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Consider License Agreement between Piedmont Regional MLS, Inc. and City of Rock Hill for Storage Units.
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In 2008, the Piedmont Regional MLS, Inc. (PRMLS) approached the City of Rock Hill staff regarding the potential lease or purchase of real property located immediately behind the Palmetto Room at Historic Old Town (PRHOT). The PRHOT is located in the rear portion of the former McCrory’s Building. The street address of the PRHOT is 150 East White Street. Staff from the City of Rock Hill Economic and Urban Development Department and the President of PRMLS had several discussions on this topic in 2008 and 2009.
Over portions of the last two years, PRMLS has leased PODS (Portable On Demand Storage) units to store chairs, tables, and other equipment associated with the PRHOT. The PODS were placed in the White Street Parking Lot. The PODS were not permitted and the PODS were not visually attractive. PRMLS asked for additional time to identify a storage solution when objections were made regarding the PODS.
To eliminate the PODS, PRMLS asked the City of Rock Hill to sell or lease a small portion of the White Street Parking Lot. The land would allow PRMLS to build a storage room addition at the rear of the PRHOT. The PRMLS would use the acquired land (via sale or lease) to replace the sidewalk that would be eliminated with the construction of the storage room. The storage room has been determined to be necessary by PRMLS to store ballroom tables, chairs, and other equipment used at the PRHOT.
City of Rock Hill staff indicated several requirements that would need to be met if the City were to entertain the idea of selling or leasing the land requested. The requirements pertained to the replacement of sidewalk, maintenance of utilities, maintenance of a fire lane, architectural issues associated with the addition to be built, pedestrian connectivity impacts, parking impacts, cost of the land to be sold or leased, and other related matters. Staff ...
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