Lawndale Blossoms The construction culminated in the Dedication of the Lawndale Civic Center, which included a health clinic for this general area, on March 23, 1957. With the Civic Center area now dedicated, the desire for city hood accelerated into the key year of 1959. The debt to the Chamber of Commerce for their efforts in resisting the several annexation attempts must be fully realized. Incorporation was the crowning event in the years of community organizing ant the selfless work of many individual who bore a pride in Lawndale. The major cause of these annexation attempts was the desire of adjoining communities to increase their tax base. It can be said that all the efforts to identify Lawndale made it an attractive acquisition.
The incorporation of Lawndale marked the end of a year and a half struggle with neighboring communities as to acquisition of the businesses along Hawthorne Boulevard, or the need to round out their boundaries. The concern of one neighboring council man went so far as to champion legislation aimed at preventing this and other incorporation's as fiscally unsound. Although this threat went as far as Sacramento, the question was finally resolved when the electorate voted three to one to form the City of Lawndale as a general law city following the Lakewood Plan. This plan provides contracting essential services through established county agencies when economically sound.
Today Lawndale continues to utilize County Fire, Sheriff, and Library services for the community and has maintained its independence in other areas of control. The Charter promise of 1959 of no City taxes has never been altered due to this continuing process of responsible financial policy.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES : Essential duties include, but are not limited to: coordinates and maintains current and advanced planning programs such as General Plan revisions and redevelopment agency items; administers residential and commercial rehabilitation projects, advises participants on improvement and rehabilitation projects; processes applications for major developments, zoning changes, subdivisions and site reviews; assists the public in solving planning related problems; provides the general public with information concerning development standards, zoning, and current projects; prepares complex reports on planning, housing and redevelopment issues; prepares and revises planning ordinances and prepares General Plan updates such as Housing Element updates; develops maps, charts and graphs in interpretation of various phases of planning studies; develops specific plan and policies with recommendations to the Director of Community Development; performs construction plan checks, including field inspection for zoning compliance; and other related duties as assigned.
Apr 09, 2024
Full Time
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES : Essential duties include, but are not limited to: coordinates and maintains current and advanced planning programs such as General Plan revisions and redevelopment agency items; administers residential and commercial rehabilitation projects, advises participants on improvement and rehabilitation projects; processes applications for major developments, zoning changes, subdivisions and site reviews; assists the public in solving planning related problems; provides the general public with information concerning development standards, zoning, and current projects; prepares complex reports on planning, housing and redevelopment issues; prepares and revises planning ordinances and prepares General Plan updates such as Housing Element updates; develops maps, charts and graphs in interpretation of various phases of planning studies; develops specific plan and policies with recommendations to the Director of Community Development; performs construction plan checks, including field inspection for zoning compliance; and other related duties as assigned.
