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Zoning & Planning Committee
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Declaring the vacation of a portion of Twining Street and Medcorp Drive within the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; waiving all fees; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Council of the City of Toledo, by Resolution No. 148-20 adopted on April 21, 2020, declaring its intent to vacate a portion of Twining Street and Medcorp Drive, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, as more fully described in Section 1 hereof.
On May 14, 2020, the Toledo City Plan Commission recommended approval of the request for the vacation of a portion of Twining Street and Medcorp Drive, and the City Council Zoning and Planning Committee on June 17, 2020, sent without recommendation the request for the vacation of a portion of Twining Street and Medcorp Drive.
The Board of Revision met on September 25, 2019 and approved the request for the vacation of a portion of Twining Street and Medcorp Drive.
All of the preliminary steps have been taken as required by law, the Charter of the City of Toledo, and the Toledo Plan Commission has made reports regarding the proposed vacations; and all things required by law to be done, have been done. During the vacation process it was determined the City of Toledo has waived all fees for this vacation.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Council of the City of Toledo does hereby vacate a portion of Twining Street and Medcorp Drive, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and more fully described as follows:
Twining Street from its intersection with Medcorp Drive being the northerly limit and its intersection with the northerly r-o-w line of N. Expressway Drive being the southerly limit
Medcorp Drive from its intersection with Twining Street being the westerly limit and the west r-o-w line of Stickney Avenue to the easterly limit.
SECTION 2. That the vacation(s) herein shall be subject to compliance of the following condition(s):
The following six (6) conditions are listed by agency of origin. Applicants are encouraged to contact each of the agencies to address compliance with their conditions.
Division of Engineering Services
1. A pre-submittal meeting is not required; however, one may be requested. Contact information is as follows:
Division of Engineering Services: ph. 419-245-1315, fax 419-936-2850
Right-of-Way and Inspection: 419-245-1341
Roadway: 419-245-1344
Water: 419-936-2163
Stormwater Drainage: 419-245-3221; 419-245-1338
Sanitary Sewers: 419-936-2276
2. Eliminate access on North Expressway Drive and Stickney Avenue by removing existing Road and installing new curb and walk through existing right-of-way. The curb height should match the exiting curb on said Streets.
3. Required permits for all approved work in the public right-of-way shall be obtained, before work begins, from One Stop Shop, (419)-245-1220.
4. Contact (419) 245-1341 for inspection of above-mentioned items.
Division of Transportation
5. Within the limits allowed by law, the applicant shall indemnify the City of Toledo, its officials, agents or employees, from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, suits or liability in connection with the performance of any and all acts authorized or permitted under this vacation. Said indemnification language shall be contained within and evidenced by the endorsement on a certified copy of the final vacating legislation by the owner which indemnification shall be kept in the permanent file of the Clerk of Council.
Plan Commission
6. A Site Plan Review shall be required for any future developments on the Vacation area in accordance with the provisions of the Toledo Municipal Code Part Eleven, Planning and Zoning, Sec. 1111.0800, Site Plan Review.
SECTION 3. That fees for vacation are waived in the amount of $6,958.13.
SECTION 4. That a full width easement in favor of the City is retained across, under and through said vacated area as described in Section 1 herein for the City’s future maintenance, repair, and replacement of the existing sewer, water and/or storm water facilities located in the vacated area. All City facilities located within said vacated area are hereby dedicated to the City for exclusive City utility use only and shall not be combined with easements or rights for other utilities. The easement retained by the City shall be primary to any other utilities located therein, and any easement retained by any other utility shall be subordinate to and subject to the easement rights of the City of Toledo. Said easement shall be permanent in nature for each utility and shall run with the land. Said easement also includes reasonable rights of egress and ingress over and through the vacated area. No fence, wall, building foundation, roof overhang, or other barrier which would impede access to the easement shall be constructed or maintained. Driveways, parking lots, walkways and other similar improvements are permitted subject to the prior written consent of the City. The City shall be released and held harmless for any liability, responsibility costs, or damages resulting from the City’s removal of any barriers which impede the City ingress or egress from the easement or which obstruct access to the utilities located within the vacated area. The City shall have no obligation or duty to restore or compensate the barrier owner for any barrier removed in whole or in part by the City. Any modification and/or release of any easement granted or retained by any utility as a result of this Ordinance shall be obtained separately from each utility, as to their interest(s) only, by separate recordable instrument.
SECTION 5. That the Real Estate Section of the Department of Development is hereby directed to cause a copy of this Ordinance to be recorded in the records of the office of Lucas County Recorder.
SECTION 6. That it is hereby found and determined that all formal actions of Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of Council, and that all deliberations of Council and any of its committees that result in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements, including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
SECTION 7. That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective so that the vacations can be expeditiously completed to enable the property owner(s) to obtain the resulting benefits at the earliest time.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: ______________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ ______________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ ______________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council
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Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council