HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-01-29 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 85-18
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR TiE PAVING
AND ST0RM SEWER IAPROVDIENTS FOR LOTS 1 AND 20 IN
HIGHLANDER DEVELOPDIENT' FIRST ADDITION
WHEREAS, the Engineering Division has certified that the following
improvements have been completed in accordance with the plans and
specifications of the City of Iowa City,
The paving improvements for Lots 1 and 20 in Highlander Development
First Addition as constructed by Metro Pavers, Inc. of Iowa City,
Iowa.
The storm sewer improvements for Lots 1 and 20 in Highlander
Development First Addition as constructed by H. D. Knowling Co.
of Iowa City, Iowa.
AND WHEREAS, maintenance bonds have been filed in the City Clerk's
office,
NOW THEREFORE DE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa,
that said improvements be accepted by the City of Iowa City.
It was moved by Strait and seconded by Ambrisco
that the resolution as read be a opte , and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X Ambrisco
X Baker
X Dickson
_ X Erdahl
X McDonald
X Strait
X Zuber
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CHIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5000
ENGINEER'S REPORT
January 23, 1985
Honorable Mayor & City Council
Iowa City, Iowa
Dear Honorable Mayor and Councilpersons:
I hereby certify that the construction of the improvements listed below
have been completed in substantial accordance with the plans and specifi-
cations of the Engineering Division of the City of Iowa City, The
required maintenance bond is on file in the City Clerk's office.
The paving improvements for Lots 1 and 20 in Highlander Development
First Addition as constructed by Metro Pavers, Inc. of Iowa City,
Iowa.
Storm sewer improvements for Lots 1 and 20 in Highlander Development
First Addition as constructed by H.D. Knowling Company of Iowa City,
Iowa.
I hereby recommend that the above mentioned improvements be accepted by
the City of Iowa City,
Res ectfu11 submitted,
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Frank K. Farmer
City Engineer
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CHIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5000
ENGINEER'S REPORT
January 23, 1985
Honorable Mayor & City Council
Iowa City, Iowa
Dear Honorable Mayor and Councilpersons:
I hereby certify that the construction of the improvements listed below
have been completed in substantial accordance with the plans and specifi-
cations of the Engineering Division of the City of Iowa City, The
required maintenance bond is on file in the City Clerk's office.
The paving improvements for Lots 1 and 20 in Highlander Development
First Addition as constructed by Metro Pavers, Inc. of Iowa City,
Iowa.
Storm sewer improvements for Lots 1 and 20 in Highlander Development
First Addition as constructed by H.D. Knowling Company of Iowa City,
Iowa.
I hereby recommend that the above mentioned improvements be accepted by
the City of Iowa City,
Res ectfu11 submitted,
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Frank K. Farmer
City Engineer
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RESOLUTION NO. 85-19
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WORK FOR A PORTION OF
THE PAVING IDiPROVITIENTS FOR FIRST AND ROCHESTER, PART ONE
WHEREAS, the Engineering Division has certified that the following
improvements have been completed in accordance with the plans and
specifications of the City of Iowa City,
The portion of paving improvements to be accepted is adjacent
to Lots 26-35, 37-40, 43 and 44 of First and Rochester, Part
One in Iowa City, Iowa as constructed by Metro Pavers, Inc.
of Iowa City, Iowa.
AND WHEREAS, maintenance bonds have been filed in the City Clerk's
office,
NOW THEREFORE DE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa,
that said improvements be accepted by the City of Iowa City.
It was moved by Strait and seconded by Ambrisco
that the resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll calediere were
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X Ambrisco
X Baker
X Dickson
_ X Erdahl
X McDonald
X Strait
X— Zuber
Passed and approved this 29th• day of January , 1985 .
ATTEST: 2l1. zi d -,Al vloeo /
CITY CLERK
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MAYOR
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CITY &F IOWA CITY
CIVIC CEN(ER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5000
ENGINEER'S REPORT
January 23, 1985
Honorable Mayor & City Council
Iowa City, Iowa
Dear Honorable Mayor and Councilpersons:
I hereby certify that the construction of the improvements listed below
have been completed in substantial accordance with the plans and specifi-
cations of the Engineering Division of the City of Iowa City. The
required maintenance bond is on file in the City Clerk's office.
The portion of paving improvements to be accepted is adjacent to
Lots 26-35, 37-40, 43 and 44 of First and Rochester, Part One, in
Iowa City, Iowa, as constructed by Metro Pavers, Inc. of Iowa City,
Iowa.
I hereby recommend that the above mentioned improvements be accepted by
the City of Iowa City,
Respec-fu t bmi_'tted,
Frank K. Farmer
City Engineer
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CIVIC CEN(ER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5000
ENGINEER'S REPORT
January 23, 1985
Honorable Mayor & City Council
Iowa City, Iowa
Dear Honorable Mayor and Councilpersons:
I hereby certify that the construction of the improvements listed below
have been completed in substantial accordance with the plans and specifi-
cations of the Engineering Division of the City of Iowa City. The
required maintenance bond is on file in the City Clerk's office.
The portion of paving improvements to be accepted is adjacent to
Lots 26-35, 37-40, 43 and 44 of First and Rochester, Part One, in
Iowa City, Iowa, as constructed by Metro Pavers, Inc. of Iowa City,
Iowa.
I hereby recommend that the above mentioned improvements be accepted by
the City of Iowa City,
Respec-fu t bmi_'tted,
Frank K. Farmer
City Engineer
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RESOLUTION NO. 85-20
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR A PORTION OF
TIS SANITARY SEIIER AND STODI SOVER
FOR FIRST AND ROCHESTER, PART RTS
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WHEREAS, the Engineering Division has certified that the following
improvements have been completed in accordance with the plans and
specifications of the City of Iowa City,
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i The sanitary sewer improvements for Lots 39-43 of First and
Rochester, Part One in Iowa City, Iowa.
The storm sewer improvements for Lots 26-35 and 37-44 of
First and Rochester, Part One in Iowa City, Iowa.
AND WHEREAS, maintenance bonds have been filed in the City Clerk's
office,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa,
that said improvements be accepted by the City of Iowa City.
It was moved by Strait and seconded by Ambrisco
that the resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll calms ere were
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
5 Ambrisco
Baker
g_ Dickson
_ X Erdahl
x McDonald
Strait
X Zuber
Passed and approved this 29th. day of January , 1985 .
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CITY Or- IOWA CITY
CHIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CI1Y, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5000
ENGINEER'S REPORT
January 23, 1985
Honorable Mayor & City Council
Iowa City, Iowa
Dear Honorable Mayor and Councilpersons:
I hereby certify that the construction of the improvements listed below
have been completed in substantial accordance with the plans and specifi-
cations of the Engineering Division of the City of Iowa City. The
required maintenance bond is on file in the City Clerk's office.
The sanitary sewer improvements for Lots 39-43 of First and
Rochester, Part One, in Iowa City, Iowa.
Storm sewer improvements for Lots 26-35 and 37-44 of First and
Rochester, Part One, in Iowa City, Iowa.
I hereby recommend that the above mentioned improvements be accepted by
the City of Iowa City.
R ectfully submitted,
Frank K. Farmer
City Engineer
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CITY Or- IOWA CITY
CHIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CI1Y, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5000
ENGINEER'S REPORT
January 23, 1985
Honorable Mayor & City Council
Iowa City, Iowa
Dear Honorable Mayor and Councilpersons:
I hereby certify that the construction of the improvements listed below
have been completed in substantial accordance with the plans and specifi-
cations of the Engineering Division of the City of Iowa City. The
required maintenance bond is on file in the City Clerk's office.
The sanitary sewer improvements for Lots 39-43 of First and
Rochester, Part One, in Iowa City, Iowa.
Storm sewer improvements for Lots 26-35 and 37-44 of First and
Rochester, Part One, in Iowa City, Iowa.
I hereby recommend that the above mentioned improvements be accepted by
the City of Iowa City.
R ectfully submitted,
Frank K. Farmer
City Engineer
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BARKER, CRUISE & KENNEDY
LAWYERS
CHARLES A BARKER 311 IOWA AVENUE - P.O. BOX 2000
JOHN D. CRUISE IOWA CITY, IOWA AREA CODE 310
MICHAEL W. KENNEDY 52244 TELEPHONE 35I-8181
JAMES D. HOUGHTON
DAVIS L FOSTER
ANN M. CRUISE
January 16, 1985
City Council
City of Iowa City
Civic Center
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Re: Plum Grove Acres, Inc. - Vacation of a Portion
of Flowage Easement
Dear Councilpersons:
I am writing this letter on behalf of Plum Grove Acres,
Inc., the owner and developer of the subdivision known as
"First and Rochester, Part One." Prior to the development of
this subdivision, Plum Grove entered into a flowage easement
agreement with the City to enable the construction of the de-
tention structure on the north branch of Ralston Creek. At the
time the flowage easement was granted, it was understood by
both parties to the agreement that a portion of the permanent
easement area was to be used for the extension of First Avenue
through the subdivision, crossing over Ralston Creek. After
the granting of the easement, both parties agreed to a differ-
ent alignment for First Avenue, shifting it slightly westerly
and negating the intended use for a portion of the permanent
flowage easement. Therefore, we are asking the City to initi-
ate an easement vacation proceeding for the small trapezoidal
j area shown on the MMS Consultants, Inc, survey, a copy of which
is attached.
Chris Stephan of MMS Consultants, Inc. has been working
with City Engineer Frank Farmer and corresponding about this
matter. He has also corresponded with the Iowa Department of
Water, Air and Waste Management and that Department has no ob-
jection to the vacation of the trapezoidal area. I enclose a
copy of a November 14, 1984 letter from the Department.
JAN 17 1985
MARIAN K. KARR
CITY CLERK (33
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January 16, 1985
We are ready to provide City Staff with a certified legal
description of the area to be vacated along with any other doc-
uments that staff finds to be reasonably necessary. We would
appreciate it if you would initiate these vacation proceedings.
Very truly yours,
N
ohn D. Cruise
JDC/dc
Encs.
cc: City Engineer Frank Farmer
Plum Grove Acres, Inc.
Christopher Stephan
02/16-01-197
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MARIAN K. KARR
CITY CLERK (3)
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We are ready to provide City Staff with a certified legal
description of the area to be vacated along with any other doc-
uments that staff finds to be reasonably necessary. We would
appreciate it if you would initiate these vacation proceedings.
Very truly yours,
N
ohn D. Cruise
JDC/dc
Encs.
cc: City Engineer Frank Farmer
Plum Grove Acres, Inc.
Christopher Stephan
02/16-01-197
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MARIAN K. KARR
CITY CLERK (3)
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department of water, air and waste management
November 14, 1984
i Mr. Christopher M. Stephan
MMS Consultants, Inc.
465 Iowa Highway No. 1 West
Iowa City, IA 52240
RE: Ralston Creek North Branch Dam Flowage Easements
Iowa City, Iowa
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i Dear Mr. Stephan:
In response to your letter of October 22, 1984, the Flood Plain Permit Branch of
the Department of Water, Air d Waste Management has no objection to the vacation
of the referenced trapezoidial area from the permanent flowage easement..
7If you should have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
REONS DIVISIONessen, P.E.
Chief
Flood Plain Permits Branch
JDR:bkp/FPPW319PO7.01
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MARIAN K. KARR
CIN CLERK (3)
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POINT OC BEGINNING
I certify that during the month of October, 1984, at the
direction of Bruce Glasgow, a survey was made, under my
supervision, of the tract of land paetted hereon and the
boundaries of said tract are as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest Corner of Section 12, Township
79 North, Range 6 West of the 5th. Principal Meridien;
Thence SO.02126"W, 90.00 feet; Thence N89.23113"9, 300.00
feet to the Point of Beginning; Thence N50.21'35"E, 142.92
feet; Thence N89023113"E, 40.00 feet; Thence S30.36'47"E,
103.92 feet; Thence S89.23'13"W, 202.99 feet to the Point of
Beginning. Said tract contains 0.251 acres more or less.
I further certify that the Plat as shown is a correct
representation of the survey and all corners are marked as
Indicated.
Robert D. Nickelson Reg. No. 7036 Date
Subscribed and sworn to before ■e this _
day of , 19
Notary Public, In and for the State of Iowa
.IAN 171985
MARIAN K. KARR
CIN CLERK (3)
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CITY OF 10\NA CITY
CNIC CENTER 410 E. WASHNGION ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5CM
February 5, 1985
Mr. John D. Cruise
Attorney at Law
Barker, Cruise & Kennedy
P.O. Box 2000
Iowa City, Iowa 52244
Re: Plum Grove Acres, Inc. - Vacation of a Portion of Flowage Easement
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Dear Mr/.0
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Your letter regarding vacation of a flowage easement along Ralston Creek
within the First and Rochester, Part One Subdivision has been received and
placed on file.
Council action cannot be initiated to vacate property until the Planning
and Zoning Commission has an opportunity to review the requested action.
The next P & Z meeting for this to be considered is February 21, 1985.
The City Engineer, Frank Farmer, has been in contact with Chris Stephan of
MMS Consultants and appropriate proceedings are being initiated to vacate
the flowage easement in question.
Sincerely y0311
Meal M B
City M gerger
cc: Department of Planning & Program Development
City Clerk✓
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RESOLUTION NO. 85-21
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FILIAL PLAT OF FIRST AND ROCHESTER ADDITION, PART
II, A SUBDIVISION OF IOWA CITY, IOWA.
WHEREAS, the owners, Plum Grove Acres, Inc., have filed with the City Clerk of
Iowa City, Iowa, an application for approval of the final plat of First and
Rochester Addition, Part II; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Planning and Program Development and the Public Works
Department have examined the proposed preliminary plat and have recommended
approval of same with an agreement executed between the owners and the City of
Iowa City deferring the issuance of any building permits on Lots 53, 73-78 and 81
until such time as the east and northeast Iowa City development moratorium policy
enacted by Resolution 83-187 and amended by Resolution 83-409 is rescinded; and,
WHEREAS, the final plat has been examined by the Planning and Zoning Conmission
and after due deliberation the Commission has recommended that it be accepted and
approved with the above agreement; and
WHEREAS, the final plat is found to conform with all the requirements of the City
ordinances of the City of Iowa City, Iowa.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA:
1. That the final plat of First and Rochester Addition, Part II, is hereby
approved, subject to an agreement deferring development on Lots 53, 73-78 and
81, as described above.
2. That the Mayor and the City Clerk of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, are hereby
authorized and directed to certify approval of this resolution and of the
final plat after passage and approval by law; and the owner/subdivider shall
record them at the office of the County Recorder of Johnson County, Iowa,
before the issuance of any building permits is authorized.
It was moved by Ambrisco .. and seconded by
the Resolution be a opte , an upon ro 7 call there were:
Strait
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X Ambrisco
�— Baker
Dickson
—X -I— Erdahl
McDonald
X Strait
X_ Zuber
Passed and approved this 29th* day of January 1985.
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STAFF REPORT
To: Planning & Zoning Commission Prepared by: Marianne Milkman
Item: 5-8433. First & Rochester Date: January 17, 1985
Part 2 Final Subdivision
GENERAL INFORMATION
Applicant: Plum Grove Acres, Inc.
Requested action:
Purpose:
Location:
Size:
Comprehensive Plan Update:
Existing land use and zoning:
Surrounding land use and zoning:
Applicable regulations:
45 -day limitation period:
SPECIAL INFORMATION
I Public utilities:
834 N. Johnson Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Approval of a final subdivision
plat for 18.95 acres.
The development of 37
single-family lots.
North of First and Rochester,
Part 1 and east of First Avenue.
18.95 acres
Residential, 2-8 dwelling units
per acre and agricultural.
Undeveloped except for one
single-family home; RS -5.
North - single-family residen-
tial, undeveloped; ID -RS
East - undeveloped, agricultural;
ID -RS
South - single- and multi -family
residential, undeveloped;
RS -5, RM -12
West - undeveloped; RS -5
Provisions of the subdivision and
stormwater management ordi-
nances.
January 28, 1985
Water service is available.
Sanitary sewer service is
available for 15.32 acres in
accordance with an agreement
between the City and Plum Grove
Acres.
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Public services: Police and Fire protection and
sanitation service are avail-
able.
j Transportation: Vehicular access is via First
Avenue and Hickory Trail.
Physical characteristics: The topography is moderately to
steeply sloped.
j ANALYSIS
The preliminary subdivision plat for First and Rochester, Part 2, was
approved on June 19, 1984, subject to an agreement deferring development on
Lots 73-78 and 80 until the east and northeast Iowa City development morato-
I rium policy is rescinded. Much of the infrastructure for this subdivision is
now in place.
The final subdivision Plat differs from the preliminary T P y plat as follows:
1, The size of the platted area has increased from 18,84 to 18,95 acres,
largely owing to a change in the east boundary of the subdivision near
its southern limits.
2. One additional lot has been platted changing the total number of lots
from 36 to 37,
3, The street name of Tamarack Place has been changed to 0luffwood Drive.
Since the configuration of Lots 53 and 79-81 has changed, a revised agreement
regarding the deferment of development is required. This agreement will now
apply to Lots 53, 73-78 and 81.
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The main east -west street in this subdivision is named Hickory Trail. It has
been City Policy for the past ten years to name east -west through streets
"Avenues" in order to provide some consistency and indication of general
direction with street names. Since this street will eventually be a through
street, staff recommends that Hickory Trail be named Hickory Avenue in First
and Rochester Part 2 Subdivision. It will also be necessary to change the
i name of Hickory Trail in First and Rochester Part 1 Subdivision,
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the final subdivision plat for First and
Rochester Part 2 subject to resolution of the deficiencies and discrepancies
listed below.
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DEFICIENCIES AND DISCREPANCIES
1. A revised agreement regarding the lots for which development is deferred,
is needed,
2. The name of Hickory Trail should be changed to Hickory Avenue.
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RESOLUTION NO. 85-22
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OF SOUTHWEST ESTATES AND
THE FINAL PLAT OF SOUTHWEST ESTATES PART ONE, A SUBDIVISION OF
JOHNSON COUNTY, IOWA.
WHEREAS, the owner and proprietor, Mary Jo Eicher, has filed with the City
Clerk of Iowa City, Iowa, an application for approval of the preliminary plat
of Southwest Estates Subdivision and the final plat of Southwest Estates
Subdivision, Part One; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Planning and Program Development and the Public
Works Department have examined the proposed preliminary and final plats and
have recommended approval of same without provision of City water or City
sewer service, with a waiver of the preliminary platting requirements for Lot
5, with a waiver of the sidewalk requirements for Lots 1-4, and with deferral
of stormwater management requirements for Lots 1-5; and
WHEREAS, the preliminary and final plats have been examined by the Planning
and Zoning Commission and after due deliberation the Commission has recom-
mended that they be accepted and approved with the provisions, waivers and
deferrals stated above; and
WHEREAS, the preliminary and final plats are found to conform with all of the
requirements of the City ordinances of the City of Iowa City, Iowa.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY,
IOWA:
1. That the preliminary plat of Southwest Estates Subdivision and the final
plat of Southwest Estates Subdivision Part One is hereby approved subject
to:
a. No provision of City water or City sewer service.
b. Waiver of the preliminary platting requirements for Lot 5.
c. Waiver of the sidewalk requirements for Lot 1-4.
d. Deferral of stormwater management requirements for Lots 1-5.
2. That the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, are hereby
authorized and directed to certify the approval of this resolution which
shall be affixed to the preliminary and final plats after passage and
approval by law; and the owner/ subdivider shall record the final plat at
the Office of the County Recorder of Johnson County, Iowa, before the
issuance of any building permits is authorized.
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It was moved by Dickson and seconded by Ambrisco the Resolution
be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X AMBRISCO
x BAKER
—R— DICKSON
�— ERDAHL
X MCDONALD
X STRAIT
X ZUBER
Passed and approved this 29th.day of January 1985.
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MEMORANDUM
Date: January 23, 1985
To: City Council
From: Marianne Milkman, Planner ffi
Re: Southwest Estates Subdivision
As indicated in the staff report, this proposed subdivision is in an RR -1
zone and is located at the southwest city limits, west of Freeway 218. The
1983 Comprehensive Plan Update recommends that, with the exception of
Hunter's Run Subdivision, residential development should be confined to areas
east of Freeway 218. Consistent with this policy, staff and the Planning and
Zoning Commission have recommended against extending City sewer and water
service to the Southwest Estates Subdivision.
The applicant has requested the extension of a 12" water main from Hunter's
Run Subdivision, whose boundary is approximately 1100 feet east of the
proposed Southwest Estates Subdivision. Mr. Kramer, of the Johnson County
Health Department, has recommended that because of the slow percolation rate
and high ground water table due to the soil types on the property, a single
well be drilled to serve all four lots or the City water supply be used to
provide water for the subdivision. Mr. Kramer also recommends the use of
alternative sewer systems as opposed to conventional lateral field systems
for the area.
If Council determines that City water service should be extended to the
Southwest Estates Subdivision, the following issues should also be consid-
ered:
1. Extension of the water main effectively encourages development at urban
rather than rural densities in this area west of Freeway 218. As a
result, an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and rezoning of the area
to RS -5 would be required.
2. It must be determined who will pay the cost of extending the water main
between Hunter's Run and Southwest Estates.
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STAFF REPORT
To: Planning and Zoning Commission Prepared by: Marianne Milkman
Item: Southwest Estates Preliminary Date: September 10, 1984
and Final Subdivision Plats.
5-8426
GENERAL INFORMATION
Applicant: Frank J. Eicher
Requested action:
Purpose:
Location:
Size:
Comprehensive Plan Update:
Existing land use and zoning:
Surrounding land use and zoning:
Applicable regulations:
45 -day limitation period:
60 -day limitation period:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Public utilities:
Public services:
Transportation:
Physical characteristics:
P.O. Box 2178
Iowa City, IA 52240
Approval of a preliminary and final
subdivision plat.
Future development of four residen-
tial lots.
North side of Rohret Road, approxi-
mately one-quarter mile west of
Hunter's Run Subdivision.
Preliminary Subdivision: 150.74 acres
Final Subdivision: 4.67 acres
AG/Rural Residential
Agricultural; RR -1, ID -RS
North - agricultural and County Care
Facility; P
East - agricultural; ID -RS
South - agricultural and residential;
County RS and A2
West - agricultural; County Al
Provisions of the Subdivision Code
and the Storm Water Management
Ordinance.
October 15, 1984
October 30, 1984
None available.
Municipal police and fire protection
will be provided.
Access is from Rchret Road.
Rolling farmland:
ANALYSIS
An application has been submitted for approval of a preliminary subdivision
plat for five lots and a final subdivision plat for four residential lots
north of Rohret Road and just east of the western Iowa City city limits. The
final plat for Southwest Estates Subdivision Part I includes 4.61 acres which
consist of Lots 1-4 of the subdivision. Lot 5 of the subdivision has an area
of approximately 146 acres.
The recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan Update include the following
statement: "With the exception of the already platted Hunter's Run Subdivi-
sion, residential development should be confined to areas east of Freeway 218
to promote efficient, compact and contiguous growth." The proposed subdivi-
sion is west of Freeway 218, and the Comprehensive Plan Update recommends
that the sanitary sewer not be extended to this area because of the limited
capacity of the 10" trunkline which will only permit a reasonable density of
development east of Freeway 218. The subdivision lots would therefore
require septic tanks. Since the lots are all over one acre in size, they can
be served by the septic tanks provided that the Johnson County Health
Department certifies the suitability of the soil for septic systems.
The applicant proposes the extension of the 12" water main from the Hunter's
Run Subdivision which lies approximately 1100 feet to the east. This is
contrary to the recommendation of the Comprehensive Plan Update, which does
not include this area for extension of any city services under the short- and
long-range plans for development. The area is zoned RR -1, and the intent of
this zone is to "provide for areas of a rural residential character within
the City which are not projected to have the utilities necessary for urban
development within the foreseeable future...."
In order to comply with the 1983 Comprehensive Plan Update and the growth
management policies which this plan incorporates, the City should not extend
the water main to the Southwest Estates Subdivision, nor permit the owner to
extend the water main at his expense. The provision of any city services in
this RR -1 zone would encourage development at urban densities and would
require an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and rezoning of the area to
RS -5. Under the current zoning the applicant should provide water for the
subdivision through one or more wells.
The applicant proposes to dedicate 40' of the south frontage of his property
to the City. This is the north half of Rohret Road and corresponds with the
40' width dedicated for Rohret Road east of the Southwest Estates Subdivi-
sion. Since Rohret Road is an existing road, the applicant will not be
required to reconstruct it to meet City design standards.
The proposed 60' access easement between Lots 2 and 3 of the subdivision,
provides access to Lot 5 and will be dedicated to the City to insure adequate
access to Lots 2 and 3 and any future subdivision of Lot 5. An agreement
with the subdivider will permit direct access to Rohret Road for Lots 1 and 4
only.
An agreement with the subdivider will also waive compliance with the Storm -
water Ordinance for Lots 1-4 and other improvements on Lot 5 at this time.
Compliance with the Stormwater Ordinance and other specified improvements
will be required prior to the issuance of a building permit for Lot 5. The
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agreement will stipulate that Southwest Estates Subdivision Part I be
included in the stormwater management plan for any future subdivision of Lot
5 prior to issuance of a building permit.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends deferral of the preliminary and final subdivision plats of
Southwest Estates Subdivision subject to the resolution of the concerns
expressed above regarding provision of water to the subdivision, and the
deficiencies and discrepancies cited below.
DEFICIENCIES AND DISCREPANCIES
1. Certification of soil suitability for septic systems by the Johnson
County Department of Health.
2. Subdivider's agreement regarding
a) Access to Rohret Road
b) Storm Water Management Ordinance Compliance when Lot 5 is sub-
divided
3. Dedication of 60 foot right-of-way for future road between Lots 2 and 3.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Location'Map.
