Ordinances-2017-408 - Urban Revitalization Area - Villages Pt 1

ORDINANCE NO. 2017-408 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2014-365 An Ordinance Designating an Area of Tiffin, Iowa as the Villages Part I Urban Revitalization Area. WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 404, Code of Iowa (the “Act”), the governing body of a city may, by ordinance, designate an area of the city as a revitalization area upon the completion of procedures specified in the Act; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the City Council of Tiffin, Iowa (the “City”), has by resolution determined, with respect to an area within the City, hereinafter described in Section 1 and known as the Villages Part I Urban Revitalization Area (the “Urban Revitalization Area”), that: (a) The Urban Revitalization Area is an area which is appropriate as an economic development area as defined in Section 403.17 of the Code of Iowa. (b) The Urban Revitalization Area is an area which is appropriate for public improvements related to housing and residential development or construction of housing and residential development, including single or multifamily housing. (c) The economic development of the Urban Revitalization Area is necessary in the interest of the public welfare of the residents of the City and the Urban Revitalization Area substantially meets the criteria set forth in Section 404.1 of the Act. WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the City prepared an Amended and Restated Urban Revitalization Plan (the “Restated Plan”) for the Urban Revitalization Area and held a public hearing on the Restated Plan for the Urban Revitalization Area; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the City has adopted the Restated Plan for the Tiffin Urban Revitalization Area; and WHEREAS, the City updated the description of the Urban Revitalization Area in the Restated Plan to include all of the real property described in Section 1 of this Ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Tiffin, in Johnson County, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. In accordance with the Act and in consideration of the recitations set out in the preamble hereof, the area formed by contiguous real estate parcels with a legal description as follows: A portion of the East Half of Section 33, and the West Half of Section 34, all in Township 80 North, Range 7 West, of the 5th Principal Meridian, City of Tiffin, Johnson County, Iowa, more particularly described as follows: