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7C Page 12 B. Project A�ea Siighting Conditions The Redevelopment Plan for al1 three areas' showed that they shared similar blight characteristics, such as defective design and c�aracter of physical construction, residential overcrowding, small or irregular lats, inadequate public improvements, and varying degrees of sociai and economic maladjustments, These blight conditions are described in more detail below: 9. Historic Blighting Condit�ons--4riginal Project Area At the time of the Plan Adoption, #he prvperties in#his Project Area were improved and pa�tially improved with a mixture of commerciai, rai(road, industria!and residential uses, as well as various public or quasi-public open spaces. Many of the sites were under different ownership and/or tenant leases, and in some cases,were subject to deed restrictions, which inhibited their development. in gene�al, the properties were affected by conditions such as economic dislocation, deteriora#ion and disuse resulting from faulty planning, the subdiv'ssion and safe of lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size for usefulness and development, and a prevalence of impaired investmen#s and economic maladjustmen#s which led to a reduction of, or lack of, proper utilization of.#he areas to such an extent tha#it consti#uted a ser�ous economic burden on the community. Some of#he iots or areas were also sub�ect#o being submerged by water. These conditions of btight and the overail under productivity of the Project Area had placed its properties in a very unfavorable competiti�e position with respect to �ewer and more comprehensive developmen#at#he time of the plan adoption. 2. Ntstorlc 8light+ng Co»ditions--Amendment Area#1 This area suffered from the same poor vehicular circulation as the Gateway subarea in the original Project Area such as inadequate access and a functionaily inefficient!ot and block layout created by the railroad. In addition,the buildings on James Avenue were on small lots tha#were not conducive to larger scaie development. There had aiso been a shEfting of uses in properties fronting onto EI Camino Real. The most signifcant indicator of blight in#he area, however,was the existence of inadequate public improvements: for example,the creek bed lacated behind the James Avenue buiidings was open, unsightly and had floaded in the receni past. ' Referring to the nriginal project area and the two phases of territory added by amendment. Keyser Marston Associat�s,lnc. Page 4 \1Sf-fs11wp118118610118610.0051006-Ofll,cfoc;DRAFT