Explanation
BACKGROUND: Three parcels currently held in the Land Bank have been approved for disposition. In order to complete the transfer, authorization is needed for the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all agreements and deeds for conveyance of the real property. This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to transfer three parcels located at 153 N. 20th St. (010-069932), 156 N. 20th St. (010-052742) and 157 N. 20th St. (010-069931), to Central Ohio Housing Development Organization, Inc., who will construct new single-family houses on each of the lots to be marketed for sale. The parcels will be transferred by deed recorded in the Official Records of the Franklin County Recorder's Office.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation. The City may first recover reimbursement of any and all expenses incurred on account of the acquisition, administration, management, maintenance and disposition of such land and such other expenses of the program as the City may apportion to such land from the sale proceeds.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is necessary to expedite the transfer and decrease Land Bank maintenance costs.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of three parcels of real property (153, 156, and 157 N. 20th St.) held in the Land Bank pursuant to the Land Reutilization Program; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, ordinance 1860-2008 adopted the City's Neighborhood Stabilization Program, authorized the filing of the City's Neighborhood Stabilization Program application with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and made a substantial amendment to the Consolidated Plan's 2008 Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, ordinances 0234-2009 and 0136-2009 authorized the Director of the Department of Development's to expend funds and acquire properties under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program; and
WHEREAS, by ordinance 1325-98 Council adopted and elected to use the Revised Code Chapter 5722, Land Reutilization Program, to facilitate effective reutilization of nonproductive land acquired through a sale pursuant to a foreclosure proceeding initiated by the Franklin County Treasurer, or through a sale of forfeited lands by the Franklin County Auditor, or through a conveyance in lieu of foreclosure; or any other land it acquires as part of its land utilization program; and
WHEREAS, a proposal for the sale of the property which was acquired pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5722.03 and 5722.06 meets the Land Reutilization Program's Disposition Policies and Guiding Principles and has been approved by the Land Redevelopment Office Administrator; and
WHEREAS, in order to complete the transfer of such property to the purchaser, authority is needed for the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds of conveyance for the real property; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Land Redevelopment Office in that it is immediately necessary to convey title of said parcels of real estate to expedite the transfer in order to reduce Land Bank maintenance costs, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds to convey title to the following parcels of real estate to Central Ohio Housing Development Organization, Inc.:
(1)
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-069932
ADDRESS: 153 N. 20th St., Columbus, Ohio 43203
USE: Single Family New Construction - For Sale
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin and City of Columbus:
Being Lot Number Eighty-eight (88) of DEWITT AND HOFFMAN'S SUBDIVISION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 2, Page 197, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
(2)
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-052742
ADDRESS: 156 N. 20th St., Columbus, Ohio 43203
USE: Single Family New Construction - For Sale
Being Lots Nineteen (19) & Twenty (20) in H.E. Gill's Subdivision, City of Columbus, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 2, Page 332, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
(3)
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-069931
ADDRESS: 157 N. 20th St., Columbus, Ohio 43203
USE: Single Family New Construction - For Sale
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin, State of Ohio:
Being Lot Number Eighty-seven (87) of DEWITT AND HOFFMAN'S SUBDIVISION of part of held Section 13, Township 9, Range 22, Refugee Lands, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 2, Page 7, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Section 2. That for good cause shown, Section 329.29 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, is hereby waived.
Section 3. That Council hereby finds that the selection process utilized in this matter is in accordance with the Land Bank Disposition Process created pursuant to the City's Land Reutilization Program and hereby approves the same.
Section 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.