Explanation
1. Background: The City has determined that the design and implementation of public improvements directly affect the public health, safety and welfare of citizens who are utilizing the streets, roadways and other public properties as well as the aesthetic character of the City. The City of Columbus has also made a significant investment for the relocation and burial of previously existing overhead utility lines within King-Lincoln Underground District. As a result, the Public Service Department is recommending that City Council establish the “King Lincoln Underground Utility District” in order to protect the City’s investment and perpetually maintain the resulting aesthetic improvement of these roadways. The District is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the centerline of 1-71 and the intersection of Broad Street;
Thence northerly along the centerline of I-71 to the intersection of Spring Street;
Thence easterly along the north Right-of-Way of Spring Street to Hamilton Avenue;
Thence southerly along the east Right-of-Way of Hamilton Road to the north Right-of-Way of Long Street;
Thence easterly along the Right-of-Way of Long Street to the east Right-of-Way of Garfield Avenue;
Thence southerly to the south Right-of-Way of Long Street;
Thence westerly along the southern Right-of-Way of Long St to the eastern Right-of-Way of Hamilton Avenue;
Thence southerly along the eastern Right-of-Way of Hamilton Avenue to the centerline of Broad Street;
Thence westerly along the centerline of Broad Street to the point of beginning.
The creation of this underground utility district will prohibit the future installation of overhead utility lines, wires, cables, transformers, or other appurtenances, including transverse crossings of the Right-of-Way, and other above ground utility features. This prohibition shall be extended to all parties intending to install utilities within this district, including those owned and operated by the Cit...
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