§ 8.77.050. Procedures for application and execution of an Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Contract.

A.

A property owner who is interested in participating in the City's UAIZ Program must perform the following steps, as required by the DAA:

1.

The property owner, or the property owner's agent as approved by the DAA, must file an application form with the DAA to enter into a UAIZ Contract;

2.

The property owner must use the application form required by the DAA and pay fees established by the DAA, if any;

3.

The property owner must execute and notarize the UAIZ Contract, and submit it to the DAA for execution by the City. The UAIZ Contract must be in a form approved and provided by the City, which includes the required provisions as set forth in Section 8.77.040.

B.

The DAA's responsibilities include:

1.

The DAA shall determine eligibility of the property owner for a UAIZ Contract pursuant to this Chapter after the property owner submits a complete application to the DAA;

2.

If the property owner meets the City's eligibility criteria, the DAA shall take the steps necessary to verify that the Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor has determined that the unrealized ad valorem property tax revenue does not exceed the maximum allocation, articulated in the County Planning Code Section 22.52.3430, and that the Los Angeles County Department of the Treasurer and Tax Collector has verified that the subject property is current on all tax assessments;

3.

If the DAA determines that a property owner has received all of the required approvals for a UAIZ Contract pursuant to this Chapter, the DAA shall notify the property owner and provide the property owner a form of contract that has been approved by City for use in the UAIZ Program;

4.

Once the DAA receives an original, notarized UAIZ Contract from the property owner, in accordance with Section 8.77.050.A.3, the DAA shall countersign the UAIZ Contract and send the original copy of the fully executed UAIZ Contract to the property owner for recordation pursuant to the recordation process set forth in Section 8.77.060; and

5.

The DAA shall maintain a sample of the City's form UAIZ Contract containing all of the provisions required under this Chapter.

( ORD-17-0024 § 6, 2017)