Label
City Center TIF
Neighborhoods and Business Development
Brandon Sehlhorst (x1692)
(Revised)
Title
Declaring the improvements to certain real property parcels within the city to be a public purpose; describing the public improvements to be made to directly benefit such parcels; exempting such improvements from ad valorem real property taxation for a period of 30 years; requiring the owner of the improvements to make service payments in lieu of taxes; establishing a municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund for the deposit of the service payments, authorizing various agreements and actions, all pursuant to sections 5709.40, 5709.42, 5709.43 and other provisions of the Ohio Revised Code; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Sections 5709.40, 5709.42 and 5709.43 of the Ohio Revised Code ("ORC") (the "Act") provide that Council may describe public improvements to be made that directly benefit certain parcels of real property located in the City, declare public infrastructure improvements (as defined in ?5709.40) with respect to such parcels to be a public purpose, authorize the exemption from real property taxation of improvements to such parcels for a period of time, provide for the making of service payments in lieu real property taxes ("Service Payments") by the owner of such parcels, and establish a municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund into which such service payments shall be deposited, with such mechanism commonly referred to as tax increment financing ("TIF").
In 2017, Council adopted a Downtown Master Plan by Ordinance 46-17. This plan outlined the need to make public infrastructure improvements to upgrade transportation, connectivity, walk-ability and greenspace within the downtown area to support continued and increased commercial, housing and retail development, including the reuse of significant downtown properties. In addition to benefits to the TIF Parcels, the establishment of a d...
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