Explanation
Panda Restaurant Group, Inc., is planning to open a Panda Express restaurant at 2044 North High Street (the southeast corner of Woodruff Avenue and High Street). As a part of the building design the double side entrance doors will swing open into the City's Woodruff Avenue right-of-way. The Woodruff Avenue sidewalk at this location is approximately 14 feet 10 inches wide and when open these doors will encroach into the existing right-of-way approximately 3 feet leaving approximately 11 feet 10 inches of sidewalk. Additionally Panda Express intends to install 30-inch spherical bollards on each side of the doors to prevent pedestrians from being hit when the doors swing open. The Public Service Department, Transportation Division recently received a request to investigate the proposal to install outward swinging double doors and protective bollards at this location. After staff investigation was completed it was determined there would be no adverse impact to the City upon the granting of the requested encroachment easement. A value of $500.00 was established for the granting of this encroachment easement.
The City will receive a total of $500.00, to be deposited in Fund 748, Project 537650, as consideration for the granting of the requested encroachment easement.
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To authorize the Director of the Public Service Department to execute those documents necessary to allow the City to grant an encroachment easement into the south side of Woodruff Avenue to allow for installation of outward swinging double doors and protective bollards for a side entrance to the proposed Panda Express at 2044 North High Street.
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WHEREAS, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc., is planning to open a Panda Express restaurant at 2044 North High Street (the southeast corner of Woodruff Avenue and High Street); and
WHEREAS, as a part of the building design the double side entrance doors will swing open into the City's Woodruff Avenue right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the sidewalk at this location is approximately 14 feet 10 inches wide and when open these doors will encroach into the existing right-of-way approximately 3 feet leaving approximately 11 feet 10 inches of sidewalk; and
WHEREAS, Panda Express intends to install 30-inch spherical bollards on each side of the doors to prevent pedestrians from being hit when the doors swing open; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Public Service Department, Transportation Division, recently received a request from Panda Restaurant Group, Inc., asking that the City grant an encroachment easement into the south side of Woodruff Avenue for these outward swinging double doors and the bollards; and
WHEREAS, after staff investigation it was determined there would be no adverse impact to the City upon the granting of the requested encroachment easement; and
WHEREAS, a value of $500.00 has been established for the granting of the requested encroachment easement; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Public Service Department be and is hereby authorized to execute those documents necessary to allow the City to grant the following described encroachment easement to Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.; to-wit:
36 SQUARE FOOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ENCROACHMENT EASEMENT
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, being a 36 square foot rectangular tract in the right of way of East Woodruff Avenue and being more particularly described as follows
BEGINNING for reference at the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of East Woodruff Avenue and the easterly right-of-way line of North High Street;
Thence with the southerly right-of-way line of East Woodruff Avenue, North 90°00'00" East, a distance of 52.00 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence from the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING leaving the southerly right-of-way line of said East Woodruff Avenue and with a new line across and through the right-of-way of said East Woodruff Avenue the following three (3) courses:
1. North 00°00'00" East, a distance of 3.00 feet to a point;
2. North 90°00'00" East, a distance of 12.00 feet to a point;
3. South 00°00'00" West, a distance of 3.00 feet to a point in the southerly right-of-way line of said East Woodruff Avenue;
Thence with the southerly right-of-way line of said East Woodruff Avenue, South 90°00'00" West, a distance of 12.00 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING containing 36 square feet of land, more or less
Bearings for this description are based on the assumed bearing of North 00°00'00" East assigned to the centerline of East Woodruff Avenue.
The above description was written by George W. Schweitzer, Ohio Professional Surveyor No. 6736 of Geo-Graphics, Inc.
Section 2. That the $500.00 to be received by the City as consideration for the granting of the requested encroachment easement shall be deposited in Fund 748, Project 537650.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.