Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service in engaged in the Intersection Improvements - Refugee Road at Hines Road project. This project consists of installing a new railroad coordinated traffic signal and make improvements to the north and west approaches of the intersection of Refugee Road and Hines Road to add left turn lanes. Curb, walk and a shared use path will be added on Refugee Road west of the intersection. Curb and walk will be added on the west side of Hines Road north of the intersection. The project will also install curb ramps, lighting, a stormwater basin, and storm sewer as needed.
A portion of real property owned by the City of Columbus known as Refugee Road (between Hines Road and the Railroad Tracks on the south side of Refugee Road), Franklin County Parcel Numbers 530-193324, needs to be converted to and dedicated as right-of-way for roadway purpose to accommodate the improvements contemplated by this project. Current plans indicate a 0.606 acre will need to be converted and dedicated for this purpose, to dedicate the property as road right-of-way and name the road right-of-way as Refugee Road and Hines Road.
This ordinance permits the City to convert and dedicate the property as road right-of-way and name the road right-of-way as Refugee Road and Hines Road.
A portion of real property owned by the City of Columbus known as 116802 Refugee Road, Fairfield County Parcel Number 0580206221, needs to be converted to and dedicated as right-of-way for roadway purposes to accommodate the improvements contemplated by this project. Current plans indicate a 0.679 acre will need to be converted and dedicated for this purpose, to dedicate the property as road right-of-way and name the road right-of-way as Refugee Road.
This ordinance permits the City to convert and dedicate the property as road right-of-way and name the road right-of-way as Refugee Road.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no expenditure associated with this Ordinance.
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To dedicate two tracts of real property owned by the City of Columbus as road right-of-way; to name the first said public right-of way as Refugee Road and Hines Road, and name the second said public right-of way as Refugee Road. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 723.03 requires property to be used as a public street or alley be accepted and dedicated as public right-of-way by an ordinance specially passed for such purpose; and
WHEREAS, current plans indicate City owned land, totaling 0.606 acre tract and a 0.679 acre tract, will need to be converted and dedicated to right-of-ways for these purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to convert and dedicate a 0.606 acre tract and a 0.679, as public right-of-way;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City of Columbus hereby dedicates the following described properties as road right-of-ways; to-wit:
PARCEL 6-WD
FRA-CR14-0.05
ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN FEE SIMPLE
IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY
WITHOUT LIMITATIONS OF EXISITING ACCESS RIGHTS
IN THE NAME AND FOR THE USE OF THE
CITY OF COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
Being a parcel of land lying on the left and right side of the existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road as shown on a centerline survey plat made in 2026 for the City of Columbus as recorded in Plat Book 132, Page 818 of the records of Franklin County, Ohio;
Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in Section 6, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Congress Lands East of the Scioto, being part of that tract conveyed as Parcel No. 1 to City of Columbus, Ohio by deed of record in Official Record 14003G18 (all references are to the records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, unless noted otherwise), and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning, for reference, at FCGS 9941RESET at a common corner of said Section 6 and Half Section 54, Section 30, Township 16 North, Range 20 West, Refugee Lands and at a common corner of Franklin County and Fairfield County, located 40.92 feet left of existing centerline of right-of-way and construction of Realigned Refugee Road station 31+84.28;
Thence South 86° 24' 09" East, with the line common to said Section 6 and said Half Section 54, the line common to said Franklin County and Fairfield County, a distance of 677.80 feet to a mag spike set at a common corner of said City of Columbus tract and that tract conveyed as Parcel No. 1 to Gender Associates, LTD. by deed of record in Official Record 11451E03, being in the southerly line of that tract conveyed to Gender Associates, LTD. of record in Deed Book 560, Page 135 of record in the Recorder’s Office, Fairfield County, Ohio, the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, located at station 38+64.26 on the existing centerline of right-of-way and construction of Realigned Refugee Road and 40.83 feet left of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 505+84.38;
