Explanation
1. Background
The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, received a request from Kieran Sherry, representative for Columbus State Community College asking that the City transfer them a 2,700 square foot (0.062 acre) portion of the right-of-way near E Spring Street. The right-of-way area is north of Spring Street and east of Cleveland Avenue, abutted to the north by parcel 010-014105.
Transfer of this right-of-way will allow the owner to incorporate it into the adjacent parcel to accommodate setback requirements for an upcoming development. The Department of Public Service has agreed to transfer the right-of-way via a quitclaim deed as described and shown within the attached legal description and exhibit and extinguishes its need for this public right-of-way.
Per current practice, comments were solicited from interested parties, including City agencies, private utilities and the applicable area commission, before it was determined that, subject to the retention of a general utility easement for those utilities currently located within this right-of-way, the City will not be adversely affected by the transfer of this right-of-way.
The Department of Public Service submitted a request to the City Attorney’s Office, asking that they establish a value for this right-of-way, and a value of $81,200.00 was established.
This request went before the Land Review Commission on July 17, 2025. After review of the request, the Land Review Commission voted to recommend the above referenced right-of-way be transferred to Columbus State Community College at the cost of $0.00 to them.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
The Land Review Commission waived the cost, therefore, there is no fiscal impact to the City for transfer of the requested right-of-way.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents necessary for the transfer of a 0.062 acre portion of right-of-way near E Spring St. to Columbus State Community College. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, received a request from Kieran Sherry, representative for Columbus State Community College asking that the City transfer them a 2,700 square foot (0.062 acre) portion of the right-of-way near E Spring St. The right-of-way area is north of Spring Street and east of Cleveland Avenue, abutted to the north by parcel 010-014105; and
WHEREAS, transfer of this right-of-way will be to allow the owner to incorporate it into the adjacent parcel to accommodate setback requirements for an upcoming development; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service has agreed to transfer via quitclaim deed the right-of-way as described and shown within attached legal description and exhibit, and extinguishes its need for this public right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, per current practice, comments were solicited from interested parties, including City agencies, private utilities and the applicable area commission, before it was determined that, subject to the retention of a general utility easement for those utilities currently located within this right-of-way, the City will not be adversely affected by the transfer of this right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service submitted a request to the City Attorney’s Office, asking that they establish a value for this right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, a value of $81,200.00 was established; and
WHEREAS, this request went before the Land Review Commission on July 17, 2025; and
WHEREAS, after review of the request, the Land Review Commission voted to recommend the above referenced right-of-way be transferred to Columbus State Community College at the cost of $0.00; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Public Service be, and hereby is, authorized to execute a quitclaim deed and other incidental instruments prepared by the City Attorney’s Office, necessary to transfer the right-of-way described below and depicted in the attached exhibit which is incorporated into this ordinance for reference, to Columbus State Community College; to-wit:
Description of a 0.062 Acre Tract
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, and being part of Half Section 12, Township 5, Range 22, Refugee Lands and being parts of Lots 18 and 17 of John C. Bullitt’s Eighth Street Addition to the City of Columbus as the same are numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 3, Page 299, and as conveyed to the City of Columbus by deeds of record in Deed Book 2326, Page 1 and Deed Book 2322, Page 492, all references being to those records of the Office of Recorder, Franklin County, Ohio unless otherwise noted and being parts of Connell Avenue and McKee Street as vacated by the City of Columbus by Ordinance No. 2120-83, Section One and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at an iron pin found in a monument box found at the centerline intersection of the realigned Spring Street (80.00 foot right-of-way as delineated on the right-of-way plan set of FRA-3-17.17, FRA-62-15.96 & FRA-102-0.00, on file with ODOT District 6, Delaware, Ohio) and Cleveland Avenue;
Thence with the centerline of realigned Spring Street North 75 degrees 53 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance of 182.87 feet to a point;
Thence leaving said centerline North 14 degrees 06 minutes 11 seconds West, a distance of 40.00 feet to an iron pin set in the northerly right-of-way of said realigned Spring Street, said iron pin being the True Point of Beginning of the following herein described tract;
Thence with the center of vacated Connell Avenue and a line of said Connell Avenue accreted into lots 8, 9 and 10 of said John C. Bullitt’s Eighth Street Addition conveyed to Columbus State Community College by deed of record in Official Record 1496 A11, Official Record 1127 E08 and Deed Book 3792 page 61, respectively, (See Instrument Number 201711170163100), North 03 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, a distance of 55.00 feet to an iron pin set in the center of McKee Street vacated by Ordinance No. 2120-83;
Thence with said center of vacated McKee Street and a line of the said McKee Street accreted into lots 15 and 16 of said John C. Bullitt’s Eighth Street Addition conveyed to Columbus State Community College by deed of record in Deed Book 3512 page 681 and Deed Book 3272 page 392, respectively, (See Instrument Number 201711170163100), South 85 degrees 44 minutes 53 seconds East, a distance of 54.29 feet to an iron pin set;
Thence with a line through said vacated McKee Street and the line between said Lot 18 and Lot 19 of said John C. Bullitt’s Eighth Street Addition conveyed to Columbus State Community College by deed of record in Official Record 19304 E09, rerecorded in Official Record 19321 I06 (See Instrument Number 201711170163100), South 14 degrees 06 minutes 11 seconds East, a distance of 35.30 feet to an iron pin set in the northwesterly right-of-way of the said realigned Spring Street as delineated on the said right-of-way plan set of FRA-3-17.17, FRA-62-15.96 & FRA-102-0.00, on file with ODOT District 6, Delaware, Ohio;
Thence with said right-of-way of the said realigned Spring Street, South 75 degrees 53 minutes 49 seconds West a distance of 68.24 feet to the True Point of Beginning and containing 0.062 Acres more or less, of which 0.034 acres more or less are the remainder of said Lot 17 plus a portion of said vacated Connell Avenue and a portion of said vacated McKee Street, no Auditor’s parcel number currently assigned, and 0.028 acres more or less are the remainder of said Lot 18 plus a portion of said vacated McKee Street, being part of Auditor’s parcel 010-004342.
Iron pins set are 5/8”x 30” rebars with caps stamped “RII”.
The basis of bearings for the foregoing description is the Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone (NAD 83) and was established utilizing O. D. O. T.’s RTN System, GPS equipment and procedures with an established bearing of North 75 degrees 53 minutes 49 seconds East on the centerline of the realigned Spring Street.
This description was prepared from existing records and a field survey performed in April 2024
Section 2. That the attached referenced real property shall be, and hereby is, considered excess road right-of-way and the public rights therein shall terminate upon the Director's execution and delivery of said quitclaim deed to the grantee thereof.
Section 3. That a general utility easement in, on, over, across and through the legal description and attached exhibit describing the right-of-way shall be retained unto the City of Columbus for those utilities located within said right-of-way.
Section 4. That upon notification and verification of the relocation of all utilities located within the retained general utility easement area the Director of the Department of Public Service is hereby authorized to execute those documents necessary to release the retained general utility easement with no additional compensation due to the City and with no further legislative action required by the City.
SECTION 5. That the Land Review Commission waived the cost, therefore, there is no fiscal impact to the City for this transfer of the requested right-of-way.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.