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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2305 - Related to City Sponsored Real Estate Incentive Programs411 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2305 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING SECTIONS 2-109 AND 2-304 RELATED TO CITY SPONSORED REAL ESTATE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 2-109, which section reads as follows: Sec. 2-109. Participation in real estate incentive programs. (a) No Councilmember shall be eligible to participate in, or directly or indirectly receive any benefits from, any city Sponsored Real Estate Incentive Program, except as provided in subsection (c) hereof. (b) City Sponsored Real Estate Incentive Program, for purposes of this section, shall mean any funding program managed by the City of Santa Aha, the Redevelopment Agency, the Housing Authority, or other agency which is administered or funded, in whole or in part, by the City of Santa Ana, and which provides loans, grants or other monetary or economic benefits to individuals or business entities to be used for the acquisition, construction, repair or improvement of real property. (c) The prohibitions set forth in this section shall be inapplicable where they are in conflict with state or federal law. SECTION 2: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 2-304, which section reads as follows: Sec. 2-304. Participation in real estate incentive programs. (a) No member of a board or commission, city officer or employee, who in the course of his or her duties is required to participate in the formulation of policies for, or implementation of, any City Sponsored Real Estate Incentive Program, shall be eligible to participate in, or directly or indirectly receive any benefits therefrom, except as set forth in subsection (c) hereof. (b) City Sponsored Real Estate Incentive Program, for purposes of this section, shall have the same meaning as set forth in Section 2-109 of Article II of Chapter 2 of ORDINANCE NS-2305 Page 2 the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as it exists now or as amended in the future. (c) The prohibitions set forth in this section shall be inapplicable where they are in conflict with state or federal law. SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the city of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ADOPTED this 2nd day of December , 1996. ATTEST: Counci]~_ ! COUNCILMEMBERS: Pulido Aye Richardson Absent Espinoza Aye Lutz Aye McGuigan Aye Franklin Aye Moreno Aye CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION State of California County of Orange I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance /~-.oT. flD..ff'~ to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on /~ v o9.---~ ~:, ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Date: ,/>-//~/,q /'  ///Clerk of the Coun/cil City of Santa Ana