ACCOMPANIMENTS
Preliminary and final plat. /
Approved by:
Nnyld Schm iser, Director
Department of Planning & Program Development
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RESOLUTION N0. AS-23
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDED BYLAWS OF THE IOWA CITY PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION.
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission of Iowa City, Iowa, adopted their
amended bylaws at a regular meeting held December 6, 1984; and
WHEREAS, the charter of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, requires that "the
Council shall establish rules and procedures for the operation of all boards,
which must include but are not limited to the adaption of bylaws and rules
pertaining to open meetings."; and
WHEREAS, the Rules Committee of the Iowa City City Council has reviewed said
bylaws and recommended their approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that
the amended bylaws of the Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission are hereby
i approved as shown on Exhibit A.
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It was moved by Zuber and seconded by Strait
the Resolution be adopte , and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X Ambrisco
�— Baker
�— Dickson
�— �— Erdahl
j McDonald
X
X Strait
Passed and approved this 29th. day of January 1985.
ATTEST: 4i7n4ft—��
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RESOLUTION N0. AS-23
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDED BYLAWS OF THE IOWA CITY PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION.
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission of Iowa City, Iowa, adopted their
amended bylaws at a regular meeting held December 6, 1984; and
WHEREAS, the charter of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, requires that "the
Council shall establish rules and procedures for the operation of all boards,
which must include but are not limited to the adaption of bylaws and rules
pertaining to open meetings."; and
WHEREAS, the Rules Committee of the Iowa City City Council has reviewed said
bylaws and recommended their approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that
the amended bylaws of the Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission are hereby
i approved as shown on Exhibit A.
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It was moved by Zuber and seconded by Strait
the Resolution be adopte , and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X Ambrisco
�— Baker
�— Dickson
�— �— Erdahl
j McDonald
X
X Strait
Passed and approved this 29th. day of January 1985.
ATTEST: 4i7n4ft—��
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BYLAWS
Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission
ARTICLE I
AUTHORITY:
The Iowa City Planning
and Zoning Commission shall have that authority
the Code of Iowa, Chapter 27, Code of
which is conferred
Ordinances, City
by Chapter 414 of
of Iowa City, and through the adoption of these bylaws
stated herein.
ARTICLE II
PURPOSE:
The purpose of
the bylaws stated herein is to provide for the general
Iowa City, by establishing a Planning and
welfare of the
Zonthem
citizens of
to on pertaining to
developmentise
physicalssion
City.
andthe he Comprehensive PlanlofaIowasCi
ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP:
Section 1.
QualificatioThe Planning and Zoning Commission
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shall consiof seven (7) members appointed by the
City Council. All members of the Commission shall be
electors of the City of Iowa City, Iowa.
iqualified
Section 2.
Cum mayateerei incurred for l serve without compensation
bursed foralexpens s
outside the city on designated Commission business'.
Such expenses must be submitted to the City Manager.
Section 3. Orientation for New Members. Prior' to the first
regular meeting following their appointment, new
members shall be provided with copies of the City
Zoning and Subdivision Code, Bylaws, and other documen-
tation that would be useful to Commission members in
carrying out their duties. Theyhs all also be given an
orientation briefing by the City staff and the Commis-
sion as is deemed appropriate.
Section 4. Absences. Three consecutive unexplained absences of a
omm ss on member from regular formal meetings may
result in a recommendation to the City Council from the
Commission to discharge said member and appoint a new
Commission member.
Section 5. Vacancies. Any vacancy on the Commission because of
death, resignation, long-term illness, disqualification
or removal shall be filled by the City Council after at
least 30 days public notice of the vacancy.
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Section 6. Terms. Members shall be appointed for terms of five
years, with terms expiring on May 1. Not more than
one-third of the terms may expire in any one year.
Section 7. Resignations. Resignations should be submitted in
writing to the Mayor with a copy to the City Manager,
Director of Planning and Program Development and
Chairperson of Planning and Zoning at least 60 days
prior to the date of intended departure.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS:
Section 1.
Number. The officers of this Commission shall be a
Chairperson, Vice -Chairperson, and Secretary, each of
whom shall be elected by the members of the Commis-
sion.
Section 2.
Election and Term of Office. Officers of the Commis-
sion shall be elected annually at the first regular
meeting in February each year; if the election of
officers shall not be held at such meeting, such
election shall be held as soon thereafter as is
convenient.
Section 3.
Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death,
resigns on, removal, disqualification or other cause
shall be filled by the members for the unexpired
portion of the term.
Section 4.
Chair erson. The Chairperson shall, when present,
preside at all meetings, appoint committees, call
special meetings and in general perform all duties
incident to the office of a Chair errson, and such other
duties as may be prescribed by the members from time to
time.
Section 5. Vice -Chair erson. In the absence of the Chair ep rson,
or n e even of death, inability or refusal to act,
the Vice -Chair eo rson shall perform the duties of the
Chair ep rson and when done so shall have all the powers
of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
Chairperson.
Section 6. Secretary. The Secretary shall have the responsibility
of insuring that the Commission's minutes are accurate
and are circulated as prescribed. The Secretary, in
the absence of the Chairperson and Vice -Chairperson,
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shall perform the duties of—tChairperson and when so
acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to
all the restrictions upon the Chairp_e m.
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ARTICLE V
MEETINGS:
Section 1.
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Commission shall be held twice monthly whenever
possible.
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S ecial Meetin _s. Special meetings of the members may
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ARTICLE V
MEETINGS:
Section 1.
Regular Meetings. Regular formal meetings of this
Commission shall be held twice monthly whenever
possible.
Section 2.
S ecial Meetin _s. Special meetings of the members may
e cab lleirby the Chairperson and shall be called by the
Chairperson or Vice -Chairperson at the request of three .
or more members of the Commission.
Section 3.
-Place of Meetings. Regular formal meetings shall be in
a place accessible to handicapped.
Section 4.
Notice of Meetings. Notice of regular and special
meetings shall be required; meetings may be called upon
notice not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the
meetings. The news media shall be notified by staff as
required under Chapter 28A, Code.
Section 5.
Quorum. A majority of the members of the Commission
siTa constitute a quorum at any meeting.
Section 6.
Proxies. There shall be no vote by proxy.
Section 7.
Public Discussion. Time shall be made available during
all regular formal meetings for open public discus-
sion.
Section 8.
Motions. Motions may be made or seconded by any member
of the Commission except the Chairperson.
Section 9.
Voting. A majority (but not less than three) of votes
cast at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall
be decisive of any motion or election. A two-thirds
vote of the members of the Commission present or not
less than four votes shall be required in consideration
of a substantial amendment to the Zoning Ordinance and
the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan or part or
amendment thereof.
Voting will be, upon request, by roll call and will be
recorded by yeas and nays. Every member of the
Commission, including the Chair ep rson, is required to
cast a vote upon each motion. However, a member may
abstain if the member believes there is a conflict of
interest.
A member who elects to abstain from voting shall state
the reason for the abstension at the time of voting.
During the discussion of the matter under considera-
tion, a member who plans to abstain from voting should
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so inform the Commission, so that other Commission
members can properly weigh the opinions given by a
member who believes a conflict of interest exists.
Section 10. Roberts Rules of Order. Except as otherwise provided
herein, Roberts Rules of Order shall be used where
applicable.
ARTICLE VI
POWERS AND DUTIES:
The City Planning and Zoning Commission, in addition to the powers
conferred by Chapter 414 of the Code of Iowa, possesses the .following
powers established by Chapter 27, Code of Ordinances, City of Iowa City:
Section 1. To make such surveys, studies, maps, plans or plats of
the whole or any portion of the City and of any land
outside thereof, which in the opinion of such Commis-
sion bears relation to a comprehensive plan, and shall
submit such plan to the Council with its studies and
recommendations and it may publish the same.
Section 2. To make recommendations for the location or erection of
statuary, memorials or works of art in public places,
public buildings, bridges, viaducts, street fixtures,
public structures or appurtenances and the sites
therefor.
Section 3. To make recommendations upon plans, plats, or replats
of subdivisions or resubdivisions in such city which
show streets, alleys or other portions of the same
intended to be dedicated for public use.
Section 4. To make recommendations for street, park, parkway,
boulevard, traffic way or other public improvements, or
the vacation thereof.
Section 5. To carry on comprehensive studies of present conditions
and the future growth of such city in order to guide
and accomplish a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious
development of such city in accordance with thepresent
and future needs thereof to the end that the health,
safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity and
general welfare may be promoted.
Section 6, To conduct public hearings upon the adoption of such
comprehensive plan or any amendment thereto.
Section 7. To prepare a comprehensive plan regarding the height,
number of stories and size of buildings and other
structures; the percentage of ground that may be
occupied; the size of yards, courts ,and other open
spaces; the density of population, and the location and
use of buildings, structures, and land for trade,
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industry, residence, or other purposes and to this end
shall prepare a preliminary report and hold public
hearings thereon and after such hearings have been
held, to submit its final report and recomnendations to
the City Council.
Section 8. To recommend to the City Council, from time to time, as
conditions require, amendments, supplements, changes or
modifications in the comprehensive plan prepared by
it.
Section 9. To do all things necessary or advisable in order to
carry out the intent and purpose of this article and
all other .ordinances relating to the state as they now
exist or as the same may be hereafter amended or
supplemented.
ARTICLE VII
HEARINGS:
Section 1. Comprehensive Plan. Before the adoption or amending of
any part of the Comprehensive -Plan, the Iowa City
Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold at least one
public hearing thereon, notice of the time of which
shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of
general circulation in the municipality, not less than
seven days or more than 20 days before the date of
hearing. After adoption of said plan by the Commis-
sion, a copy shall be .forwarded to the Council. If the
plan, or any modification or amendment thereof, shall
receive the approval of the Council, the plan, until
subsequently modified or amended as authorized by this
section, shall constitute the official city plan of
Iowa City. After the City Council has adopted all or
part of a comprehensive plan, the Planning and Zoning
Commission shall:
(a) Investigate and make recommendations to the City
Council upon reasonable and practical means for putting
into effect the comprehensive plan in order that it
will serve as a pattern and guide for the orderly
growth and development of the city. The measures
recommended may include Plans, regulations, programs,
financial reports and capital budgets.
(b) Prepare a biannual report to the City Council on the
status of the plan and progress on its implementation.
(c) Endeavor to promote public interest in and understand-
ing of the comprehensive plan and regulations relating
to it.
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(d) Consult with and advise public officials and agencies,
public utility companies, and civic, educational,
professional and other organizations, and citizens
generally, on the implementation of the provisions of
the comprehensive plan.
ARTICLE VII
CONDUCT OF COMMISSION BUSINESS:
Section 1. Agenda. The Chair erson, or a designated representa-
tive, together with staff assistance shall prepare an
agenda for all regular Commission meetings. Agendas
are to be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting
and shall be sent to Commission members and the media
prior to regular formal meetings. Copies will be
available to the public at the meeting.
Section 2. Minutes. Minutes of all regular formal meetings are to
be prepared and distributed to Commission and City
Council members. Specific recommendations requiring
Council action are to be set off from the main body of
the minutes and appropriately identified.
Section 3. Review Policy. The Commission shall review all
policies and programs of the City, relating to the
Commission's duties as stated herein, and make such
recommendations to the City Council as are deemed
appropriate.'
Section 4. Referrals from Council. From time to time letters,
reques s or informs ion, requests for recommendations,
and other matters are referred to the Commission by the
City Council. The Commission will initiate considera-
tion of each item at the next regular Commission
meeting and shall notify Council of its disposition.
Section 5. Attendance at Council Meetings. The goal of the
onmission is o ave at leastone representative at
each regular formal meeting of the City Council. It is
the responsibility of the Chair erson to designate the
method by which this goal is achieved. The Chairperson
or designated representative may also be requeste��o
attend informal Council sessions at which matters
pertaining to the Commission's responsibilities are to
be discussed.
Section 6. Annual Report. An annual report detailing the activi-
t esi of the Commission shall be prepared by the
Chairman, approved by the Commission, and submitted to
the City Council.
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ARTICLE VIII
SUBCOMMITTEES:
The subcommittees of this Commission including composi-
tion, duties, and terms shall be designated by the
Chair.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS:
These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, and
new bylaws adopted by an affirmative vote of not less
than four members of the Commission at any regular
meeting or at any special meeting called for that
purpose_ Amendments shall be approved by the Council
to become effective.
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RESOLUTION NO. 85-24
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF IOWA CITY TO AMEND THE LOW
INTEREST LOAN MANUAL FOR THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM WITH A
REVISI0N OF CHAPTER 3 &CHAPTER 6 (WEATHERIZATION LOANS INVOLVING LAND
SALES CONTRACTS).
WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City is empowered pursuant to Chapter 403, Code of
Iowa (1983), to formulate a program for utilizing appropriate private and
public resources to eliminate slums and prevent the development or spread of
urban blight and to encourage urban rehabilitation, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has budgeted Community Development Block Grant
funds to engage in Housing Rehabilitation Programs within the designated
Neighborhood Improvement Areas, and
WHEREAS, part of said program involves Low Interest Loans as a method of
financing rehabilitation, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved and authorized the implementation of
the Low Interest Loan Program by Resolution No. 82-91, and
WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City desires to amend the Low Interest Program by
adding the revised sections to Chapters 3 and 6 as shown in the attached
copies which by this reference are made a part of this resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY,
IOWA:
That the Procedural Manual be amended for the Housing Rehabilitation Low
Interest Program in accordance with the attached revisions.
It was moved by Ambrisco and seconded by Strait
the Resolution be adopted, an upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X Ambrisco
X Baker
X Dickson
-T— Erdahl
X McDonald
X Strait
X Zuber
Passed and approved this 29th. day of January , 1985.
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CIT CLERK
Iirnr!ved 8 Approvod
By Tho Lagai Depnrhnent
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CHAPTER 3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
I. GENERAL. This chapter sets forth eligibility requirements as to the
property and the applicant for a rehabilitation loan. A rehabilitation
loan may be made only with respect to a property located within: the
concentrated rehabilitation area(s) as approved by the City Council. The
property must need rehabilitation to meet the Rehabilitation Standards.
Neither an individual family nor a structure may participate more than once
in this program.
2. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO EVERY LOAN. A rehabilitation loan cannot be
approved if the app icant s recor s ows a disregard for former obliga-
tions, or if there is a clear inability to make the payment that will be
required. In addition, depending upon the type of applicant and property
involved, the requirements as described below also apply.
3. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO LOAN FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. An applicant for
a re a i Itatton oan on rest entia property must a the owner of the
property.
*REVISED 4. REHABILITATION LOAN INVOLVING A LAND SALES CONTRACT. All land sales
SECTION contracts must a refinanced or retire efore an app icant can apply for a
Low Interest Loan for comprehensive rehabilitation. However, for a
weatherization_ loan only, an applicant may be eligible if they meet the
fo owing test:
a. Have at least 20% equity in the property.
b. Obtain appropriate release from title holder.
c. Have ability to repay. (See Chapter 5.)
d. Have possession of the property and reside in it at least one year
prior to making application for a weatherization loan.
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b. Verification of Employment. Include a completed CDR -7633 "Request for
Verification of Emp oyment" for each position held within the last 12
months. Verifications of employment must be completed for all persons
whose signatures will appear on the promissory note and mortgage.
c. Verification of De osits. CDR -7634 must be completed for each checking
and or savings account fisted by the applicant(s).
d. Verification of Income from Other Sources. Verify all other income
receive y the app icant s , such as pensions, social security, ADC,
disability benefits, rentals, income from care of foster children, interest
on investments, etc. If the principal source of income of the applicant(s)
is from his/her own business, include a currently dated balance sheet and
operating statement, or a copy of his/her most recent tax return.
e. Verification of Mort a e or Deed of Trust. Complete CDR -7639 for each
outstan ing mortgage or an sa es contract on all properties being
purchased by the applicant(s).
f. Credit Data. Obtain a written credit report from the Credit Bureau.
g. Construction Contract Document. See Chapter 13.
h. Ownership Data. The Rehabilitation Officer shall make a preliminary
informs determination of ownership. The citation from the land records or
other official records used in the verification shall be retained in the
file. This informal verification shall be followed, at the appropriate
time, by a formal verification in the form of a written title search and
the continuation of the abstract.
*REVISED i. Rehabilitation Loan Involvin a Land Sales Contract. All land sales
SECTION contracts must be refinance or retire efore an app scant can apply for a
Low Interest Loan for comprehensive rehabilitation. However, for a
Weatherization Loan only an applicant may be eligible if they meet the
following test:
a. Have 20% equity in the property.
b. Obtain appropriate release from title holder.
c. Have ability to repay. (See Chapter 5.)
d. Have possession of the property and reside in it at least one year
prior to making application for a weatherization loan.
Note: From Chapter 6. Processing and Submissions for a Rehabilitation Loan.
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RESOLUTION NO. 85-25
A RESOLUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 79-117 AND ADOPTING A NEW
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FEES FOR SERVICES PERFORMED BY THE OFFICE
OF THE CITY CLERK.
WHEREAS, every citizen has a right to examine and copy public records and
documents, and
WHEREAS, Section 68A.3 of the Iowa Code provides that all expenses of such
work shall be paid by the person desiring to examine or copy such records,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, recognizes the need to ensure
the protection of public records and to prevent interference with orderly
office routine, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF I014A CITY, IOWA, THAT:
1. The charge for copies of records and documents shall be as follows:
Duplicate copies (xerox)
Municipal Code (as updated)
Municipal Code supplements
Duplicate cemetery deeds
Recording of cemetery quit claim deeds
Recordak copies
$ .10 each
$45.00 plus supplements
Actual pro -rated cost
$ 1.00
$ 2.00
$ .50 each
2. No charge will be made for the first 15 minutes for the services of the
City Clerk or his/her staff in research, retrieval or copying of records.
Inspections of more than 15 minutes will be assessed in quarter hour
intervals as follows:
a. Non-professional aid or supervision, $2.00 per quarter hour inter-
val.
b. Professional aid or supervision, $4.00 per quarter hour.
If the service requested cannot be timely completed during regular office
hours, a person may request that it be completed after hours. The charge
will be based upon the overtime paid to the person providing assistance.
The decision to authorize overtime shall be made by the City Clerk, and
the City Clerk cannot guarantee that the information will be provided in
the time requested.
The custodian shall provide an estimate of the cost upon request and the
cost shall be paid prior to the delivery of the requested documents or
information.
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3. Tapes are available of City Council meetings. Under no circumstances
should tapes be taken from the City Clerk's office without staff supervi-
sion. Persons interested in listening, monitoring, note taking and/or
transcribing must do so with City staff present at all times and must pay
for the time expended as outlined in item 2 above. A person may request
a duplicate tape of a City Council meeting. The charge will be based
upon the actual cost of the tape plus employee time as calculated in item
2. A person may request up to six meetings at a time and should allow a
minimum of 48 hours to honor such a request. The above -stated procedure
relates only to tapes that are under the City Clerk's custodial care.
It was moved by Dickson and seconded by Ambrisco the Resolution
be adopted, and upon Fro 1 ca T there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X AMBRISCO
BAKER
X DICKSON
X ERDAHL
X MCDONALD
X STRAIT
X ZUBER
Passed and approved this29th• day of January 1985.
AYOR
ATTEST: '/
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By Th I nl Aappartnvend
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3. Tapes are available of City Council meetings. Under no circumstances
should tapes be taken from the City Clerk's office without staff supervi-
sion. Persons interested in listening, monitoring, note taking and/or
transcribing must do so with City staff present at all times and must pay
for the time expended as outlined in item 2 above. A person may request
a duplicate tape of a City Council meeting. The charge will be based
upon the actual cost of the tape plus employee time as calculated in item
2. A person may request up to six meetings at a time and should allow a
minimum of 48 hours to honor such a request. The above -stated procedure
relates only to tapes that are under the City Clerk's custodial care.
It was moved by Dickson and seconded by Ambrisco the Resolution
be adopted, and upon Fro 1 ca T there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X AMBRISCO
BAKER
X DICKSON
X ERDAHL
X MCDONALD
X STRAIT
X ZUBER
Passed and approved this29th• day of January 1985.
AYOR
ATTEST: '/
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Recelved & Approved
By Th I nl Aappartnvend
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RESOLUTION NO. 85-26
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE SOLICITATION OF OFFERS TO
PURCHASE LAND FOR PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT, PARCEL 65-2B.
WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City, Iowa, acting as the Local Public Agency, has
entered into a contract for Loan and Grant with the United States of America for
the implementation of the Urban Renewal Project known as Project No. Iowa R-14;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City, Iowa, has pursuant to the provisions of Title 24,
Part 570, Section 570.801(c) of the Code of Federal Regulations, transferred
Community Development Block Grant funds to said Urban Renewal Project, and
transferred control of certain real property acquired in carrying out said Urban
Renewal Project to the City Council of the City of Iowa City from the City Council
acting as the Local Public Agency by Resolution No. 76-446, dated December 14,
1976, and by Resolution No. 77-312, dated August 9, 1977; and
WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City has adopted and approved the Urban Renewal Plan for
said project and Resolution No. 2157, dated October 7, 1969, in which Plan has
been modified and amended from time to time; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Iowa City amended the Urban Renewal Plan in August of
1984 to designate Parcel 65-2b as a disposition parcel.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that the
City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to solicit offers for the purchase
of Parcel 65-2b for a minimum bid price of $10,500 for a commercial or office
development, with a bid period of 30 days ending at12:00 p.m., March 4, 1985; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
publish notice of such solicitation for Parcel 65-2b for said private redevelop-
ment.
It was moved by Strait and seconded by Ambrisco
_ the Resolution be adopted, an upon roll call there were:
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Passed and approved this 29th. day Qf January 1985.
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MEMORANDUM
Date: January 24, 1984
To: City Council �j
From: Karin Franklin, Senior Planner le>
Re: Parcel 65-28 l
Parcel 65-2B is the small portion (697 square feet) of the urban renewal
parcel known as Blackhawk Mini -park. The Council decided in August, 1984,
that 65-2B should be marketed after receiving a request from Arthur Small and
his associates to sell the parcel. Small proposed the renovation of the
Paul -Helen Building and the integration of development on 65-2B with that
renovation.
Since this land is within the urban renewal area, the property must be
offered through an open bid procedure. The property will, with the Council's
approval, be placed on the open market. Bid packets are included in the
Council's agenda material. The "Prospectus" will be sent out with a cover
letter to potential buyers. Those interested are asked to request a bid
packet which includes all of the specific documents and information necessary
for proper submittal of a bid. Bids will be accepted from anyone submitting
the required material including earnest money of $500. The due date for bids
is 12 PM, March 4, 1985. The bids will be reviewed by.the staff, a recommen-
dation of a preferred developer will be sent to the Council and finally the
Council will select the preferred developer.
An appraisal and a review appraisal have been completed. The minimum price
suggested is $10,500. This appraisal figure assumes that access will be
available to the parcel. Parcel 65-2A, Blackhawk Mini -park, which adjoins
Parcel 65-2B was made part of City Plaza in November, 1984. Parcel 65-2B
will have all of the access currently available to any other parcel on City
Plaza, i.e. unfettered public access.
Two requirements outlined in the "Prospectus" should be noted by the Council:
1) access to the alley in Block 65 will be required either through ownership
of property abutting the alley or through the acquisition of an easement over
such property, and 2) a financial or in-kind contribution of up to $5,000
will be required toward design plans for the renovation of Parcel 65-2A, the
park/plaza area. The first requirement is intended to ensure that service
access to the developed site is available from the alley. The second
requirement will enable an attractive redesign of the park which will add to
the quality of the public space of City Plaza and also enhance the entry area
of the new development. The development envisioned in the "Prospectus" is an
office/commercial use. The site may be developed as a separate tract or it
may be integrated with adjacent property, provided the specific requirements
cited above and in the "Prospectus" are met.
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THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
CITY -UNIVERSITY PROJECT I
PROJECT NO. IA. R-14
IOWA CITY, IOWA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No.
Table of Contents
A.
Introduction
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B.
Description of Urban Renewal Area
1. Boundaries of Urban Renewal Area
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2. Urban Renewal Plan Objectives
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3. Types of Proposed Urban Renewal Action
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C.
Land -Use Plan
1. Land -Use Map
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2. Land -Use Provisions and Building Requirements
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a. Permitted Land -Uses
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b. Additional Controls and Objectives
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c. Initiation and Duration of Land -Use Provision
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and Building Requirements
d. Applicability of Land -Use Provisions and Building
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Requirements to Real Property Not to be Acquired
D.
Project Proposals
1. Land Acquisition
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2. Rehabilitation
and Conservation
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3. Redevelopers' Requirements
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4. Underground Utility
Lines
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Other Provisions Necessary to Meet State and Local
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Requirements
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Procedures for Changes in Approved Plan,
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Urban Renewal Plan
A. INTRODUCTION
The continued stability and vitality of the heart of Iowa City as the
center for business, governmental, institutional and cultural activities
is endangered by blight, deterioration and obsolescence. Recognizing
this danger, and consideration the community pride and achievement
focused on this area, the City of Iowa City, through its Department of
Planning and Program Development, has initiated a program of Urban
Renewal action in its Central Business District.
This Urban Renewal Plan was prepared with the assistance of the Federal
government. The primary objectives of the plan are to stimulate, through
public action and commitments,private investments in redevelopment and in
rehabilitation. In order to achieve the objectives of the City -Univer-
sity Project, the City of Iowa City shall undertake the Urban Renewal
actions specified in this Plan, pursuant to the powers granted to it
— under chapter 403 of the 1975 Code of Iowa, as amended.
