Explanation
BACKGROUND: One property currently held in the Land Bank has 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 such real property. This parcel will be
purchased by Community Housing Development, Inc. for the move and rehabilitation of the structure located
at 1509-1511 S. Fourth Street to the City's lot located at 79-81 E. Morrill Avenue.
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 requested in order to facilitate and meet the
scheduled move of the house to the new location.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of a parcel of real property (79-81 E. Morrill Avenue) held in the Land Bank pursuant to the Land Reutilization Program; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 2161-93 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 to foster either return of such land to tax revenue generating status or its devotion to public use; and
WHEREAS, a proposal for the sale of one parcel which has been acquired for this program meet the Land Reutilization Program's Disposition Policies and Guiding Principles and has been approved; and
WHEREAS, such parcel of real estate is being sold at not less than fair market value in conformity with Ohio Revised Code Section 5722.07; 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 such 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 approve said Land Bank real estate transfer, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; 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 and directed to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds to convey title of the following parcel of real estate:
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-056854
ADDRESS: 79-81 E. Morrill Avenue
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Move and rehabilitation of the structure at 1509-1511 S. Fourth Street to the lot on
E. Morrill Avenue
79-81 E. Morrill Avenue Parcel #010-056854
Being a part of Lot Number Five (5) of N. MERION'S SUBDIVISION of 23.38 acres of land in Half Sections 42 and 43, Township 5, Range 22, Refugee Lands, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the plat thereof in Plat Book 1, page 374, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the south line of Morrill Avenue 70.08 feet west of an iron stake at the Southwest corner of the intersection of said Morrill Avenue and South Fourth Street; thence South 3° West, parallel with the west line of Fourth Street 130 feet to a point; thence North 87° West, on a line parallel with the south line of Morrill Avenue 75.3 feet; thence North 3° East and parallel with the west line of Fourth Street, 10 feet to a point; thence South 87° East, on a line parallel with the south line of Morrill Avenue, 37.03 feet, more or less, to a point which is 38 feet west of the easterly line of these premises on this line, projected east thereto; thence North 3° East, along a line parallel to the west line of Fourth Street, 120 feet to the south line of Morrill Avenue 38 feet west of the place of beginning; thence South 87° East, along the south line of Morrill Avenue, 38 feet to the place of beginning.
Being the same premises conveyed by Ada B. Wynne and Wilbur M. Wynne to William J. Gilman and Adeal Gilman by deed dated May 31st, 1935 and now on record in Vol. Number 1004, page 542, of the deed records of Franklin County, Ohio. Also the same premises conveyed by Charles Blesch, widower, to Ada B. Wynne and Wilbur M. Wynne by deed now of record in D. B. 626, page 420 of the deed records of Franklin County, excepting therefrom that part thereof conveyed to Elmer R. Anderson by deed now of record in D. B. 741, page 327 of the deed records of Franklin County, Ohio.
Section 2. 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.