such families;
(2)
The community redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan of the City as a whole, and, if appropriate, the Jacksonville Downtown Master Plan;
(3)
The community redevelopment plan gives due consideration to the utilization of community policing innovations, and to the provision of adequate residential development and related commercial, office and light industrial development and utilities, roads, parks, playgrounds, parking facilities and other improvements that may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of elderly persons and children residing in the area covered by the plans; and
(4)
The community redevelopment plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the City as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the community redevelopment area by private enterprise.
(f)
If the community redevelopment area consists of an area of open land to be acquired by the City, such area may not be so acquired unless:
(1)
In the event the area is to be developed in whole or in part for residential uses, the Council determines:
(i)
That a shortage of housing of sound standards and design which is decent, safe, affordable and sanitary exists in the City;
(ii)
That there is a need for residential development in the area;
(iii)
That the conditions of blight in the area or the shortage of decent, safe, affordable, and sanitary housing cause or contribute to an increase in and spread of disease and crime or constitute a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare; or
(iv)
That the acquisition of the area for residential development and related office, commercial and light industrial development is an integral part of and is essential to community redevelopment in the City.
(2)
In the event the area is to be developed in whole or in part for nonresidential uses, the governing body determines that:
(i)
Such nonresidential uses are necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the community in accordance with sound planning standards and local community objectives.
(ii)
Acquisition may require the exercise of governmental action, as provided in this Part, because of:
a.
Defective, or unusual conditions of, title or diversity of ownership which prevents the free alienability of such land;
b.
Tax delinquency;
c.
Improper subdivisions;
d.
Outmoded street patterns;
e.
Deterioration of site and the improvements thereon;
f.
Economic disuse;
g.
Unsuitable topography or faulty lot layouts;
h.
Lack of correlation of the area with other areas of the City by streets and modern traffic requirements; or
i.
Any combination of such factors or other conditions which retard development of the area.
(iii)
Conditions of blight in the area contribute to an increase in and spread of disease and crime or constitute a menace to public health, safety, morals, or welfare.
(g)
Upon the approval by the Council of a community redevelopment plan or of any modification thereof, such plan or modification shall be deemed to be in full force and effect for the respective community redevelopment area, and the City may then carry out such plan or modification in accordance with its terms.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03)
Sec. 500.106. - Modification of community redevelopment plans.
(a)
If at any time after the approval of a community redevelopment plan by the Council, it becomes necessary or desirable to amend or modify such plan, the Council may amend such plan. The recommendation to amend or modify a redevelopment plan may include a change in the boundaries of the redevelopment area to add land to or exclude land from the redevelopment area, the merger or consolidation of two or more redevelopment areas into one redevelopment area, or may include the development and implementation of community policing innovations.
(b)
The Council shall hold a public hearing on a proposed modification of a community redevelopment plan after public notice thereof by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in the City.
(c)
If a community redevelopment plan is modified after the lease or sale of real property in the community redevelopment area, such modification may be conditioned upon such approval of the owner, lessee, or successor in interest as the City may deem advisable and, in any event, shall be subject to such rights at law or in equity as a lessee or purchaser, or his or her successor or successors in interest, may be entitled to assert.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03)
Sec. 500.107. - Contents of community redevelopment plan.
Every community redevelopment plan shall:
(a)
Contain a legal description of the boundaries of the community redevelopment area and the reasons for establishing such boundaries shown in the plan.
(b)
Show by diagram and in general terms:
(i)
The approximate amount of open space to be provided and the street layout.
(ii)
Limitations on the type, size, height, number, and proposed use of buildings.
(iii)
The approximate number of residential, commercial, office and light industrial units.
(iv)
Such property as is intended for use as parks, playgrounds, roads, utilities, parking facilities and other public improvements.
(c)
If the redevelopment area contains housing, contain a neighborhood impact element which describes in detail the impact of the redevelopment upon the residents of the redevelopment area and the surrounding areas in terms of relocation, traffic circulation, environmental quality, availability of community facilities and services, effect on school population, and other matters affecting the physical and social quality of the neighborhood.
(d)
Identify any recommended or proposed capital projects or types of capital projects, whether publicly funded or privately financed, to be undertaken within the community redevelopment area.
(e)
Contain adequate safeguards that the work of redevelopment will be carried out pursuant to the plan.
(f)
Provide for the retention of controls and the establishment of any restrictions or covenants running with land sold or leased for private use for such periods of time and under such conditions as the Council deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Part.
