RESOLUTION NO. 2023-037
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORONA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A
WAIVER FOR THE PLAN CHECK AND PERMIT FEES
FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HISTORIC
HOTEL DEL REY AT CORONA HERITAGE PARK
LOCATED AT 510 W. FOOTHILL PARKWAY, CORONA.
WHEREAS, Chapter 3.02 of the Corona Municipal Code (“Code”) establishes fees to recover the percentage of costs reasonably borne in providing certain services to the community; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.02.040 of the Code, lists the percentage of costs reasonably borne to be recovered, by building and construction activities in the City of Corona; and
WHEREAS, the Corona Heritage Park (“Park”) is located at 510 West Foothill Parkway, Corona, CA; and
WHEREAS, the Park site was acquired using public funds; and WHEREAS, the City of Corona (“City”) entered into an Agreement with the Corona Heritage Foundation (“Foundation”) on July 19, 2000, that allowed the City to convey the Park site to the Foundation solely for public historic park purposes; and WHEREAS, the Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, owns and operates the Park as a public historic park and is responsible for the maintenance and future development of the Park site; and
WHEREAS, the Foundation is proposing to reconstruct a previously dismantled historic hotel (“Hotel Del Rey”) that was once located in the City’s original Downtown on Sixth Street and Victoria Avenue on the Park site; and WHEREAS, the Hotel Del Rey will be used as event space that can be rented by the public; and
WHEREAS, the reconstruction of the Hotel Del Rey is in keeping with the historic nature and buildings on the Park site; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to waive the plan check and permit fees (“Waiver”) for the reconstruction of the Hotel Del Rey at the Park site located at 510 W. Foothill Parkway; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that it is in the public interest and general welfare of the community to establish the Waiver, which will benefit the City and the greater community; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that the written and other evidence submitted by City Staff substantiates the contention that the fee should be waived; and WHEREAS, the waiver of fees as provided in this Resolution serves a public purpose and provides a public benefit to the local community as a whole because the reconstruction of the previously dismantled Hotel Del Rey, which is a piece of Corona’s history, on the Park site will be made available as event space for use by the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORONA, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The recitals stated above are true and correct and are hereby incorporated as findings made by the City Council.
SECTION 2. The fee imposed by Chapter 3.02 of the Corona Municipal Code for the plan check and permit fees shall be waived for the reconstruction of the Hotel Del Rey at the Corona Heritage Park located at 510 W. Foothill Parkway, Corona.
SECTION 3. The waiver of fees does not include the fees paid to other agencies, such as the Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee, Corona Norco Unified School Fees, and Corona Utility Agency sewer fees that are required for new construction.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase adopted by this Resolution, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Resolution or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases are declared unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of June, 2023. _________________________________
Mayor of the City of Corona, California
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
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CERTIFICATION
I, Sylvia Edwards, City Clerk of the City of Corona, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of Corona, California, at an adjourned regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of June, 2023 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAINED:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Corona, California, this 7th day of June, 2023. ______________________________________
City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
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