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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance#4228 - Lease of Municipally Owned Real Property; 24927 E. Old Beach Road ORDINANCE #4228 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LEASE OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED REAL PROPERTY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON ILLINOIS: May 4, 2021 PUBLISHED BY THE CITY CLERK PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON: May 4, 2021 STATE OF ILLINOIS ) ) SS. COUNTY OF FULTON ) CERTIFICATE I, Diana Pavley-Rock, certify that I am the duly elected City Clerk of the CITY OF CANTON, FULTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS. I further certify that on May 4, 2021 , the City Council of such municipality passed and approved Ordinance #4228 entitled: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LEASE OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED REAL PROPERTY The ordinance attached is a true and correct copy of the ordinance adopted by Canton City Council. DATED AT CANTON, ILLINOIS, THIS 4T" DAY OF) MAY 2021 Dianal5 avley-Roc ,-CMC, City Clerk Seal City of Canton, Illinois ORDINANCE NO. 4228 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LEASE OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED REAL PROPERTY WHEREAS, the City of Canton owns the following described real property: Lot No. 06 of the Old Beach Addition to Lake Canton, Fulton County, Illinois. which property is generally located at 24927 E. Old Beach Road, Canton, Illinois, has P.I.N. No. 10-09-30-206-006 and is currently used as residential real property; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Canton has determined that it is in the best interest of the City of Canton that it enter into a lease for municipally owned property and said lease is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 11-76-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/11- 76-2, notice has been given of the proposal to lease such real estate, said notice having first been published on April 15, 2021 and having been published at least once in the Canton Daily Ledger, a newspaper published in the county in which the municipality is located, not less than 15 nor more than 30 days before the date on which it is proposed to adopt this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, pursuant to said notice, this Ordinance was adopted at the regular meeting of the City Council held on May 4, 2021; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the best interests of the City of Canton and its residents will be served by the approval of the above-referenced lease. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, as follows: 1. The City Council finds as facts the recitals hereinabove set forth. 2. The lease to Royce and Jill Jones is hereby accepted by the City Council of the City of Canton for the lease of the following described real estate: Lot No. 6 of the Old Beach Addition to Lake Canton, Fulton County, Illinois. Commonly known as 24927 E. Old Beach Road, Canton, Illinois, has P.I.N. No. 10- 09-30-206-006. 3. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to sign and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to a lease of the aforesaid real estate, and said lease shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as "Exhibit A." The City Attorney is authorized to make reasonable, final revisions to the lease that are otherwise consistent with this Ordinance. 4. The Mayor and the Clerk are hereby authorized, respectively, to execute and attest such other documents as may be necessary to the conveyance herein authorized. 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, by a vote of at least three fourths of the corporate authorities now holding office, and approval in the manner provided by law. PASSED THIS 4th DAY OF MAY, 2021 AYES: Aldermen Justin Nelson, Angela Lingenfelter, Jeff Fritz, Angela Hale, Craig West, John Lovell, Andra Chamberlin NAYES: None ABSENT: None APPROVED THIS 4th DAY OF May, 2021. APPROVED: 1,AAA ent A. McDowell, ''or ATTES 09, Diana 'avley-Rock, City Clerk ************************************************************** CITY OF CANTON LAKE LOT LEASE The City of Canton, an Illinois municipal corporation ("City") makes this City of Canton Lake Lot Lease ("Lease") with ROYCE AND JILL JONES ("Lessees") on the day of , 2021. The City, as part of its municipal water supply, has a large artificial lake called Lake Canton. The City has shoreline property; however, it must protect the lake from pollution, undue erosion, and other injury which it can do best if it owns and ultimately controls the land but leases under terms and conditions which will protect the lake. 1. DESCRIPTION: The real property leased to Lessee under this Lease (hereinafter the "Leased Property") is described as follows: Lot Number Six (6) in Old Beach Addition to Lake Canton, in the County of Fulton, in the State of Illinois. Common Address: 24927 Old Beach Road, Canton, Illinois 61520 P.I.N.: 10-09-30-206-006 2. TERM: The term of this Lease shall be for a period of forty (40) years from this date provided that an additional year shall be added to its term on each anniversary date hereof so that there shall always be a minimum of thirty-nine years and one day remaining on the term. 3. USE: Lessee shall use the Leased Property for residential purposes only. Lessee may not use the Leased Property for any other uses or purposes. At all times, Lessee must take reasonable and legal steps to protect the lake from pollution, undue erosion, and other injury. 