Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance 0090-2014, passed January 27, 2014, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to transfer one parcel of real property held in the Land Bank and located at 185 Ziegler Ave. (010-111697) to Barakat Saleh for the sum of $25,000 plus a $38.00 recording fee. Due to recent vandalism and property damage it is now necessary to reduce the amount of the sales price to $23,000.
Emergency action is requested so the transfer of the property can be made without further delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required by this legislation.
Title
To amend Ordinance 0090-2014, passed January 27, 2014, to reduce the sales price of the Land Bank parcel located at 185 Ziegler Ave. to reflect recent vandalism and property damage; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, on January 27, 2014, Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 0090-2014 authorizing the Director of the Department of Development to transfer one parcel of real property held in the Land Bank and located at 185 Ziegler Ave. (010-111697) to Barakat Saleh for the sum of $25,000 plus a $38.00 recording fee.; and
WHEREAS, due to recent vandalism and property damage it is now necessary to reduce the amount of the sales price to $23,000; and
WHEREAS, no funding is required for this amendment; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the amendment to Ordinance 0090-2014 so the transfer of the property can be made without further delay, 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 Section 1 of Ordinance 0090-2014, passed January 27, 2014, is hereby amended to read as follows:
That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds to convey title to the following parcel of real estate to Barakat Saleh:
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-111697
ADDRESS: 185 Ziegler Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43207
PRICE: $23,000 plus a $38.00 recording fee
USE: Single-family rental unit
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin and City of Columbus:
Being Lot Number Eighty-eight (88) of New Amsterdam Village, as the same is numbered and delineated on the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 20, Page II, Recorder's Office, 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.