B. DESCRIPTION OF URBAN RENEWAL AREA
1. Boundaries of Urban Renewal Area
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Linn Street and
the south right-of-way line of Court Street; thence in a northerly
direction along said centerline to the intersection of said center-
line and the centerline of Washington Street; thence in a westerly
direction along the centerline of Washington Street to the intersec-
tion of said centerline and the westerly right-of-way line of Clinton
Street extended; thence northerly along said right-of-way line
extended to the northerly right-of-way line of Washington Street;
thence in a westerly direction to the northwest corner of Washington
Street and Capitol Street; thence in a southerly direction along the
west right-of-way line of Capitol Street to the northwest corner of
— College Street and-Ta-pitol Street; thence in a westerly direction
_ along the north right-of-way line of College Street to the east line
of the Cedar Rapids -Iowa City iiailroad right-of-way; thence in a
southerly direction along the said Railway right-of-way to the
intersection of the north right-of-way line of Burlington Street;
thence in a westerly direction along the north right-of-way line of
Burlington Street to the Iowa River; thence in a southerly d r♦ ection
i along the Iowa River to the south right-of-way line of Court Street
as extended to the Iowa River; thence in an easterly direction along
said line to the point of beginning.
2. Urban Renewal Plan Objectives
The following objectives have been established for the redevelopment
and rehabilitation of the City -University Project:
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a. To eliminate substandard buildings, blighting influences, and
environmental deficiencies in this important section of the City
of Iowa City, and to establish conditions which will prevent the
recurrence of blight and blighting conditions.
b. To strengthen central Iowa City as the retail trade business,
financial, administrative, governmental, educational, and
cultural center of the area.
c. To strengthen the economic well-being of the central area and the
City by increasing retail activity, taxable values, and job
opportunities.
d. To establish a pattern of land use activities arranged in
compact, compatible grouping so as to enhance their efficiency of
operation and economic inter -relationships.
e. To provide for the orderly physical and economic growth of the
central area through controlled redevelopment and rehabilita-
tion.
f. To provide safe, efficient and attractive public and private
vehicular access to central Iowa City.
g. To provide a safe, efficient and attractive circulation system
which minimizes conflicts between different forms of traffic such
as pedestrians, bicycles, automobiles, transit and service
vehicles.
h. To encourage coordinated development of parcels and structures in
order to achieve efficient building design, multi-purpose use of
sites, unified off-street parking, trucking and service, and
internal pedestrial linkages.
i. To provide for off-street parking facilities in locations easily
accessible from major thoroughfares and central area destinations
alike including long-term parking facilities on the periphery of
the central area, and including existing off-street parking
outside the project area boundaries.
j. To improve the appearance of buildings, rights-of-way and open
spaces, and to encourage high standards of design.
k. To aid the University of Iowa to expand in an orderly way, so the
University and the Business District can each perform its own
function with minimum conflict and mutual benefit.
1. To provide for open spaces and pedestrian ways, which reinforce
the pedestrian orientation of downtown Iowa City.
m. To provide for residential development within the project area,
in order to enhance housing opportunities, especially for the low
income, elderly, and handicapped in downtown Iowa City.
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a. To eliminate substandard buildings, blighting influences, and
environmental deficiencies in this important section of the City
of Iowa City, and to establish conditions which will prevent the
recurrence of blight and blighting conditions.
b. To strengthen central Iowa City as the retail trade business,
financial, administrative, governmental, educational, and
cultural center of the area.
c. To strengthen the economic well-being of the central area and the
City by increasing retail activity, taxable values, and job
opportunities.
d. To establish a pattern of land use activities arranged in
compact, compatible grouping so as to enhance their efficiency of
operation and economic inter -relationships.
e. To provide for the orderly physical and economic growth of the
central area through controlled redevelopment and rehabilita-
tion.
f. To provide safe, efficient and attractive public and private
vehicular access to central Iowa City.
g. To provide a safe, efficient and attractive circulation system
which minimizes conflicts between different forms of traffic such
as pedestrians, bicycles, automobiles, transit and service
vehicles.
h. To encourage coordinated development of parcels and structures in
order to achieve efficient building design, multi-purpose use of
sites, unified off-street parking, trucking and service, and
internal pedestrial linkages.
i. To provide for off-street parking facilities in locations easily
accessible from major thoroughfares and central area destinations
alike including long-term parking facilities on the periphery of
the central area, and including existing off-street parking
outside the project area boundaries.
j. To improve the appearance of buildings, rights-of-way and open
spaces, and to encourage high standards of design.
k. To aid the University of Iowa to expand in an orderly way, so the
University and the Business District can each perform its own
function with minimum conflict and mutual benefit.
1. To provide for open spaces and pedestrian ways, which reinforce
the pedestrian orientation of downtown Iowa City.
m. To provide for residential development within the project area,
in order to enhance housing opportunities, especially for the low
income, elderly, and handicapped in downtown Iowa City.
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n. To provide an environment which improves the attractiveness of
public transit in Iowa City, and which reinforces the viability
of the public transit systems.
o. To encourage the restoration and rehabilitation of structures
within downtown Iowa City which are of architectural and/or
historic significance.
3. Types of Proposed Renewal Action
Proposed renewal action will consist of a combination of clearance
and redevelopment, rehabilitation, and the provision of public
facilities and improvements.
a. Clearance and Redevelopment
Property identified on the Land Acquisition Plan Map, Exhibit
R-213-01 attached hereto and made a part hereof, will be acquired
by the Local Public Agency, cleared of all improvements and
either (1) sold or leased for private redevelopment, or (2) sold,
leased or dedicated for construction of public improvements or
facilities. Properties are identified for acquisition, clearance
and redevelopment for one of the following reasons:
(1) To remove buildings which are structurally substandard.
(2) To remove buildings,other than buildings which are structur-
ally substandard, in order to effectively remove blighting
influences which are exerted on the area. Such blighting
influences include, but are not limited to the following:
(a) Inadequate street layout.
(b) Incompatible uses or land -use relationships.
(c) Overcrowding of buildings on the land.
(d) Excessive dwelling unit density.
(e) Obsolete buildings not suitable for improvement or
conversion.
(3) To provide sites for needed public improvements or facili-
ties. Such sites and facilities shall be so located as to
meet projected needs, and shall be designed to enhance the
downtown area as a whole.
(4) To clear basically sound and deficient buildings to the
extent necessary to assemble land into parcels of adequate
size and shape to meet contemporary development needs and
standards and to allow new construction to meet the objec-
tives of this Urban Renewal Plan. Acquisition of such
buildings will take place only when the objectives of this
Urban Renewal Plan cannot be met through rehabilitation.
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b. Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation activities will include:
(1) Enforcement of "Property Rehabilitation Standards," as set
forth in Section D-2 of this Urban Renewal Plan.
(2) Provision of technical assistance to property owners to
facilitate and stimulate achievement of rehabilitation
standards and objectives.
c. Public Improvements and Facilities
The entire Urban Renewal Plan area will be adequately served by
public improvements and facilities including:
(1) Installation of new street improvements, utilities, parking
facilities, sidewalks, landscaping and other physical
features necessary to serve and improve the Project Area.
(2) Provisions for achieving high standards of design construc-
tion and improvements consistent with the design and
development objectives of this Urban Renewal Plan.
C. LAND -USE PLAN
1. Land -Use Map
The Land -Use Map Plan Map, Exhibit R -213-B, attached hereto and made
a part hereof, identifies proposed land -uses and public rights-
of-way. Major land -use categories included within the development
areas are retail, office, service, civic and cultural, medium and
high density residential, institutional, public, and retail service.
All thoroughfares and street rights-of-way are shown on the Land -Use
Plan Map. Their locations are subject to minor modifications.
2. Land -Use Provisions and Building Requirements
a. Permitted Land -Uses
Central Business Zone
TIT—rhe —central business zone is intended to be the high
density, compact, pedestrian -oriented shopping, office,
service, and entertainment area in Iowa City. Development
and redevelopment within this zone should occur in compact
groupings in order to intensify the density of usable
commercial spaces, while increasing the availability of open
spaces, plazas, or pedestrian ways. The zone is intended to
accommodate a wide range of retail, service, office and
residential uses.
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Permitted Uses: A broad range of compatible retail/service
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county -wide market by virtue of their variety, quality,
— or specialization of merchandise, including food, drugs
and liquor; eating establishments and eating and
drinking establishments, general merchandise; apparel
and accessories, furniture, furnishings and appliances;
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art supplies; sporting goods; toy and hobby shops;
jewelry stores; florists; camera and photographic
— supply; optical goods; cigar stores, news dealers;
gift, novelty and souvenir stores; other stores; and
I i _ other pedestrian -oriented similar and compatible retail
uses.
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(b) Services. Those appropriate activities which serve the
daily convenience needs of employees, students,
faculty, and shoppers, including banks and other
financial institutions; photographic studios; beauty
and barber shops, shoe repair shops; instructional
_ services; watch and jewelry repair; hotels; transporta-
tion depots; theaters; travel bureaus; indoor recrea-
tional facilities (such as bowling alleys); blue-
printing and photostating; and other similar and
compatible service uses.
(c) Offices, business, and professional. Administrative
offices and office headquarters; insurance, finance,
and real estate offices; professional (e.g., legal,
dental, and medical); business services; and other
similar and compatible uses.
(d) Dwelling units, above the ground floor only.
(e) Off-street public parking.
(f) Institutional uses above the second floor only.
For specific information on permitted uses in the central
business zone, see Section 36-21 of the Zoning Ordinance.
(2) Central Business Service Zone
The central business service zone is intended to allow for
the orderly expansion of the central business district of
Iowa City, to serve as a transition between the intense land
uses located in the central business district and adjoining
areas, and to enhance the pedestrian orientation of the
central business district by providing suitable, peripheral
locations for auto -oriented commercial and service uses.
This zone is intended to accommodate mixed land uses and
requires that the intensity of use be less than that
permitted in the central business zone.
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Also permitted in this district are multi -family residential
uses at the ground floor level and above.
For specific information on permitted uses in the central
business service zone, see Section 36-20 of the Zoning
Ordinance.
(3) University Area
The University Area will be limited to the development of
the academic core and supporting activities of the State
University of Iowa.
Permitted Uses: Classrooms, laboratories, meeting rooms,
faculty and administrative offices, research facilities,
service facilities and off-street parking.
b. Additional Controls and Objectives
There are three development areas comprising the Plan Area
(identified on the Land -Use Plan Map, Exhibit R -213B). Addi-
tional controls and objectives for each development area include:
Central Business Core
Area 1
The development of this area should:
--Enlarge and strengthen the function of the Central Business
District Core as a shopping, business, and entertainment
center.
--Provide for redevelopment in compact groupings, in order to
intensify the density of usable commercial spaces, while
increasing the availability of open spaces, pedestrian ways,
and plazas.
--Improve the attractiveness and convenience of the shopping
environment.
--Provide a public plaza in the heart of the Central Business
District Core to be constructed largely on and adjacent to the
right-of-way of Dubuque Street at College Street, which will
serve as an identifiable civic symbol and focal point and
function as a center for pedestrian movement.
--Provide for the expansion and new development of retail,
office, and service activities which will be complimentary to
existing activities in use, scale and quality of materials and
surfaces.
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Also permitted in this district are multi -family residential
uses at the ground floor level and above.
For specific information on permitted uses in the central
business service zone, see Section 36-20 of the Zoning
Ordinance.
(3) University Area
The University Area will be limited to the development of
the academic core and supporting activities of the State
University of Iowa.
Permitted Uses: Classrooms, laboratories, meeting rooms,
faculty and administrative offices, research facilities,
service facilities and off-street parking.
b. Additional Controls and Objectives
There are three development areas comprising the Plan Area
(identified on the Land -Use Plan Map, Exhibit R -213B). Addi-
tional controls and objectives for each development area include:
Central Business Core
Area 1
The development of this area should:
--Enlarge and strengthen the function of the Central Business
District Core as a shopping, business, and entertainment
center.
--Provide for redevelopment in compact groupings, in order to
intensify the density of usable commercial spaces, while
increasing the availability of open spaces, pedestrian ways,
and plazas.
--Improve the attractiveness and convenience of the shopping
environment.
--Provide a public plaza in the heart of the Central Business
District Core to be constructed largely on and adjacent to the
right-of-way of Dubuque Street at College Street, which will
serve as an identifiable civic symbol and focal point and
function as a center for pedestrian movement.
--Provide for the expansion and new development of retail,
office, and service activities which will be complimentary to
existing activities in use, scale and quality of materials and
surfaces.
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--Provide sites for either one or two new or expanded department
stores to serve as primary retail generators.
--Provide for the restricting of Dubuque Street from Washington
Street to the alley between College and Burlington Streets, in
order to facilitate pedestrian circulation, to allow for
emergency vehicles between Washington and College Streets, and
to allow the crossing by delivery vehicles at the alley between
Washington and College Streets.
--Provide an attractive public pedestrian link between the public
plaza and the activities and uses oriented to Burlington
Street, to be constructed parallel and adjacent to the closed
right-of-way of Dubuque Street.
i �• --Provide for publicly -owned off-street parking facilities to
accommodate approximately 1300 to 2000 cars.
--Provide for specialty retail and service uses oriented to the
j pedestrian -ways to accommodate the needs of students, faculty,
employees, shoppers, and visitors.
--Provide for the retention of private off-street accessory
parking, now utilized in conjunction with and as part of
existing private uses; such parking areas to be provided with
_ buffering, screening, and/or planting as is deemed appropriate
to make them visually attractive to passersby and parkers.
Prohibit any new off-street parking unless granted' by special
use permit by the City Council, and in that event, for acces-
sory parking only.
--Provide for up to 100 percent lot coverage of all private
development parcels, and a floor area ratio of up to ten times
the development area.
--Provide for consolidated off-street loading and service
facilities wherever practicable; access to be provided from
screened public service alleys or courts.
--Provide for a pedestrian linkage connecting the University and
Central Business District Core areas, to be constructed largely
on the closed right-of-way of College Street.
_. --Provide for the closing of College Street between Capitol and
Clinton Streets in order to permit land assembly for private
development.
— --Allow for a hotel -conference center designed to meet the
demands for transient housing in downtown Iowa City, and to be
readily accessible to commercial and office activity, the
University of Iowa campus, and the medical complex.
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--Provide for the restricting of College Street from Clinton
Street to Linn Street in order to 'facilitate pedestrian
circulation, to allow for emergency vehicles, and to allow for
goods delivery where no alternate access is available.
--Provide for the restricting of Washington Street from Capitol
Street to Clinton Street to be designed with emphasis on
transit and pedestrian traffic, but allowing limited automobile
traffic if possible.
--Provide for the development of a new public library at the
1 intersection of College and Linn Streets.
University Area
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--Provide sites for the orderly establishment and expansion of
ithe State University of Iowa: such uses north of Burlington
Street to be limited to classroom teaching and research
facilities, faculty offices, and academic support facilities
such as library, museum, student and administrative services.
Uses south of Burlington Street are limited to those uses
permitted north of Burlington Street,
research facilities. and auxiliary facilities
such as off-street parking, physical plant, services, and
--Provide for the closing of College Street between Madison and
Capitol Streets in order to facilitate pedestrian circulation.
--Provide for an internal pedestrian circulation network to be
constructed largely on the closed right-of-way of College
Street.
--Provide for reinforcement of the linear quality of the Capitol
Street pedestrian way and its axial view to the Old Capitol
Building by use of strong, dominant University buildings and
appropriate tree planting.
--Provide for multi-level development which utilizes the sloping
— topography between Capitol and Madison Streets.
--Restrict building height to a maximum of eight stories, with
landscaped set -backs to be guided by existing University
development to the north.
--Provide for consolidated off-street loading and service
facilities wherever practicable, access to be provided from
i screened service alleys or courts.
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Central Business Service Area
Area 3
The development of this area should:
--Provide for the orderly expansion of the central business
district by permitting such activities as retail, office, and
multi -family residential uses.
--Provide for the expansion or development of auto -oriented
activities.
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the needs for employer and employee
long-term parkper relationship to Burlington Street and
parking to be in pro
the established traffic pattern, so as to divert traffic from
residential streets.
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Street to Court Street in order to permit land assembly for
private development.
C. Initiation and Duration of Land -Use Provision and Re uirements
The above -stated land -use objectives, provisions and requirements
shall be in full force and effect for
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Plan and shall automatically extend for five y
thereafter, unless changed by the City Council.
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D. PROJECT PROPOSALS
1. Land Acquisition
a. Property Proposed to be Acquired
The real property to be acquired in the City University Project
area is identified on Land Acquisition Plan Map, Exhibit R -213D1.
Properties are identified for acquisition for the following
purposes:
(1) To remove buildings which are structurally substandard.
(2) To remove buildings,other than buildings which are structur-
ally substandard, in order to effectively remove blighting
influences which are exerted on the area. Such blighting
influences include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Inadequate street layout.
(b) Incompatible uses or land -use relationships.
(c) Overcrowding of buildings on the land.
(d) Excessive dwelling unit density.
(e) Obsolete buildings not suitable for improvement or
conversion.
(3) To provide sites for needed public improvements or facili-
ties
facilities oand inper laccordance witationship to h accepted design criteriaect demand
forfor such facilities.
(4) To clear basically sound and deficient buildings to the
extent necessary to assemble land into parcels of adequate
size and shape to meet contemporary development needs and
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basically sound buildings will take place only when the
objectives of this Urban Renewal Plan cannot be met through
rehabilitation.
(5) To purchase vacant land in order to assemble land into
parcels of adequate size and shape to meet contemporary
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D. PROJECT PROPOSALS
1. Land Acquisition
a. Property Proposed to be Acquired
The real property to be acquired in the City University Project
area is identified on Land Acquisition Plan Map, Exhibit R -213D1.
Properties are identified for acquisition for the following
purposes:
(1) To remove buildings which are structurally substandard.
(2) To remove buildings,other than buildings which are structur-
ally substandard, in order to effectively remove blighting
influences which are exerted on the area. Such blighting
influences include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Inadequate street layout.
(b) Incompatible uses or land -use relationships.
(c) Overcrowding of buildings on the land.
(d) Excessive dwelling unit density.
(e) Obsolete buildings not suitable for improvement or
conversion.
(3) To provide sites for needed public improvements or facili-
ties
facilities oand inper laccordance witationship to h accepted design criteriaect demand
forfor such facilities.
(4) To clear basically sound and deficient buildings to the
extent necessary to assemble land into parcels of adequate
size and shape to meet contemporary development needs and
objec-
tds ano allives thist UrbanowRenewalnew construction Plan.
Acquisit Acquisition the
uch
basically sound buildings will take place only when the
objectives of this Urban Renewal Plan cannot be met through
rehabilitation.
(5) To purchase vacant land in order to assemble land into
parcels of adequate size and shape to meet contemporary
devetionitommeetnthesand obj ctivesdofdthisdto allow Urban Renewal wconstruc-
tion
b. Conditions Under Which Property not Designated for Acquisition
Property not designated for acquisition may be acquired by the
cityUrbanoRenewalf Iowa C Plan, Properif such ty Rehabilitationis not made
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codes and ordinances, or if the acquisition of such property is
necessary for one or more of the purposes set forth in Paragraph
D.1.(a) of the Urban Renewal Plan.
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Properties presently designated for acquisition in the Urban
Renewal Plan and which are not otherwise necessary to accomplish
the objectives of this Urban Renewal Plan may be exempted from
acquisition by the City of Iowa City if the owner or owners enter
into suitable agreements with the City demonstrating conclusively
that the proposed redevelopment of such property,or the rehabili-
tation of the building situated thereon, conforms in all respects
with the design objectives, land -use provisions, and Property
-' Rehabilitation Standards of this Urban Renewal Plan.
Properties presently designated for acquisition in the Urban
Renewal Plan may be delegated at any time, without entering into
any agreement with the owner(s), if such deletion is determined
by the governing body of the Local Public Agency to be in the
best interest of the Project.
2. Rehabilitation and Conservation
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a. The Urban Renewal Plan has set forth specific planning proposals
which will improve the environment in the Project Area and
encourage the physical rehabilitation of buildings designated to
remain.
b. A continuous and vigilant enforcement of existing laws, codes,
ordinances, and regulations of the City of Iowa City and the
State of Iowa will be in effect and in force within the City
University Project Area (Iowa R-14). These include, but are not
limited to:
Zonina Ordinance - adopted July, 1962, as subsequently amended.
Minimum Housing Standards - adopted March, 1957, as subsequently
- amended.
Uniform Buildin Code, International Conference of Building
_ Of icia s, as modified, adopted July, 1956, as subsequently
amended.
TheNational Electrical Code; National Fire Protection Associa-
- tion, as modified, adopted January, 1970, as subsequently
amended.
Plumbing Code, adopted October, 1957, as subsequently amended.
Fire Protection and Fire Prevention Codes including the Uniform
Fire Code; International Conference o Building Officials, as
modified, adopted July, 1962, as subsequently amended.
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Subdivision Regulations, adopted January, 1964, as subsequently
amended.
Signs and Billboards Ordinance, (see Zoning Ordinance).
Garbage and Refuse Code, adopted April, 1953, as subsequently
amended.
Industrial Revenue Bond Policy, adopted October, 1980, and
subsequent I y amended.
City Plaza Ordinance, adopted May, 1978, as subsequently amended.
c. Structures which do not meet applicable codes and ordinances and
whose owners refuse to bring, or are incapable of bringing, them
into compliance, may be acquired by the City of Iowa City.
Upon the acquisition of such property, the City of Iowa City may
sell such property to a private purchaser(s) at its fair market
value, subject to its being rehabilitated to the Property
Rehabilitation Standards, or the City of Iowa City will demolish
the structure(s) thereon and dispose of the land, in accordance
with the Urban Renewal Plan, at its fair market value to a
developer for redevelopment.
id. There will be no acquisition of parcels for the purpose of
demonstrating the kinds and methods of rehabilitation suitable
for this area.
e. The standards for the rehabilitation of all existing structures
- to remain in the project area are the achievement of not less
than the minimum Property Rehabilitation Standards established
for this project. Subject standards include applicable provi-
sions of existing local codes and ordinance, as heretofore
identified.
In addition to the requirements of applicable codes and ordi-
nances, the following specific requirements shall be in effect as
Property Rehabilitation Standards for the City -University Urban
Renewal Project.
The provisions of local codes and ordinances will be enforced as
the basic rehabilitation standards for the project area. In
addition, the following standards have been incorporated into the
Urban Renewal Plan as minimum requirements for properties
remaining in the project:
(1) Non -Residential Rehabilitation Requirements -- Premises
Improvement and Maintenance
(a) Exterior Public Areas
_ All public walks, steps, porches, drives, and parking
areas, for convenient all-weather access shall be so
constructed and maintained as to assure safety and
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reasonable durability. If any such area by virtue of
its state of repair constitutes a danger to health or
safety, it shall be replaced.
(b) Enclosure of Storage
All storage, except permitted "limited" display, shall
be in completely enclosed buildings or obscured from
public view by a solid fence or wall not less than
eight (8) feet in height. "Limited" display shall be
construed to mean immediate inventory goods or products
intended for sale an the premises and necessary for
sales stimulation.
(c) Surfaces and Store Fronts
.Except where essential to the architectural design of
the building, all exposed surfaces with unsightly
appearance shall be painted or otherwise treated to
retard deterioration and improve the appearance.
(d) Overhanging Structures
All canopies, marquees, signs, metal awnings, exterior
stairways, fire escapes, standpipes, exhaust ducts, and
similar overhang extensions shall be maintained in good
repair and be properly anchored; and they shall be
protected from the elements and against decay and rust
by the periodic application of weather -coating material
such as paint or other protective treatment.
The use of combustible plastics in signs and other
advertising devices shall be limited to letters and
decorations (not structure or structural trim).
All deteriorated overhanging structures shall be
removed or so repaired as to ensure adequate anchor-
age.
(e) Windows
All windows exposed to public view shall be kept clean
and in a state of good repair. No storage of materi-
als, stock, or inventory shall be permitted in window
display areas or other areas ordinarily exposed to
public view by drapes, venetian blinds, or other
rendering of such windows opaque to public view. All
screening of interiors shall be maintained, clean and
in good state of repair.
(f) Air -Conditioning -- Outside Elements
All air conditioners and heating units shall be
maintained in a safe mechanical and electrical condi-
tion.
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reasonable durability. If any such area by virtue of
its state of repair constitutes a danger to health or
safety, it shall be replaced.
(b) Enclosure of Storage
All storage, except permitted "limited" display, shall
be in completely enclosed buildings or obscured from
public view by a solid fence or wall not less than
eight (8) feet in height. "Limited" display shall be
construed to mean immediate inventory goods or products
intended for sale an the premises and necessary for
sales stimulation.
(c) Surfaces and Store Fronts
.Except where essential to the architectural design of
the building, all exposed surfaces with unsightly
appearance shall be painted or otherwise treated to
retard deterioration and improve the appearance.
(d) Overhanging Structures
All canopies, marquees, signs, metal awnings, exterior
stairways, fire escapes, standpipes, exhaust ducts, and
similar overhang extensions shall be maintained in good
repair and be properly anchored; and they shall be
protected from the elements and against decay and rust
by the periodic application of weather -coating material
such as paint or other protective treatment.
The use of combustible plastics in signs and other
advertising devices shall be limited to letters and
decorations (not structure or structural trim).
All deteriorated overhanging structures shall be
removed or so repaired as to ensure adequate anchor-
age.
(e) Windows
All windows exposed to public view shall be kept clean
and in a state of good repair. No storage of materi-
als, stock, or inventory shall be permitted in window
display areas or other areas ordinarily exposed to
public view by drapes, venetian blinds, or other
rendering of such windows opaque to public view. All
screening of interiors shall be maintained, clean and
in good state of repair.
(f) Air -Conditioning -- Outside Elements
All air conditioners and heating units shall be
maintained in a safe mechanical and electrical condi-
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All exterior air conditioners which are installed and
operated directly over a public sidewalk shall be
equipped with proper devices for the prevention of
condensation drainage upon the sidewalk.
(g) Site Improvements
open space shall be so designed and located as to: (1)
provide for the immediate diversion of water away from
buildings and disposal of the lot; (2) prevent soil
Ii saturation detrimental to structures and lot use; and
(3) provide appropriate paved walks, parking areas,
,a driveways, steps, landscaping.
