(a) The City of Warren adopts and implements the procedures set forth in Ohio R.C. Chapter 5722 in order to facilitate the effective reutilization of nonproductive land situated within the boundaries of the City of Warren. The procedures set forth in Ohio R.C. Chapter 5722 are adopted and implemented by the City of Warren as there exists sufficient and substantial nonproductive land within the boundaries of the City which is of such nature and extent as to necessitate the implementation of a Land Reutilization Program to foster either the return of such nonproductive land to tax revenue generating status or the devotion thereof to public use.
(Ord. 10894/96. Passed 3-27-96.)
(Ord. 10894/96. Passed 3-27-96.)
(b) The Executive Director of Community Development shall administer the Land Reutilization Program established pursuant to subsection (a) hereof and Chapter 5722 of the Ohio Revised Code. If lands required as part of such Land Reutilization Program are sold, they shall be sold as follows:
(1) The purchaser shall apply in writing to the Executive Director of Community Development indicating which lot(s) they wish to purchase and indicating the proposed use for redevelopment of the property. The purchase price shall not be less than the fair market value of the property which this Council has determined to be $5.00 per front foot regardless of the size or location of the lot. Corner lots shall be charged for the front footage on the address side of the property as established by the Planning Commission. If two or more persons are interested in purchasing the same lot(s), the lot(s) shall be sold to the purchaser offering the highest price. (Ord. 11584/02. Passed 7-10-02.)
(2) The conveyance from the City shall contain the covenant and agreement that the purchasers shall comply with the proposed use for redevelopment. If the purchasers fail to comply, the property and all improvements thereon shall immediately revert to the City at no cost after ten days written notification by certified mail to the purchaser.
(3) It shall further be a condition of the conveyance from the City that the purchaser shall agree in writing to keep the property in their name for a minimum of five years and to maintain the property in accordance with all applicable Health, Building and Property Maintenance Codes of the City. No lot shall be sold to any person who is delinquent in payment of his/her/their real estate and/or City Income Taxes nor in violation of any Zoning, Building, Health or Maintenance Codes of the City.
(Ord. 11766/04. Passed 4-14-04.)
(4) The conveyances of property sold pursuant to this section shall contain the covenant and condition that if the property is sold within five years or at any time the purchaser violates the existing Health, Building or Property Maintenance Codes, upon ten days written notification by certified mail to the purchaser, if the violations are not rectified, the lot and all improvements thereon shall immediately revert to the City.
(5) Except as may be provided by separate ordinance by this Council, no one person, firm, corporation or company may acquire more than five lots pursuant to the City’s Land Reutilization Program.
(6) The Executive Director of Community Development is authorized to execute and deliver all deeds or other instruments of conveyances necessary to dispose of land acquired through the City’s Land Reutilization Program.
(7) The Executive Director of Community Development shall compile and maintain a written inventory of all properties acquired under the Land Reutilization Program and establish and maintain records and accounts reflecting all transactions, expenditures and revenues relating to the Land Reutilization Program.
(8) Any purchaser adversely affected by the foregoing provisions may appeal the City’s action to the Residential Appeals Board whose decision on such matters shall be final.
(Ord. 11584/02. Passed 7-10-02.)
(c) In order to enhance the effectiveness of the Land Reutilization Program, the Executive Director of Community Development may accept, as gifts on behalf of the City, real property, which shall be held, administered and disposed of in the same manner as are lands acquired pursuant to this section and Ohio R.C. Chapter 5722.
(Ord. 10894/96. Passed 3-27-96.)