Thence South 86° 24' 09" East, with the line common to said Section 6 and said Half Section 54, the line common to said Franklin County and Fairfield County, the centerline of Refugee Road (Width Varies) the line common to said City of Columbus tract and said Gender Associates, LTD. tract (D.B. 560, P. 135), a distance of 218.99 feet to a mag spike set at a common corner of said City of Columbus tract and said Gender Associates, LTD. tract (D.B. 560, P. 135), in the westerly line of that tract conveyed to Pennsylvania Lines LLC by deed of record in Instrument Number 200212180325195, N.K.A. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, successor by merger of record in Instrument Number 200710260186473, located at station 507+90.00 on the existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road;
Thence South 49° 58' 41" East, with the line common to said City of Columbus tract and said railroad parcel, a distance of 67.37 feet to an iron pin set, located 40.00 feet right of existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 508+44.20;
Thence with the southerly and easterly line of the highway easement conveyed to the County of Franklin of record in Deed Book 3197, Page 182, being the southerly right-of-way line of said Refugee Road and the easterly right-of-way line of Motts Place Road (Width Varies) across said City of Columbus, Ohio tract, the following courses and distances:
South 85° 57' 25" West, a distance of 222.67 feet to an iron pin set, located 45.00 feet right of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 506+00.00;
South 64° 40' 50" West, a distance of 86.63 feet to an iron pin set, located 36.00 feet right of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 505+00.00;
South 48° 25' 00" West, a distance of 44.33 feet to a 5/8 inch rebar found, located 33.00 feet right of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 504+50.00;
South 34° 03' 46" West, a distance of 62.32 feet to a point, located 32.00 feet right of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 503+80.00 (reference a 5/8 inch rebar found South 58° 56' 10" East at a distance of 0.34 feet, located 32.34 feet right of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 503+79.97);
South 20° 35' 46" West, a distance of 73.04 feet to an iron pin set, located 30.00 feet right of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 503+00.00;
South 21° 35' 46" West, a distance of 75.66 feet to a 5/8 inch rebar found, located 20.00 feet right of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 502+25.00;
South 14° 00' 06" West, a distance of 25.00 feet to a 5/8 inch rebar found, located 20.00 feet right of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 502+00.00; and
North 75° 59' 54" West, a distance of 21.75 feet to a mag spike set at the northeasterly corner of that subdivision titled “Hummel Grove Section 2” of record in Plat Book 75, Page 64, a southeasterly corner of said Gender Associates, LTD. tract (O.R. 11451E03), a southwesterly corner of said City of Columbus tract, located 1.75 feet left of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 502+00.00;
Thence with the line common to said City of Columbus tract and said Gender Associates, LTD. tract (O.R. 11451E03) the following courses and distances:
North 16° 05' 51" East, a distance of 159.33 feet to a mag spike set, located 0.69 feet right of existing centerline of right-of-way of Old Refugee Road station 503+59.49; and
North 34° 35' 51” East, a distance of 237.50 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.606 acre, more or less, all of which is located within Auditor’s Parcel Number 530-193324-00.
Subject, however, to all legal rights-of-way and/or easements, if any, of previous record.
Iron pins set, where indicated, are 3/4 inch iron rebar, thirty (30) inches long with a 2 inch diameter aluminum cap placed on top bearing the initials EMHT INC.
All bearings shown are for project use only. The bearings described herein are based on the Ohio County Coordinate System, Franklin County Zone, NAD83 (2011 Adj (2010.0 Epoch)). Said bearings originated from a field traverse which was tied (referenced) to said coordinate system by GNSS observations and using the Ohio Real Time Network. The portion of the South line of Half Section 54, Section 30, Township 16 North, Range 20 West, Refugee Lands, having a bearing of South 86° 24' 09" East is designated the “Basis of Bearing” for this survey.
This description is based on an actual field survey performed by or under the direct supervision of Joshua M. Meyer, Professional Surveyor Number 8485, in October 2024 and July 2025.
EVANS, MECHWART, HAMBLETON & TILTON, INC.
