Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate necessary for the Norton Road -Broad to Hall Road Project.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow the Eminent Domain actions to proceed without delay thereby allowing this project to be in compliance with the requirements set forth by the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate necessary the Norton Road -Broad to Hall Road Project, and to declare an emergency
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the Norton Road -Broad to Hall Road Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 284X-2003, on the 14th day of July, 2003, declaring the necessity and intent to appropriate the real property interests hereinafter described and the purpose of the appropriation, and notice of such adoption of said resolution has been served in accordance with Columbus City Code Sec. 909.03; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service, Division of Transportation, in that it is necessary to appropriate such real property interests so that there will be no delay in the aforementioned project, and for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That fee simple title and lesser interests in and to the parcels listed in Section 3 hereof, as are fully described in Resolution No. 284X-2003, adopted July 14, 2003, said descriptions being incorporated herein, be approp...
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