HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 7119 AMEND CITY CODE ENLARGE THE DESIGNATION OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AREAS
ORDINANCE NO 7119
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE 2.1, SECTION 1-4-16,
OF THE AUGUSTA, GA. CODE, SO AS TO ENLARGE THE
DESIGNATION OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AREAS; TO
REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Downtown Development Authorities Law, Ga. L. 1981, p. 1744, et seq., codified
by the Georgia General Assembly in O.C.G.A. S 36-62-1, et seq., creates in and for every county and
municipal corporation in the State of Georgia a public body corporate and politic to be known as the
"Development Authority" of such county or municipal corporation; and
WHEREAS, the public body corporate and politic known as the "Downtown Development
Authority of the City of Augusta" (hereinafter "Authority") was created pursuant to Ga. L. 1981, p. 1744,
et seq., and
WHEREAS, adequate financing for the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the central business
district of Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia cannot be provided through the ordinary operation of
private enterprise, and the involvement of a public agency in such an undertaking would not be
competitive with private enterprise; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission (hereinafter
"Commission") that there exists an urgent need to provide incentives for the investment of funds for the
rehabilitation and redevelopment of the central business district of the Augusta-Richmond County,
Georgia (hereinafter "Augusta"); and
WHEREAS, the Commission has determined that there is a need for a Downtown Development
Authority to function in Augusta to help finance the cost of rehabilitation and redevelopment of the
central business district of Augusta; and
WHEREAS, the current boundaries of the Downtown Development Authority constitute from
the west side of Fifteenth Street through the west side of East Boundary, and from the Savannah River
through the south side of Laney Walker Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, it is found and determined that the areas referred to above which constitute the
boundary areas of the Downtown Development Authority are blighted areas and qualify as eligible project
areas under redevelopment laws; and
WHEREAS, additional blighted areas exist in the central business district and beyond the same,
so that the current boundaries of the Downtown Development Authority must be expanded and the
designation of the development areas increased; and
THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION HEREBY
ORDAINS as follows:
Section One: By the authority aforesaid it is hereby ordained that the
central business district of Augusta be and is hereby
designated as the downtown development area of
Augusta as required pursuant to Section Three of the
Downtown Development Authorities Law, Ga. L. 1981,
p. 1744, et seq.
Section Two: By the authority and approval of the Augusta-Richmond
County Commission, the boundaries of the Downtown
Development Authority must be expanded and the
designated area of the Downtown Development
Authority is enlarged as follows:
Section Three: The boundaries of the Downtown Development
Authority of Augusta are expanded so as to include the
area located generally in the area East of Milledge Road
and Lakemont Drive; South of the Savannah River; West
ofI-520; North ofWrightsboro Road, Seventh Street and
Laney-Walker Boulevard, as more particularly shown as
marked in blue on a Google Aerial Photograph of the
area, identified as Image 2007 DigitalGlobe, 2007 Tele
Atlas, filed with the Clerk of Commission and
incorporated herein by reference.
Section Four: That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
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Adopted I S day ofMm'Ch, 2009.
Waive 2nd Reading
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David S. Copenhaver, As its Mayor
Attest:
Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of Commission
Seal:
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned Clerk of Commission, Lena J. Bonner, hereby certifies that the foregoing
Ordinance was duly adopted by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission on (~ i6'1" 9()6J'f
2008 and that such Ordinance has not been modified or rescinded as of the date heeof and the
undersigned further certifies that attached hereto is a true copy of the Ordinance which was approved and
'\ adopted in the foregoing meetings(s).
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Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of Commission
Published in the Augusta Chronicle.
Date:
April 1.3, 2009