(g)
Provide assurances that there will be replacement housing for the relocation of persons temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities within the community redevelopment area.
(h)
Provide an element of residential development in the redevelopment area if the plan is intended to remedy a shortage of housing, or if the plan is not intended to remedy such shortage, the reasons therefor.
(i)
Contain an estimate of the projected costs of any then identified capital projects in the community redevelopment area and any then-identified indebtedness of the City, if any, proposed to be incurred for such redevelopment if such indebtedness is to be repaid with increment revenues or other non-ad valorem revenues of the City.
(j)
Provide an estimated time for completing redevelopment under the plan.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03)
Sec. 500.108. - Agency Powers.
(a)
The Agencies shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Chapter, including the following powers in addition to others herein granted. These powers are subject to availability of funds in each Trust Fund and, as applicable, the approval of the City Council:
(1)
To prescribe rules, regulations and policies and to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this Chapter;
(2)
To receive, administer, and comply with conditions and requirements respecting any gift, grant, or donation of any property or money to the Agency from any source, whether federal, State, or private, and to make, administer and establish conditions and requirements respecting gifts, grants and donations of property or money made by the City to effectuate the purposes of this Chapter;
(3)
To approve and authorize, subject to available funds in the applicable Agency's Trust Fund, financing agreements, contracts, deeds, and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the Agencies under this Chapter, including contracts with persons, firms, corporations, federal and State agencies, to facilitate residential development and related commercial, office, and light industrial development and the financing, construction, leasing, or sale of any project. Except regarding the Downtown Investment Authority, the Mayor is authorized to execute contracts and other documents on behalf of the Agency, acting on behalf of the City.
(4)
To disseminate slum clearance and community redevelopment information;
(5)
To undertake and carry out community redevelopment and related activities within a community redevelopment area, which redevelopment may include:
(i)
Acquisition of a slum area or a blighted area or portion thereof by purchase, lease, gift, or otherwise, or to obtain options for the acquisition of, any property, real or personal, improved or unimproved, for the construction, operation or maintenance of any project.
(ii)
Demolition and removal of buildings and other improvements.
(iii)
Residential development and related commercial, office, light industrial and other private development, and the installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, parking facilities and other public improvements necessary for carrying out in the community redevelopment area the community redevelopment objectives in accordance with the community redevelopment plan.
(iv)
Sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of any real or personal property in the community redevelopment area, including sales of property for less than fair market value for uses in accordance with the community redevelopment plan.
(v)
Carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other private and publicly owned improvements in accordance with the community redevelopment plan.
(vi)
Acquisition of any other real property in the community redevelopment area when necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions; lessen density; eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare; or otherwise to remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration or to provide land for needed public or private facilities.
(6)
To provide, or to arrange or contract for, the furnishing or repair by any person or agency, public or private, of projects, services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities, or other facilities for or in connection with community redevelopment.
(7)
To pledge or assign to secure revenue bonds any money, rents, charges, fees, or other revenues and any proceeds derived from public and private development and sales of property, insurance, and condemnation awards or otherwise received under financing agreements;
(8)
To issue revenue bonds of the City to finance all or any part of the cost of redevelopment as described in this Chapter, payable from (i) revenues derived from sale, operation or leasing of any project or other payments received under financing agreements or other sources described in Section 500.108(a)(7) above, or (ii) increment revenues in the applicable community redevelopment trust fund, or (iii) any other legally available non-ad valorem revenues of the City, or (iv) any combination of the foregoing;
(9)
To construct, acquire, own, repair, maintain and otherwise operate, extend, improve, rehabilitate, renovate, furnish, and equip projects and to pay all or any part of the costs thereof from the proceeds of revenue bonds of the City or from any contribution, gift, donation, or other funds made available to the City for such purpose or from any increment revenues or other legally available non-ad valorem funds of the City;
(10)
To fix, charge, and collect rents, fees, and charges for the use of any project; and
(11)
To employ consulting engineers, architects, attorneys, real estate counselors, appraisers, and such other consultants and employees as may be required in the judgment of the City, and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the City therefor.
(12)
Within the community redevelopment area:
(i)
To enter into any building or property in any community redevelopment area in order to make inspections, surveys, appraisals, soundings, or test borings and to obtain an order for this purpose from a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or resisted.
(ii)
To insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the City against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay premiums on any such insurance.
