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Div. 24.DIVISION 24. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
Part 1.PART 1. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAW
Ch. 4.CHAPTER 4. Redevelopment Procedures and Activities
Art. 10.ARTICLE 10. Demolition, Clearance, Project Improvements, and Site Preparation
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(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 s
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(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.