All unpaved areas shall be provided with vegetation or
other suitable cover to prevent erosion and improve
appearance. Bushes, shrubs, trees, and grass shall be
i� trimmed when necessary and removed when dead.
,. All fences and retaining walls shall be kept in good
structural repair, removed, or replaced. All fences
shall be periodically treated with chemicals or paints
so as to retard deterioration and improve the appear-
ance.
All deteriorated accessory buildings shall be removed
or rehabilitated. All accessory buildings to remain
shall provide usable space and shall not harbor
rodents, termites or other vermin.
All unsightly alleys, rears of buildings, or other
areas which may have a deteriorating effect on sur-
rounding properties or public areas shall be screened
from view by a fence, wall, or compact shrubbery, at
least 50% opaque between two feet and seven feet above
ground level.
(2) Rehabilitation Requirements for Dwelling Units
(a) Sewage Disposal
_ All plumbing fixtures shall be drained to an approved
sewage drainage system connected to a public sewer or
- other approved system.
Substances which will clog pipes, produce explosive
mixtures, destroy pipes or their joints, or interfere
with disposal process shall not be discharged into the
system unless provided with approved intercepting
devices.
Each fixture shall be equipped with a water seal trap.
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All exterior air conditioners which are installed and
operated directly over a public sidewalk shall be
equipped with proper devices for the prevention of
condensation drainage upon the sidewalk.
(g) Site Improvements
open space shall be so designed and located as to: (1)
provide for the immediate diversion of water away from
buildings and disposal of the lot; (2) prevent soil
Ii saturation detrimental to structures and lot use; and
(3) provide appropriate paved walks, parking areas,
,a driveways, steps, landscaping.
All unpaved areas shall be provided with vegetation or
other suitable cover to prevent erosion and improve
appearance. Bushes, shrubs, trees, and grass shall be
i� trimmed when necessary and removed when dead.
,. All fences and retaining walls shall be kept in good
structural repair, removed, or replaced. All fences
shall be periodically treated with chemicals or paints
so as to retard deterioration and improve the appear-
ance.
All deteriorated accessory buildings shall be removed
or rehabilitated. All accessory buildings to remain
shall provide usable space and shall not harbor
rodents, termites or other vermin.
All unsightly alleys, rears of buildings, or other
areas which may have a deteriorating effect on sur-
rounding properties or public areas shall be screened
from view by a fence, wall, or compact shrubbery, at
least 50% opaque between two feet and seven feet above
ground level.
(2) Rehabilitation Requirements for Dwelling Units
(a) Sewage Disposal
_ All plumbing fixtures shall be drained to an approved
sewage drainage system connected to a public sewer or
- other approved system.
Substances which will clog pipes, produce explosive
mixtures, destroy pipes or their joints, or interfere
with disposal process shall not be discharged into the
system unless provided with approved intercepting
devices.
Each fixture shall be equipped with a water seal trap.
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Adequate circulation of air shall be provided for in
all vent piping to avoid the loss of trap seal.
Vent terminals shall be maintained so as to minimize
clogging, frost closure, return of foul air, or
nuisance to neighbors.
Adequate air breaks shall be provided in sanitary
drains to prevent contamination from sewage backup.
(b) Fixture Conditions
Complete bathing and sanitary facilities shall be
provided within each dwelling unit, consisting of a
water closet, a tub or shower, or a lavatory. There
shall be provided an adequate supply of hot water to
the tub or shower stall and lavatory, and cold water to
all fixtures. Arrangement of fixtures shall provide
for the comfortable use of each fixture and permit at
least a 90 degree door swing. Wall space shall be
available for a mirror or medicine cabinet and for
towel bars. The bathtub shall not be less than four
feet, six inches long. Shower, if provided, should
have a least dimension of not less than 30 inches. all
fixtures shall be located and spaced for reasonable
accessibility and should be of smooth, non-absorbent
surfaces.
(c) Doors and Access Openings (Exterior)
Existing doors in sound condition and to remain should
approximate in size the following, and the minimum size
of new doors in new openings shall be:
Width Height
Main Entrance Door 3'011* 61611
Service Doors 21611 61611
*Where serving 5 or more dwelling units - 314" minimum.
Where new doors are installed in acceptable existing
door openings, the doors should approximate the sizes
given above.
All exterior doors shall have safe locks.
(d) Doors and Access Openings (Interior)
A door shall be provided for each opening to a bedroom,
bathroom, or toilet compartment. Doors to bathrooms
and toilet compartments shall be hinged or sliding and
shall have locks.
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Existing doors in sound conditions and to remain shall
approximate in size the following, and minimum size of
new doors installed in new openings shall be:
1-a. Habitable rooms, 2'6" wide.
1-b. Bathrooms, toilet compartments and closets other
than linen and broom, 2'0" wide.
1-c. Service stair doors, 2'6" wide.
1-d. Cased openings, 2'6" wide.
1-e. To public stairway enclosures, single door = 3'0"
wide; double door = 2'4" wide.
1-f. Height of all interior doors, 6'6".
Where new doors are installed in acceptable existing
openings, the doors should approximate the sizes given
above.
(e) Closet Space
Clothes closet space shall be provided within each
living unit on the basis of approximately 12 sq. ft.
for the first bedroom plus 6 sq, ft. for each addi-
tional bedroom. The space provided should be, if
possible, divided into separate closets serving each
bedroom and having one closet located so as to open
directly from a hall or living or dining room. None of
the minimum clothes closet space shall be located
within the kitchens.
Where separate closets for each existing bedroom area
not possible, a closet elsewhere within the dwelling
unit is acceptable provided the minimum area is
obtained and is reasonably accessible to the bedroom.
Clothes closets shall have a shelf and rod.
Within each dwelling unit, a total shelf area or
built-in drawer space of at least eight sq. ft. should
be provided for linens. This space should be appropri-
ately increased for dwelling units having three or four
bedrooms.
(f) Light and Ventilation
Habitable Rooms
All habitable rooms, except kitchens, shall have
natural light, provided by means of windows, glazed
doors, or skylights. A glass area of at least 10
percent of the floor area shall be provided for new or
remodeled rooms, or other spaces. Existing rooms not
disturbed in the rehabilitation shall have a glass area
not appreciably below a total of 10 percent of the
floor area.
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Existing doors in sound conditions and to remain shall
approximate in size the following, and minimum size of
new doors installed in new openings shall be:
1-a. Habitable rooms, 2'6" wide.
1-b. Bathrooms, toilet compartments and closets other
than linen and broom, 2'0" wide.
1-c. Service stair doors, 2'6" wide.
1-d. Cased openings, 2'6" wide.
1-e. To public stairway enclosures, single door = 3'0"
wide; double door = 2'4" wide.
1-f. Height of all interior doors, 6'6".
Where new doors are installed in acceptable existing
openings, the doors should approximate the sizes given
above.
(e) Closet Space
Clothes closet space shall be provided within each
living unit on the basis of approximately 12 sq. ft.
for the first bedroom plus 6 sq, ft. for each addi-
tional bedroom. The space provided should be, if
possible, divided into separate closets serving each
bedroom and having one closet located so as to open
directly from a hall or living or dining room. None of
the minimum clothes closet space shall be located
within the kitchens.
Where separate closets for each existing bedroom area
not possible, a closet elsewhere within the dwelling
unit is acceptable provided the minimum area is
obtained and is reasonably accessible to the bedroom.
Clothes closets shall have a shelf and rod.
Within each dwelling unit, a total shelf area or
built-in drawer space of at least eight sq. ft. should
be provided for linens. This space should be appropri-
ately increased for dwelling units having three or four
bedrooms.
(f) Light and Ventilation
Habitable Rooms
All habitable rooms, except kitchens, shall have
natural light, provided by means of windows, glazed
doors, or skylights. A glass area of at least 10
percent of the floor area shall be provided for new or
remodeled rooms, or other spaces. Existing rooms not
disturbed in the rehabilitation shall have a glass area
not appreciably below a total of 10 percent of the
floor area.
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An acceptable means of natural ventilation shall exist
or be provided for all habitable spaces, except that
for kitchens a mechanical ventilation system may be
substituted. A ventilation area of 4 percent of the
floor area of the space shall be provided.
Artificial light shall be provided and so distributed
as to assure healthful and sanitary conditions in all
rooms or spaces.
An interior room not having its own source of natural
light and ventilation is acceptable only where the room
is adjacent to an outside room which has adequate
natural light and ventilation, calculated on the basis
of the combined floor area of the two rooms has a clear
horizontal opening approximately 6 feet wide. The
interior room shall not be a bedroom.
Kitchens
Artificial light shall be provided, and distributed so
as to give effective illumination throughout.
Ventilation shall be provided by natural means in
amounts as calculated for habitable rooms and not less
than 3 sq. ft., or by mechanical ventilation. Where a
kitchen is not separated from the living room by
partitions and door or permanent screen, mechanical
ventilation•shall be provided for the kitchen.
Bathrooms and Toilet Compartments
Artificial light shall be provided.
Ventilation shall be provided by natural means in
amounts as calculated for habitable rooms and not less
than 1-1/2 sq. ft., or by mechanical ventilations or by
gravity -type ventilation equipped with a winddriven
roof ventilator above the roof level.
Public Spaces
General
Adequate artificial light shall be provided for all
public spaces.
Public Entrance Spaces to Building
a. All public entrance space should have natural light
provided by window, doorway or equivalent glass
area of at least 10 percent of the floor area.
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b. Either natural ventilation of at least 4 percent of
floor area or mechanical ventilation shall be
provided.
Public Hallways and Stairways
a. Public hallways and unenclosed stairways shall be
provided with either natural ventilations (at least
4 percent of floor area) or mechanical ventila-
tion.
b. Where dependence is placed upon natural light for
daytime use of hallways or unenclosed stairways,
windows, skylights or the equivalent shall be
provided containing at least 10 sq. ft. of glass
area, or its equivalent, for each floor so served.
c. Enclosed stairways shall be ventilated by a
mechanical or gravity system to provide approxi-
mately 4 air changes per hour.
Habitable Rooms of Living Units Below Grade
For habitable rooms below grade, the depth of the
finish floor below its adjacent outside grade level
shall not exceed 4 ft. 0 in. Natural light and
ventilation standards for habitable rooms above grade
shall apply.
Ventilation of Utility Spaces
Utility spaces which contain heat producing, air
conditioning and other equipment shall be ventilated to
the outer air, and air from such spaces shall not be
recirculated to other parts of the building.
Ventilation of Structural Spaces
Natural ventilation of spaces such as attics and
enclosed basementless spaces shall be provided with
openings of sufficient size to overcome dampness and
minimize the effect of conditions conducive to decay
and deterioration of the structure, and to prevent
excessive heat in attics.
All exterior ventilation openings shall be effectively
and appropriately screened where determined needed by
the City of Iowa City.
3. Redeveloper's Requirements
The Redeveloper will be required by contractual agreement to observe
the Land -Use and Building Requirements and General Design Objectives
of this Urban Renewal Plan. The contract and other disposition
documents will set forth in detail the provisions, standards, and
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b. Either natural ventilation of at least 4 percent of
floor area or mechanical ventilation shall be
provided.
Public Hallways and Stairways
a. Public hallways and unenclosed stairways shall be
provided with either natural ventilations (at least
4 percent of floor area) or mechanical ventila-
tion.
b. Where dependence is placed upon natural light for
daytime use of hallways or unenclosed stairways,
windows, skylights or the equivalent shall be
provided containing at least 10 sq. ft. of glass
area, or its equivalent, for each floor so served.
c. Enclosed stairways shall be ventilated by a
mechanical or gravity system to provide approxi-
mately 4 air changes per hour.
Habitable Rooms of Living Units Below Grade
For habitable rooms below grade, the depth of the
finish floor below its adjacent outside grade level
shall not exceed 4 ft. 0 in. Natural light and
ventilation standards for habitable rooms above grade
shall apply.
Ventilation of Utility Spaces
Utility spaces which contain heat producing, air
conditioning and other equipment shall be ventilated to
the outer air, and air from such spaces shall not be
recirculated to other parts of the building.
Ventilation of Structural Spaces
Natural ventilation of spaces such as attics and
enclosed basementless spaces shall be provided with
openings of sufficient size to overcome dampness and
minimize the effect of conditions conducive to decay
and deterioration of the structure, and to prevent
excessive heat in attics.
All exterior ventilation openings shall be effectively
and appropriately screened where determined needed by
the City of Iowa City.
3. Redeveloper's Requirements
The Redeveloper will be required by contractual agreement to observe
the Land -Use and Building Requirements and General Design Objectives
of this Urban Renewal Plan. The contract and other disposition
documents will set forth in detail the provisions, standards, and
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criteria for achieving the objectives and requirements outlined in
the Urban Renewal Plan. The City of Iowa City will select redevel-
opers on the basis of their proposals, their ability to carry out
the to the Urban
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such proposals, and the conformance of proposals
Renewal Plan. This may be through fixed price offerings, minimum
price offering, or by other means which, in the determination of the
the attainment of the development
City of Iowa City, will best assure
and design objectives of this Urban Renewal Plan, in accordance with
State and Federal law.
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Deposition documents will provide for achieving the unified develop-
walks, utili-
ment and maintenance of common areas, service access,
ties, and driveways.
In addition, the following provisions will be included in each
Agreement:
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a. That the Redeveloper will submit to the City of Iowa City a plan
and schedule for the proposed development.
b. That the purchase of the land is for the purpose of redevelopment
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and not for speculation.
c. That the land will be built upon and improved in conformity with
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objectives and the provisions of the Urban Renewal Plan.
d. That the construction of improvements will be commenced and
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completed within a reasonable time.
e. That the Redeveloper and successor or assign agree that there
will be no discrimination against any person or group of persons
origin, or
on account of race, creed, color, sex, national
ancestry in the sale, lease, sublease, transfer, use, occupancy,
tenure, or enjoyment of the premises therein conveyed, nor will
claiming under or through the
the Redeveloper, or any
Redeveloper, establish or permit such practice or practices of
discrimination or segregation with reference to the selection,
therein conveyed.
leases, subleases, or vendees in the premises
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4. Underground Utilities
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Existing and proposed utility distribution lines shall be placed
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underground wherever feasible.
E. OTHER PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO MEET STATE AND LOCAL REpUIREMENTS
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Chapter 403 of the 1975 Code of Iowa, as amended, authorized cities to
for the
exercise "urban renewal project powers and certain other powers
of blighted areas. Certain provisions
rehabilitation and redevelopment
be in to ese powers.
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1. Resolution of Necess
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a Combination lhereor is necessary.
The Resolution of Necessity was adopted by the City Council on
September 2, 1969.
2. Resolution Determining that the Urban Renewal Project Area is a Slum
nr Rlinhtarl area nr a fnmh inatinn Thereof and Aoorooriate far an
The Resolution designating the area as a slum or blighted area and
appropriate for an Urban Renewal Project was passed by the City
Council on September 2, 1969.
3. A General Plan for the Municipality
This constitutes that Comprehensive Plan and Comprehensive Plan Upate
for the City of Iowa City as adopted by the City Council. The
General Plan is continually under review, with updating of major plan
elements on a systematic basis. The Workable Program for Community
Improvement was most recently certified on June 1, 1973.
4. Planning Commission Recommendations as to Conformity of the Urban
Renewal Plan with the General P an.
The Planning Commission recommendations were forwarded to the City
Council on September 5, 1967.
5. Public Hearing on the Urban Renewal Project After Public Notice
Public Hearings pursuant to State and local law were held on Septem-
ber 23, 1969, May 1, 1973, September 21, 1976, and May 10, 1977,
August 14, 1979, and July 31, 1984.
6. Approval of the Urban Renewal Project by the Local Governing Body
a. A feasible method exists for relocating families
All families and individuals from the area will be offered
decent, safe and sanitary accommodations within their means and
without undue hardship to such families.
b. The Urban Renewal Plan conforms to the general plan of the
municipality
The Urban Renewal Plan conforms and follows from the Comprehen-
sive Plan and Comprehensive Plan Update of the City of Iowa City.
The Resolution approving of the Urban Renewal Project was passed
by the City Council on October 2, 1969.
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F. PROCEDURE FOR CHANGES IN THE APPROVED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
If the City desires to modify this plan, it may do so after holding a
public hearing on the proposed change in accordance with applicable State
and local Lay.
Any change affecting any property or contractual right can be effectuated
Land Acquisition Plan
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Department of Project Number Iowa R-14
Community Development City of Iowa City, Iowa
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City -University Project
Project Number R-14
City of Iowa City
July 1984
CITY OF . IOWA CITY
CHIC CENTER 410 E. WASHNGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The City of Iowa City is pleased to submit to you the attached packet of
materials relating to the redevelopment of Parcel 65-2b in downtown Iowa
City. The City is seeking a responsible developer to undertake the
construction of an office/commercial development on Parcel 65-2b.
This packet contains detailed information concerning the redevelopment
parcel and the forms necessary for proposal submission. If you have any
questions with respect to the enclosed materials, please contact:
Patt Cain
Associate Planner -Economic Development
Dept. of Planning and Program Development
City of Iowa City
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
(319)356-5235
Thank you for your interest in Iowa City's redevelopment.
Sincerely yours,
Neal G. Berlin
City Manager
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CITY OF . IOWA CITY
CHIC CENTER 410 E. WASHNGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The City of Iowa City is pleased to submit to you the attached packet of
materials relating to the redevelopment of Parcel 65-2b in downtown Iowa
City. The City is seeking a responsible developer to undertake the
construction of an office/commercial development on Parcel 65-2b.
This packet contains detailed information concerning the redevelopment
parcel and the forms necessary for proposal submission. If you have any
questions with respect to the enclosed materials, please contact:
Patt Cain
Associate Planner -Economic Development
Dept. of Planning and Program Development
City of Iowa City
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
(319)356-5235
Thank you for your interest in Iowa City's redevelopment.
Sincerely yours,
Neal G. Berlin
City Manager
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IPROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA
I. Development Plan
A. Compatibility with standards, objectives and controls set forth in
the Urban Renewal Plan and disposition documents.
I B. Quality and creativity of the proposed development.
C. The probability of achieving market acceptance.
0. The timeliness of the proposed construction schedule.
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E. The price offered and terms.
j F. Potential tax return to the City.
,.j II. Developer's Experience and Qualifications
A. The success of previous development efforts and/or the operation
Of facilities of a similar nature as envisioned in this solici-
tation.
B. Public acceptance of previous developments, in terms of design,
timing of work, and functional relationships.
C. Reputation with regard to character, integrity, judgement, and
competence.
D. Demonstrated ability to work with the public sector.
III.Implementation Ability
I A. Experience of the principals and key staff, who will be involved
in Iowa City, in carrying out projects of a similar scale and
character.
B. Availability of sufficient financial resources to assume the
necessary development and managerial responsibilities, including
the availability and liquidity of working capital and required
equity.
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Commencing at the Northwest Corner of Lot 4, Block 65, of the Original
Town of Iowa City, Iowa, according to the recorded Plat thereof; Thence
N 90°-00'-00” E. an assumed bearing, along the Southerly Right -of -Way
line of Washington Street, 60.20 feet; then&e S 0 -03'-02" W, 74.04
feet to thg Point of Beginning; thence S 89 -53'-47" E, 20.24 feet;
thence S 0 -13'-01" E, 32.32 feet; thence S 88 -30'-55" W, 10.31 feet;
thence S 00-22'-52" E, 3.83 feet; thence S 89 -43'-36" il, 10.11 feet;
thence N 00-03'-02" E, 36.32 feet to the Point of Beginning. Said por-
tion contains 697.19 square feet more or less.
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CONTRACT FOR
SALE OF LAND FOR PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT, consisting of this Part I and Part II annexed hereto and made
a part hereof (which Part I and Part II are together hereinafter called
"Agreement"), made on or as of the day of ,
19 by and between the City of Iowa City, Iowa, a public ody corporate
(w is , together with any successor public body or officer hereafter desig-
nated by or pursuant to law, is hereinafter called the "City"), established
pursuant to the statutes of the State of Iowa pertaining to Municipalities,
Cities, Towns, and particularly Chapter 403 of the Code of Iowa as amended
(hereinafter called "Urban Renewal Act") and having its office at the Civic
Center in the City of Iowa City, State of Iowa, and
(hereinafter called "Redeveloper and having
an office for the transaction of business at
. WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the objectives of the Urban Renewal Act, the
City has undertaken a program for the clearance and reconstruction or
rehabilitation of slum and blighted areas in the City, and in this connection
is engaged in carrying out an urban renewal project (hereinafter called
"Project") in an area (hereinafter called the "Project Area") located in the
City; and
WHEREAS, as of the date of this Agreement there has been prepared and
approved by the City an urban renewal plan for the Project, consisting of the
Urban Renewal Plan, dated September 3, 1969, by Resolution No. 2157, as
armed from time to time and as it may hereafter be further amended pursuant
to law (as so constituted is, unless otherwise indicated by the context,
hereinafter called "Urban Renewal Plan"), and
WHEREAS, a copy of the Urban Renewal Plan as constituted on the date of
the Agreement has been recorded among the land records for the place in which
the Project Area is situated, namely, in the Office of the Johnson County
Recorder in Book 723, at page 156, and has been filed in the Office of the
Clerk of the City located at the Civic Center in the City; and
WHEREAS, in order to enable the City to achieve the objectives of the
Urban Renewal Plan and particularly to make the land in the Project Area
ava17a a ored—velopment by private enterprise for redevelopment in accor-
dance with the Urban Renewal Plan, both the Federal Government and the City
have undertakento provi e—anT—have provided substantial aid and assistance
through a Contract for Loan and Capital Grant dated September 2, 1970, in the
case of the Federal Government; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 403, Code of Iowa as amended, the City has
offered to sell and the Redeveloper is willing to purchase certain real
property located in the Project Area and more particularly described in
Schedule A annexed hereto and made a part hereof (which property as so
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WHEREAS, the City believes that the redevelopment of the Property
pursuant to the Agreement, and the fulfillment generally of the Agreement,
are in the vital and best interests of the City and health, safety, morals,
and welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and
provisions of the applicable Federal, State, and local laws and requirements
under which the Project has been undertaken; and
WHEREAS, the City has acquired title to certain property described in
Schedule A hereof:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual obliga-
tions of the parties hereto, each of them does hereby covenant and agree with
the other as follows:
SECTION 1. SALE: PURCHASE PRICE
Subject to all terms, covenants, and conditions of the Agreement, the
City will sell the property described in Schedule a hereof to the
Redeveloper for, and the Redeveloper will purchase the property from the
City and pay therefor, the amount set forth in Schedule B hereof, subject
to the terms and conditions of Section 2 of this Agreement. The amount
set forth in Schedule B, hereinafter called "Purchase Price," is to be
paid in cash or by certified check simultaneously with the delivery of
the deeds conveying the property to the Redeveloper.
SECTION 2. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
(a) Form of Deed. The City shall convey to the Redeveloper title to the
property Special Warranty Deed (hereinafter called "Deed"). Such
conveyance and title shall, in addition to the condition subse-
quently provided for in Section 704, Part II, hereof, and to all
other conditions, covenants, and restrictions set forth or referred
to elsewhere in the Agreement, be subject to:
(1) Such easements as it shall have been necessary, pursuant to the
Urban Renewal Plan, for the City to reserve, for itself or for
future edicatlon or grant, for sewers, drains, water and gas
distribution lines, electric, telephone, and telegraph instal-
lations, rights-of-way and access, or as described or referred
to in Schedule A, description of property, attached hereto and
referenced as a part hereof;
(2) All conditions, covenants and restrictions contained in said
Urban Renewal Plan and Part I and Part II of this Contract.
(b) Time and Place for Delivery of Deeds. The City shall deliver the
Deed and possession of the property to the Redeveloper upon payment
of the purchase price in full upon such dates as called for in this
Agreement. Conveyance shall be made at the principal office of the
City and the Redeveloper shall accept such conveyance and pay to the
City at such time and place the purchase price in full for each
parcel delivered.
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Recording of Deeds. The Redeveloper shall promptly file the Deed
(c) among the land records of Johnson Co said Deed. This
for recording g all costs for so recording
Redeveloper shall pay Upon said
recorded Contract for
the Johnson for
o Privatety R er'seloffice,shalU also e
the real property herein describedawshalFurther,
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recording, Iowaro ert tax
taxable real estate undetorp all such property taxes from
Redeveloper shall be responsible
the date of recording this Contract of Sale of Land for Private
parties agree that said taxes will be pro -rated between
Redevelopment. In the event legal title is not delivered e e
Redeveloper, p between applicable date of possession
the Redeveloper and the City iration of this Contract.
and the date of termination or exp will furnish to the Redeveloper
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(d) Deliver of the Abstract. Thoe^Cthe parcel, an abstract of title
in advance of the closing y y Iowa,
as
showing good marketable assessmentstitle in eor other f encumbrances except
and clear of all taxes, to the
herein specified. The title shall
company exp.
and will be certified by a q date prior to the date of
close of business as atnc�e closest pcosti of obtaining an attorney's
the deed of convey inion and/or the cost of
examination of the abstract fforegt title opinion
be at the expense of
obtaining title insurance,
the Redeveloper.
(e) Delivery of Property. The City will deliver the property described
a for and accept title of such property as
in Schedule A hereof at the time set forth in Schedule C hereof. The
Redeveloper agrees to pay
d agrees .i f
called beginorinthis development
called for in this Agreement an
promptly on the property conveyed hRedeveloerhetoi pay
forand
Agreement. Failure by
ult
delivery of the urban renewal land asfor
thee1City llbyesthe
in forfeiture of the deposits P sit without limiting the City
Redeveloper attributable to such prop Y�
theed called for in Schedule C to the
as to other remedies against the Redeveloper. In the event the City
is unable to deliver the property tion of rescinding the
Redeveloper, the Redeveloper
aus ng shall
a writtenenotice to be served upon
development contract by tion. Upon receipt by the City
the City of the exercise ofc have sixty (60) days to cure
de the
this notice, the City
shall
default by tendering the property covered in the notice to the
sixty(60) days as provided herein, the Redeveloper shall, at its
Redeveloper. If the City is unable to cure the default within the
arcel
stand relieved of its obligation to acct the
refund the
opinion, shall, in such event, promptly
involved and the City deposit, referred to in Sectshall haveion 3 no
Redeveloper's good faith reed that the City
It is expressly understood and re er as called
other liability, direct or indirect, to the Redeveloper on account
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of delay or inability to deliver land to the remeRededy event of
for in this Agreement and the Redeveloper's remedylad
default by the City in delivery o urbantractwal to n
such sland eas
specifically limiteedtorescinding
provided in this paragraph.
