Attorney Mathew McCoy, on behalf of his client, has requested a City-owned remnant parcel located at 34th St between Waters Avenue and Live Oak Street (PINs 20055 27006) be declared surplus and available for sale to the adjacent property owner. The requestor’s client currently owns the surrounding parcels and intends to develop the assembled site. The small remnant totals 1,000 square feet (.023 acres). A third-party appraiser has determined fair market value (FMV) of the property to be $12,000. If declared surplus and available for sale, FMV would be paid for the remnant parcel. 

Georgia Code 36-37-6 provides authorization for municipalities to “sell and convey parcels of narrow strips of land so shaped or so small be incapable of being used independently as zoned or under applicable subdivision or other development ordinances ... to abutting property owners." (ie: remnant parcels). This request was reviewed by the office of Assistant City Attorney Shearouse, and the Public Works, Development Services, Park and Tree, Planning and Urban Design, and Real Estate Services Departments. Additionally, staff requests authorization for the City Manager to execute a deed and associated closing documents.

Approval