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An Ordinance approving the sale of the County’s interest in a parcel of property located at 83 Union Avenue, North Versailles, PA 15137 and identified as Block and Lot 0458-H-00002, for the sale price of $3,300.00 to Royal Penn Realty Group LLC.
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Whereas, the County is the co-owner in fee simple, along with the North Versailles Township (“Township”) and East Allegheny School District (“School District”), of a vacant piece of real property located at 83 Union Avenue, North Versailles, PA, and identified as Block and Lot 0458-H-00002 (the “Property”); and
Whereas, Royal Penn Realty Group LLC or the (“Buyer”) seeks to obtain the parcel to improve it as a parking lot; and
Whereas, the Buyer obtained an appraisal of the Property with the said appraisal indicating a value of $3,300.00, the Township and School District have approved the sale of its interest in the Property for $3,300.00, and the taxing bodies agreed to sharing in the sale proceeds based on their pro rata shares of the current millage rates; and
Whereas, Article IV, Section 2 (k) of the Allegheny County Home Rule Charter and Article 5-701.03 of the Administrative Code of Allegheny County vests the County’s Council with the power and duty by ordinance to authorize the sale and conveyance of County-owned land, buildings, or other real or personal property owned by the County; and
Whereas, the County Manager has determined that it is no longer in the interest of Allegheny County to continue to own its 1/3 interest of this Property; and
Whereas the Council of Allegheny County is of belief that the sale of the Property to the Buyer under the terms and conditions set forth above will inure to the benefit of the citizens of the County by placing a formerly tax delinquent parcel of land back on the tax rolls for productive use.
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Incorporation of the Preamble.
The provisions set forth in the preamble to this Ordina...
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