Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation certifies demolition costs to the County Auditor to become special assessments against the property taxes.
These costs must be certified to the County Auditor so the City can attempt to recover the funds spent on demolition of nuisance structures.
The demolitions were done pursuant to the Nuisance Abatement Program and the Columbus Building Code.
FISCAL IMPACT: The City will incur no expenditures with the passage of this ordinance.
Title
To assess certain properties for the cost for demolishing structures found to be public nuisances.
Body
WHEREAS, the Columbus City Code, Sections 4701.06 and 4109.06 states, that upon failure of the property owner to abate a nuisance within the time limits specified, the Director of the Department of Trade and Development, or his authorized agent, is authorized to cause the demolition of the nuisance structure. This section further provides that the owner of such a demolished structure shall be billed for the cost of such demolition and upon failure of such owner to pay such cost of demolition the City of Columbus, may cause such cost of demolition to be levied as an assessment against the property which was the subject of the abatement action; and
WHEREAS, certain structures have been demolished in accordance with the provisions of the Columbus City Code, Sections 4701.06 and 4109.06; and
WHEREAS, certain property owners have been billed for the cost of such demolitions and have failed to pay such cost; and
WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary to assess the cost of such demolitions against the properties which were the subject of the abatement actions; and
WHEREAS, a procedure to be followed in certifying and assessing such demolition costs is for the City of Columbus to certify such costs to the County Auditor of Franklin County, Ohio and have them levied as a special assessment against the property which was the subject of the demolition abatement action, and recovered in the manner provided for the recovery of special assessments; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS;
Section 1. That the following list showing the owners name, parcel number, address
of the demolished structure, and the cost of demolishing the structure, be and is hereby approved.
OWNERS NAME PARCEL NUMBER PROPERTY COSTS
Jamison Enterprises #2 010-063217 1515 Harvard $7,209.33
Marshall Leandre 010-002832 1516-18 Franklin $8,111.28
Emma & Claude Parks 010-010342 149 E Barthman $4,322.98
Maurice T Johnson 010-008165 1090 McAllister $5,665.00
EJ & Blanche Wardlaw 010-080254 1115 Fairwood $3,060.00
Thomas Chalfant 010-019512 65 N 22nd $8,758.61
Davie Tate III 010-055271 1391-93 E Mound $9,709.00
Harry & Mary Gillespie 010-015828 71 E Morrill $5,430.00
Craig S Williams 010-018798 461 S 22nd $7,299.00
Dorothy P Gray 010-017533 458 N Ohio $6,351.00
Equicredit Mtg Corp 010-040448 598-600 Seymour $12,143.00
Archie F Reime 010-004109 162 N Eureka $7,580.00
David MacAbee 010-074624 1237 Briarwood $3,580.00
Willie & Virginia Smith 010-015609 1616-18 S 4th $14,601.58
Garry & Lynette Cosby 010-017585 1097-99 E 17th $9,177.00
Nicholas & Renee Conner 010-049954 749-51 S 18th $8,030.00
Robert Parman/Parman Inv 010-016266 268 Skidmore $5,610.00
Bankers Trust of Calif. 010-044364 1443-45 Mooberry $11,369.64
Wayne Elliot &
Judy Speakman 010-027475 267 Barthman $6,613.35
Tyler Walker 010-019171 277-79 Avondale $12,505.11
Chester Dickerson 010-026927 1430 Gibbard $7,132.59
Charles Morehead 010-059968 1541 Aberdeen $7,433.40
Mac & Ina Reynolds et al 010-017053 237-39 Miami $8,321.59
Abu J & Monique Abush-
Shahid 010-019568 1589-91 E Rich $10,725.15
Section 2. That the City Clerk shall certify, in writing, to the County Auditor of Franklin County, Ohio a report of such assessments and charges which shall then be entered upon the tax duplicate of Franklin County, Ohio and be collected in the manner provided for the recovery of special assessments.
Section 3. That upon such recovery of such demolition cost the proceeds shall be transmitted
to the treasurer of the City of Columbus, Ohio and returned to the demolition fund from which they were originally disbursed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest date
provided by law.