Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
Scioto Peninsula Holdings, Ltd., an Ohio limited liability company, is the 99-year lessee of certain City-owned land on the Scioto Peninsula, bounded generally by West Broad Street, Belle Street, West Town Street, and the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks west of Starling Street. Scioto Peninsula Holdings, by its President, authorized Signatory on the platted land, has submitted the plat titled “Scioto Peninsula Subdivision” to the City Engineer’s Office for review and approval. This plat has been reviewed and approved by the City Engineer. The following legislation allows the City to accept the plat for this property and allows the Director of the Department of Development to sign the submission on behalf of the City as the fee simple owner of the land. This legislation also authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to amend the 99-year lease to reflect the newly platted configuration of developable land and City right-of-way.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no expenditure associated with this ordinance.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow development of this subdivision to proceed as currently scheduled.
Title
To accept the plat titled “Scioto Peninsula Subdivision” from Scioto Peninsula Holdings, Ltd; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to sign the Scioto Peninsula Subdivision plat on behalf of the City; to authorize the Director of Development to amend the 99-year lease with Scioto Peninsula Holdings for City-owned land on the Scioto Peninsula; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the plat titled “Scioto Peninsula Subdivision” (hereinafter “plat”) has been submitted to the City Engineer’s Office for approval and acceptance; and
WHEREAS, Scioto Peninsula Holdings, Ltd., an Ohio limited liability company, by its President, and the City, by the Director of the Department of Development, authorized Signatories on the platted land, desire to dedicate to the public use all or such parts of the streets, alleys, and easements shown on said plat and not heretofore so dedicated and to vacate all or such parts of the previously dedicated streets, alleys, and easements that are indicated to be included in the lots indicated thereon; and
WHEREAS, after examination, it has been found to be in the best interest of the City to accept said plat; and
WHEREAS, the 99-year lease to Scioto Peninsula Holdings of the land comprising the Scioto Peninsula Subdivision must be amended to account for the location of the rights-of-way dedicated and vacated by the said plat; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Departments of Development and Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the acceptance of this plat so development of this subdivision can proceed as currently scheduled, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is authorized to sign the plat titled “Scioto Peninsula Subdivision” on behalf of the City as the fee simple landowner.
SECTION 2. That the plat titled “Scioto Peninsula Subdivision” on file in the office of the City Engineer, Department of Public Service, Division of Infrastructure Management, be and the same is hereby accepted.
SECTION 3. That the Director of the Department of Development is authorized to amend the lease to Scioto Peninsula Holdings, Ltd.; for the land generally bounded by West Broad Street on the north, Belle Street on the east, West Town Street on the south, and the first Norfolk Southern Railroad line west of Starling Street on the west to include within the leased premises all of the land in the Scioto Peninsula Subdivision plat accepted by this ordinance that is not indicated thereon as public right-of-way, to exclude from the leased premises all of the land indicated thereon as being public-right-of way, and to take such other action as is necessary to generally conform the description of the leased premises with that plat.
SECTION 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.