4. RENT: Lessee shall pay rent to the City a sum of money representing ten percent (10%) of the equalized assessed valuation of the land portion for real estate tax purposes. The assessed valuation from the Quadrennial Reassessment shall be used to make the calculation, thus rental rates will be readjusted as necessary every four years. Payment of rent shall be made in advance on or before the first day of May. To secure the payment of rent and other agreements in this Lease the City shall have the superior lien (inferior only to mechanic's liens) on all improvements on the Leased Property in addition to any other liens and remedies it may have at law. At the option of the City, its lien may be enforced in equity or by distress or by foreclosure sale. 5. MORTGAGE: Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraphs 13 hereof and in order to promote the leasing, care and improvement of the lake shore land, Lessee may mortgage the leasehold hereby granted, together with all improvements now or by Lessee hereafter on the leased premises, and the mortgagee and assigns may cause this Lease and such mortgage or either of them to be filed for record in the Recorder's Office of said County and enforce said mortgage and acquire title to the leasehold and such improvements in any lawful way and rent the Leased Property pending foreclosure and acquisition and disposal of title, and the mortgagee or assigns may sell and assign said leasehold and improvements. No default or action by Lessee or those claiming through or under Lessee shall be effective as against the mortgagee or the mortgagee's assigns, unless the mortgagee or the mortgagee's assigns fail to pay, or cause to be paid, within thirty (30) days after being served with written notice thereof, any delinquent taxes on the leasehold or improvements thereon, or sums then owing to the City under said Lease. The mortgagee and assigns shall comply with the provisions of the Lease in the like manner as Lessee is required to do in the event the mortgagee should acquire title to the leasehold. 6. TAXES: Lessee shall be solely responsible and pay all taxes and assessments on the Leased Property and its improvements before they become delinquent. Failure to pay such taxes by their due date shall be deemed a default of this Lease. 7. UTILITIES: Lessee shall be solely responsible for an pay all charges for water, garbage removal, electricity, telephone, cable, satellite/tv, internet, fiber, gas, wastewater treatment and/or disposal, or other service for the Leased Property (collectively "utilities"). Failure to pay such utilities shall be deemed a default of this Lease. Lessee shall also be responsible for the installation, maintenance, removal and/or repair of any water lines, sewer lines, wastewater treatment and/or disposal, private sewage disposal systems, electricity/power lines, internet/telephone/tv connections, fiber lines, gas lines, or other utility connections located upon the Leased Property. 8. RESIDENCE: Lessee may use up to 80 x 100 feet of the Leased Property to build and then occupy one single family residence and appurtenances. Lessee shall not have more than one residential dwelling on the Leased Property at any one time. Before commencing any new construction, Lessee must submit all necessary plans, as determined in the City's sole discretion, showing plumbing and sewage disposal, location on lot, etc. to the City and obtain written approval (i.e. building permit, if required) from the City. Lessee must additionally obtain written approval (i.e. a building permit, if required) from Fulton County. If Lessee commences any such construction without such approvals, the City may remove Lessee's improvements and charge Lessee for the removal. No one else's lien may attach to any improvement built without the City's written approval. Lessee may place on the leased premises items such as a garage, dock, boat lift or other related structure. If said garage, dock, boat lift or other related structure is found in disrepair, Lessee has thirty (30) days after notice from the City to either correct the defective conditions of said garage, dock, boat lift or other related structure or remove and replace them. If the garage, dock, boat lift or other related structure is replaced, whatever has been removed shall properly be disposed of in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. Repair and/or removal and replacement shall be at the sole expense of Lessee. If Lessee fails to correct the defective condition within the thirty (30) day period, the City reserves the right to take any remedial action 2 necessary to correct the condition, including demolishing the garage, dock, boat lift or other related structure and disposing of same. The City shall be reimbursed by Lessee for any and all costs associated with the City's required remedial action, whether City engages in the corrective work or demolition work itself or hires a third party to engage in same. Lessee shall follow all ordinances, rules and regulations adopted by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois, applicable to Lake Canton and/or the Leased Property. Failure to comply with said ordinances, rules, and regulations may be deemed a default of this Lease. 9. PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS: Private sewage disposal systems shall be permitted, installed, maintained and replaced in accordance with the rules and regulations as prescribed by the Illinois Department of Public Health, Fulton County Health Department, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Private sewage disposal systems shall be inspected, at the cost of the Lessee, for proper operation and sludge levels at the time of Lease renewal or transfer of Lease. Documentation from the inspection shall be submitted to the City within five (5) days of the inspection completion. Private sewage disposal systems shall have tanks pumped for solids removal by a licensed tank cleaning company every three (3) years. Documentation from the tank cleaning company verifying their work has been completed shall be submitted to the City within five (5) days of completion of their work. The systems shall be inspected by the Fulton County Health Department every ten (10)years. Documentation of completion of said inspections by the Fulton County Health Department shall be provided to the City within five (5) days of completion