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 the Parson-Livingston Underground. As a result, the Public Service Department is recommending that City Council establish the “Parsons-Livingston Avenue 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 the northwest Right-of-Way of Livingston Avenue and South Front Street;
Thence northerly along South Front Street to Interstate 70;
Thence easterly along the Interstate 70/71 corridor to the centerline of Broad St;
Thence easterly along the centerline of Broad Street to the eastern Right-of-Way of Hamilton Avenue;
Thence southerly to the southern Right-of-Way of East Broad Street;
Thence westerly to the eastern Right-of-Way of Parsons Avenue;
Thence southerly on Parsons Avenue to the northern Right-of-Way of Mooberry Street;
Thence easterly on Mooberry Street to the west Right-of-Way 18th Street;
Thence northerly along the western Right-of-Way of 18th Street to the centerline of Main Street;
Thence easterly along Main to the eastern Right-of Way of 18th Street;
Thence southerly along the eastern Right-of-Way of 18th Street to the southerly right-of way of Livingston Avenue;
Thence westerly along the southerly right-of way of Livingston Avenue to the place 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 t...
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