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(f) Default b Develo er. In the event the Redeveloper fails to accept
de ivery of and pay for the property described herein, as called for
in this Agreement, the City may, at its option, call the entire
Agreement in default, serve a proper notice of forfeiture upon the
Redeveloper, and terminate this Agreement in its entirety.
(g) Condition Precedent to Conveyance. The City's obligation to convey
to the Redeveloper title to the property described herein is subject
to the condition precedent concerning financing as set forth in
Schedule C hereof.
SECTION 3. GOOD FAITH DEPOSIT
(a) Amount. The Redeveloper has, prior to or simultaneously with the
execution of the Agreement by the City, delivered to the City a good
faith deposit or a surety bond in the penal amount.of Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00), in which the City is the obligee, issued by
, a surety company regularly engaged in
the issuance of such undertakings and on the list of survey compa-
nies approved by the United States Treasury for at least such
amount, or cash, or a certified check satisfactory to the City in
the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), hereinafter called
"Deposit," as security for the performance of the obligations of the
Redeveloper to be performed prior to the return of the Deposit to
the Redeveloper, or its retention by the City as liquidated damages,
as the case may be, in accordance with the Agreement.
The Deposits, if cash or certified check, shall be deposited in an
account of the City in a bank or trust company selected by it.
(b) Interest. The City shall be under no obligation to pay or earn
interest on the Deposit, but if interest is payable thereon such
interest when received by the City shall be promptly paid to the
Redeveloper.
(c) Retention by City. Upon termination of the Agreement as provided in
Sections 703 and 704 of Part II hereof, the Deposit or the proceeds
of the Deposit, if not theretofore returned to the Redeveloper
pursuant to Paragraph (d) of this Section, including all interest
payable to such Deposit or the proceeds thereof after such termina-
tion, shall be retained by the City Agency as provided in Sections
703 and 704 of Part II hereof.
(d) Return to Redeve10 er. Upon issuance of both Certificates of
Comp etion as called for in Section 305 of Part II hereof, or upon
termination of the Agreement as provided in Section 702 of Part II
hereof, the Deposit shall be returned to the Redeveloper by the
City.
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SECTION 4. TIME FOR COMMENCEMENT AND COMPLETION OF IMPROVEMENTS
The construction of the Improvements called for in this Agreement shall be
commenced and completed in accordance with Schedule D hereof. [Here insert
appropriate language concerning access to the alley of Block 65 and design
considerations for abutting City property as stated in the prospectus.]
SECTION 5. TIME FOR CERTAIN OTHER ACTIONS
(a) Time for Submission of Construction Plans. The Redeveloper shall submit
construction plans as called for in Section 301 of Part II of this
Agreement as soon as possible subsequent to the time for conveyance set
forth in Schedule C hereof.
(b) Time for Submission of Corrected Plans. In the event that Preliminary
Design Plans or Construction Plans are rejected by the City, as set
forth in Section 301 of Part II of this Agreement, the Redeveloper shall
submit corrected plan within thirty (30) days of said rejection.
(c) If any hardship shall exist in complying with the foregoing provisions
of this Section, the Redeveloper may petition to the City in writing for
an extension of time for performance of any part of this Section,
setting forth in detail the reasons for needing such extension.
SECTION 6. PERIOD OF DURATION OF COVENANT ON USE
The covenants pertaining to the use of the Property, set forth in Paragraph
(a) of Section 401 of Part II hereof, shall remain in effect from the date of
the Deed until October 2, 1994, the period specified or referred to in the
Urban Renewal Plan, and shall automatically extend for five year periods
t erea er, unless changed by the City Council.
SECTION 7. NOTICES AND DEMANDS
A notice, demand, or other communication under the Agreement by either party
to the other shall be sufficiently given or delivered if it is dispatched by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or
delivered personally, and
(i) in the case of the Redeveloper, is addressed to or delivered personally
to the Redeveloper at
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(ii) in the case of the City, is addressed to or delivered personally to
the:
City Manager
Civic Center
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
or at such other address with respect to either such party as that may,
from time to time, designate in writing and forward to the other as
provided in this Section.
SECTION 8. COUNTERPARTS
The Agreement is executed in three (3) counterparts, each of which shall
constitute one and the same instruments.
SECTION 9. DEPOSIT AND FINANCING FEES FOR INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS
Fees will be determined at time of issuance of the Industrial Revenue Bonds.
SECTION 10. SUBMISSION OF DETAILED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The Redeveloper shall submit to the City, on or before or
upon such earlier or later request of the City, the detailed financial
information necessary to support the issuance of industrial revenue bonds
and/or for the submission of an application to the Urban Development Action
Grant program.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City has caused the Agreement to be duly executed
in its name and behalf by its Mayor and its seal to be hereunto duly affixed
and attested by its City Clerk, and the Redeveloper has caused the Agreement
to be duly executed in its name and behalf by its on or
as of the day first above written.
CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA:
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK BY:MAYOR
STATE OF IOWA )
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COUNTY OF JOHNSON )
On this day of A.D., 198 before me, a Notary
Public duly commissioned and qualified in and for said County and State,
personally appeared John McDonald, Mayor of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, and
Marian K. Karr, City Clerk of said City, each being to me personally known to
be the identical persons and officers named in the foregoing instrument, who
executed the same under and by virtue of the authority vested in them by the
City Council of said City, and each for himself/herself acknowledged the
execution thereof to be his/her voluntary act and deed for purposes herein
expressed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my
notarial seal the day and year last above written.
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Notary Pub11C in and for
County, State of
My Commission expires
ATTEST:
Redeveloper
BY:
President
secretary
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CORPORATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
STATE OF
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COUNTY OF
On this day of A.D., 19_, before me
a Notary Public, in and for said County
and State, President, and ,
Secretary or Treasurer, to , the
Corporation which executed the above and foregoing instrument, who being to
me known as the identical persons who signed the foregoing instrument, and by
me duly sworn, each for himself, did say that they are respectively the
, President, and , Secretary or
Treasurer, of said Corporation; that (the seal affixed to said instrument is
the seal of said Corporation) (said Corporation has no seal) and that said
instrument was by them signed and sealed on behalf of the said Corporation,
by authority of its Board of Directors, and each of them acknowledged the
execution of said instrument to be the voluntary act and deed of said
Corporation, by it and each of them voluntarily executed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my
Notarial Seal the day and year last above written.
Notary Public in and for
County, State of
My Commission expires
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ARTICLE I. PREPARATION OF PROPERTY FOR REDEVELOPMENT
SECTION 101. DE140LITION AND SITE CLEARANCE. It is agreed that the City
shall convey and the Redeveloper shall accept the property set forth in
Schedule A of this agreement AS IS and it is expressly agreed that the City
makes no warranty, express or implied, regarding subsurface conditions and
that the City shall have no liability for any damages arising from subsurface
conditions. It is further agreed that any contracts or specifications for
site demolition and clearance which may have been examined by the Redeveloper
were examined for information purposes only, and that the City shall assume
no liability for any defects or variance from the specifications for work
previously completed.
SECTION 102. CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CERTAIN OTHER ACTIONS. The City,
without expense to the Redeveloper or assessment or claim against the
property, shall cause the restriction of traffic and construction of public
improvements on existing street rights-of-way, and the construction of
parking structures as specifically set forth in the Urban Renewal Plan. The
City reserves the right to make future modifications to the traffic circula-
tion system and to the public improvements when such changes are deemed
necessary and in the public interest.
SECTION 103. WAIVER OF CLAIMS AND JOINING IN PETITIONS BY REDEVELOPER. The
Redeveloper hereby waives (as the purchaser of the Property under the
Agreement and as the owner after the conveyance of the Property provided for
in the Agreement) any and all claims to award of damages, if any, to compen-
sate for the closing, vacation, restriction, change of restriction or change
of grade of any street, alley, or other public right-of-way within or
fronting or abutting on, or adjacent to, the Property which, pursuant to
Section 102 hereof, is to be closed or vacated, or the grade of which is to
be changed, and shall upon the request of the City subscribe to, and join
with, the City in any petition or proceeding required for such vacation,
dedication, change of grade, and, to the extent necessary, rezoning, and
execute any waiver or other document in respect thereof.
ARTICLE II. RIGHTS OF ACCESS TO PROPERTY
SECTION 201. RIGHT OF ENTRY FOR UTILITY SERVICE. The City reserves for
itself, the City, and any public utility company, as may be appropriate, the
unqualified right to enter upon the Property at all reasonable times for the
purpose of reconstructing, maintaining, repairing, or servicing the public
utilities located within the Property boundary lines and provided for in the
easements described or referred to in Paragraph (a), Section 2 of Part I
hereof.
SECTION 202. REDEVELOPER NOT TO CONSTRUCT OVER UTILITY EASEMENTS. The
Redeveloper shall not construct any building or other structure or improve-
ment on, over, or within the boundary lines of any easement for public
utilities described or referred to in Paragraph (1), Section 2 of Part I
hereof, unless such construction is provided for in such easement or has been
approved in writing by the City Engineer, or the authorized representative of
an affected public utility.
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SECTION 203. ACCESS TO PROPERTY. Prior to the conveyance of the Property by
the City to the Recleveloper, the City shall permit representatives of the
Redeveloper to have access to any Property to which the City holds title, at
all reasonable times for the purpose of obtaining data and making various
tests concerning the Property necessary to carry out the Agreement. After
the conveyance of the Property by the City to the Redeveloper, the
Redeveloper shall permit employees, agents or representatives of the City
access to the Property at all reasonable times for the purposes of the
Agreement, including, but not limited to, inspection of all work being
performed in connection with the construction of the Improvements. No
j compensation shall be payable nor shall any charge be made in any form by any
party for the access provided for in this Section.
ARTICLE III. CONSTRUCTION PLANS; CONSTRUCTION OF
IMPROVEMENTS; CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
SECTION 301. PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS. Whenever used in this
Agreement, the term "preliminary design plans" shall include a site plan and
preliminary plans for Improvements which clearly show the size, location, and
external appearance of any structures, along with such other information as
is necessary to determine the intentions of the Redeveloper. The term
"construction plans" shall mean all plans, specifications, drawings, or other
information required to be submitted for issuance of any permit called for by
applicable codes and ordinance subsequent to the designation of the
Redeveloper. The term "Improvements" as used in this Agreement, shall be
deemed to make reference to any buildings, structures, renovations, or other
improvements as provided for and specified in this Agreement, preliminary
design plans, and construction plans.
The Redeveloper shall, prior to the construction of the Improvements called
for in this Agreement, submit for approval by the City Council construction
plans, and such other information as is necessary for the City Council to
determine the intentions of the Redeveloper. Approval of such construction
plans by the City Council shall in no way relieve the Redeveloper of the
responsibility for obtaining all required permits and otherwise fully
complying with all applicable state and local codes and ordinances. Follow-
ing approval of the construction plans by the City Council, the Redeveloper
shall obtain all permits required by applicable City codes and ordinances.
All work with respect to the Improvements to be constructed or provided by
the Redeveloper on the property shall be in conformity with the preliminary
design plans and construction plans as approved by the City Council.
SECTION 302. CHANGES IN CONSTRUCTION PLANS. If the Redeveloper desires to
make any changes in the construction plans after their approval by the City
Council, the Redeveloper shall submit the proposed change to the City Council
for its approval. Changes in construction plans as defined herein, may be
approved by the Department of Housing and Inspection Services, provided that
such changes will not cause the Improvement to be constructed in a manner not
consistent with the preliminary design plans as approved by Council.
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SECTION 303. COMMENCEMENT AND COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
The Redeveloper agrees for itself, its successors and assigns, and every
successor in interest to the Property, or any part thereof, and the Deed
shall contain covenants on the part of the Redeveloper for itself and such
successors and assigns, that the Redeveloper, and such successors and
assigns, shall promptly begin and diligently pursue to completion the
redevelopment of the Property through the construction of the Improvements
thereon, and that such construction shall in any event be begun within the
period specified in Section 4 of Part I hereof and be completed within the
period specified in such Section 4. It is intended and agreed, and the Deed
shall so expressly provided, that such agreements and covenants shall be
covenants running with the land and that they shall, in any event, and
without regard to technical classification or designation, legal or other-
wise, and except only as otherwise specifically provided in the Agreement
itself, be, to the fullest extent permitted by law and equity, binding for
the benefit of the community and the City and enforceable by the City against
the Redeveloper and its successors and assigns to or of the Property or any
part thereof or any interest therein.
SECTION 304. PROGRESS REPORTS. Subsequent to conveyance of the Property, or
any part thereof, to the Redeveloper, and until construction of the Improve-
ments has been completed, as set forth in Section 305 hereof, the Redeveloper
shall make reports, setting forth the status of Improvements, construction
schedule, and such other information as may reasonably be requested by the
City, as to the actual progress of the Redeveloper with respect to such
construction.
SECTION 305. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
(a) Within thirty (30) days after completion of the Improvements in accor-
dance with those provisions of the Agreement relating solely to the
obligations of the Redeveloper to construct the Improvements (including
the dates for beginning and completion thereof), the City will furnish
the Redeveloper with an appropriate instrument so certifying. Such
certification by the City shall be (and it shall be so provided in the
Deed and in the certification itself) a conclusive determination of
satisfaction and termination of the agreements and covenants in the
dates for the beginning and completion thereof: Provided, that if there
is upon the Property a mortgage insured, or he or owned, by the
Federal Housing Administration and the Federal Housing Administration
shall have determined that all buildings constituting a part of the
Improvements and covered by such mortgage are, in fact, substantially
completed in accordance with the plans and are ready for occupancy,
then, in such event, the City and the Redeveloper shall accept the
determination •of the Federal Housing Administration as to such comple-
tion of the construction of the Improvements in accordance with the
plans, and, if the other agreements and covenants in the Agreement
obligating the Redeveloper in respect to the construction and completion
of the Improvements have been fully satisfied, the City shall forthwith
issue its certification provided for in this Section. Such certifica-
tion and such determination shall constitute evidence of compliance with
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or satisfaction of any obligation of the Redeveloper tomane h older fta
mortgage , or any insurer of any mortgage, securing Y
finance the Improvements, or any part thereof.
(b) With respect to such individual parts or parcels of the Property which,
if so provided in Part I (Schedule D) hereof, the Redeveloper may convey
or lease as the improvements
erobe com completiond thereon are OfImprovement so relating
the City will also, upon p p P
to any such part or parcel, furnish the Redeveloper with an appropriate
instrument, certifying that such Improvements relating to any such part
or parcel have been made in accordance with the provisionsthat anyof art
Agreement. Such certification shall mean and provide pacell)ursuant to the
purchasing or leasing such individual part or p P
authorization herein contained shall not (because of such purchase or
lease) incur any obligation with respect to the construction of the
Improvements relating to such part or parcel or to any other part or
parcel of the Property; and (2) that neither the City nor any other
party shall thereafter have or be entitled to exercise
a withcasrofpleaseect �
any such individual part or parcel so sold (or, in ri hts or remedies or
with respect to the leasehold interest) any g
controls that it may otherwise have or be entitled to exercise with
respect to the construction of Improvements as called for herein.
(c) Each certification provided for in this Section shall be in such form as
will enable it to be recorded in the proper office for the recordation
uments pertaining to the Property, including the
of deeds and other instr
refuse or fail to provide any certification in
Deed. If the City shall
accordance with the provisions r this Section, the City , providethe
thirty (30) days after written request by the Redeveloper, p
Redeveloper with a written statement, indicating in adequate detail in
what respects the Redeveloper has failed tocomplete
theism movements in otherwisin
accordance with the provisions of the Agreement,inion
es or
off the City, fort the Redevelopermsutttoacs�takelorbperformait, rder, inht000btain
such certification.
ARTICLE IV. RESTRICTIONS UPON USE OF PROPERTY
SECTION 401. RESTRICTIONS ON USE. The Redeveloper agrees for itself, and
i its successors and assigns, and every successor in interest to the Property,
or any part thereof, and the Deed shall contain covenants on the part
the
Redeveloper for itself, and such successors and assigns,
Redeveloper, and such successors and assigns, shall:
(a) Devote the Property to, and only to and in accordance with, the uses
specified in the Urban Renewal Plan; and
b Not discriminate upon the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age,
I ( ) rental or in
disability, sex or national origin in the sale, lease, or
the use or occupancy of the part
oay improvements erected or to
be erected thereon, or any ptthereof.
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(c) All advertising (including signs) for sale and/or rental of the whole or
any part of the Property shall include the legend, "An Open Occupancy
Building" in type or lettering of easily legible size and design. The
word "Project" or "Development" may be substituted for the word
"Building" where circumstances require such substitution.
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ION. It is intended and agreed, and the Deed shall so express
provide, that the agreements and covenants provided in Section 401 hereof
shall be covenants running with the land and that they shall, in any event,
and without regard to technical classifications or designation, legal or
otherwise, and except only as otherwise specifically provided in the Agree-
' ment, be binding, to the fullest extent permitted by law and equity, for the
benefit and in favor of, and enforceable by, the City, its successors and
I assigns, any successor in interest to the Property, or any part thereof, and
the United States (in the case of the covenant provided in subdivision (b) of
Section 401 hereof), against the Redeveloper, its successors and assigns and
every successor in interest to the Property, or any part thereof or any
interest therein, and any party in possession or occupancy of the Property or
any part thereof. It is further intended and agreed that the agreement and
covenant provided in subdivision (a) of Section 401 hereof shall remain in
effect for the period of time, or until the date, specified or referred to in
Section 6 of Part I hereof (at which time such agreement and covenant shall
terminate) and that the agreements and covenants provided in subdivision (b)
of Section 401 hereof shall remain in effect without limitation as to time:
Provided, that such agreements and covenants shall be binding on the
Remeloper itself, each successor in interest to the Property, and every
part thereof, and each party in possession or occupancy, respectively, only
for such period as such successor or party shall have title to, or an
interest in, or possession or occupancy of, the Property or part thereof. The
terms "uses specified in the Urban Renewal Plan and land use referring to
provisions of the Urban Renewa -P-15, or similar language, in the Agreement
shall include theaT nd—annaaTrbu_Ming, housing, and other requirements or
restrictions of the Urban Renewal Plan pertaining to such land.
SECTION 403. CITY AND UNITED STATES RIGHTS TO ENFORCE. In amplification,
and not in restriction, of the provision of the preceding Section, it is
intended and agreed that the City and its successors and assigns shall be
deemed beneficiaries of the agreements and covenants provided in Section 401
hereof, and the United States shall be deemed a beneficiary of the covenant
provided in subdivision (b) of Section 401 hereof, both for and in their or
its own right and also for the purposes of protecting the interest of the
community and other parties, public or private in whose favor or for whose
favor or for whose benefit such agreements and covenants have been provided.
Such agreement and covenants shall (and the Deed shall so state) run in favor
of the City and the United States, for the entire period during which such
agreements and covenants shall be in force and effect, without regard to
whether the City or the United States has at any time been, remains, or is an
owner of any land or interest therein to or in favor of which such agreements
and covenants relate. The City shall have the right, in the event of any
breach of any such agreement or covenant, and the United States shall have
the right in the event of any breach of covenant provided in subdivision (b)
of Section 401 hereof, to exercise all the rights and remedies, and to
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maintain any actions or suits at law or in equity or other property proceed-
ings to enforce the curing of such breach of agreement or covenant, to which
it or any other beneficiaries of such agreement or covenant may be entitled.
ARTICLE V. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER
SECTION 501. REPRESENTATIONS AS TO REDEVELOPMENT. The Redeveloper repre-
sents and agrees that its purchase of the Property, and its other undertak-
ings pursuant to the Agreement, are, and will be used, for the purpose of the
redevelopment of the Property and not for speculation in land holding. The
Redeveloper further recognizes that, in view of
(a) the importance of the redevelopment of the Property to the general
welfare of the community;
(b) the substantial financing and other public aids that have been made
available
bmalaw and king such relocal the Federal and governments for the
development possible; and
(c) the fact that a transfer of the stock in the Redeveloper or of a
substantial part thereof, or any other act or transaction involving or
resulting in a significant change in the ownership or distribution of
such stock or with respect to the identity of the parties in control of
is for the transfers or al urses
d spositioner orsof thesPropertyfthen owned byathe ecRedeveloper, a
the qualifications and identity of the Redeveloper, and its stockholders, are
of particular concern to the community and the City. The Redeveloper further
recognizes that it is because of the recognition of such qualifications and
identity that the City is entering into the Agreement with the Redeveloper,
and, in so doing, the City is further willing to accept and rely on the
obligations of the Redeveloper for the faithful performance of all undertak-
ings and covenants in the Agreement.
SECTION 502. PROHIBITION AGAINST TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP ORCONTROLor i OF
es f
REDEVELOPEersonsFor
holdinorea interest ntherein, theiropheirer s,rssuccesso sssand
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assigns that there shall be no change or transfer of ownership or control by
any person or combination of persons owing or controlling ten (1rcent or
0) pincreased
more interest in the Redeveloper through sale, assignment, merger,
capitalization or by any other means, without the express written approval of
the City. With respect to this provision, the Redeveloper and the parties
signing the Agreement on behalf of the Redeveloper represent that they have
the authority of all persons holding interest therein to agree to this
provision on their behalf and to bind them with respect thereto.
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nunLQMQ"1. naso, Tor cne Toregoing reasons the Redevelc
agrees for itself, and its successors and assigns, that:
(a) Except only
(1) by way of security for, and only for (i) the purpose of
obtaining financing necessary to enable the Redeveloper or any
successor in interest to the Property, or any part thereof, to
perform its obligations with respect to acquiring the property
and making the Improvements under the Agreement, and (ii) any
other purpose authorized by the Agreement, and
(2) as to any individual parts or parcels of the Property on which
the Improvements to be constructed thereon have been completed,
and which, by the terms of the Agreement, the Redeveloper is
! authorized to convey or lease as such Improvements are
j completed,
the Redeveloper (except as so authorized) has not made or created, and
that it will not, prior to the proper completion of the Improvements as
certified by the City, make or create, or suffer to be made or created,
any total or partial sale, assignment, conveyance, or lease, or any trust
or power, or transfer in any other mode or form of or with respect to the
Agreement or the Property, or any part thereof or any interest therein, or
any contract or agreement to do any of the same, without the prior written
approval of the City: Provided, that prior to the issuance by the City of
the certificate provided by in Section 305 hereof as to completion of
construction of the Improvements, the Redeveloper may enter into any
agreement to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer, after the issuance of
such certificate, the Property or any part thereof or interest therein,
which agreement shall not provide for payment of or on account of the
purchase price or rent for the Property, or the part thereof or the
interest therein to be so transferred, prior to the issuance of such
certificate.
(b) The City shall be entitled to require, except as otherwise provided
iin this Agreement, as conditions to any such approval that:
(1) Any proposed transferee shall have the qualifications and
i financial responsibility, as determined by the City, necessary
and adequate to fulfill the obligations undertaken in the
i Agreement by the Redeveloper (or, in the event the transfer is
of or relates to part of the Property, such obligations to the
extent that they relate to such part).
(2) Any proposed transferee, by instrument in writing satisfactory
to the City and in form recordable among the land records,
shall, for itself and its successors and assigns, and expressly
for the benefit of the City, have expressly assumed all of the
obligations of the Redeveloper under the Agreement and agreed
to be subject to all the conditions and restrictions to which
the Redeveloper is subject (or, in the event the transfer is of
or related to part of the Property, such obligations,
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conditions, and restrictions to the extent that they relate to
such part): Provided, that any instrument or agreement which
purports to transfer any interest whatsoever caused by this
agreement without the express written approval of the City, is
null and void.
(3) There shall be submitted to the City for review all instruments
and other legal documents involved in effecting transfer; and
if approved by the City, its approval shall be indicated to the
Redeveloper in writing.
(4) The consideration payable for the transfer by the transferee or
on its behalf shall not exceed an amount representing the actual
cost (including carrying charges) to the Redeveloper of the
Property (or allocable to the part thereof or interest therein
transferred) and the Improvements, if any, theretofore made
thereon by it; it being the intent of this provision to preclude
assignment of the Agreement or transfer of the Property for
sprofit
etforthiissuance
h
n Section305of thisAgreementatThe City plshall be
entitled to increase the Purchase Price to the Redeveloper by
the amount that the consideration payable for the assignments
or transfer is in excess of the amount that may be authorized
pursuant to this subdivision (4), and such consideration shall,
to the extent it is in excess of the amount so authorized,
belong to and forthwith be paid to the City.
(5) The Redeveloper and its transferee shall comply with such other
conditions as the City. may find desirable in order to achieve
and safeguard the purposes of the Urban Renewal Act and the
Urban Renewal Plan.
Provided, that in the absence of specific written agreement by the City to
the contrary, no such transfer or approval by the City thereof shall be
deemed to relieve the Redeveloper, or any other party bound in any way by
the Agreement or otherwise with respect to the construction of the
Improvements, from any of its obligations with respect thereto.
