Explanation
BACKGROUND: Five 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 such real property. A vacant lot on Fair Ave. (Lot 76) (010-040446) will be sold to Judy Dixon, a vacant lot at 172 Hayden Ave. (010-040647) will be sold to William & Janis Warner, a vacant lot at E. Hudson St. (Lot 115) (010-032157) will be sold to Richard D. Myser & Ray Rammelsberg and a vacant two-family structure at 269-71 S. Grubb St. (010-006097 and 010-006098) will be sold to Kevin M. Donley. All buyers are adjacent property owners who will acquire these parcels to enlarge their existing property. The property will be transferred by deed, which will be recorded in the Official Records of the 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 in order to expedite the sale of the properties and to return these properties to tax generating, productive assets.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of five parcels of real property 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 parcels which has been acquired pursuant to Section 5722.03 for this program meet the Land Reutilization Program's Disposition Policies and Guiding Principles and has been approved; and
WHEREAS, such parcels of real estate are being sold at not less than fair market value in conformity with Ohio Revised Code Section 5722.07, competitive bidding is not required; and
WHEREAS, under 5722.07 "fair market value" means the appraised value of the nonproductive land made with reference to such redevelopment and reutilization restrictions as may be imposed by the electing subdivision as a condition of sale or as may be otherwise applicable to such land; 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, emergency action is necessary in order to expedite the sale of the properties and to return these properties to tax generating, productive assets; 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, 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 and directed to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds to convey title of the following parcels of real estate:
(1)
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-040446
ADDRESS: 0 Fair Ave. (Lot 76)
PRICE: $3,325.00 plus recording fee of $35.00
USE: Adjacent Side Yard
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin and State of Ohio and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lot Number Seventy-Six (76) in Amended Plat of John M. Pugh's Subdivision, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, page 144, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
(2)
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-040647
ADDRESS: 172 Hayden Ave.
PRICE: $4,800.00 plus recording fee of $35.00
USE: Adjacent Side Yard
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin and State of Ohio and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lot Number One Hundred Twenty Seven (127) in Thomas E. Knauss Amended Subdivision to the said City, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, page 268, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
(3)
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-032157
ADDRESS: 0 E. Hudson St., (Lot 115)
PRICE: $2,755.00 plus recording fee of $35.00
USE: Adjacent Side Yard
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin and State of Ohio and bounded and described as follows:
Being 62.55 feet off the North Side of Lot Number One Hundred and Fifteen (115) of George Williams' Amended Subdivision of his North-wood Heights Addition to the City of Columbus, Ohio, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 2, page 270, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
(4 and 5)
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-006097 and 010-006098
ADDRESS: 269-71 S. Grubb St.
PRICE: $950.00 plus recording fee of $35.00 plus costs of demolition, if applicable
USE: Adjacent Side Yard
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin and State of Ohio and bounded and described as follows:
Being One and One-Half (1 1/2) feet off of the South Side of Lot Number Sixty-Five (65), all of Lot Number Sixty-Six (66) and Nine and One-Half (9 1/2) feet off of the North Side of Lot Number Sixty-Seven (67) of POPE AND ELLERMAN'S SUBDIVISION, as the said lots are numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 3, Page 432, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio. TOGETHER WITH the easement for sidewalk described in Deed Book 1361, Page 527 to which deed reference is made for a more complete recital therein.
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.