(13)
To invest any community redevelopment funds held in reserves or sinking funds or any such funds not required for immediate disbursement in property or securities in which the City may legally invest its funds.
(14)
To borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the Federal Government, the State, any other public body and from any other sources, public or private, for the purposes of community redevelopment, including projects for residential and related commercial, office, and light industrial development, and to give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith; and to include in any contract for financial assistance with the Federal Government for or with respect to community redevelopment and related activities such conditions imposed pursuant to federal laws as the City deems reasonable and appropriate.
(15)
To make or have made all surveys and plans necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this Part; to contract with any person, public or private, in making and carrying out such plans; and to adopt or approve, modify, and amend such plans, which plans may include, but are not limited to:
(i)
Plans for carrying out a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements.
(ii)
Plans for the enforcement of State and local laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements.
(iii)
Appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and other plans and work necessary to prepare for the undertaking of community redevelopment and related activities.
(16)
To develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight and developing and demonstrating new or improved means of providing housing for families and persons of low income.
(17)
To apply for, accept and utilize grants of funds from the Federal Government and to make grants of public funds and property for such purposes.
(18)
To prepare plans for and assist in the relocation of persons (including individuals, families, business concerns, nonprofit organizations, and others) displaced from a community redevelopment area and to make relocation payments to or with respect to such persons for moving expenses and losses of property for which reimbursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including the making of such payments financed by the Federal Government.
(19)
To appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Part; to zone or rezone any part of the City or make exceptions from building regulations; and to enter into agreements with the City's housing authority, which agreements may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, respecting action to be taken by the City pursuant to any of the powers granted by this Part.
(20)
To close, vacate, plan, or replat streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places and to plan or replat any part of the City.
(21)
To organize, coordinate, and direct the administration of the provisions of this Part, in order that the objective of remedying slum and blighted areas and preventing the causes thereof within the City may be most effectively promoted and achieved.
(22)
To exercise all or any part or combination of powers herein granted.
(23)
To develop and implement community policing innovations.
Notwithstanding the powers granted above in this subsection (a), the Agencies shall not have the power to:
(i)
Borrow money as authorized by F.S. § 163.370(2)(g), in a principal amount that exceeds, at the time of borrowing, an amount equal to the unallocated balance available in the applicable Trust Fund as determined by the CRA allocation and transfer process set forth in Chapter 106, Part 3, Ordinance Code, otherwise such borrowing shall require Council approval;
(ii)
Have the power to close or vacate streets, roads, sidewalks, ways or other places as set forth in F.S. § 163.370(2)(m), without Council approval;
(iii)
Have the power to zone or rezone or make exceptions from building regulations as set forth in F.S. § 163.370(2)(l), other than as authorized in Chapter 656, Part 3, Subpart H, Ordinance Code; and
(iv)
Exercise any power otherwise limited by this Chapter.
(b)
With the approval of the council, the City may:
(1)
Prior to approval of a community redevelopment plan or approval of any modifications of the plan, acquire and sell, at below fair market value, real property in a community redevelopment area, demolish and remove any structures on the property, and pay all costs related to the acquisition, demolition, removal or sale, including any administrative or relocation expenses.
(2)
Assume the responsibility to bear any loss that may arise as the result of the exercise of authority under this subsection in the event that the real property is not made part of the community redevelopment area.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03; Ord. No. 2003-1538-E, § 1; Ord. 2018-555-E, § 6)
Sec. 500.109. - Eminent domain.
(a)
The City has the right to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee simple title thereto, which it deems necessary for, or in connection with, community redevelopment and related activities under this Part. The City may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in F.S. Chs. 73 and 74, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner now or which may be hereafter provided by any other statutory provision for the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
(b)
In any proceeding to fix or assess compensation for damages for the taking of property, or any interest therein, through the exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, evidence or testimony bearing upon the following matters shall be admissible and shall be considered in fixing such compensation or damages in addition to evidence or testimony otherwise admissible:
(1)
Any use, condition, occupancy, or operation of such property, which is unlawful or violative of, or subject to elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction under, any law, ordinance, or regulatory measure as being unsafe, substandard, unsanitary, or otherwise contrary to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare.
(2)
The effect on the value of such property of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation or of the elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation.