SECTION 504. INFORMATION AS TO HOLDERS OF INTEREST IN REDEVELOPER. In
order to "41"
in the effectuation of the purposes of this Article V and
the statutory objectives generally, the Redeveloper agrees that during
the period between execution of the Agreement and completion of the
Improvements as certified by the City,
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(a) the Redeveloper will promptly notify the City of any and all changes
whatsoever in the ownership or control of interest, legal or
beneficial, or of any other act or transaction involving or resulting
in any change in the ownership of such interest or in the relative
distribution thereof, or with respect to the identity of the parties
in control of the Redeveloper or the degree thereof, of which it or
any of its officers have been notified or otherwise have knowledge or
information; and
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(b) the Redeveloper shall, at such times as the City may request, furnish
the City with a complete statement, subscribed and sworn to by the
President or other executive officer of the Redeveloper, setting
forth all of the holders of interest in the Redeveloper and the
extent of their respective holdings, and in the event any other
parties have a beneficial interest in such holdings their names and
the extent of the Redeveloper, any specific inquiry made by any such
officer, of all parties who on the basis of all such records own ten
(10) percent or more of the interest in the Redeveloper, and by such
other knowledge or information as such officer shall have. Such
lists, data, and information shall in any event be furnished the City
immediately prior to the delivery of the Deed to the Redeveloper and
as a condition precedent thereto, and annually thereafter on the
anniversary of the date of the Deed until the issuance of a
certificate of completion of all the'Property.
ARTICLE VI. MORTGAGE FINANCING; RIGHTS OF MORTGAGEES
SECTION 601. LIMITATION UPON ENCUMBRANCE OF PROPERTY. Prior to the
completion of the Improvements, as certified by the City, neither the
Redeveloper nor any successor in interest to the Property or any part
thereof shall engage in any financing or any other transaction creating
any mortgage or other encumbrance or lien upon the Property, whether by
express agreement or operation of law, or suffer any encumbrances or lien
to be made on or attach to the Property, except for the purposes of
obtaining
(a) funds only to the extent necessary for making the Improvements, and
(b) such additional funds, if any, in an amount not to exceed the
Purchase Price paid by the Redeveloper to the City.
The Redeveloper (or successor in interest) shall notify the City in
advance of any financing, secured by mortgage or other similar lien
instrument, it proposes to enter into with respect to the Property, or any
part thereof, and in any event it shall promptly notify the City of any
encumbrance or lien that has been created on or attached to the Property,
whether by voluntary act of the Redeveloper or otherwise. For the
purposes of such mortgage financing as may be made pursuant to the
Agreement, the Property may, at the option of the Redeveloper (or
successor in interest), be divided, provided that such subdivision, in the
opinion of the City, is not inconsistent with the purposes of the Urban
Renewal plan and the Agreement and is approved in writing by the City.
SECTION 602. MORTGAGEE NOT OBLIGATED TO CONSTRUCT. Notwithstanding any
of the provisions of the Agreement, including but not limited to those
which are or are intended to be covenants running with the land, the
holder of any mortgage authorized by the Agreement (including any such
i holder who obtains title to the Property or any part thereof as a result
of foreclosure proceedings, or action in lieu thereof, but not including
(a) any other party who thereafter obtains title to the Property or such
part from or through such holder, or (b) any other purchaser at
foreclosure sale other than the holder of the mortgage itself) shall in no
way be obligated by the provisions of the Agreement to construct or
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complete the Improvements or to guarantee such construction or
completion; nor shall any covenant or any other provision in the Deed be
construed to so obligate such holder: Provided, that nothing in this
Section or any other Section or provision of the Agreement shall be deemed
or construed to permit or authorize any such holder to devote the Property
or any part thereof to any uses, or to construct any improvements thereon,
other than those uses or improvements provided or permitted in the Urban
Renewal Plan and in the Agreement.
SECTION 603. COPY OF NOTICE OF DEFAULT TO MORTGAGEE. Whenever the City
sha deliver any notice or demand to the Redeveloper with respect to any
breach or default by the Redeveloper in its obligations or covenants under
the Agreement, the City shall at the same time forward a copy of such
notice or demand to each holder of any mortgage authorized by the
Agreement at the last address of such holder shown in the records of the
City.
SECTION 604. MORTGAGEE'S OPTION TO CURE DEFAULTS. After any breach or
default referred Lo in Section 603 hereof, each such holder shall (insofar
as the rights of the City are concerned) have the right, at its option, to
cure or remedy such breach or default (or such breach or default to the
extent that it relates to the part of the Property covered by its
mortgage) and to add the cost thereof to the mortgage debt and the lien of
its mortgage: Provided, that if the breach or default is with respect to
construction of the mprovements, nothing contained in this Section or any
other Section of the Agreement shall be deemed to permit or authorize such
holder, either before or after foreclosure or action in lieu thereof, to
undertake or continue the construction or completion of the Improvements
(beyond the extent .necessary to conserve or protect Improvements or
construction already made) without first having expressly assumed the
obligation to the City, by written agreement satisfactory to the City, to
complete, in the manner provided in the Agreement, the Improvements on the
Property or the part thereof to which the lien or title of such holder
relates. Any such holder who shall properly complete the Improvements
relating to the Property or applicable part thereof shall be entitled,
upon written request made to the City, to a certification or
certifications by the City to such effect in the manner provided in
Section 305 of the Agreement, and any such certification shall, if so
requested by such holder mean and provide that any remedies or rights with
respect to recapture of or reversion or revesting of title to the Property
that the City shall have or be entitled to because of failure of the
Redeveloper or any successor in interest to the Property, or any part
thereof, to cure or remedy any default with respect to the construction of
the Improvements on other parts or parcels of the Property, or became of
any other default in or breach of the Agreement by the Redeveloper or such
successor, shall not apply to the part or parcel of the Property to which
such certification relates.
1n any case, where, subsequent to default or breach by the Redeve oyer (or
successor in interest) under the Agreement, the holder of any mortgage on
the Property or part thereof
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(a) has, but does not exercise, the option to construct or complete the
Improvements relating to the Property or part thereof covered by its
mortgage or to which it has obtained title, and such failure
continues for a period of sixty (60) days after the holder has been
notified or informed of the default or breach; or
(b) undertakes construction or completion of the Improvements but does
not complete such construction within the period as agreed upon by
the City and such holder (which period shall in any event be at least
as long as the period prescribed for such construction or completion
in the Agreement), and such default shall not have been cured within
sixty (60) days after written demand by the City so to do,
the City shall (and every mortgage instrument made prior to completion of
the Improvements with respect to the Property by the Redeveloper or
successor in interest shall so provide) have the option of paying to the
holder the amount of the mortgage debt and securing an assignment of the
mortgage and the debt secured thereby, or, in the event ownership of the
Property (or part thereof) has vested in such holder by way of foreclosure
or action in lieu thereof, the City shall be entitled, at its option, to a
conveyance to it of the Property or part thereof (as the case may be) upon
payment to such holder of an amount equal to the sum of: (i) the mortgage
debt at the time of foreclosure or action in lieu thereof (less all
appropriate credits, including those resulting from collection and
application of rentals and other income received during foreclosure
proceedings); (ii) all expenses with respect to the foreclosure; (iii) the
net expense, if any (exclusive of general overhead), incurred by such
holder in and as a direct result of the subsequent management of the
Property; (iv) the costs of any Improvements made by such holder; and (v)
an amount equivalent to the interest that would have accrued on the
aggregate of such amounts had all such amounts become part of the mortgage
debts and such debt had continued in existence.
SECTION 606. CITY'S OPTION TO CURE MORTGAGE DEFAULT. In the event of a
default or breach prior to the completion of the Improvements by the
Redeveloper, or any successor in interest, in or of any of its obligations
under, and to the holder of, any mortgage or other instrument creating an
encumbrance or lien upon the Property or part thereof, the City may at its
option cure such default or breach, in which cases the City shall be
entitled, in addition to and without limitation upon any other rights or
remedies to which it shall be entitled by the Agreement, operation of law,
or otherwise, to reimbursement from the Redeveloper or successor in
interest of all costs and expenses incurred by the City in curing such
default or breach and to a lien upon the Property (or the part thereof to
which the mortgage, encumbrance, or lien relates) for such reimbursement:
Provided, that any such lien shall be subject always to the lien of
nc ud ng any lien contemplated, because of advances yet to be made, by)
any then existing mortgages on the Property authorized by the Agreement.
SECTION 607. MORTGAGE AND HOLDER. For the purposes of the Agreement:
The term 'mortgage shall include a deed of trust or other instrument
creating an encumbrance or lien upon the Property, or any part thereof, as
security for a loan. The term "holder" in reference to a mortgage shall
include any insurer or guarantor of any obligation or condition secured by
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such mortgage or deed of trust, including, but not limited to, the Federal
Housing Commissioner, the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, and any
successor in office of either such official.
ARTICLE VII. REMEDIES
SECTION 701. IN GENERAL. Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement,
in the event of any default in or breach of the Agreement, or any of its
terms or conditions, by either party hereto, or any successor to such
party, such party (or successor) shall, upon written notice from the
other, proceed immediately to cure or remedy such default or breach, and,
in any event, within sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice. In
case such action is not taken or not diligently pursued, or the default or
breach shall not be cured or remedied within a reasonable time, the
aggrieved party may institute such proceeedings as may be necessary or
desirable in its option to cure and remedy such default or breach,
including, but not limited to, proceedings to compel specific performance
by the party in default or breach of its obligations.
SECTION 702. TERMINATION BY REDEVELOPER PRIOR TO CONVEYANCE. In the
event that the City does not tender conveyance of the Property, or
possession thereof, in the manner and condition, and by the date, provided
in this Agreement, and any such failure shall not be cured within sixty
(60) days after the date of written demand by the Redeveloper, and the
City is unable to demonstrate, to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Redeveloper that the defects, cloud, or other deficiencies in or on title
involved, or the part of the property to which it relates, is of such
nature that the Redeveloper will not be hampered or delayed in the
construction of the improvements by taking title and possession subject to
such defects, the City will refund to the Developer any good faith deposit
tendered by the Redeveloper for such property or the portion of said good
faith deposit reasonable allocable to the portion of the property not
conveyed and this agreement with respect of the property not conveyed
shall be terminated, Rrovided, it is hereby expressly agreed that in the
event this agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section each party to
this agreement shall be solely responsible for all expenses incurred or
obligated by it and shall have no claim against the other party.
SECTION 703. TERMINATION BY CITY PRIOR TO CONVEYANCE. In the event that
prior to conveyance of the Property to the Redeveloper, the Redeveloper is
in violation of Section 502 of Part II of this Agreement or the
Redeveloper does not pay the Purchase Price and take title to the Property
upon tender of conveyance by the City pursuant to this Agreement, or the
Redeveloper fails to cure any default or failure within thirt 30 days
from the date of written demand by the City, then this Agreement, and any
rights of the Redeveloper, or any assignee or transferee, in this
Agreement, or arising therefrom with respect to the City or the Property,
shall, at the option of the City, be terminated by the City, in which
event, as provided in Paragraph C, Section 3 of Part I hereof, the Deposit
or any portion thereof may be retained by the City as liquidated damages
and as its property without any deduction, offset, or recoupment
whatsoever, and neither the Redeveloper (or assignee or transferee) nor
the City shall have any further rights against or liability under this
Agreement to the other in respect to the property or part thereof for
which the deposit has been retained.
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Per and 611c rrupertor any part thereof tothe Rede!eloy
Improvements as certifiedby the City prior to completion of the
(a) the Redeveloper does not submit plans as required by the Agreement in
satisfactory form and in the manner and by the dates respectively
provided in this Agreement; or
(b) the Redeveloper (or successor in interest) shall default in or
violate its obligations with respect to the construction of the
Improvements (including the nature and the dates of for the beginning
and completion thereof), or shall abandon or substantially suspend
construction work, and any such default, violation, abandonment, or
suspension shall not be cured, ended, or remedied within ninety (90)
days after written demand by the City; or
(c) the Redeveloper (or successor in interest) shall fail to pay real
estate taxes or assessments on the Property or any part thereof when
due, or shall place thereon any encumbrance or lien unauthorized by
the Agreement, or shall suffer any levy or attachment to be made, or
any materialmen's or mechanic's lien, or any other unauthorized
encumbrance or lien to attach, and such taxes or assessments shall
not have been paid, or the encumbrance or lien removed or discharged
or provision satisfactory to the City made for such payment, removal,
or discharge, within ninety (90) days after written demand by the
City; or
(d) the Redeveloper violates the provision of Section 502 of Part II of
this Agreement and such violation shall not be cured within sixty
(60) days aftgr written demand by the City to the Redeveloper,
then the City shall have the right to re-enter and take possession of the
Property and all Improvements located thereon to terminate (and revest in
the City) the property conveyed by the Deed to the Redeveloper, it being
the intent of this provision, together with other provisions of the
Agreement, that the conveyance of the Property to the Redeveloper shall be
made upon, and that the Deed shall contain, a condition subsequent to the
effect that in the event of any default, failure, violation, or other
action or inaction by the Redeveloper specified in subdivisions (a), (b),
(c) and (d) of this Section 704, failure on the part of the Redeveloper to
remedy, end, or abrogate such default, failure, violation, or other action
or inaction, within the period and in the manner stated in such
subdivisions, the City at its option may declare a termination in favor of
the City of the title, and of all the rights and interests in and to the
Property conveyed by the Deed to the Redeveloper and Improvements
constructed thereon, and that such title and all rights and interests of
the Redeveloper, and any assigns or successors in interest to and in the
Property and any Improvements constructed thereon, shall revert to the
City: Provided, that such condition subsequent and any revesting of title
as a result thereof in the City
(1) shall always be subject to and limited by, and shall not defeat,
render invalid, or limit in any way, (i) the lien of any mortgage
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authorized by the Agreement, and (ii)any rights or interests
provided in the Agreement for the protection of the holders of such
mortgages; and
(2) shall not apply to individual parts or parcels of the Property (or,
in the case of parts or parcels leased, the leasehold interest) on
which the Improvements to be constructed thereon have been completed
in accordance with the Agreement and for which a certificate of
completion is issued therefore as provided in Section 305 hereof or
on which the Improvements to be constructed thereon are in fact
proceeding with construction on an approved schedule and for which a
certificate of completion would be issued in normal course.
In addition to and without in any way limiting the City's right to
re-entry as provided for in this Section, the City shall have the
right to retain the Deposit or any portion thereof, as provided in
Paragraph C, Section 3 of Part I hereof, without any deduction,
offset or recoupment whatsoever, in the event of a default, violation
or failure of the Redeveloper as specified in this Section.
Upon the revesting in the Eity of title to the Property or a portion
thereof and any Improvements thereon, or any part thereof as provided in
Section 704, the City shall, pursuant to its responsibilities under State
law, use its best efforts to resell the Property or part therof (subject
to 'such mortgage liens and leasehold interest as in Section 704 set forth
and provided) as soon and in such manner as the City shall find feasible
the Improvements or such other improvements in their stead as shall be
satisfactory to the City and in accordance with the uses specified for
such Property or part thereof in the Urban Renewal Plan. Upon such resale
of the Property, the proceeds thereof shall bei
(a) First, to reimburse the City, on its own behalf, for all costs and
expenses incurred by the City, including but not limited to salaries
of personnel, in connection wiht the recapture, management, and
resale of the Property or part thereof (but less any income derived
by the City from the Property or part thereof in connection with such
management); all taxes, assessments, and water and sewer charges
with respect to the Property or part thereof (or, in the event the
Property is exempt from taxation or assessment or such charges during
the period of ownership thereof by the City, the amount, if paid,
equal to such taxes, assessments, or charges (as determined by the
City assessing official) as would have been payable if the Property
or part thereof at the time of revesting of title thereto in the City
or to discharge or prevent from attaching or being made any
subsequent encumbrance or liens due to obligations, defaults, or
acts of the Redeveloper, its successors or transferees; any
expenditures made or obligations incurred with respect to the making
or completion or removal of the Improvements or any part thereof on
the Property or part thereof; and any amounts otherwise _owing the
City by the Redeveloper and its successor or transferee; and
(b) Second, to reimburse the Redeveloper, its successor or transferee,
up to the amount equal to (1) the sum of the purchase price paid by it
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for the Property (or allocable to the part jereof) and the cash
actually invested by it in making any o teorimnromem n thdrats n the
Property or part thereof, unless (2) y gains
or
made by it from the Agreement or the Property.
Any balance remaining after such reimbursements shall be retained by the City
as its property.
SECTIONS 706. OTHER RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF CITY- NO WAIVER BY DELAY. The
City shall have the right to institute such actions or proceedings as lu may
deem desirable for effectuating the purposes of this Article VII, including
also the right to execute and record or file among the public land records in
the office in which the Deed is recorded a written declaration of the
termination of all the right, title, and interest of the Redeveloper, and
(except for such individual parts or parcels upon which construction of that
part of the Improvements required to be constructed thereon has been com-
pleted, in accordance with the Agreement, and for which a certificate of
completion as provided in Section 305 hereof is to be delivered, and subject
to such mortgage liens and leasehold interests as provided in Section and the
hereof) its successors in interest and assigns, in the Property,
revesting of title thereto in the City: Provided, that any delay by the City
in instituting or prosecuting any such actions or proceedings or otherwise
asserting its rights under this Article VII shall not operate as a waiver of
such rights or to deprive it of or
that the 1Cilty should it such i9 of be cos in nstrained soit inasthe
to
intent a this p
avoid the risk of being deprived of or limited in the exercise of the remedy
provided in this Section because of concepts of waiver, laches, estoppel, or
otherwise to exercise such remedy at a time when it may still hope otherwise
to resolve the problems created by the default involved), nor shall any
waiver in fact made by the City with respect to specific default by the
Redeveloper under this Section be considered or treated as a waiver of the
rights of the City with respect to any other defaults by the Redeveloper
under this Section or with respect to the particular default except to the
extent specifically waived in writing. - ^'
SECTION 707. IMPUSSibiurr ur--
PROPERTY. Should at any time prior to the conveyance of title o any
Property under this Agreement, the City of Iowa City, Iowa, be enjoined from
such conveyance or prevented from so doing by any order or decision or act of
any judicial, legislative or executive body having authority in the premises,
the City at its option may terminate this Agreement and any obligations
incurred by either party shall cease. In the event of such t! urination, the
City shall not be responsible for any damages, expenses or costs incurred by
the Redeveloper by reason of such termination. It is further agreed and
undto erstood
Pd hatythe
or any partshallthereofhave otosthelRedevel perfor tafteromaki gratgood
faith attempt to do so.
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SECTION 708. ENFUHUtu UCLHI l-, -- reement, neicner
p or a purposes o any o t e provisions o e g
interest,
shall hbe Rconsidered in asthe
breachase of, or default successor nor any
ult in, its obligations in
he
with ante ofssect to tisu h obligatiAonseduettonunforeseeable causes of the eventenforced
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without its fault or negligence, including, but not restricted to, acts of
God, acts of public enemy, acts of the other party, fires, floods, epidemics,
quarantine restrictions, strikes, litigation and unusually severe weather or
delays of subcontractors due to such causes; it being the purpose and intent
of this provision that in the event of the occurrence of any such enforced
delay, the time or times for performance of the obligations of the City or of
the Redeveloper under this Agreement, as the case may be, shall be extended
for the period of the enforced delay as determined by the City: Provided,
that the party seeking the benefit of the provisions of this Section shall,
within ten (10) days after the beginning of any such enforced delay, have
first notified the other party thereof in writing, and of the cause or causes
thereof, and requested an extension for the period of the enforced delay.
SECTION 709. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. The rights and remedies of the
parties to the Agreement, whether provided by law or by the Agreement, shall
be cumulative, and the exercise by either party of any one or more of such
remedies shall not preclude the exercise by it, at the same or different
times, of any other such remedies for the same default or breach of any of
its remedies for any other default or breach by the other party. No waiver
made by either such party with respect to the performance, or manner or time
thereof, or any obligation of the other party or any condition to its own
obligation under the Agreement shall be considered a waiver of any rights of
the party making the waiver with respect to the particular obligation of the
other party or condition to its own obligation beyond those expressly waived
in writing and to the extent thereof, or a waiver in any respect in regard to
any other rights of the party making the waiver or any other obligations of
the other party.
aQWIun flu. rmnir IN ru�111uN ur SURtlY W1111 WESPEGT TO OBLIGATIONS. The
Redeveloper, for itself and its successors and assigns, and for all other
persons who are or who shall become, whether by express or implied assumption
or otherwise, liable upon or subject to any obligation or burden under the
Agreement, hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law and equity,
any and all claims or defenses otherwise available on the ground of its (or
their) being or having become a person in the position of a surety, whether
real, personal, or otherwise or whether by agreement or operation of law,
including, without limitation on the generality of the foregoing, any and all
claims and defenses based upon extension of time, indulgence, or modification
of terms of contract.
ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
ION 801. CONFLICT OF INTERESTS: CITY
LIAMIZ. No memoer, orricial, or employee of the City shall have any personal
inmost as defined in Chapter 403, Code of Iowa, 1983, direct or indirect,
in the Agreement, nor shall any such member, official, or employee partici-
pate in any decision relating to the Agreement which affects his/her personal
interests or the interests of any corporation, partnership, or association in
which he/she is, directly or indirectly, interested. No member, official, or
employee of the City shall be personally liable to the Redeveloper, or any
successor in interest, in the event of any default or breach by the City or
for any amount which may become due to the Redeveloper or successor or on any
obligations under the terms of the Agreement.
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SECTION 802. EQUALEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. The Redeveloper, for itself and
its successors and assigns, agrees that during the construction of the
Improvements provided for in the Agreement:
(a) The Redeveloper will not discriminate against any employee or applicant
for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, sexual
orientation, marital status, age, creed, or national origin. The
Redeveloper will take affirmative action to insure that applicants are
employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without
regard to their race, color, religion, sex, disability, sexual orienta-
tion, marital status, age, creed, or national origin. Such action shall
include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading,
demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or
termination; rates of pay or other forms or compensation; and selection
for training, including apprenticeship. The Redeveloper agrees to post
in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for
employment, notices to be provided by the City setting forth the
provisions of this non-discriminatory clause.
(b) The Redeveloper will, in all solicitations or advertisements for
employees placed by or on behalf of the Redeveloper, state that the
Redeveloper is an equal opportunity employer.
(c) The Redeveloper will send to each labor union or representative of
workers with which the Redeveloper has a collective bargaining agreement
or other contract or understanding, a notice, to be provided, advising
the labor union or workers' representative of the Redeveloper's commit-
ments under the City of Iowa City's Contract Compliance Program, and
shall post copies of the notices in conspicuous places available to
employees and applicants for employment.
(d) The Redeveloper will comply with all provisions of the City of Iowa
City's Contract Compliance Program.
(e) In the event of the Redeveloper's non-compliance with the non-discrimi-
nation clauses of this Section, or with any of the said rules, regula-
tions, or orders, the Agreement may be canceled, terminated, or sus-
pended in whole or in part.
(f) The Redeveloper will include the provisions of Paragraphs (a) through
(f) of this Section in every contract or purchase order, and will
require the inclusion of these provisions in every subcontract entered
into by any of its contractors unless a specific exemption is approved
by the City Council so that such provisions will be binding upon each
such contractor, subcontractor, or vendor, as the case may be. The
Redeveloper will take such action with respect to any construction
contract, subcontract, or purchase order as the City may direct as a
means of enforcing such provisions, including sanctions for non-compli-
ance: Provided, however, that in the event the Redeveloper becomes
involved in— , or is t rea ened with, litigation with a subcontractor or
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vendor as a result of such direction by the City, the Redeveloper may
request the City to enter into such litigation to protect the interests
of the City.
SECTION 803. PROVISIONS NOT MERGED NITN DEED. None of the provisions of the
Agreement are intended to or shall be merged by reason of any deed transfer-
ring title to the Property from the City to the Redeveloper or any successor
in interest, and any such deed shall not be deemed to affect or impair the
provisions and covenants of the Agreement.
SECTION 804. TITLES OF ARTICLES AND SECTIONS. Any title of the several
parts, Articles, and Sections of the Agreement are inserted for convenience
of reference only and shall be disregarded in construing or interpreting any
of its provisions.
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REDEVELOPER'S STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
1. a. Name of Redeveloper:
b. Address and ZIP Code of Redeveloper:
oses to
ter into a contract
2. The jam on which
understanding with trespecthe vto, the puelopeT rchase or lease for, or
ease of land froom'
The City of Iowa City, Iowa
in city -University Project I
in the City of Iowa City, State of Iowa, is described as follows: Parcel 65-2b
3. Is the Redeveloper a subsidiary of or affiliated with any Other corporation
or corporations or any other firm or firms? _ yes no
If yes, list each such corporation or firm by name and address, specify its
trustees c®on tooRedevelper, and th Redeveeloper anddsuchfy the officers othr corporation doriors or
to firm.
4. a. The financial condition of the Redeveloper, as of
19 , is as reflected in the attached financial statement.
(9ffr- Attach to this statement a certified financial statement showing
the assets and the liabilities, including contingent Ziabilitiae, fully
itemized in accordance with accepted accounting standards and based -on a
proper audit. If the date of the certified financial statement precedes
the date of this submission by more than six months, also attach an interim
balance sheet not more than 60 days old).
b. Name and address of auditor or public accountant who performed the audit
on which said financial statement is based:
S. tif funds for the han the Redeveloper's oown funds, a spment of the tatementd are tofbtheRedeveloper's plansf other
financing the acquisition and development of the land:
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6. Sources and amount of cash available to Redeveloper to most equity requirements
of the proposed undertaking:
a. In banks:
Name, Address, and Zip Code of Bank Amount
b. By loans from affiliated or associated corporations or fixes:
Name, Address, and Zip Code of Source Amount
c. By sale of readily salable assets:
Description Marked t ValueMort a e� s or
7. Names and addresses of bank references:
8. a. Has the Redeveloper or (if any) the parent corporation, or any'subsidiary
or affiliated corporation of Redeveloper or said parent corporation, or any
of the Redeveloper's officers or principal ambers, shareholders or investors,
or other interested parties (as listed in the responses to Items 5, 6, and
7 of the RadeveZoper's Staterant for Public Dreoloeure and referred to
herein as "principals of the Redeveloper"been adjudged bankrupt, either
voluntary or involuntary, within the past 10 years? _ yes _ no
If yes, give date, place, and under what name.
b. Has the Redeveloper or anyone referred to above as "principals of the
Redeveloper" been indicted for or convicted of any felony within the past
10 years? _ yes _ no
If yes, give for each case (1) date, (2) charge, (3) place, (4) Court, and
(S) action taken. Attach any explanation deemed necessary.