of their inspection. The systems utilizing aeriation equipment in conjunction with disinfection tanks shall have proper disinfection chemicals installed and must be functional at all times. Discharges from private sewage disposal systems shall not cause erosion issues or contribute to soil migration and those found to cause these issues must be replaced by Lessee at Lessee's expense. If Lessee's private sewage disposal system is found in disrepair, Lessee has thirty (30) days to either correct the defective conditions of said system or remove and replace said system. If the system is replaced it shall properly be disposed of in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. Repair and/or removal and replacement shall be at the sole expense of Lessee. If Lessee fails to correct the defective condition within the thirty (30) day period, the City reserves the right to take any remedial action necessary to correct the condition and dispose of the system. The City shall be reimbursed by Lessee for any and all costs associated with the City's required remedial action, whether City engages in the corrective work itself or hires a third party to engage in same. 10. INSURANCE: Lessee shall obtain insurance on any improvements located on the Leased Property and shall be responsible for all necessary liability or casualty insurance for the Leased Property. The City shall not be liable for damage to Lessee's property or the Leased Property, and the Lessee holds the City harmless from same. 11. WATER LEVEL: It is understood that the City will not be responsible for maintaining any certain lake level and will not be responsible for damage caused to Lessee's improvements or other property of Lessee by the action of the waters. The City reserves the right to raise/lower the water levels of Lake Canton, and the City shall not be responsible for damage caused to 3 Lessee's improvements or other property of Lessee by said raising/lowering of the water levels of Lake Canton. 12. GENERAL REGULATIONS: Lessee will: a. Keep the Leased Property neat and clean and free from noxious weeds and debris. Also, Lessee will maintain the improvements in good repair; b. Install and maintain such facilities for the disposal of sewage, solid or liquid waste as may be required by the City, Fulton County Health Department, State Department of Public Health or other public authority for sanitation and public health. If sewer connections are available and the City so orders, Lessee will connect to the sewer. In no instance will Lessee allow sewage to enter the lake from the Leased Property; c. Care for and protect from injury all shade and ornamental trees, shrubbery, and sod and Lessee will not remove, trim, or permit the removal or trimming of any trees more than three inches in diameter without the consent of the City; d. Permit any of the Leased Property to be denuded of vegetation or to be cultivated in such manner as to cause or permit soil erosion. Further, Lessee agree to maintain the shoreline in good condition; e. Exclude the general public from the Leased Property and from that part of the lake within 25 feet of the shoreline of the Leased Property (except as to navigation); f. Obey all rules, regulations, and ordinances of the City pertaining to leased lots, the lake and surrounding lands and will not allow violations by Lessee's family, Lessee's guests or any other person on the Leased Property; g. Not permit on or near our lot anything in violation of any law — State, Federal, or municipal — or the regulations of any public authority, nor use or permit the premises to be used for any immoral or illegal purposes; h. Not cause nor permit any objectionable noise or odor to be emitted from the Leased Property; nor will Lessee keep on the Leased Property any domestic livestock, poultry, or noisy or dangerous dog; i. Not do nor permit anything to be done or remain on the Leased Property or in or on the lake in any way tending to pollute the waters or to create a nuisance or disturb the peace or quiet of the neighborhood or annoy any occupant of neighboring property; j. Not allow yard waste including grass clippings, leaves or like material to enter the lake from the Leased Property; k. Not use herbicides nor insecticides near the water of the lake nor anywhere rain may wash these chemicals into the lake except with the written permission of the Water Superintendent of the City; 4 1. Not extend any structure into the lake such a dock, boat lift or any other structure more than fifteen feet (15') from the normal shoreline without express consent of the City. The "normal shoreline" is determined when the water level is even with the top of the spillway. Lessee will not install any separate structure such as a fence, post, etc. below the normal water surface. 13. TRANSFER: Lessee may not assign or transfer this Lease or any interest in Lease without the consent of the City; however, Lessee may mortgage the leasehold. This Lease may not be transferred by a mortgagee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or other representative of Lessee nor may it be transferred by operation of law, legal process or any other means whatsoever without the written consent of the City, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. No part of the leased premises may be used by any person other than the Lessee, Lessee's family, guests, agents and employees without written consent of the City. Lessee understands that the annual rent may be adjusted upon transfer. Should Lessee desire to assign or transfer this Lease to any other person, Lessee shall first give written notice to the City with the name of the proposed transferee. No transfer shall be effective unless notice is given to the City, the City approves of the transfer/assignment, a new lease is prepared by the City and the new lease, when signed, is filed with the Fulton County Recorder. 14. VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION: Lessee may surrender this Lease if Lessee has fully performed Lessee's duties and thus be relieved of any further obligation under this Lease. 