Real property belonging to the City shall be sold or leased pursuant to an ordinance passed by Council, authorizing such sale or lease, after a finding by the department having custody and control of such property that it is no longer needed for municipal purposes or, in those cases in which real estate is offered only for lease for a term, that it will not be needed for municipal purposes during the term of the proposed lease.
The sale or lease of real estate pursuant to this section shall be by competitive bid, except as otherwise provided herein. Bids shall be taken after advertising for once a week for three consecutive weeks in the City Journal and at the option of the department having custody and control of such real estate in any other publication.
In any event, the City shall in all cases reserve the right to reject all bids in the event that the appropriate City agency determines that no bids submitted are acceptable.
Council may, by ordinance, authorize the sale or leasing, without competitive bids, of real or personal property in the City, not needed for any municipal purposes, to the United States of America, the State of Ohio, any subdivision or agency of the United States or the State of Ohio, or to any corporation or quasi-corporation not for profit, organized for a public or charitable purpose, upon such terms as may be deemed proper by Council.
Leases, amendments thereto and agreements for the use of City-owned parking facilities shall be signed or executed by the Mayor.
When real estate owned by the City is not needed for any municipal purpose, the Mayor is authorized to rent any such property without further action by Council other than this section, when the reasonable annual rental therefor does not exceed three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600).
Any City-owned property may be leased on a month-to-month basis by the Mayor without further action by Council other than this section.
In those cases in which Council determines that it is in the best interest of the City, City- owned real estate may be sold or leased without competitive bidding.
The fact that competitive bidding is being eliminated and the reason why the public interest requires it shall be stated in any ordinance authorizing the sale without competitive bids.
When real property, owned by the City and zoned “P” for Park, or when real property currently serving as a “park” to the community, is intended to be sold, leased, rezoned, changed to a use other than a park or the control of which is transferred from one department or division to another, a 30-day written notice must be given to City Council. Any such action taken without observation of the 30-day waiting period shall be null and void.
(Ord. 686-99. Passed 8-31-99.)