9. a. Undertakings, comparable to the proposed redevelopment work, which have been
completed by the Redeveloper or any of the principals of the Redeveloper,
including identification and brief description of each project and date of
completion:
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b. If the Redeveloper or any of the principals of the Redeveloper has ever
been an employee, in a supervisory capacity, for construction contractor
or builder on undertakings comparable to the proposed redevelopment work,
nue of such employee, nue and address of employer, title of position,
and brief description of work:
10. Other federally aided urban renewal projects under Title I of the Housing Act
of 1949, as amended, in which the Redeveloper or any of the principals of the
Redeveloper is or has been the redeveloper, or a stockholder, officer, director
or trustee, or partner of such a redeveloper:
11. If the Redevelopar or a parent corporation, a subsidiary, an affiliate, or a
principal of the Redeveloper is to participate in the development of :he land
as a construction contractor or builder:
a. Nue and address of such contractor or builder:
b. Has such contractor or builder within the last 10 years ever failed to
qualify as a responsible bidder, refused to enter into a contract after
an award has been made, or failed to complete a construction or development
contract? _ yes — no
If yes, explain:
c. Total amount of construction or development work performed by such
contractor or builder during the last three years: $
General description of such work:
d. Construction contracts or developments now being performed by such contractor
or builder:.
Identification of Date to be
Contract or Development Location Amount Completed
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e. Outstanding construction -contract bids of such contractor or builder:
Awarding Agency
Amount Date opened
12. Brief statement respecting equipment, experience, financial capacity, and other
resources available to such contractor or builder for the performance of the
work involved in the redevelopment of the land, specifying particularly the
qualifications of the personnel, the nature of the equipment, and the general
experience of the contractor:
13. a. Does any member of the governing body of the locality in which the Urban
Renewal Area is situated or any other public official of the locality, who
exercises any functions or responsibilities in the review or approval of
the carrying out of the project under which the land covered by the
Redeveloper's proposal is being made available, have any direct or indirect
personal interest -in the Redeveloper or in the redevelopment or rehabilita-
tion of the property upon the basis of such proposal! _yes _ no
If yes, explain.
14. Statements and other evidence of the Redeveloper's qualifications and financial
responsibility (other than the finvv aZ statement referred to in Item 4a) are
attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof as follows:
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certify that this Redeveloper's Statement of qualifications and Financial Respons -
bility and the attached evidence of the Redeveloper's qualifications and financial
responsibility, including financial statements, are true and complete to the best
of my (aur) knowledge and belief.2
Bated: Dated:
Signature Signature
Title Title
Address and ZIP Coda Address and ZIP Code
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1Zf the Redeveloper is a corporation, this statement should be signed by the President
.and Secretary of the corporation; if an individual, by such individual; if a part-
nerehip, by one of the partners; if an entity not having a president and secretary,
by one of its chief officers having knavledge of the financial status and quaZifi-
cations of the Redeveloper.
'PenaZtw for False Certi kation: Section 1001, TitZe 18, of the U.S. Code, provides
a fine of not more than 10,000 or imprisonment of not more than five years, or
both, for knovingZy and willfully makino or using any false waiting or document,
Pmwing the awe to contain any false, fictitious or frazuduZent statement or entry
REDEVELOPER'S STATEMENT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
A. RJ:DEVELOPER AND LAND
i.a. Name of Redeveloper:
h. Address of Redoveloper:
2. The land on which the Redeveloper proposes to enter into a contract for,
or understanding with respect to, the purchase or lease_of land from
The Cit of Iowa City. Iowa
in Cit -Universit Pro.dct I
in the City of Iowa Cit , state of Iowa
is described as 0110;; : Parcel 65-2b
3. If the Redeveloper is not an individual doing business under his own name,
the Redeveloper has the status Indicated below and 13 organized or
operating under the laws of
A corporation.
A nonprofit or charitable institution or corporation.
A partnership known as
_ A business association or a joint venture known as
A Federal, State, or local government or instrumentality thereof.
Other (explain)
4, if the Redeveloper is not an individual or a government agency or instru-
mentality, give date of organization:
irf space on this form is inadequate for any requested information, it ehouZd be
furnished on on attached page which is referred to under the appropriate numbered
item on the form.
2Any convenient means of identifying the land (such as block and lot numbers or street
boundaries) is sufficient. A description by metes and bounds or other technical
description is acceptabZa, but not required.
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5. Names, addresses, title of position (if any), and nature and extent of
the interest of the officers and principal members, shareholders, and
investors of the Redeveloper, other than a government agency or instru-
mentality, are set forth as follows:
a. If the Redeveloper is a corporation, the officers, directors or trustees,
and each stockholder owning more than 10% of any class of stock .
b. If the Redeveloper is a nonprofit or charitable institution or corporation,
the members who constitute the board of trustees or board of directors or
similar governing body.
c. If the Redeveloper is a partnership, each partner, whether a general or
limited partner, and either the percent of interest or a description of
.the character and extent of interest.
d. If the Redeveloper is a business association or a joint venture, each
participant and either the percent of interest or a description of the
character and extent of interest.
e. If the Redeveloper is some other entity, the officers, the members of the
governing body, and each person having an interest of more than 10%.
POSITION TITLE (IF ANY) AND PERCENT
OF INTEREST OR DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER
NAME ADDRESS AND ZIP CODE AND EXTENT OF INTEREST
6. Name, address, and nature and extent of interest of each person or entity
(not named in response to Item 5) who has a beneficial interest in any of
the shareholders or investors named in response to Item 5 which gives such
person or entity more than a computed 10% interest in the Redeveloper (for
example, more than 20% of the stock in a corporation which holds 50% of
lIf a corporation is required to fife periodic reports with the Federal Securities
and Exchange commission under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, so
state under this Item 5. In such case, the information referred to in this Item 5
and in Items 6 and 7 is not required to be furnished.
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DHSCRIPTION OF CHARACTER AND EXTENT
NAME ADDRIiSS AND ZIP CODE Of: INTEREST
7. Names (if t
corporation org
gfirm lisofficers
and directors trustees of any
ted underttem5 or Item6 above:
P.. RRSID1iNTIAL RF.DFVFLOPMENT OR REHABTLITATTON
IThe Redeveloper is to furnish the following information, but 2LIE if land is
to he redeveloped or rehabilitated in whole or in part for residential Purposes.)
1. State the Redeveloper's estimates, exclusive of payment for the land, for:
u. Total cost of any residential redevelopment ................
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b. Cost per dwelling unit of any residential redevelopment $
c. Total cost of any residential rehabilitation .................
d. Cost per dwelling unit of any residential rehabilitation ..... $
2.a. State the Redeveloper's estimate of the average monthly rental (if to be
rented) or rice
if to be
r each
welling unit -involved r ( sold)
olved ie sale nsuchredevelopmentor rehabilitation: size of
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TYPE AND SIZE OF DWELLING UNIT ESTIMATED AVERAGE ESTIMATED AVERAGE
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b. State the utilities and parking I'acilitics, if any, included in the fore-
going estimates of rentals:
c. State equipment, such as refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners,
if any, included in the foregoing estimates of sales prices:
CERTIFICATION
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certify that this Redeveloper's Statement for Public Disclosure is true and correct
to the best of my (our) knowledge and belief.Z
Dated: Dated:
Signature
Title
Address and ZIP Code
Signature
Title
Address and ZIP Code
if the Uedgvnlopar in an individual, Chir statement should be nigned by ouch individual;
if a paruv:rnhip, by one of the partnern; if a corporation or other entity, by one of
ita chief officers having knowledge of the facto required by this statement.
ZPenalty for FaZae Certification: Section ZOOZ, Title ZS, of the U.S. Code, provides
a fine of not more than vZ0,o00 or imprisonment of not more than five years, or both,
for knowingly and willfully making or using any false writing or document, knowing
the sane to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry in a
nattar within the jurisdiction of any Department of the United States.
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b. State the utilities and parking I'acilitics, if any, included in the fore-
going estimates of rentals:
c. State equipment, such as refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners,
if any, included in the foregoing estimates of sales prices:
CERTIFICATION
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certify that this Redeveloper's Statement for Public Disclosure is true and correct
to the best of my (our) knowledge and belief.Z
Dated: Dated:
Signature
Title
Address and ZIP Code
Signature
Title
Address and ZIP Code
if the Uedgvnlopar in an individual, Chir statement should be nigned by ouch individual;
if a paruv:rnhip, by one of the partnern; if a corporation or other entity, by one of
ita chief officers having knowledge of the facto required by this statement.
ZPenalty for FaZae Certification: Section ZOOZ, Title ZS, of the U.S. Code, provides
a fine of not more than vZ0,o00 or imprisonment of not more than five years, or both,
for knowingly and willfully making or using any false writing or document, knowing
the sane to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry in a
nattar within the jurisdiction of any Department of the United States.
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(DEVELOPERS LETTERHEAD OR HEADING)
Mr. Neal G. Berlin
City Manager
City of Iowa City
Civic Center
Iowa City, IA 52240
RE: Offer to Purchase Land for Private Redevelopment
City of Iowa City, Urban Renewal
Dear Mr. Berlin:
The undersigned developer, hereinafter referred to as the "Offeror" (state the
nature of the developer's legal entity) hereby offers to purchase, develop and use
the lands below described in conformity with Federal and State statutes and local
ordinances and regulations, to wit, that area known as:
Disposition Parcel 65-2b
from the City of Iowa City, hereinafter referred to as the "City".
The terms of the offer are as follows: _
(1) The Offeror acknowledges receipt from the City of a copy of the City -University
Urban Renewal Plan, hereinafter referred to as the "Plan", which plan has been
duly aooroved and recorded in the office of the City Clerk of the City, the
proposed form of Contract for the Sale of Land for Private Redevelopment,
hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement", and a copy of the Prospectus
containing the instructions..for submitting an offer to purchase property for
redevelopment.
(2) The Offeror agrees to purchase from the City the referenced parcels at the
price hereinafter set forth in accordance with the provisions of the Plan,
and Agreement as attached to this offer.
PARCEL NO. PRICE OFFERED
65-2b
In making this offer, the Offeror acknowledges that he/she has become
familiar with the project site and the provisions of the Plan, the Prospectus,
and the proposed Agreement.
(3) It is agreed that this offer shall remain open for a period of one hundred
fifty (150) days from the final date for delivery of offers, (as specified
in the prospectus), and shall remain in force thereafter until withdrawn by
the Offeror in writing, and that the City may reject any and all offers, and
may waive any irregularities therein.
(4) The Offeror transmits herewith a certified check in the amount of $500 pay-
able to the order of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, being a good faith deposit
.or the Disposition Parcel for which this proposal is made.
If this proposal is rejected, the good faith deposit will be returned to the
Offeror in the manner provided in Section 11 hereunder. If this Proposal is
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accepted, the good faith deposit will be held by the Finance Director of the
City of Iowa City as security for the performance of and subject to City
Council declaration of forfeiture in the breach of performance of the obliga-
tions of the Offeror pending execution of the Agreement referred to in Section
5, hereunder, and such check may be deposited in an account of the City in a
bank or trust company selected by it. The City of Iowa City shall be under
no obligation to deposit in such an account, or to pay or earn interest on
the deposit, but if interest thereon is earned pursuant to such deposit such
interest when received shall be promptly paid to the redeveloper. Such deposit
will be held by the City as such security for performance until such time as
substitute security is provided under terms of the agreement referred to in
Section 5 hereunder following execution of such agreement.
(5) If this offer is recommended for acceptance, the City must advertise its
intent to sell by a 30 -day legal notice before furnishing the Agreement'for
execution by the Offeror.
Upon notification of acceptance of this Proposal in the manner provided for
in Section 11 hereunder, the Offeror agrees to perform the remaining conditions
of this offer and thereafter to execute an Agreement and return it to the City,
to make any substitute good faith deposit required thereby, and to complete
the purchase of the Disposition Parcel in the manner set forth in the
Agreement.
It is agreed that the Offeror shall not assign or transfer to any other party
any interest in this offer prior to notification of formal acceptance or
rejection by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa. It is further agreed, in
the event that this offer is accepted, that the Offeror shall not, prior to
or after execution of the Agreement, assign or transfer any interest in the
Agreement, assign or transfer any interest in the Agreement without the
written consent of the City Council of Iowa City. The City Council of the
City of Iowa City reserves the right to require of any proposed assignee or
transferee the same Statement of Public Disclosure, Statement of Qualifications
and Financial Responsibility and narrative setting forth the developers
experience, required of the original Offeror.
(6) In the event this offer is accepted by the City Council of Iowa City and the
Offeror fails or refuses to perform the remaining conditions of this Proposal,
and to execute an Agreement within one hundred twenty (120) days after the
date of notification thereof, or such extension of time as may be granted
by the City, the City may terminate all rights of the Offeror hereunder, and,
in such event, shall retain the good faith deposit of the Offeror as liquidated
damages by reason of the breach and the City may proceed with other arrange-
ments or plans for the sale of the Disposition Parcel to which this offer relates.
(i) The Offeror warrants that no person or agency has been employed or retained
by the Offeror to solicit or secure the acceptance of this Proposal upon an
agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage brokerage, or contingent
fee excepting the following bona fide agency or broker: (If none, so state.)
tOfferor states and represents that no person or agency claiming to be
employed or retained by the City contacted the Offeror with reference to the
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Proposed sale of the subject land other than the following: (If none other
than the City staff employees, state: None.)
It is agreed that the City of Iowa City, Iowa, shall not be liable for any
obligations incurred by the Offeror for commissions, percentages, brokerages,
contingent or other fees of any kind relating to this Proposal.
For breach or violation of this warranty, the City shall have the right to
annul its acceptance of this offer, or the contract to rise thereupon.
(8) It is agreed that the deposit of the Offeror may be refunded by the City and
that the City may withdraw from the sale of the Disposition Parcel at any
time prior to conveyance of title and possession of said property by reason
Of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, being enjoined or prevented from st doing by
any order or decision or act of any judicial, legislative, or executive body
having authority in the premises. It is further agreed that the City shall
have no liability for failure to deliver title to such disposition parcel,
for the reasons stated above or otherwise, to the redeveloper after making a
good faith attempt to do so.
(9) It is expressly agreed and understood by the Offeror that the City is making
no representations with respect to soil conditions, structural conditions,
subsurface conditions, and the like and further that the Offeror is making no
reliance upon any studies of such conditions possessed by the City and that
the Offeror has inspected the site for which this offer is being made and has
satisfied itself as to the conditions of both the surface and subsurface
of the site. Further, it is agreed that the City has permitted access to the
Offeror for the purpose of making soil testing, borings, and the like.
(10) The Offeror transmits herewith, for the approval of the City, ten (10) copies
each of the following documents.
a. This Offer.
b. A written narrative which sets forth and explains in full detail any and
all additions, deletions, or any other modifications to the form of
Offer as provided by the City.
c. Redevelopers Statement of Qualifications and Financial Responsibility.
d. Redevelopers Statement for Public Disclosure.
e. A written narrative which sets forth the development which is proposed,
as called for in the Prospectus.
f. A written narrative which sets forth the developers experience as called
for in the Prospectus.
g. A complete but unexecuted Contract for Sale of Land for Private
Redevelopment.
h. A written narrative which sets forth and explains in full detail any and
all additions, deletions, or any other modifications to the form of
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Agreement as provided by the City.
(11) It is agreed that acceptance or rejection of this offer shall be made by
depositing such acceptance or rejection in the United States Mails addressed
to the Offeror at the business address set forth below.
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NAME OF FIRM OR INDIVIDUAL (type or print)
BY:
(Signature in Type name after signature
TITLE type or print)
BUSINESS ADDRESS type or print)
CITY STATE (type or print) ZIP
BUSINESS TELEPHONE NUMBER (type or print
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The City of Iowa City is pleased to submit to you the prospectus for
redevelopment of Parcel 65-2b in downtown Iowa City. The City is seeking
a responsible developer to undertake the construction of an
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The prospectus contains detailed information concerning redevelopment re-
quirements and the format for submission of proposals. A complete package
of proposal submission materials entitled "Proposal Packet" is available.
To obtain this packet, please contact:
Patt Cain
Associate Planner -Economic Development
Dept. of Planning and Program Development
City of Iowa City
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
(319)356-5235
Thank you for your interest in Iowa City's redevelopment.
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URBAN RENEWAL PARCEL 65-2b
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...................................................... 2
BACKGROUND ON URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM ............................... 3
SUMMARY FACTS ..................................................... 4
DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS ............................................ 5
SITEMAP .......................................................... 7
BIDDING PROCEDURES ................................................ D
DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL .............................................. 10
PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA ...................................... 12
DEVELOPER SELECTION PROCESS ....................................... 13
APPENDIX: CITY PLAZA ORDINANCE .................................... 14
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Introduction
Since 1970, the City of Iowa City has undertaken an ambitious urban renewal
project to remove blighted commercial and residential buildings from its
downtown. Its redevelopment plan incorporates key land use elements of
retail, office, residential, institutional and hotel uses in a mutu-
ally -reinforcing pattern. This pattern reflects market support, the location of
existing businesses, employment concentrations and transportation linkages.
Redevelopment has been very successful with fifteen downtown sites fully
redeveloped. One major and one small redevelopment site remain; it is
anticipated the major site (next to the hotel) will be marketed in spring -
summer 1985.
The City is now seeking a responsible developer for the smaller site, Urban
Renewal Parcel 65-2b. This Prospectus describes the procedures to be used
for submitting a bid.
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Introduction
Since 1970, the City of Iowa City has undertaken an ambitious urban renewal
project to remove blighted commercial and residential buildings from its
downtown. Its redevelopment plan incorporates key land use elements of
retail, office, residential, institutional and hotel uses in a mutu-
ally -reinforcing pattern. This pattern reflects market support, the location of
existing businesses, employment concentrations and transportation linkages.
Redevelopment has been very successful with fifteen downtown sites fully
redeveloped. One major and one small redevelopment site remain; it is
anticipated the major site (next to the hotel) will be marketed in spring -
summer 1985.
The City is now seeking a responsible developer for the smaller site, Urban
Renewal Parcel 65-2b. This Prospectus describes the procedures to be used
for submitting a bid.
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Background Information on Urban Renewal Program
The City has used public investment to install functional and aesthetic
improvements to utilities, streets, parks, parking and other major public
facilities in the downtown. The City remains committed to upgrading public
infrastructure as a tool for enhancing downtown development.
Downtown street improvements were designed to provide safe, efficient and
attractive circulation to minimize conflicts between pedestrians, bicycle,
automobile, transit and service truck traffic. Municipal utility systems -
water, sanitary and storm sewer - are in sound condition. As downtown
streets have been upgraded, the subsurface utilities - gas and electric -have
been evaluated and replaced as necessary. This procedure of protective
reinvestment will continue.
The City 'Plaza, a three block pedestrian mall, has been designed to enhance
pedestrian circulation within the downtown core. The character of City Plaza
is warm and inviting with an abundance of brick, wood and trees. Governor
Robert Lucas Square, located at the center of City Plaza, was designed with
convenient seating along the planters and on terrace steps. Theatrical
lighting effects are possible which makes the area ideal for theatrical and
cultural events. The center of the square is a fountain with strong sculp-
tural detail.
Directly south of the Governor Lucas Square is the newly -opened 178 room
Holiday Inn which has complete conference facilities. Anchoring the east end
- of City Plaza is the new Iowa City Public Library. Over 40,000 people per
month visited the library in 1983. Anchoring the west end of City Plaza is
Old Capitol Center, a 378,000 square foot retail development. One block east
of Parcel 65-2b is the Senior Center which serves as a multi-purpose center
for the service and social needs of Johnson County's elderly.
Three large residential developments are located within the urban renewal
area. Pentacrest Garden Apartments is a 96 -unit complex of market -rate
apartments located south of Burlington Street. Capitol House is an 81 -unit
subsidized elderly housing project at the corner of Court and Dubuque
Streets. An 80 -unit complex, Ecumenical Towers, is adjacent to the Senior
Center and provides subsidized housing for the elderly and handicapped. All
projects are fully occupied. In addition, over 100 units of market -rate
residential development adjacent to the urban renewal area have been recently
completed and are fully occupied.
The redevelopment projects were planned to complement and reinforce each
other to create a strong economic and social center for Iowa City. Actual
private reinvestment for redevelopment projects in the urban renewal project
area exceeds $40 million (1984).
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SUMMARY FACTS
The information provided in this section is a quick reference to the espe-
cially salient requirements of this offering. It is not to be considered a
definitive statement of developer requirements.
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All proposals must be received by the City Clerk, Iowa City Civic Center,
410 East Washington Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 by 12:00 p.m. noon
(CST), March 4, 1985 at time
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which the proposals shall be opened. Late
proposals will not be considered.
2.
Proposals must be accompanied by a cashier's check or certified check
payable to the City of Iowa City, or a bid bond underwritten by a surety
company licensed to do business in the State of Iowa, in the amount of
five hundred dollars ($500).
3.
Elaborate or expensive models or displays are not desired. Evaluation of
proposals will be based on developer capability and
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than proposed displays. The developer is required to provide financial
support up to $5,000 or provide design services on an in-kind basis to
the City for the design for the adjacent portion of City Plaza.
4.
A complete package of proposal submission materials entitled "Proposal
Packet" is available. This information is available from the Department
of Planning and Program Development, 410 East Washington Street, Iowa
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City, Iowa 52240 or (319) 356-5230.
5.
The City intends to select the preferred developer on or before May 7,
1985. Between the submission deadline and the selection date, the City
may request a meeting or submission of additional materials from any or
all persons submitting proposals.
6.
Following designation of a preferred developer, the selected developer
will have one hundred twenty (120) days to execute a land disposition
contract unless this period is extended by the City. Failure to execute
a contract within this time may cause forfeiture of the bid deposit in
part or whole and loss of parcel acquisition rights.
7.
Preliminary and final design plans are subject to approval by the City.
8.
Following receipt of development proposals, the City reserves the right
to negotiate with developers concerning the terms and conditions of their
proposals as long as any of the agreed changes do not materially affect
the conditions stated herein.
9. The City expects that construction on this parcel will begin by September
1, 1985. Substantial assurance must be shown by the developer that this
date will be met.
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DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
The City is soliciting offers to purchase and redevelop Urban Renewal Parcel
65-2b; the map for this property is shown on page 7. The specific develop-
ment requirements are set forth below.
Development Requirements
The City has sought to afford to a developer the maximum possible flexibility
in designing a development proposal, consistent with the Urban Renewal Plan
and the City's determination to protect the existing and planned elements of
the downtown and City proposals which do not meet athe requirementslset forth not shereiidernor accept, any
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_ Price
The minimum bid price for this parcel is $10,500. The City will not accept,
~ nor consider, any offer to purchase and redevelop this parcel fcr which the
price offered is not equal to or greater than this minimum price. The
establishment of this minimum price should not preclude developers from
offering a higher price for competitive reasons.
The purchase terms for this parcel specify that the purchase price, including
credit for the $500 deposit, are due upon execution of the contract for sale.
The anticipates conveyance of
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If the redevelopment sale contract or agreement to execute the contract is
terminated prior to the conveyance of the fee simple title to the property,
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The required use of Parcel 65-2b is for a building or building addition for
office/commercial uses.
— It is not the City's intention to permit servicing of a building or building
addition from the City Plaza. Therefore, the City will require a firm
commitment (or evidence of a commitment) on the part of the developer of
receipt of easement rights from an adjacent property to the Block 65 alley
for all deliveries.
Design Considerations
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Because of this parcel's
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Helen Building, Y directly west of the parcel, was built in the
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early 1900s, the Urban Renewal Plan entourages restoration and rehabilitation
of structures which are of historical/architectural significance which would
include
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1. While no specific style is dictated in the building design, the design
should harmonize with the existing adjacent structures and the City
Plaza.
2. If access to and from this parcel is gained through use of the City
Plaza, said entryways shall be designed to integrate with, rather than
dominate the City Plaza.
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subject to City review and approval. Lighting is to be of a similar or
lower level and intensity to the City Plaza.
4. Building signage is subject to City review and approval. Signage is to
be at a scale appropriate to pedestrian traffic.
— 5. Building materials are to be complementary to the other structures in the
area (e.g., size and color of the selected building material).
6. Plans for refuse disposal and other on-site services must be submitted to
the City.
Encroachment into the City Plaza
Urban Renewal Parcel 65-2b is located adjacent to the City Plaza; development
adjacent to and in the City Plaza is governed by the City Plaza Ordinance
(Chapter 9.1, Iowa City Code of Ordinances) which is attached in Appendix A.
As per the terms and conditions of the ordinance, the developer is advised
that any encroachment or easement into or onto the City Plaza is subject to
review and approval by the Design Review Committee and the City Council. The
price, terms, and conditions of such use shall be subject to negotiation with
the City.
_ Design Assistance
The City anticipates undertaking renovation of the adjacent portion of City
Plaza (the former Blackhawk 11inipark). Because of the potential to integrate
the development of Parcel 65-21b with this renovation, the City will require a
firm commitment of up to $5,000 by the developer to provide design assistance
an an in-kind basis or a direct financial payment for design work to the
City. This requirement is necessary to provide design assistance to inte-
grate the design and functions of Parcel 65-21b with the City Plaza.
Project Financing
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The City expects the redeveloper for Parcel 65-2b to be capable of securing
financing for this project. The City will consider the use of Industrial
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I of Iowa City Industrial Revenue Bond _Policy_. This policy is available
the Department of Planning and Program Development, 410 East Washington
Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 or (319) 356-5230. The City reserves the right
to approve or disapprove a request for Industrial Revenue Bond financing.
