Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
In 1961, pursuant to Ordinance 702-61, the City of Columbus vacated the alley known as Rush Alley north of West State Street from the west right-of-way line of South McDowell Street to the East right-of-way line of South Mill Street. In 1951, pursuant to Ordinance 674-51, the City of Columbus vacated an alley. The alley is the first alley South of West Broad Street from west right-of-way line west of May Avenue (40 feet wide) (formerly Mead Street) extending westerly to the easterly line of Lot 227 of “M.L. Sullivant’s Western Addition”, of record in Plat Book 1, Page 268. The City reserved a general utility easement in both ordinances for those utilities located within the alleys.
The Department of Public Service recently received a request from Byers Realty, LLC, asking that the City release the reserved general utility easements and quit-claim the previously vacated right-of-way as needed to clear title and satisfy Franklin County Engineers Office. The buyer of the parcel, from Byers Realty, LLC, plans on major redevelopment of this site and others in the Franklinton community.
After receipt of this request, the Department of Public Service’s Division of Planning and Operations verified with all the public and private utility companies that there are no public utilities located within the reserved general utility easements and that they have no objections to these releases and quit-claiming the right-of-way.
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents necessary to release general utility easements and quit-claim the right-of-way previously vacated as needed to clear title to the real property.
2. Fiscal Impact
The City will receive a total of $1000.00, to be deposited in Fund 748, for releasing the easements and quit-claim deeding the right-of-way to clear title.
3. EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION:
Emergency action is requested in order to not delay the transfer of t...
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