Explanation
Background: The Department of Development is proposing the establishment of a tax increment financing (TIF) area, pursuant to Section 5709.41 of the Ohio Revised Code, in the RiverSouth Area known as Columbus Commons. This ordinance establishes that TIF and provides for a 100% exemption from real property taxation on development on the TIF parcels for a period of not more than thirty (30) years. The Columbus City School District will receive, in the same manner as usual, all amounts that it would have received in real property taxes had the tax exemption not been granted. Annual service payments in lieu of taxes will be made with respect to new development on the TIF parcels. The applicable portion of those service payments will be distributed directly to the Columbus City School District, with the remaining non-school portion of those service payments paid to the City for deposit into the TIF fund established in the ordinance to be used to fund public improvements benefiting the TIF parcels.
Fiscal Impact: No funding is required for this legislation. The City is foregoing real property tax revenue that it would have received with respect to development on the TIF parcels. Instead, the non-school portion of that revenue will be diverted to the specified TIF fund to be used for public infrastructure improvements benefiting the TIF parcels.
Title
To create a tax increment financing area encompassing certain parcels of real property in the portion of the RiverSouth Area known as Columbus Commons; to declare improvements to those parcels to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation; to require the owners of those parcels to make service payments in lieu of taxes; to require the distribution of the applicable portion of those service payments to the Columbus City School District; to establish an urban redevelopment tax increment equivalent fund for the deposit of the remainder of those service payments; to authorize a TIF Agreement;...
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