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BIDDING PROCEDURES
This Prospectus constitutes the official solicitation of offers to purchase
and redevelop Urban Renewal Parcel 65-2b, following its announced availabil-
ity through legal notice and other advertising. Any developer intending to
submit a proposal must do so by 12:00 p.m. noon (CST), March 4, 1985. The
proposal must be submitted to the City Clerk, 410 East Washington Street,
Iowa City, Iowa 52240. The proposal must be submitted with all supporting
documents in a sealed envelope or other container marked only with the
following: PARCEL 65-2b DEVELOPMENT BID.
Ten (10) copies of all documentation must be contained in the proposal. The
City does not require and will not accept models or other elaborate graphic
descriptions of the proposed project.
— If the developer wishes to deviate from any of the Prospectus requirements,
these changes should be explicitly detailed in the development bid.
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It should be expressly understood that the proposals received later than the
time and date set forth above will not be considered. After the formal
cut-off date for proposal receipt, no attempt will be made to withhold the
names of those submitting proposals.
The City reserves the right to enter into discussions with prospective
developers during the bidding period in order to provide information concern-
ing the site, the development, and other related matters. If necessary, the
City may issue written addenda regarding this offering to all bid packet
recipients to clarify, comment, correct, or as is otherwise required.
Further, the City through its staff and its representatives, reserves the
right to continue negotiations and discussions with the preferred developer
in order to discuss and accomplish modifications in the development proposal.
This would include alterations in the development contract if such modifica-
tions are made necessary by circumstances.
— The City may wish, during the course of reviewing and evaluating bid propos-
als, to meet with developers for clarification of bid materials. The City
reserves the right to initiate such meetings. These meetings may be con-
ducted on an individual or collective basis involving anywhere from one to
all of the prospective developers. The meetings may be called, however, only
- at the initiative of the City. The City reserves the right to negotiate with
developers concerning the terms and conditions of the proposals so long as
any agreed changes do not materially affect the conditions stated herein.
In addition to the administrative code review process required by the City's
ordinances (for building, electrical, plumbing and other mandated Code
reviews), the City Council retains the right to review and approve design
plans, specifications, and construction drawings for the proposed develop-
ment. The City's Design Review Committee and the City administrative staff
shall assist the City Council in this process. The City pledges that design
review shall be conducted in as cooperative and expeditious manner as possi-
ble.
After the City selects a preferred developer, the developer so designated is
expected to execute a land disposition contract within 120 days. At the
conclusion of that period, if the land disposition contract has not been
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executed, the City reserves the right, at its sole option, to rescind the
designation of the developer or to extend the time period to allow for
negotiation and execution of a land disposition contract. Should the City
exercise its option to rescind a developer's designation, the City may
initiate negotiations with one of the other developers who submitted a
proposal on the parcel or the City may begin a new selection process. All
materials submitted to the City shall become the exclusive property of the
City and shall be utilized as the City deems necessary.
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THE PROPOSAL
The following items must be included as part of the proposal. Forms for
Items 1 through 4 are provided in the Proposal Packet. Ten (10) copies of
each item must be submitted.
1. Offer to Purchase: All Offers to Purchase must be submitted in substan-
tially the same format as the form furnished by the City and must be
complete in all respects. Any additions, deletions, or modifications in
the Offer to Purchase must be explained and justified in full detail in a
narrative statement attached to the Offer.
2. Redeveloper's Statement of Qualifications and Financial Responsibility.
3. Redeveloper's Statement for Public Disclosure.
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4. Contract for Sale of Land for Private Redevelopment: A completed but
unexecuted copy of Parts I and II of this contract must be submitted. Any
I w. additions, deletions, or modifications in the contract must be explained
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contract.
5. Description of the Proposed Development: A written narrative describing
the proposed development should be submitted. At a minimum, this
narrative should contain information on the intensity of the development
(e.g. net leasable area and gross square footage); the estimated total
cost of the improvements, the amount and likely source(s) of equity
capital and other sources of financing.
6. Developer Experience: A written narrative should be included which
details the developer's experience. At a minimum, this narrative must
contain: a list of other projects and their location, type and size; the
background of the principal(s) who will be responsible for this project;
and the qualifications of other persons or firms who will be involved in
the project.
7. Design Information: An informal graphic presentation of the proposed
design must be included.
j B. City Plaza Design Assistance: A narrative describing the commitment the
developer will make to assist in the renovation of the adjacent portion
of City Plaza must be included. This narrative should detail the terms
and conditions of the design assistance and an estimate of the value of
the assistance.
9. Access Commitment: A commitment or evidence of a firm commitment for
i access to the Block 65 alley from an adjacent property for service
delivery is required.
10. Deposit: A cashier's check, certified check, or a bid underwritten by a
_ surety company, payable to the order of the City of Iowa city in the
amount of five hundred dollars ($500).
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No proposal may be withdrawn except by the written request of the offerer
prior to the opening of proposals. Offers shall remain valid and irrevocable
for a period of one hundred and fifty (150) days from the date of opening and
shall remain in fnrcp thprpaftpr until withdrawn by the nffprpr in wri*inn
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PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA
The developer's bid will be evaluated on the following criteria and recommen-
dations to the City Council will be based on these items.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
1. Compatibility with standards, objectives and controls set forth in the
Urban Renewal Plan and disposition documents.
2. Quality and creativity of the proposed development.
3. The probability of achieving market acceptance.
4. The timeliness of the proposed construction schedule.
5. The price offered.
6. Potential tax return to the City.
DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
1. The success of previous development efforts and/or the operation of
facilities of a similar nature as envisioned in this solicitation.
2. Public acceptance of previous developments in terms of design, timing of
work and functional relationships.
3. Reputation with regard to character, integrity, judgement and compe-
tence.
4. Demonstrated ability to work with the public sector.
IMPLEMENTATION ABILITY
1. Experience of the principals and key staff in past projects of similar
scale and character who will be involved in Iowa City.
2. Availability of sufficient financial resources to assume the necessary
development and managerial responsibilities, including the availability
and liquidity of working capital and required equity.
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DEVELOPER SELECTION PROCESS
Upon receipt of the written development proposals, the City staff will review
and evaluate all submissions and the Design Review Committee will review
design information. After receiving recommendations from the staff and the
Design Review Committee, the City Council will select the preferred devel-
oper. The announcement of the preferred developer will be made by the City
Council.
After the City designates the preferred developer, the preferred developer is
expected to execute a land disposition agreement within a period of 120 days
from the announcement of the preferred developer. The timing of the submis-
sion of final design plans will be written into the contract for sale of
land.
Prior to entering into any signed documents or contracts for the purchase and
redevelopment of Parcel 65-2b, the City will give public notice of intent to
enter into a contract for the disposal of the parcel as provided by applica-
ble state law. In addition, the City must submit information on the devel-
oper to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for
approval. Following such notice and approval from HUD, the City will enter
into the contract with the responsible bidder, whose proposal, in the sole
judgment of the City Council, best conforms to the Urban Renewal Plan and the
City's objectives. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all
bids and to waive irregularities in any bid.
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DEVELOPER SELECTION PROCESS
Upon receipt of the written development proposals, the City staff will review
and evaluate all submissions and the Design Review Committee will review
design information. After receiving recommendations from the staff and the
Design Review Committee, the City Council will select the preferred devel-
oper. The announcement of the preferred developer will be made by the City
Council.
After the City designates the preferred developer, the preferred developer is
expected to execute a land disposition agreement within a period of 120 days
from the announcement of the preferred developer. The timing of the submis-
sion of final design plans will be written into the contract for sale of
land.
Prior to entering into any signed documents or contracts for the purchase and
redevelopment of Parcel 65-2b, the City will give public notice of intent to
enter into a contract for the disposal of the parcel as provided by applica-
ble state law. In addition, the City must submit information on the devel-
oper to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for
approval. Following such notice and approval from HUD, the City will enter
into the contract with the responsible bidder, whose proposal, in the sole
judgment of the City Council, best conforms to the Urban Renewal Plan and the
City's objectives. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all
bids and to waive irregularities in any bid.
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CITY PLAZA*
Sec. 9.1.1. Purpose.
intent of this chapter to regulate the use of City
It is the
Plaza in order to promote the public interest by:
(a) Making City Plaza an active and attractive pedestrian
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(b) Providing the opportunity for creative, colorful, pedes-
activities on a
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day/night, year-round and seasonal basis;
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(c) Encouraging commercial activities which add interest,
design to City Plaza;
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(d) Encouraging the upgrading of store -fronts and the de-
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(e) Controlling the use of vehicles and bicycles in City
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sparingly
development within City Plaza is to be permitted
for those that meet the objectives stated above.
and only proposals
It is not to be considered a "use by right." (Ord. No. 78-2898, § 1,
5-16-78; Ord. No. 82-3058, § 3,4-27-82)
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Sec. 9.1.2. Definitions.
the following terms shall
[For the purposes of this chapter,
have the meanings stated herein:]
-Editor's note—Ord. Na. 76-2894, §§ 1-11, enacted May 16, 1978, was
nonamendatory of the Code and has been included as Ch. 9.1, §§ 9•t '
9.1.11, at the editor's discretion. Subsequently, the chapter was amended in its
entirety by Ord. No. 82.3058.
Crave references—Advertising, Ch. 3; animals and fowl, Ch. 7; build-
ing reulatios, Ch. 8; licenes, Ch. 21; motor
peddlers, Chn26; streets, sidewalks and public vehicles n+c, Ch. 23;
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Ambulatory vendor. An individual selling goods or services while
mowing through Zones 1, 2 and 3 and operating without the use of a
mobile vending cart or kiosk and with a minimum of equipment,
e.g., balloons, portrait artist.
Audio ambience: A localized use of sound intended to create a
pleasant, relaxing atmosphere.
City plaza: That area of city property extending from the north -
7 ern right-of-way line to the southern tight -of -way line of College
Street from the eastern right-of-way line of Clinton Street to the
western right-of-way line of Linn Street; and extending from the
western right-of-way line to the eastern right-of-way line of Du-
buque Street from the southern right-of-way line of Washington
Street to the northern right-of-way line of Washington Street to the
�.; northern right-of-way line of the Block 82 alley between Burlington
Street and College Street.*
Kiosk: A small structure that is stationary and can be either
'permanent or seasonal in nature.
Landscaping. Live plant material used strictly for an ornamental
or ecological purpose.
Mobile vending cart: A nonmotorized structure on wheels that is
easily moved and is used for vending.
Mobile vendor. Operator of mobile vending cart.
Permanent structure: Any structure erected for a year-round
use.
Seasonal construction: Any structure erected for a seasonal or
temporary activity and which is removed from the plaza in off-
season. (Ord. No. 78.2894, § 2, 5-16-78; Ord. No. 82-3058, § 4,
4-27-82)
Sec. 9.1-3. Description of mall zones.
(a) Zone 1: The ten -foot strip directly abutting the private prop-
erty lines. Zone 1 extends the length of the City Plaza along all sides
of the plaza.
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(b) Zone 2: The six-foot pedestrian lanes adjoining Zone 1 on
each side, the landscaped areas, the areas with street furniture and
features, and other areas as specified on map.
(c) Zone 3: The emergency/service lane.
The zones are illustrated in the attached City Plaza map. This map
can be amended from time to time as necessary by resolution. (Ord.
No. 78-2894, § 3,5-16-78; Ord. No. 82-3058, § 5,4-27-82)
Note—The City Plaza plan is not included herein; it may be found
on file in the office of the city clerk.
Sec. 9.1-4. Bicycle regulations.
No person shall ride a bicycle within City Plaza. No bicycles
shall be left unattended within City Plaza unless located in a
bicycle rack. Any violation of this section shall be a simple misde-
meanor. (Ord. No. 78-2894, § 4, 5-16-78; Ord. No. 82-3058, § 6,
4-27-82)
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cept emergency vehicles, shall be. operated within the limits.
_ of City Plaza without a permit. A permit for the operation of
motor vehicles within City Plaza may be issued by the city
manager on his/her designee upon application according to the
_. following conditions:
(a) Any business located on property which does not other-
wise abut a public right-of-way other than City Plaza
may be granted a continuing permit upon a showing
that such is necessary to provide for the delivery of
goods to or from the business. Such permit shall allow
the presence of the vehicle within the plaza only during
active loading and unloading.
(b) Any individual may be granted a temporary permit
upon a showing that the placement or operation of a
motor vehicle upon City Plaza for a specified, limited
period of time is necessary.
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(c) A service vehicle operated by the city may operate within
City Plaza without a permit when performing necessary
maintenance requiring the use of the vehicle.
Any violation of this section shall be a simple misdemeanor. (Ord.
No. 78-2894, § 5, 5-16-78; Ord. No. 82-3058, § 7, 4-27.82)
Sec. 9.1-6. Animal regulations.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other city ordinance, no
person shall take, accompany or allow any animal into City Plaza.
This provision shall not apply to a Seeing Eye dog being used to
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misdemeanor. (Ord. No. 78-2894, § 6,5-16-78; Ord. No. 82-3058, § 8,
4-27-82)
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Sec. 9.1-7. Use of City Plaza.
(a) Permitted uses: Permitted uses include those listed below.
Other uses consistent with the purposes stated in section 9.1-1 may
be permitted if specifically approved. When a mobile or temporary
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use is allowed, it is understood that this authorization does not
to Zone 1 or Zone 2 areas which are already leased for other
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purposes; e.g., mobile vending carts may not approach patrons seated
in a sidewalk cafe.
(1) Ambulatory vendors, e.g., balloons or portraits (Zone
1, 2, 3).
J(2)
Mobile vending carts for food, flowers/plants, news-
papers/magazines, etc. (Zone 2).
(3) Sidewalk cafe (Zone 1, 2).
(4) Stairways to basements. Pursuant to Chapter 104A of the
Code of Iowa, stairways shall only be permitted when the
business on the basement level has an alternate entrance
which makes it accessible to the handicapped or otherwise
complies with state law (Zone 1).
(5) Display window extensions (Zone 1).
(6) Building front and; or basement extensions provided
the use of the extension is the same as the store ac-
tivity (Zone 1).
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(7) Municipally owned kiosks.
(8) Landscaping (Zone 1, 2).
(9) Arts and crafts sales of handmade articles by an organized
guild, association or club on an occasional basis (Zones 1
and 2).
(10) Sales or exhibits by individual artists or artisans and food
vending on a temporary basis for special events (Zone 1, 2,
3). Zone 3 users must be totally ambulatory.
(11) Events of an educational or entertainment nature (Zone 1,
2, 3). Zone 3 users must be totally ambulatory.
(b) Usable area:
1 7 (1) Zone 1: Permits may be issued for any part of Zone 1.
Building extensions shall only be allowed where, in the sole
judgment of the city council, such extensions enhance the
quality of City Plaza.
(2) Zone 2: The usable areas are as shown on the attached plaza
diagrams.
(3) Plaza landscaping may be modified or removed to a limited
extent, if the net effect enhances the ambience of the City
Plaza and if approved as part of the permit application. The
applicant in such cases must agree to restore the plaza
j landscaping to its original condition upon termination of
the permit and provide a bond or escrow account in an
amount determined by the city.
(4) Zone 3: The area is to be used only for ambulatory vendors
with its primary purpose to be maintained as an emer-
gency/servicelane.
(c) Days and hours of operation: Buildings extended onto the
City Plaza are to be open at least during normal retail business
hours, Monday through Saturday, throughout the year. Sidewalk
cafes and mobile carts may operate seasonally but must be at
least in operation substantially through normal retail business
hours, Monday through Saturday, May 1 to October 1. Other
months of operation may be granted by permit fm ambulatory
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vendors and mobile carts when the product is related to another
season.
(d) Noise control: Any request for the use of sound must
be specifically approved and may be permitted only if it will
encourage an audio ambience within the City Plaza, while at
the same time protecting the general public from an overload,
_ volume or type of sound that is disturbing or inappropriate
for a pedestrian area
Cross reference—City Plaza noise control provisions continued in effect by
noise control ordinance, § 24.4.15.
(e) Insurance and indemnification: The applicant shall
agree to indemnify, defend and save harmless the City of
Iowa City, its agents, officers and employees, from and
against all claims, damages, losses and expenses in any man-
ner resulting from, arising out of or connected with the
construction, use, maintenance or removal of any structure,
cart or use. The applicant shall at all times maintain a policy
of liability insurance in the minimum amount of three hun-
dred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for personal injuries,
and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for property dam-
age arising out of the permitted operation. The applicant
shall file, in the office of the city clerk, a copy of the liability
insurance policy executed by a company authorized to do in-
surance business in the State of Iowa in a form appproved by
the city clerk. The policy shall further provide thirty (30)
days' notice of cancellation or material change to the city
clerk. Such cancellation or change without written approval
shall automatically revoke the permit or lease.
The city manager may waive the insurance requirements for any
casual and/or temporary sales activity, or for any cultural or enter-
tainment activity as he/she deems appropriate.
(fl Performance time limits. Sidewalk cafes and mobile vending
carts must be in operation within sixty (60) days of the start date
provided for in the permit, or the permit approval shall automat-
ically expire. Building extension shall be completed and in opera-
tion within such reasonable time as said in the permit, as pro-
vided in section 9.1.9(x).
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(g) Maintenance: The applicant is responsible for maintaining
the area within and in proximity to his/her location in a clean and
hazard -free condition, including snow removal for a distance of ten
(10) feet from any structure occupied by the applicant.
Supplementary trash containers must be provided if considered
necessary and specified in the lease or permit. All landscaping pro-
vided by the applicant and the exterior of all structures and carts
must be maintained in good condition by the applicant.
(h) Illumination: Nighttime interior illumination of all build-
ing fronts and basement extensions, display window extensions
and basement stair wells is required during hours of operation.
(i) Newspaper -vending machines: The city will make available,
at a reasonable cost, space in the city -owned newspaper dispenser
units on City Plaza. In the case of more applications than available
space, a selection procedure that is deemed fair, reasonable and
appropriate by the city shall be established.
(j) Construction costs: All costs of construction are to be
paid by the applicant, including costs of damage or repair
to the City Plaza caused by the construction. (Ord. No. 78-
2894, § 7, 5.16-78; Ord. No. 82-3058, § 9, 4-27-82; Ord. No. 82.3085,
§ 2a—f, 10-26-82)
Sec. 9.1-8. City Plaza use permits.
(a) Mobile vendors: Specific locations have been designated within
the boundaries of City Plaza for the operation of mobile vending
carts. Each mobile vending permit shall carry with it the authoriza-
tion to operate at one or two (2) designated locations. The vendor
may sell in transit if a customer request is made, provided the
primary trade shall be conducted at one of the designated locations.
All lease applications for mobile vendor operations must be received
at least four (4) weeks before the proposed start of the lease.
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t to operate a mobile vending cart in the public right-of-way of Citv
Plaza after careful consideration and assurance that the following
conditions have or will be met:
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(1) An authorized designated mobile vending location is avail-
able which will not interfere with the operation of an existing
_ mobile vendor, the general use of City Plaza, and free move-
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ment within the emergency/service lane.
(2) The applicant's proposed mode of operation will not impede
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of-way, and in or out of retail establishments fronting on the
plaza.
!J (3) The applicant agrees to operate his/her business only within
the boundaries of City Plaza and only at designated mobile
vending locations or in transit between them. The applicant's
permit may be revoked if these specified locations are not
used.
j— (4) The dimensions of the applicant's vending cart shall not
I exceed a size of four (4) feet wide by eight (8) feet long by six
i (6)feet high.
(5) The applicant shall store the vending cart off the City Plaza
and shall describe the provisions for storage in the permit
application.
" (6) The applicant has obtained all necessary permits required
-. by'the Johnson County department of health.
The sale or assignment of a mobile vending permit for City Plaza is
_ expressly prohibited. The city reserves the right to revoke a permit
as it deems necessary.
(b) Ambulatory vendors: The city manager or his/her appointed
designee may issue a permit for the purposes of ambulatory vending
in the public right-of-way of City Plaza after careful consideration
of the applicant's proposed business, and assurance that the follow-
ing conditions have or will be met. All applications for ambulatory
vendor operations must be received at least five (5) days before the
proposed start of operations.
(1) The applicant will operate without the use of a mobile vend-
ing cart, and with a minimum of equipment.
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right-of-way, nor shall it interfere with such pedestrian move-
ment into or out of retail establishments fronting on the
plaza.
(3) The applicant will conduct his/her vending completely within
the boundaries of City Plaza.
(4) The applicant has obtained all necessary permits required
by the Johnson County Department of Health.
The sale or assignment of an ambulatory vending permit for City
Plaza is expressly prohibited.
(c) Other events: For all other events, an application for the use
of City Plaza must be received at least ten (10) days before the start
of the event.
(d) Permanent and temporary structures: The city manager,
I� upon approval of city council, may enter into an agreement for the
1 sale or lease of public right-of-way in the City Plaza for the con-
struction of an addition to an existing store front or for the
temporary or seasonal use of Zone 1 by the owner or operator of
abutting property. Said lease or sale shall only be entered into
after careful consideration and assurance that the following con-
i ditions have or will be met:
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(1) Building design:
a: Additions to buildings shall be harmonious in scale and
design with permanent neighboring structures and with
the City Plaza.
b. Materials shall be suitable for the style and design of
buildings in which they are used.
c. Materials which are architecturally harmonious shall be
used for all building walls and other exterior building
components wholly or partly visible from public ways.
d. Selection of materials shall be guided by the following:
1. Harmony with adjoining buildings;
2. Relationship to the brick and wood theme of City
Plaza;
3. Materials shall be of durable quality.
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e. Building components, such as windows, doors, eaves,
and parapets, shall have good proportions and relation-
ship to one another.
C Colors shall be selected for their harmony and/or ability
to complement the color scheme of the City Plaza.
g. Mechanical equipment or other utility hardware on roof,
ground or buildings shall be screened from public view
with materials harmonious with the building, or shall be
located so as not to be visible from any public ways.
h. Exterior lighting shall be part of the architectural con-
cept. Fixtures, standards, and all exposed accessories
shall be harmonious with building design.
(2) Signs:
a. All signs shall be part of the architectural concept. Size,
color, lettering, location and arrangement shall be har-
monious with the building design, and shall be compat-
ible with signs on adjoining buildings.
b. Materials used in signs shall have good architectural
character and be harmonious with building design and
the materials used in the City Plaza.
c. Every sign shall express in scale and in proportion an
appropriate visual relationship to buildings and sur-
roundings.
d. Colors shall be used harmoniously and with restraint.
Excessive brightness and brilliant colors shall be avoid-
ed. Lighting shall be harmonious with the design. If
external spot lighting is used, it shall be arranged so
that the light source is shielded from view.
(3) Additional criteria:
a. The design review committee may, from time to time,
formulate additional design criteria for the review of
proposed construction pursuant to this chapter. Such
criteria shall become effective only when adopted by the
city council by resolution.
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b. No building permit for the construction of any tempo-
rary structure or any building extension to be con-
structed pursuant to this chapter shall be issued until
plans for said construction have been reviewed by the
design review committee and approved by the city
council. The design review committee shall, within
thirty (30) days of receipt of said plans, review the
plans and advise approval, approval with conditions,
or disapproval in a written report forwarded to the
city council and the applicant. If the design review
committee recommends approval with conditions, it
shall require the affirmative vote of five (5) members
of the city council to constitute city council approval
pursuant to this section unless such conditions are
.� met; and if the design review committee recommends
_) disapproval, it shall require the affirmative vote of
five (5) members of the city council to constitute city
council approval pursuant to this section. (Ord. No.
78.2894, § 8, 5.16-78; Ord. No. 82.3058, § 10, 4.27.82;
Ord. No. 82.3085, § 2g, h, 10.26.82)
Sec. 9.1.9. Application procedures.
(a) In order to obtain a permit pursuant to this chapter,
the - applicant shall file an application with the city manager
or his/her designee. In order to be considered, the applica-
tion and attachments shall contain sufficient information to
fully determine the intent of the applicant and to insure full
compliance with this chapter. The city manager shall estab-
lish the requirements for applications and shall establish the
procedures for review of all applications.
(b) Prior to the issuance of any permit or authorization of
any lease which includes the construction of any improve-
ments, the design of such improvements shall be submitted
to the design review committee for review. The design review
committee shall review the plans submitted and shall make
a written recommendation to the city manager.
(c) In cases where there may be more than one application
for a particular location, or the city manager considers it in
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establish such selection procedures as he/she deems fair, rea-
sonable and appropriate.
(d) Applications for a change of use shall follow the same
procedure and be subject to the same review and approval
criteria as new applications. (Ord. No. 78-2894, § 9, 5-16-78; Ord.
No. 82-3058, § 11, 4-27-82)
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Sec. 9.1-10. Fees.
A fee, if applicable, shall be paid within ten (10) days of the
granting of the City Plaza use permit and before the permitted
activity begins. The city council shall periodically review and revise,
as appropriate, by resolution, fees for the lease of property and for
the issuance of permits authorized herein. Failure to provide the
applicable payment as specified in any lease agreement within ten
(10) days of the prescribed time will result in a revocation of the
lease and permit. (Ord. No. 78-2894, § 10, 5-16-78; Ord. No. 82-3058,
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Sec. 9.1.11. Renewal and termination.
(a) Permits for permanent construction shall be for the
term specified in the lease agreement or until terminated or
revoked by the city manager pursuant to the lease agreement.
(b) Other permits for specific locations are for one year,
then renewable automatically for one additional year, pro-
vided the permittee operated at least three (3) months dur-
ing the first year.
(c) Permits are nontransferable. Leases may be assigned
or sublet only upon prior written approval of the city council.
(d) Upon revocation or termination of any permit, the per-
mittee shall be responsible for removing the structure and re-
storing the permit area to its condition prior to the issuance
of the permit. (Ord. No. 78-2894, § 11, 5-16-78; Ord. No. 82-3058, §
13,4-27-82)
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