(c)
The foregoing testimony and evidence shall be admissible notwithstanding that no action has been taken by any public body or public officer toward the abatement, prohibition, elimination, or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation. Testimony or evidence that any public body or public officer charged with the duty or authority so to do has rendered, made, or issued any judgment, decree, determination, or order for the abatement, prohibition, elimination, or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation shall be admissible and shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and character of such use, condition, or operation.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03)
Sec. 500.110. - Sale and disposal of property in community redevelopment area.
(a)
The City may sell, lease, dispose of, or otherwise transfer real property or any interest therein acquired by it for community redevelopment in a community redevelopment area to any private person, or may retain such property for public use, and may enter into contracts with respect thereto for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, educational, or other uses, in accordance with the community redevelopment plan, subject to such covenants, conditions, and restrictions, including covenants running with the land, as it deems necessary or desirable to assist in preventing the development or spread of future slums or blighted areas or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this Part. However, such sale, lease, other transfer, or retention, and any agreement relating thereto, may be made only after the approval of the community redevelopment plan by the governing body. The purchasers or lessees and their successors and assigns shall be obligated to devote such real property only to the uses specified in the community redevelopment plan during such period as may be specified by the City and may be obligated to comply with such other requirements as the City may determine to be in the public interest, including the obligation to begin any improvements on such real property required by the community redevelopment plan within a reasonable time.
(b)
Such real property or interest shall be sold, leased, otherwise transferred, or retained at a value determined to be in the public interest for uses in accordance with the community redevelopment plan and in accordance with such reasonable procedures as the City may prescribe. In determining the value of real property as being in the public interest for uses in accordance with the community redevelopment plan, the City shall take into account and give consideration to the long-term benefits to be achieved by the City resulting from incurring short-term losses or costs in the disposal of such real property; the uses provided in such plan; the restrictions upon, and the covenants, conditions, and obligations assumed by, the purchaser or lessee or by the City retaining the property; and the objectives of such plan for the prevention of the recurrence of slum or blighted areas. In the event the value of such real property being disposed of is for less than the fair market value, such disposition shall require the approval of the Council. The City may provide in any instrument of conveyance to a private purchaser or lessee that such purchaser or lessee is without power to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the real property without the prior written consent of the City until the purchaser or lessee has completed the construction of any or all improvements which he or she has obligated himself or herself to construct thereon. Real property acquired by the City which, in accordance with the provisions of the community redevelopment plan, is to be transferred shall be transferred as rapidly as feasible in the public interest, consistent with the carrying out of the provisions of the community redevelopment plan. Any contract for such transfer and the community redevelopment plan, or such part or parts of such contract or plan as the City may determine, may be recorded in the land records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in such manner as to afford actual or constructive notice thereof.
(c)
The City may temporarily operate and maintain real and personal property acquired by it in a community redevelopment area for or in connection with a community redevelopment plan pending the disposition of the property as authorized in this Part, without regard to the provisions above, for such uses and purposes as may be deemed desirable, even though not in conformity with the community redevelopment plan.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03)
Sec. 500.111. - Issuance of revenue bonds.
(a)
(1)
When authorized or approved by ordinance of the Council, the City may issue revenue bonds as empowered in Section 500.108 from time to time to finance the undertaking of any community redevelopment under this Part, including, without limiting the generality thereof, the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans or preliminary loans, and has power to issue refunding bonds for the payment or retirement of bonds or other obligations previously issued. However, in no event shall any revenue bonds or other obligations issued to finance any project under this Part mature later than the expiration of the plan in effect at the time such bonds or obligations were issued. The security for such bonds may be based upon the anticipated assessed valuation of the completed project and any such other non-ad valorem revenues of the City as are legally available and pledged for such purpose in a subsequent ordinance.
(2)
In anticipation of the sale of revenue bonds pursuant to paragraph (a), the City may issue bond anticipation notes and may renew such notes from time to time. Such notes shall be paid from any sources which may be used to pay or secure revenue bonds under this Part and not otherwise pledged or from the proceeds of sale of the revenue bonds in anticipation of which they were issued.
(b)
Bonds issued under this Section shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. Bonds issued under the provisions of this Part are declared to be issued for an essential, paramount public and governmental purpose.
(c)
Bonds issued under this Section shall be authorized by ordinance of the Council; may be issued in one or more series; and shall bear such date or dates, be payable upon demand or mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form either with or without coupons or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium), be secured in such manner, and have such other characteristics as may be provided by such ordinance or trust indenture issued pursuant thereto. Bonds issued under this Section may be sold in such manner, either at public or private sale, and for such price as the Council may determine will effectuate the purposes of this Part.
