CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to eliminating neighborhood blight; authorizing the acquisition of real property commonly known as 213 South Main Street; authorizing the execution of necessary documents; authorizing acquisition by condemnation; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution 31906 declaring the property located at 213 South Main Street to be a neighborhood blight; and
WHEREAS, the property has been vacant and not legally occupied since 1989 and the conditions of the building are a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare, including presenting a public safety risk to police and firefighters who may need to enter the building; and
WHEREAS, acquisition of the property by the City is necessary to protect public health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, redevelopment of the property is in the public interest and would address blighted conditions; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Acquisition of the following described real property is for the public use and public interest to eliminate a neighborhood blight. Convenience and necessity require that the following real property, situated in the City of Seattle, County of King, State of Washington, and commonly known as 213 South Main Street, King County Parcel No. 524780-0880 (“Property”), together with all rights, privileges, and other property pertaining thereto, be acquired:
LOT 8, BLOCK 14, TOWN OF SEATTLE, AS LAID OUT BY D S MAYNARD (COMMONLY KNOWN AS D S MAYNARD’S PLAT OF SEATTLE) ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 1 OF PLATS, PAGE 23, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON, EXCEPT PORTION CONDEMNED IN KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CAUSE NO. 192371 FOR THE EXTENSION OF SECOND AVENUE, AS PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 50867 OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
Section 2. The Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services, or the Director’s designee, is authorized, on behalf of The City of Seattle, to negotiate and enter into an agreement to acquire the Property for a purchase price equivalent to just compensation, and to accept a deed for the Property by attaching to the deed the Director’s written acceptance thereof and recording the same. The Property shall be placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services and disposed of pursuant to adopted disposition procedures. The Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services, or the Director’s designee, is also authorized to make minor amendments to the above legal description as may be necessary to correct scrivener’s errors or to conform the legal description to the precise boundaries of the property.
Section 3. The Seattle City Attorney, or the City Attorney’s designee, on behalf of The City of Seattle, is authorized to commence and prosecute proceedings in the manner provided by law to condemn, take, damage, and appropriate the Property in fee simple, after just compensation has been made or paid into court for the owners thereof, in the manner provided by law; and to stipulate for the purposes of minimizing damages.
Section 4. The entire cost of the acquisition provided for above shall be paid from the general fund or other fund of The City of Seattle as may be provided by law. Appropriation authority for the acquisition may be provided, supplemented, or clarified through Council consideration and passage of the Mayor’s proposed 2020 budget.
Section 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this ordinance, the City does not intend to proceed with acquisition, if the owner of the Property is diligently proceeding with actions to redevelop the Property to address blighted conditions. The Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services, or the Director’s designee, is authorized to enter into an agreement with the owner of the Property delaying or ceasing any City actions to acquire the Property upon adequate assurances, as determined by the Director, that redevelopment of the Property is proceeding in a timely manner.
Section 6. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2019, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2019.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2019.
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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2019.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)