4564 - 48 Purchase property on Belle Ave

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ORDINANCE No. 4564 by Mr. Quinn AN E~ERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City of Lakewood, to purchase the certain real estate located on Belle Avenue in the City of Lakewood hereinafter more particularly described. WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency in that, by legislatio~ heretofore adopted, this Council has appropriated and instructed the Director of Law to proceed with action to assess compensation with respect to the property here- inafter described which action has been filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County; in that settlement of said action bas been reached whereby the owner has agreed, subject to retaining possession of s. aid p.r. ope~rty r. ent~_free.u, nt~_l~_ September 1, 1948, to sell said property for the cc~smderemmon neremnai~er s~mpu~a~ which this Council deems to be in the best interests of the City; and in that it provides for the public health and welfare and the usual daily operatign of a municipal department, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE coUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchas from Marie Schuster the following described property: Situated in the City of Lake~ood, County of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, and kno~ as being Sublot No. 127 in the Belle Avenue Allotment, of a part of Section No. 22, Original Rockport Township, as shown by, the ~lat recorded in Volume 41, Page 23, Cuyahoga County ~ap Records~ and being a parcel of land on the east side of Belle Avenue, 45 feet wide and extending east on the north line 188.35 feet and 188.24_feet on the south line and 45.01 feet in the rear, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. and to pay therefor the sum Of seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($17,500.00) Section 2. That the title to said property shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Law; that possession shall be given t o the City by the owner September 1, 1948; that taxes and assessments shall be pro-rated as of the date of transfer; that the Director of Finance be, and h~ is hereby authorize to pay the ~mount set forth in Section 1 hereof from the Hospital Building Im!iove~ Fund upon delivery by Ma~rie Sch~u~t~.er of.he~o~aerntwY t~e~br~an~fsTi~t~teU~i Rudolf Schuster, to the ~ity o~ a~ewoo~, g i s os~ the said real estate to be free and clear of all encumbrances, excepting taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, zoning ordinances and restrictions of record, if any, and subject to possession of said property rent free until September 1, 191 and that the Director of Finance be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay the costs incidental to the completion of the purchase of said real estate, including the cost of recording the Deed and one-half of the e~crow agent's fee f~om said fund. ~ection 3. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency mess for the ~reasons stated in the preamble hereof and, provided it receives the affirm vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the ~yor. ~m. R. Fairgrieve ~- Adopted:~ June 7, 1948 President Approved: June 8~ 1948.. H.A. Rees clerk A. I. Kauffman Mayor