(d)
In case any of the public officials of the City whose signatures appear on any bonds issued under this Part cease to be such officials before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures are, nevertheless, valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officials had remained in office until such delivery.
(e)
In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of any bond issued under this Part, or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the City in connection with community redevelopment, as herein defined, shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for such purpose, and such project shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, located, and carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
(f)
The revenue bonds and notes of every issue under this Part may be payable out of and secured by a lien on the increment received by the City and deposited to the appropriate redevelopment trust fund in accordance with Section 500.112. If so payable, the lien created by such bonds or notes shall not attach until the revenues referred to herein are deposited in the redevelopment trust fund at the times, and to the extent that, such revenues accrue. The holders of such bonds or notes have no right to require the imposition of any tax or the establishment of any rate of taxation in order to obtain the amounts necessary to pay and retire such bonds or notes.
(g)
Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Part shall not be deemed to constitute a debt, liability, or obligation of the City or the State or any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the City or the State or any political subdivision thereof, but shall be payable solely from the revenues provided therefor. All such revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the City shall not be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from the revenues of the City held for that purpose and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the City or of the State or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of, or the interest on, such bonds.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03)
Sec. 500.112. - Redevelopment trust funds.
(a)
The City has established for the existing Community Redevelopment Agencies, and shall establish for any new Community Redevelopment Agency, redevelopment trust funds. Funds allocated to and deposited into a redevelopment trust fund shall be used by the Agency to finance or refinance any Plan Authorized Expenditures it undertakes pursuant to an approved community redevelopment plan. The Agency may not receive or spend any increment revenues pursuant to this Section unless and until the City Council has, by ordinance, provided for the funding of the redevelopment trust fund for the duration of a community redevelopment plan. Such ordinance may be adopted only after the City Council has approved a community redevelopment plan. The annual funding of the redevelopment trust fund shall be in an amount not less than that increment in the income, proceeds, revenues, and funds derived from or held in connection with the undertaking and carrying out of community redevelopment under this Chapter. Such increment shall be determined annually and shall be that amount equal to 95 percent of the difference between:
(1)
The amount of ad valorem taxes levied each year, exclusive of any amount from any debt service millage, on taxable real property contained within the geographic boundaries of a community redevelopment area; and
(2)
The amount of ad valorem taxes which would have been produced by the rate upon which the tax is levied each year exclusive of any debt service millage, upon the total of the assessed value of the taxable real property in the community redevelopment area as shown upon the most recent assessment roll used in connection with the taxation of such property prior to the effective date of the ordinance providing for the funding of the trust fund.
(b)
Upon the adoption of an ordinance providing for funding of a redevelopment trust fund, the City shall, each year, appropriate to each community redevelopment trust fund, for so long as any indebtedness pledging increment revenues to the payment thereof is outstanding, a sum that is no less than the increment as defined and determined in subsection (a) above accruing to the City.
(c)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), the obligation of the City to fund a redevelopment trust fund annually shall continue until all loans, advances, and indebtedness, if any, and interest thereon, incurred as a result of Projects, Programs, or Plan Professional Services, in a community redevelopment area have been paid.
(d)
Moneys in the redevelopment trust fund may be expended by an Agency for any purpose directly related to redevelopment in a Community Redevelopment Area pursuant to an approved community redevelopment plan only pursuant to an annual budget adopted by the Agency Board and only for the purposes specified in the annual budget of each CRA, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)
Administrative and overhead expenses necessary or incidental to the implementation of a community redevelopment plan or project.
(2)
Expenses of redevelopment planning, surveys, and financial analysis, including the reimbursement of the City for such expenses incurred before the redevelopment plan was approved and adopted.
(3)
The acquisition and sale or other disposition of real property in the redevelopment area, as approved by the City Council.
(4)
The clearance and preparation of any redevelopment area for redevelopment and relocation of site occupants, as approved by the City Council.
(5)
The repayment of principal and interest or any redemption premium for loans, advances, bonds, bond anticipation notes, and any other form of indebtedness.
(6)
All expenses incidental to or connected with the issuance, sale, redemption, retirement, or purchase of bonds, bond anticipation notes, or other form of indebtedness, including funding of any reserve, redemption, or other fund or account provided for in the ordinance authorizing such bonds, notes, or other form of indebtedness.