Joshua M. Meyer Date
Professional Surveyor No. 8485
PARCEL 12-WD
FAI-CR7-0.05
ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN FEE SIMPLE
IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY
WITHOUT LIMITATIONS OF EXISITING ACCESS RIGHTS
IN THE NAME AND FOR THE USE OF THE
CITY OF COLUMBUS, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO
Being a parcel of land lying on the left side of the existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road (Width Varies) as shown on a centerline survey plat made in 2026 for the City of Columbus as recorded in Document Number 202600004249 of the records of Fairfield County, Ohio;
Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Fairfield, City of Columbus, lying in Half Section 54, Section 30, Township 16 North, Range 20 West, Refugee Lands, being part of that tract conveyed to City of Columbus, Ohio by deed of record in Deed Book 617, Page 153 (all references are to the records of the Recorder's Office, Fairfield County, Ohio), and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning, for reference, at Franklin County Geodetic Survey Monument FCGS 9978, being the Southeasterly corner of said Half Section 54, in the northerly line of Section 6, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Congress Lands East of the Scioto, the line common to Franklin County and Fairfield County, being in the centerline of Refugee Road, located on the existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 525+42.88;
Thence North 86° 24' 09" West, with the line common to said Half Section 54 and said Section 6, the line common to Franklin County and Fairfield County, the centerline of Refugee Road, a distance of 917.88 feet to a mag spike set in the southerly line of said City of Columbus tract, at a common corner of the remainder of that tract conveyed as the First Tract to Colborn M. Addison, Trustee of the Sally Johnson Holt Trust (6.6489%) by deed of record in Official Record 22698A01, also conveyed to Jonathan Holt (6.6489%) by deed of record in Official Record 22698A05, also conveyed to National City Bank, Trustee (86.7022%) by deeds of record in Official Record 8220I15, Official Record 23973H04, Instrument Number 200002030024306 and Instrument Number 200002030024307 of the records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and that tract conveyed to City of Columbus, Ohio by deed of record in Instrument Number 200611130226615 of the records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, located on the existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 516+25.00;
Thence North 86° 24' 09" West, with the line common to said Half Section 54 and said Section 6, the line common to Franklin County and Fairfield County, the centerline of Refugee Road, the line common to said City of Columbus tract (D.B. 617, P. 153) and said Colborn M. Addison, Trustee, Etal. Tract, a distance of 292.37 feet to a mag spike set at a common corner of said City of Columbus tract (D.B. 617, P. 153) and that tract conveyed to the City of Columbus, Ohio by deed of record in Deed Book 606, Page 748, located on existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 513+32.63;
Thence North 03° 31' 15" East, across said Refugee Road, with the line common to said City of Columbus tracts (D.B. 606, P. 748 and D.B. 617, P. 153) a distance of 49.21 feet to a common corner of said City of Columbus tract (D.B. 606, P. 748) and the tract conveyed to the City of Columbus, Ohio by deed of record in Official Record 1512, Page 323, located 49.21 feet left of existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 513+32.57 (reference a 5/8 inch rebar found North 86° 09' 05" East, a distance of 0.34 feet, located 49.25 feet left of existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 513+32.90 and reference a 3/4 inch bent iron pipe found North 27° 31' 23" East, a distance of 0.20 feet located 49.39 feet left of existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 513+32.65);
Thence with the northerly line of the highway easement conveyed to the County of Fairfield of record in Deed Book 395, Page 403, the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road, across said City of Columbus tract (Deed Book 617, Page 153), the following courses and distances:
South 83° 15' 16" East, a distance of 167.69 feet to a point, located 40.00 feet left of existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 515+00.00 (reference a 5/8 inch rebar found South 82° 50' 51" East, a distance of 0.21 feet, located 39.99 feet left of existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 515+00.21);
South 77° 18' 44" East, a distance of 126.59 feet to a point, located 20.00 feet left of existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 516+25.00 (reference a 5/8 inch rebar found South 55° 19' 20" West, a distance of 0.13 feet, located 19.92 feet left of existing centerline of right-of-way of Refugee Road station 516+24.89);
South 03° 35' 51" West, a distance of 20.00 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.257 acre, more or less, all of which is located within Auditor’s Parcel Number 0580206221.
Subject, however, to all legal rights-of-way and/or easements, if any, of previous record.
Iron pins set, where indicated, are 3/4 inch iron rebar, thirty (30) inches long with a 2 inch diameter aluminum cap placed on top bearing the initials EMHT INC.
All bearings shown are for project use only. The bearings described herein are based on the Ohio County Coordinate System, Franklin County Zone, NAD83 (2011 Adj (2010.0 Epoch)). Said bearings originated from a field traverse which was tied (referenced) to said coordinate system by GNSS observations and using the Ohio Real Time Network. The portion of the South line of Half Section 54, Section 30, Township 16 North, Range 20 West, Refugee Lands, having a bearing of South 86° 24' 09" East is designated the “Basis of Bearing” for this survey.
This description is based on an actual field survey performed by or under the direct supervision of Joshua M. Meyer, Professional Surveyor Number 8485, in October 2024 and July 2025.
EVANS, MECHWART, HAMBLETON & TILTON, INC.
Joshua M. Meyer Date
Professional Surveyor No. 8485
SECTION 2. That the City of Columbus hereby converts and dedicates the above described road right-of-way as Refugee Road and Hines Road and Refugee Road, respectively.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.