Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City possesses title to a sanitary sewer easement described and recorded in Instrument Number 194607080080285, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio (“Easement”). The Easement burdens real property located in the vicinity of 1390 West Mound Street, Columbus, Ohio {Franklin County Tax Parcel 010-045676} (“Servient Estate”) currently owned by Evans Carpet Junkyard, Inc., an Ohio for profit corporation. The City’s Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) has reviewed a request by the owner of the Servient Estate to vacate the existing easement and determined that the Easement is no longer needed as it was a common sanitary sewer shared between two house that were demolished many years ago when the site was redeveloped. DPU has determined that terminating the City’s rights to the Easement does not adversely affect the City and should be granted at no monetary cost.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Not applicable.
Title
To authorize the director of the Department of Public Utilities to execute those document(s) necessary to release the City’s easement rights described and recorded in Instrument Number 194607080080285, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) received a request from Evans Carpet Junkyard, Inc., to vacate a sanitary easement recorded in Instrument Number 194607080080285, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio (“Easement”); and
WHEREAS, DPU reviewed the request and determined that the Easement is no longer needed and that the Easement should be released at no monetary cost; and
WHEREAS, the City intends for the City Attorney to approve all document(s) associated with this ordinance; and now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) is authorized to execute any document(s) necessary to release and terminate the eas...
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