(7)
Residential development and related office, commercial and light industrial projects within the community redevelopment area.
(8)
The development of community policing innovations, as approved by the City Council.
(9)
The cost of any community redevelopment, including any project, undertaken in the community redevelopment area.
(e)
Prior to the conclusion of each fiscal year, each Agency is authorized to approve the expenditure of funds remaining in their Trust Fund(s), after the payment of expenses, pursuant to F.S. § 163.387(7), without further City Council action.
(f)
If the expenditure of said funds within the DIA Trust Funds have not been so approved by the end of the fiscal year by the Agency, such funds shall be segregated and made available by the City Council for the purpose of economic development within Downtown.
(g)
If the expenditure of said funds have not been so approved by the end of the fiscal year by the non-downtown Agencies, such funds shall be returned to the General Fund, or other originating source of funding.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03; Ord. 2018-555-E, § 6; Ord. 2019-698-E, § 1)
Sec. 500.113. - Existing Community Redevelopment Areas, Plans and Trust Funds.
(a)
The creation of each of the presently existing Northside East, Northside West, Southside and Jacksonville International Airport Community Redevelopment Areas is hereby readopted, ratified and confirmed and each of such community redevelopment areas shall be hereafter administered in conformity with the provisions of this Part. The community redevelopment plans and the trust funds for each of the above-mentioned community redevelopment areas shall likewise be and are hereby readopted, ratified and confirmed and shall be hereafter administered in conformity with the provisions of this Part.
(b)
The legal descriptions and boundaries for each of Jacksonville's Community Redevelopment Areas are set forth in Section 500.115, Ordinance Code.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03; Ord. 2006-919-E, § 3)
Sec. 500.114. - Merger of Downtown East and Northside West Community Redevelopment Areas and Trust Funds.
In order to conform with the provisions of the Downtown Jacksonville Master Plan, the Northside West Community Redevelopment Area and the Northside East Community Redevelopment Area, which were created pursuant to F.S. Ch. 163, were merged and consolidated into a single combined community redevelopment area known as the Northbank Downtown Community Redevelopment Area. The Northbank Downtown Community Redevelopment Area shall hereafter be deemed a community redevelopment area under this Chapter and administered in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter.
The existing community redevelopment plans for the Downtown East and Northside West Community Redevelopment Areas were merged and consolidated into a single community redevelopment plan for the Northbank Downtown community redevelopment area. The merged community redevelopment plan and the implementation thereof shall be governed by the provisions of the Northbank CRA Plan contained within the BID Plan adopted pursuant to Ordinance 2014-560-E.
The Community Redevelopment Trust Funds for the Downtown East and Northside West Community Redevelopment Areas were combined and consolidated into a single Northbank Downtown Community Redevelopment Trust Fund for the Northbank Downtown Community Redevelopment Area to be used in accordance with the Northbank CRA Plan contained in the BID Plan; provided, however, that separate accounting records shall be maintained with respect to each of the former areas in order to reflect that the base year for the calculation of the increment revenues in the former Northside West Community Redevelopment Area is 1981, and that the base year for the calculation of the increment revenues in the former Downtown East Community Redevelopment Area is 1984. This separation is done in order to correctly calculate the increment revenues, and to assure that any outstanding indebtedness payable from increment revenues prior to the merger in each of such former areas is repaid only from increment revenue derived from such former area, respectively. Any indebtedness created after the merger may be paid by either of the former areas. Likewise, funds in the Northbank Downtown CRA Trust Fund may be utilized by the DIA for Project and Programs anywhere within the Northbank Downtown community redevelopment area regardless of whether the increment was generated from the former Downtown East area or the former Northside West area.
(Ord. 2000-1078-E, § 1.03; Ord. 2018-555-E, § 6)
Sec. 500.115. - Legal Descriptions for Existing Community Redevelopment Areas.
