146-02 Community Development Plan - West End

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WHEREAS, this Council has determined that it shall be City policy to enter into, with respect to certain designated areas in the West End District, a redevelopment proposal or proposals satisfactory to the City with spedflc contractual commitrnent from a redeveloper or redevelopers presented to the City because such procedure constitutes a satisfactory and daslreble method for the elimination and prevention of the recurrence of blight; and WHEREAS, the West End Community Development Plan contemplates general measures to eliminate such conditions of blight and deterioration from the West End District and contemplates specific measures to accomplish such objective by providing for the revitalization of structures and property or the dearence of structures and redevelopment of properly pursuant to the stendards of Chapter :!.53 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood; and WHEREAS, for the foregoing reasons, Coundl has determined that the Community Development Plan for the West End District and the implementation of the measures therein set forth, i.e. but not limited to revitalization, redevelopment, code enfOrcement, public improvements, and finandal tools and incentives, will be in the best interest of the citizens of the Qty and will provide for the general health, safety and welfare of the City; and WHEREAS, this Coundl by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this ordinance Is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ART/CIE }[I[, SECT/ONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHAR'I'ER OF THE ClTY OF LAKEVVOOD, and that immediate action is necessary in order that steps can be immediately undertaken to eliminate conditions of blight and deterioration in the District. NOW, THEREFORE, BE TI' ORDAINED BY THE C1TY OF LAKEVVOOD, STATE OF OHZO: Se~on 1. That based upon the facts and conditions concerning blight and deterioration contained in the West End Community Development Plan Including but not limited to functional obsolescence of 94% of the buildings within the District, zoning non-compliance of 78% of the parcels within the District, economic obsolescence of 6:2% of the pameis Within the District end building and safety defideocies in the buildings for which interior building conditions were surveyed, E is hereby found and determined that the West End District, being the area described in the West End Community Development Plan and in the description in Section 3, is a blighted and deteriorated area that meets the requirements of Chapter 153 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood. Se~on 2. That It is necessary and desirable to approve the West End Community Development Plan as an urban renewal and redevelopment plan pursuant to the provisions of Section :L53.08 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood. Sec-/ion 3. That the West End District is generally located at the West End of the City at the edge of the Detroit Avenue Bridge, including the north and south sides of Detroit Avenue west of Riverside DYNe, the west side of Sloane Avenue, the wes~ side of Aiverslde Drive and Graber Drive, Grldle¥ Street, Rio Street and Scenic Street, as depicted in Exhibit A a~ached hereto, which area is further identified by the street address of each property in the West End Community Development Plan and includes the parcels listed on the tax list and map of the Auditor of Cuyahoga County at Volume 3t~.~ Page 14~ Parcel Nos. 19-40, 99-101~ 103; on Page 15, Parcel Nos. 13-16, 33-65; and on Page 18~ Parcel Nos. 1-99. 2of4 ~