§ 72-40. Initiation of donation of adjudicated property.

(a)

The administrator shall promulgate a form with which qualified non-profits may apply for donation of specified adjudicated property or properties. The form shall require specification of the applicant's intended use for the property. The form shall require the applicant to submit a proposed act of donation, which document must explicitly incorporate all terms and conditions of donation imposed by this article, and must bind the qualified non-profit to renovate and maintain the sought property until its conveyance. No application shall be considered for donation of property which has been adjudicated property for less than two years and six months. Subsequent adjudications of the property shall not prevent consideration of an application for donation.

(b)

Upon receipt of a potential donee's application, the administrator shall determine whether the application conforms with such terms and conditions as this article and rules promulgated under its authority impose on donation of the specified property or properties. No application shall be considered unless all potential acquiring persons verity by affidavit that they are neither owners nor tax debtors. The administrator may request of the applicant such further information as he may deem necessary to reach his determination.

(c)

If the administrator concludes that the applicant appears capable of complying with the terms and conditions to be imposed on donation of the specified property or properties, he shall further consider whether the applicant's intended use comports with the character of the surrounding area and contributes to neighborhood stabilization and/or revitalization. The administrator shall take into account input, if available, from community groups encompassing the property or properties (including but not limited to neighborhood coteries, community associations and homeowners' associations) as well as any criteria imposed by ordinance, by resolution or by rules promulgated under the authority of this article.

(d)

Upon preliminary approval of an application for donation made by a qualified non-profit, the administrator shall recommend the donation to the Lafayette City-Parish Council, including in his recommendation the proposed act of donation.

(e)

Should the Lafayette City-Parish Council by ordinance, and the Lafayette City-Parish President by execution, approve the donation, the administrator shall require the notices required by this article in the section entitled "Notice of sale or donation of adjudicated property."

(f)

All qualified non-profits approved for donation by the administrator pursuant to this section shall pay a fee of $500.00 to Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government as a condition of the donation.

(Ord. No. O-246-2015, § 4, 11-17-15; Ord. No. O-150-2017, § 5, 8-8-2017)