Explanation
Background: To Authorize the Director of the Department of Development to create a Community Reinvestment Area Housing Council, as required by section 3735.69 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Fiscal Impact: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
An ordinance authorizing the Director of the Department of Development to create a Community Reinvestment Area Housing Council for the purpose of review and inspection of properties within areas designated as residential Community Reinvestment Areas; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 1698-78, approved August 3, 1978, authorizes the Department of Development to carry out a Community Reinvestment Program, pursuant to Sections 3735.65 to 3735.70 of the Ohio Revised Code ("Revised Code"), and approves certain administrative procedures for the program; and
WHEREAS, the construction of new or renovation of existing residential structures within a Community Reinvestment Area constitutes a public purpose for which real property exemptions may be granted; and
WHEREAS, Sections 3735.69 of the Revised Code requires a municipal corporation to create a Community Reinvestment Area Housing Council(s) to review and inspect properties within community reinvestment area for which exemption has been granted under 3735.65 through 3735.69 of the Ohio Revised Code and
WHEREAS, Section 3735.70 of the Revised Code directs the Housing Council to hear appeals of those aggrieved under Sections 3735.65 through 3735.69 of the Revised Code, and
WHEREAS, the legislative authority and the Mayor shall make appointments of individuals to serve three-year terms on the Housing Council(s); and
WHEREAS, initial appointments shall be staggered for one, two and three year terms; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to create a Community Reinvestment Area Housing Council for the purpose of review and inspection of properties within areas designated as residential Community Reinvestment Areas all for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. Pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3735.69 of the Ohio Revised Code, this Council hereby finds and determines that it is necessary to create a Community Reinvestment Area Housing Council and to appoint members to serve on that Council.
Section 2. All residentially-zoned properties be reviewed and inspected by the Housing Council(s) in accordance Sections 3735.69 through 3735.69 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Section 3. A Community Reinvestment Area Housing Council shall be created, consisting of three members appointed by the Mayor of the City of Columbus, five members appointed by the Council of the City of Columbus and one member appointed by the Development [Planning] Commission of Columbus. The majority of the members shall then appoint two additional members who shall be residents of the political subdivision.
Section 4. Members shall be added to the Housing Council(s) as deemed necessary by the Housing Officer, but shall at all times reflect the minimum number of members as required by the Ohio Revised Code.
Section 5. Terms of the members of the Council shall be for three years. Initial appointments shall be staggered for one, two and three years. An unexpired term resulting from a vacancy in the Council shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment was made.
Section 6. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, the 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.