(a)
Jacksonville International Airport Community Redevelopment Area. The legal description of the Jacksonville International Airport Community Redevelopment Area, as set forth in Resolution 90-406-242, is as follows:
A tract of land in Duval County, Florida being described as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of Sec 23 T1N R26E, hereafter called the point of commencement. Thence in a westerly direction along the north line of Sec 23 T1N R26E (also south line Sec 39 T1N R26E) to the intersection of the north line of Sec 23 T1N R26E and the west line of Lot 11 Sec 39 T1N R26E. This being the Point of Beginning. Continuing in a westerly direction along the north lines of Sec 23 and 22 T1N R26E to the north 1/4 corner of Sec 22. Then proceeding south along the north-south centerline of Secs 22, 27 and 34 T1N R26E to the South 1/4 corner of Sec 34 T1N, R26E. Then proceeding in a westerly direction along the south line of Sec 34 (north line of Sec 49 T1N R26E) to the west line of Lot 8 Sec 49 T1S R26E, then proceeding in a southerly direction along the west line of Lot 8 Sec 49 T1S R26E to the south line of Sec 49 T1S R26E. (Centerline of Dunn Avenue). Then continuing south, perpendicular to the south line of Sec 49 T1S R26E, a distance of 50', a point on the south R/W line of Dunn Avenue. Then proceeding in a generally easterly direction along the south R/W line of Dunn Avenue (100' R/W typical) to its intersection with the west R/W line of Interstate 95 (SR-9). Then continuing easterly along the south R/W line of Dunn Avenue to its intersection with the west line of Lot 2 Sec 49 T1S R26E. Then proceeding northerly along the west line of Lot 2 Sec 49 T1S R26E to the north R/W line of Dunn Avenue. Then proceeding in a westerly direction to the intersection of the north R/W line of Dunn Avenue and the east R/W line of Interstate 95 (SR-9). Then proceeding northerly along the east R/W line of Interstate 95 (SR-9) to its intersection with the south R/W line of Interstate 295 (SR-9A). Then proceeding easterly along the south R/W line of Interstate 295 (SR-9A) to its intersection with the east R/W line of US-17 (SR-5). Then proceeding in a northeasterly direction along the east R/W line of US-17 (SR-5) to its intersection with the south R/W line of Elizabeth Lane. Then proceeding in an easterly direction along the south R/W line of Elizabeth Lane to the west R/W line of Gillespie Avenue. Then continuing along the west R/W line of Gillespie Avenue to the south R/W line of Drury Road. Then proceeding west along the south R/W line of Drury Road to its intersection with the east R/W line of US-17 (SR-5). Then proceeding in a northeasterly direction along the east R/W line of US-17 (SR-5) to its intersection with the north line of Lot 7 Sec 40 T1N Range 27E. Then proceeding in a westerly direction along the north lines of Lots 7 and 6 T1N, Range 27E to the intersection of the north line of Lot 6 with the east line of Sec 42, T1N R26E. Then proceeding southerly along the line between R26E and Range 27E to the north line of Lot 5 Sec 39, T1N R26E. Then proceeding westerly along the north line of Lot 5 and Lot 4 Sec 39 T1N R26E to the northwest corner of Lot 4 Sec 39 T1N R26E. Then proceeding southerly along the west line of Lot 4 Sec 39 T1N R26E to southwest corner of Lot 4 Sec 39 T1N R26E. Then proceeding easterly along the south line of Lot 4 Sec 39 T1N R26E to the west line of Lot 7 Sec 39 T1N R26E. Then proceeding easterly along the south line of Lot 4 Sec 39 T1N R26E to the west line of Lot 7 Sec 39 T1N R26E. Then proceeding southerly along the west lines of Lots 7 and 10 Sec 39 T1N R26E to its intersection with the north line of Sec 23 T1N R26E (point of beginning). This tract contains approximately 14,245 acres or 22.25 square miles.
(b)
Southside Community Redevelopment Area. The legal description of the Southside Community Redevelopment Area, as set forth in Ordinance 80-1347-704 and subsequently amended in Ordinance 83-22-66, and as further amended hereby, is as follows:
A part of the City of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida described as follows:
Begin at the point of the center line of the St. Johns River on the north right-of-way line of the Fuller Warren Bridge, Interstate 95; thence Easterly along said Northerly right-of-way line to a point of intersection with the southwesterly edge of the southbound roadway of South Main Street; thence northeasterly along a line drawn straight from the last described point to the northwesterly corner of Lot 18, Block 1, Bostwick's Subdivision of Block 46 in South Jacksonville, as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 68 of the current public records of said County, said northwest corner being located in the northeasterly right-of-way line of the northbound approach to said South Main Street from said Interstate 95; thence southeasterly and easterly along said northeasterly right-of-way line and northerly right-of-way line of Interstate 95 to an intersection with the southeasterly right-of-way line of Vine Street; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly right-of-way line of Vine Street to the northeasterly line of that certain alley running southeasterly through Block 17, Reeds Fourth Subdivision of South Jacksonville, as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 46 of the former public records of said County; thence southeasterly along said northeasterly alley line to an intersection with the northwesterly right-of-way line of Alamo Street; thence northeasterly along said northwesterly right-of-way line of Alamo Street to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of Utah Avenue; thence easterly along said northerly right-of-way line to its intersection with the northerly prolongation of the centerline of Barbara Avenue; thence continue northerly along the prolongation of the centerline of Barbara Avenue, a distance of 390 feet, more or less, to the center of a drainage canal; thence continue northeasterly along the centerline of said drainage canal to a point where said canal empties into a shallow bay; thence continue northerly along the waters of said bay to a point on the centerline of the St. Johns River; thence westerly and southerly along said center line of the St. Johns River to the Point of Beginning.
