City of Gahanna - File #: ORD-0247-2002

• File #: ORD-0247-2002
• Version: 1
• Name: McCutcheon Road Vacation/Repeal ORD-0022-2001
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/16/2002
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/16/2002
• Title: TO ABANDON A PORTION OF MCCUTCHEON ROAD AS A PUBLIC ROADWAY WITH UTILITY EASEMENTS TO BE MAINTAINED; TO DECLARE AS EXCESS LAND; FOR 0.407 ACRES LOCATED ON MCCUTCHEON ROAD EAST OF STYGLER ROAD AND WEST OF OLDE RIDENOUR ROAD; TO REPEAL ORD-0022-2001 WHICH ABANDONED THIS ROADWAY BUT WAS NEVER RECORDED; TO DEDICATE 0.226 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND AS ROAD WAY RIGHT OF WAY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
• Indexes: ORDINANCE, REPEAL, RIGHT OF WAY

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/16/2002	1	City Council	Introduced, Second Reading Waived, and Adopted as an Emergency	Pass
12/9/2002	1	Committee of the Whole	Recommended for Introduction, Waiver, Adoption as Emergency, Consent

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TO ABANDON A PORTION OF MCCUTCHEON ROAD AS A PUBLIC ROADWAY WITH UTILITY EASEMENTS TO BE MAINTAINED; TO DECLARE AS EXCESS LAND; FOR 0.407 ACRES LOCATED ON MCCUTCHEON ROAD EAST OF STYGLER ROAD AND WEST OF OLDE RIDENOUR ROAD; TO REPEAL ORD-0022-2001 WHICH ABANDONED THIS ROADWAY BUT WAS NEVER RECORDED; TO DEDICATE 0.226 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND AS ROAD WAY RIGHT OF WAY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

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WHEREAS, Brookewood Construction has a final plat for property located on McCutcheon Road known as Woodmere Place; and

WHEREAS, C. V. Perry has a recorded plat for a portion of Imperial Rise that fronts on McCutcheon Road; and

WHEREAS, ORD-0022-2001 was passed at the request of former Mayor McGregor for the abandoning of right of way for street purposes due to the Mayor's objections to the possibility of McCutcheon Road becoming a through street; and

WHEREAS, Brookewood Construction has no objection to the abandonment of this right of way as it does not affect the portion of McCutcheon Road that is part of the Woodmere Place Final Plat; and

WHEREAS, C.V. Perry Co. has no objection to the abandonment of a portion of the roadway previously vacated but would prefer to have direct access to Stygler Road; and

WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed this request and at their regular meeting held November 20, 2002 recommended to Council that ORD-0022-2001 be repealed and only a portion of the previous abandonment of McCutcheon Road be abandoned as a public roadway except that utility easements be maintained; and

WHEREAS, the City Engineer has stated that these portions of McCutcheon Road could be vacated as a public road except for utility easements and declared as excess land to be included as a part of McCorkle Park; and

WHEREAS, it is imperative that this abandonment proceed as quickly as possible so that final plans can be drawn and roadway improvements begin as soon as possible, all for the preservation of the publ...