Section
19.170 Purpose.
19.171 Eligibility Criteria.
19.172 Administration.
19.173 Required Provisions of Urban Agriculture Incentive Contract.
19.174 Procedures for Application and Execution of an Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Contract.
19.175 Recordation of the Executed Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Contract.
19.176 Enforcement.
19.177 Severability.
The purpose of this chapter is to implement the “City of Los Angeles City Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone (UAIZ) Program”, which promotes urban agriculture and increases access to healthy food in accordance with California Government Code Sections 51040, et seq., and County of Los Angeles Planning and Zoning Code (County Planning Code) Sections 22.52.3400, et seq., as amended from time to time. Under the UAIZ Program a property owner may voluntarily enter into an agreement with the City to use vacant or unimproved property for small-scale agricultural purposes (UAIZ Contract), and be subject to a reduced property tax assessment under California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 422.7 during the term of the agreement.
SECTION HISTORY
Chapter and Section Added by Ord. No. 185,022, Eff. 8-6-17.
(a) Eligibility for the City’s UAIZ Program shall be assessed by the Designated Administrative Agency (DAA), defined in Section 19.172, based on the following criteria:
(1) Requirements set forth in California Government Code Sections 51040 et seq., as amended from time to time;
(2) Requirements set forth in the County Planning Code Sections 22.52.3400, et seq., as amended from time to time;
(3) Consistency with the definition of Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone as set forth in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.03, as amended from time to time;
(4) The property must not be located, wholly or partially, on a site or facility listed on the Department of Toxic Substance Control’s Envirostar Database; and
(5) Any such other requirements imposed by the City or the DAA.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 185,022, Eff. 8-6-17.
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