Summary
Lakewood City Council authorizes the Director of Planning and Development or Mayor to contract a licensed broker to market the renovated single-family home at 1472 Belle Avenue for 180 days, aiming to expand homeownership for low- to moderate-income households. The ordinance requires a two-thirds Council vote and allows negotiation and sale agreements upon acceptable offers.
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Docusign Envelope ID; 18A6EOC3-824B-452A-8B7C- F219EFD968F5 ORDINANCE NO. 28- 2025 1st reading and referred to HPD 10/ 6/ 25 Please substitute for the original Baker, Bullock, Evans, Kepple, BY: Marx, Steiner, Strebig AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing and directing the Director of Planning and Development or the Mayor to enter into an agreement with a licensed real estate broker to market for sale the real property located at 1472 Belle Avenue ( PPN 314- 04- 042) Lakewood, Ohio for a period of 180 days, pursuant to Section 155. 07 of the Codified Ordinances. WHEREAS, the City is the owner of the above - listed property; and WHEREAS, the single- family residential home has been renovated and will be made available to expand homeownership opportunities for low -moderate income households; and WHEREAS, this Council has determined it is in the best interest of the City to sell said real property and that such sale shall further the interest of the City and its residents; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2. 12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that these properties should be marketed for sale as soon as is reasonably possible to encourage owner occupancy of the properties; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Director of Planning and Development (" Director") or Mayor is hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of the City, to solicit proposals from licensed real estate brokers and to enter into an agreement with the broker deemed most responsive determined by the Director, to market real property located at 1472 Belle Avenue ( PPN 314- 04- 042) Lakewood, Ohio for a period of 180 days, pursuant to Section 155. 07 of the Codified Ordinances. Section 2. Either the Director, Mayor, the Director of Law or their designee is hereby authorized and directed to enter into agreements and execute all ancillary and related instruments for the sale of said real property upon presentation of an acceptable offer as determined by the Director. Section 3. The Director specifically is authorized to negotiate and or make counterproposals to any offer to purchase said real property, and shall, upon the close of the transaction, report to Council the details of the sale within 45 days of the closing on the property.
Docusign Envelope ID: 18A6EOC3- 824B- 452A- 8B7C- F219EFD968F5 Section 4. The Director shall make no representations or, warranties concerning the conditions of the property, including, but not limited to the property' s environmental condition, mechanical systems; dry basements, foundations, structural integrity or compliance with code, zoning or building requirements. Section 5. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 6. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted: 11/ 03/ 2025 Approved: Docuftned by: Sarah Kepple, President of Council Docu5lgned by: l EP.B3B9 Maureen M. Bach, Clerk of Council Meghan . George, Mayor