(c)
Downtown Northbank Community Redevelopment Area. The legal description for the Downtown Northbank Community Redevelopment Area, as set forth in Ordinances 81-424-194, 92-392-489 (as to the original Northside West Community Redevelopment Area), 85-145-130 and 85-598-340 (as to the original Downtown East Community Redevelopment Area), and consolidated in Ordinance 2000-1078-E, is as follows:
Begin at the intersection of the west right-of-way line of Pearl Street with the north right-of-way line of State Street; thence westerly along said north right-of-way line of State Street to the westerly right-of -way line of Jefferson Street; thence northerly along said westerly right-of-way line of Jefferson Street 1726.25 feet to a point as defined in the legal description prepared by Sunshine State Surveyors, Inc., dated September 24, 1990 on the Blodgett Homes site proposed for the State Regional Service Center; thence westerly along said line as referenced in the above survey to the easterly right-of-way line of Davis Street; thence southerly along said easterly right-of-way line of Davis Street to the northerly right-of-way of State Street; thence westerly and northwesterly along said north right-of-way line of State Street to the northwesterly right-of-way line of Interstate 95, State Road Number 9; thence southwesterly along said northwesterly and westerly right-of-way line to an intersection with a line being a westerly prolongation of the northeasterly right-of way line of the portion of Interstate 95 leading to and from the Fuller Warren Bridge over the St. Johns River; thence southeasterly along said line and northeasterly right-of-way line to the centerline of the St. Johns River; thence northeasterly and easterly and northerly along said centerline to a point of intersection with a line that is an easterly prolongation of the south line of Marshall Subdivision and the north line of Wambolt Place Subdivision; thence westerly along said line to the westerly right-of-way line of Talleyrand Avenue; thence north 495 feet, more or less, to the north right-of-way line of Marshall Street; thence westerly along the north right-of way line of Marshall Street to the west right-of-way line of the Martin Luther King Parkway; thence southerly along the west right-of-way line of Martin Luther King Parkway to the north right-of-way line of Jacksonville Expressway; thence westerly along the north right-of-way line of Jacksonville Expressway and its connection to the north right-of-way line of State Street, to the point of beginning.
(d)
Soutel/Moncrief Retail Redevelopment Area. The legal description for the Soutel/Moncrief Retail Redevelopment Area, as set forth in Resolution 2006-134-A and Resolution 2006-357-A, is as follows:
To be added at a later date.
(d)
Soutel/Moncrief Retail Redevelopment Area. The legal description for the Soutel/Moncrief Retail Redevelopment Area, as set forth in Resolution 2006-134-A and Resolution 2006-357-A, is as follows:
To be added at a later date.
(e)
Renew Arlington Community Redevelopment Area. The graphic description of the Renew Arlington Community Redevelopment Area, as set forth in Ordinance 2015-738-E, is as shown in the color map below. The legal description is contained in Appendix A, of Exhibit 2, attached to this Ordinance 2015-738-E.
(Ord. 2006-919-E, § 4; Ord. 2015-738-E, § 7)
Sec. 500.116. - Contract Execution Authority.
Except regarding the Downtown Investment Authority, the Mayor, or his or her designee, and the Corporation Secretary, are authorized to execute and deliver all contracts and documents approved and authorized by an Agency in accordance with this Chapter and Chapter 106, Part 3, Subpart D. Such documents shall be reviewed and approved by the Office of General Counsel.
(Ord. 2018-555-E, § 7)
TITLE XIV - HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Chapter 501 - JACKSONVILLE ENTERPRISE ZONE