15. RESERVED RIGHTS OF CITY: a. Lessee understands that the City requires exclusive use of the Leased Property for any public purpose, which is inconsistent with Lessee's occupancy of it, the City may terminate this Lease by giving me six months written notice of its intention and paying Lessee for the value of Lessee's improvements. If the City exercises its rights hereunder, it shall pay to Lessee an amount equal to the value of the premises which shall not exceed the fair market value of the premises. In the event that the City and Lessee cannot agree as to the fair market value of the premises, each shall select a qualified professional real estate appraiser, and the appraisers so selected shall select a third qualified professional real estate appraiser, and the fair market value of the premises shall be the average of the highest and lowest appraisals submitted by these three appraisers. b. Representatives of the City may come upon the Leased Property as follows: (1) At any and all times for the purpose of inspecting. (2) At any time to gain needed access to other land. (3) To plant and care for trees and other vegetation. (4) To construct, operate and maintain sewer, water and gas pipes, electrical lines and pipes and lines for other services and their appurtenances. (5) To improve and protect the shoreline. (6) To do any other work necessary to maintain the lake or its structures. 5 16. DEFAULT: Lessee understand that the City may, at its option, terminate this Lease: a. If Lessee fails to perform Lessee's duties under this Lease, or is otherwise in default of this Lease as set forth elsewhere in this Lease, and fail to remedy the non-performance or other default after sixty (60) days written notice from the City. b. If Lessee fails to vacate at the end of the Lease term. c. If the Lease has been transferred other than in accordance with the provisions in paragraph 13. d. Upon termination, the City may without further demand or notice, enter and take possession of the premises and expel Lessee or anyone else found there without being guilty of forcible entry of trespass and without liability for loss or damage. All buildings and other improvements at the option of the City may become the City's property in full settlement as liquidated damages. The City may take any and all actions available at law or in equity to enforce the terms and conditions of this Lease. In the event the City must enforce the terms and conditions of this Lease, then the Lessee shall be responsible for all reasonable attorney's fees and court costs incurred by the City in relation said enforcement. 17. TERMINATION OF PRIOR LEASE: The Lessee unconditionally releases, indemnifies, holds harmless, acquits, and forever discharges the City, as well as any of its predecessors, successors, and assigns, present and former parents, subsidiaries, elected officials, mayors, city clerks, treasurers, members of City Council, department heads, sextons, affiliates, investors, officers, directors, trustees, shareholders, employees, former employees, independent contractors, agents, representatives, heirs, estates, executors, administrators, attorneys, and/or insurers, all collectively referred to as "Releasees," and each of them, from any and all charges, complaints, claims, promises, agreements, controversies, suits, demands, costs, losses, debts, actions, causes of action, damages,judgments, obligations, liabilities, and expenses of whatever kind and character, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, including any claims for attorneys' fees and costs, which the undersigned parties, now have, own, hold, or claim to have, own, or hold, or may have had, owned, or held, or may in the future claim to have, own, or hold against the Releasees, or any of them, arising from, in connection with or related to any prior lease related to the Leased Property, including the Lakeshore Lease dated March 23, 2010. Upon the execution of this Lease by the City, the City shall be deemed to consent to the assignment of the City of Canton Lakeshore Lease dated March 23, 2010, which was assigned on or about the date of this Lease. Lessee hereby agrees that said prior Lakeshore Lease and/or any other leases covering the Leased Property shall be deemed null, void, and of no further effect upon the execution of this Lease by the City of Canton. LESSEES: Royce Jones Jill Jones 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) ) ss. COUNTY OF FULTON ) I, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Royce and Jill Jones, personally known to me to be the same person(s) whose name(s) are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and severally acknowledged that they signed, sealed, and delivered the said instrument as their free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth. Given under my hand and notarial seal, this l day of Vey , 2021. Notary Public CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS By: '95:.<kri. (..A...4 Kent A. McDowell, or i Attest: L_ , / rAir Di. 'av ey-'ock, i • ' erk STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) ) ss. COUNTY OF FULTON ) I, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Kent A. McDowell, Mayor and Diana Pavley-Rock, City Clerk, of the City of Canton, Illinois, personally known to me to be the same persons and such officers, respectively, whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and severally acknowledged that they signed, sealed and delivered the said instrument as the free and voluntary act of the said City, for the uses and purposes therein set forth, pursuant to due authority conferred by its Council. Given under my hand and notarial seal, this day of , 2021. Notary Public 7 Send tax notice to: Royce and Jill Jones 24927 E. Old Beach Road Canton, IL 61520 This instrument prepared by and return to: City Attorney City of Canton 2 N. Main Street Canton, IL 61520 Telephone (309) 647-0065 8