Explanation
Background:
The City of Columbus, Ohio (“City”), Department of Public Service, owns and manages certain public right-of-way known as Alum Creek Drive. The City’s Department of Public Service discovered that certain real property improvements of an historic cemetery (“Cemetery”) encroach into the public right-of-way of Alum Creek Drive. The City’s Department of Public Service reviewed, approved, and determined that vacating portions of the City’s public right-of-way to Alum Creek Drive does not adversely affect the City and should be granted at no cost, because the portions of public right-of-way encroached upon by the Cemetery is not needed by the City. However, the City will retain a general utility easement over the Property, and the City will retain a temporary construction easement over the Property to complete restorative construction of Alum Creek Drive. Therefore, this ordinance waives the Land Review Commission requirements of Columbus City Code, Chapter 328, and this ordinance authorizes the City’s Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents prepared and approved by the Columbus City Attorney, Real Estate Division, necessary to vacate, transfer, and quit-claim grant certain portions of Alum Creek Drive public right-of-way to the following four (4) adjacent property owners of the Cemetery: (A) 0.007 acres to Congregation Ahavas Shalom; (B) 0.015 acres to The First Hungarian Hebrew Congregation; (C) 0.017 acres to the Trustees of the Congregation Agudas Achim; and (D) 0.007 acres to The Trustees of the Congregation of the House of Jacob.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Not requested.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service on behalf of the City of Columbus, Ohio, to execute the documents prepared and approved by the Columbus City Attorney, Real Estate Division, necessary vacate, transfer, and quit-claim grant certain portions of Alum Creek Drive public r...
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