Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance 0001-2017 authorized the Director of the Department of Development to transfer land located at 345 Barthman Ave. (010-299496) to Parsons Place, LLC to construct a 62-unit permanent supportive affordable housing development. As the project obtained site plan approvals, the Columbus Fire Division required a no build easement on the adjacent land bank land to allow access for emergency vehicles. This Ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all easements necessary to comply with this request.
FISCAL IMPACT: No fiscal impact.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested to enable the City to immediately grant the easement to allow the project to meet requirements of Department of Public Safety, a condition to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to quit-claim grant one or more easements on 354 Reeb Ave. (010-017962); and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 0001-2017, Council Authorized the Director of the Department of Development to sell and transfer land to Parsons Place, LLC to allow the construction of a multi-family building project; and
WHEREAS, while obtaining approvals for the project, the Columbus Division of Fire required the establishment of an easement for a no-build area on the adjacent City property to allow access for emergency equipment and requires this easement in place prior to the Certificate of Occupancy; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Land Redevelopment Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to grant the necessary easements to allow the buyer to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy on the adjacent property, 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 to execute those documents on behalf of the City of Columbus, as approved by the Department of Law, Division of Real Estate, necessary to grant one or more easements on 354 Reeb Ave. (010-017962) to Parsons Place, LLC for the building located at 345 Barthman Ave. (010-299496).
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.