Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation amends slightly the boundaries of the 5th By Northwest Area Commission by amending Ordinance 0491-2007. On April 11, 2007 City Council passed Ordinance # 491-2007 establishing the 5th By Northwest Area Commission. The commission's southern boundary is currently West Third Avenue. At the time of its creation, the intent of the commission's southern boundary was to include the south side of Third Avenue from Westwood Avenue eastward to Olentangy River Road.
Chapter 3111 of the City Code states that a commission area's boundaries are to be described by the centerline of natural or artificial boundaries. In this instance West Third Avenue is an artificial boundary (a street) and so therefore its 'centerline' is the current demarcation defining the 5th By Northwest Area Commission's southern boundary. This legislation will amend Chapter 3111.15 of the City Code defining the 5th By Northwest Area Commission's boundaries reflecting clearly its southern boundary as being the alley just south of West Third Avenue running eastward from the alley just west of Westwood Avenue to the railroad bridge over West Third Avenue. This legislation will also amend slightly the 5th By Northwest Area Commission's western boundary to include adjacent alleys paralleling King Avenue, Wyandotte Road and Glenn Avenue and correct an incorrect code section number.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To supplement the Columbus City Codes, 1959, by amending Ordinance 0491-2007, and adjusting the boundaries of the 5th By Northwest Area Commission contained in Columbus City Code Section 3111.15.
Body
WHEREAS, Chapter 3111.15 of the City Code defines the boundaries of the 5th By Northwest Area Commission by currently defining its southern boundary as West Third Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the intent of the 5th By Northwest Area Commission's boundaries were to encompass the south side of West Third Avenue from the alley just west of Westwood Avenue eastward to the railroad bridge over West Third Avenue to Olentangy River Road; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 3109.05 of the City Code states that a commission area's boundaries are to be described by the centerline of natural or artificial boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the description of West Third Avenue as the southern boundary of the 5th By Northwest Area Commission currently places that boundary down the 'centerline' of the street which does not include the south side of West Third Avenue; and
WHEREAS, in addition, the 5th By Northwest Area Commission's western boundary will be slightly amended to include adjacent alleys paralleling King Avenue, Wyandotte Road and Glenn Avenue, and
WHEREAS, this legislation amends Section 1 of Ordinance 0491-2007, which created Columbus City Code Section 3111.15 and the 5th By Northwest Area Commission, by extending slightly the 5th By Northwest Area Commission's southern most boundary to include the south side of West Third Avenue as well as its western boundary by including the alleys paralleling King Avenue, Wyandotte Road and Glenn Avenue and correcting an incorrect code section number; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance 0491-2007, passed April 11, 2007, is hereby amended to read as follows:
3111.15 3114.14 The 5th By Northwest Area created.
There is hereby created in the city of Columbus a Commission Area to be known as the 5th By Northwest Area, containing approximately 589.35 acres and 4795 households, located, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of Kinnear Road and North Star Avenue, following North Star Avenue southward to the alley just north of King Avenue;
Thence westward on said alley north of King Avenue to the alley just west of Wyandotte Road;
Thence south on the alley just west of Wyndott Road to 5th Avenue;
Thence east on 5th Avenue to the alley just west of Glenn Avenue;
Thence south on said alley to the alley just north of West Third Avenue;
Thence eastward along the alley just north of West Third Avenue to the alley just west of Westwood Avenue;
Thence south on the alley just west of Westwood Avenue to the alley just south of West Third Avenue;
Thence eastward on the alley just south of West Third Avenue to Edgehill Road;
Thence eastward from Edgehill Road, following a line parallel to the corporate boundary of the city of Columbus, eastward
to an intersection with the railroad right-of-way;
Thence north along the railroad righ-of-way to West Third Avenue;
Thence east on West Third Avenue to Olentangy River Road;
Thence northward on Olentangy River Road to the City of Columbus, Clinton Township boundary;
Thence westward to Hess Boulevard;
Thence northward on Hess Boulevard to Chambers Road;
Thence westward on Chambers Road to Concord Avenue;\par Thence westward along the Clinton Township, City of Columbus boundary, to Chesapeake Avenue;
Thence northward along the Clinton Township, City of Columbus boundary to Sells Avenue;
Thence eastward to Kenny Road;
Thence northward on Kenny Road to Kinnear Road;\par Thence westward along Kinnear Road to North Star Road
Beginning at the intersection of Glenn Avenue and Third Avenue following West Third Avenue eastward to Olentangy River Road;
Thence northward on Olentangy River Road to the City of Columbus, Clinton Township boundary;
Thence westward to Hess Boulevard;
Thence northward on Hess Boulevard to Chambers Road;
Thence westward on Chamber Road to Concord Avenue;
Thence westward along the Clinton Township, City of Columbus boundary, to Chesapeake Avenue;
Thence northward along the Clinton Township, City of Columbus boundary to Sells Avenue;
Thence eastward to Kenny Road;
Thence northward to Kinnear Road;
Thence westward to North Star Road;
Thence southward to Chambers Road;
Thence eastward to Chesapeake Avenue;
Thence southwest to North Star Road;
Thence southward to King Avenue;
Thence westward to Wyandotte road;
Thence southward to Fifth Avenue;
Thence eastward to Glenn Avenue;
Thence southward to Third Avenue.