File #: ORD. 2020-240    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 11/10/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/7/2020 Final action: 12/14/2020
Title: To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to acquire, at a tax delinquent judicial sale, the property located at 1305 North 5th Street and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof to accept title to such property for the purpose of preserving the property as a historic burial ground.
Patrons: Mayor Stoney
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2020-240, 2. Staff Report, 3. Map, 4. Historic Documentation, 5. Letter of Support_Preservation Virginia, 6. Letter of Support_Historic Richmond Foundation, 7. Additional Letters of Support
Title
To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to acquire, at a tax delinquent judicial sale, the property located at 1305 North 5th Street and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof to accept title to such property for the purpose of preserving the property as a historic burial ground.
Body
WHEREAS, pursuant to sections 58.1-3970 and 58.1-3970.1 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, the City of Richmond is authorized to acquire tax delinquent properties sold pursuant to 58.1-3965 through 58.1-3975 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, or pursuant to any other provision of law for the enforcement of tax liens; and
WHEREAS, the property located at 1305 North 5th Street with Tax Parcel No. N000-0233/006, will be sold at a judicial sale for delinquent taxes; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to acquire the aforesaid property for the purpose of preserving such property as a historic burial ground; and

WHEREAS, any such acquisition is subject to the approval of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond; and
WHEREAS, upon acquisition, the City desires to obtain title to the aforesaid property for the purpose of preserving such property as a historic burial ground; and
WHEREAS, the Chief Administrative Officer's authority to accept title to the aforesaid property is contingent upon the City's acquisition of the aforesaid property and is, therefore, null and void if the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond should reject the City's offer to acquire;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That pursuant to sections 58.1-3970 and 58.1-3970.1 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, the Chief Administrative Officer, or the designee thereof, is hereby authorized to acquire, at a tax delinquent judicial sale, the property located at 1305 North 5th Street, with Tax Parcel No. N000-0233/006, ...

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