Baltimore City Council
File #: 08-0066    Version: 0 Name: City Property - Grant of Easements
Type: Ordinance Status: Withdrawn
File created: 3/10/2008 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 1/11/2010
Enactment #:
Title: City Property - Grant of Easements FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to grant a Perpetual Easement for a steam line through the parcels of land known as 1400 Orleans Street and 540 North Caroline Street, as shown on Plat R.W. 20-36219 Sheets 1 of 2 and 2 of 2 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
Indexes: City Property, Grant of Easement
Attachments: 1. 08-0066 - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. DPW - 08-0066.pdf, 3. Real Estate - 08-0066.pdf, 4. Finance - 08-0066.pdf, 5. Law - 08-0066.pdf
      * WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
      THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
      INTRODUCTORY*
 
      CITY OF BALTIMORE
      COUNCIL BILL           
                                                                                                                                                            
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Public Works)                                              
 
      A BILL ENTITLED
 
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
City Property - Grant of Easements
 
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to grant a Perpetual Easement for a steam line through the parcels of land known as 1400 Orleans Street and 540 North Caroline Street, as shown on Plat R.W. 20-36219 Sheets 1 of 2 and 2 of 2 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date.
Body
BY authority of
Article V - Comptroller
Section 5(b)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
 
SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the City Comptroller is authorized to grant a Perpetual Easement for a steam line in accordance with Article V, § 5(b) of the City Charter, on those parcels of land situate in Baltimore City known as 1400 Orleans Street and 540 North Caroline Street, and described as follows:
 
Beginning for a Perpetual Easement for a Steam Line at a point on the east side of Central Avenue, 100 feet wide, having a coordinate value of East 4,510.169 feet and South 528.149 feet, said point of beginning being distant North 02º 46' 40" West 334.11 feet measured along the east side of said Central Avenue from the north side of Orleans Street, 116 feet wide, and running thence binding on the east side of said Central Avenue, North 02º 46' 40" West 10.00 feet; thence by straight lines through the property now or formerly owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore the seventeen following courses and distances; namely, North 87º 05' 40" East 165.33 feet, North 02º 47' 58" West 73.61 feet, North 07º 25' 53" East 12.41 feet, North 58º 42' 05" East 10.65 feet, South 69º 07' 48" East 10.06 feet, North 58º 09' 10" East 82.37 feet, North 31º 50' 48" West 10.01 feet, North 58º 09' 10" East 22.36 feet, North 87º 05' 40" East 65.18 feet, North 02º 54' 20" West 10.15 feet, North 87º 05' 40" East 15.03 feet, South 02º 54' 20" East 10.15 feet, North 87º 05' 41" East 53.20 feet, North 58º 16' 15" East 42.17 feet, North 87º 05' 40" East 14.86 feet, South 02º 54' 20" East 20.33 feet and North 87º 05'
40" East 143.65 feet to intersect the west side of Caroline Street, 80 feet wide; thence binding on the west side of said Caroline Street, South 02º 13' 03" East 10.00 feet; thence by straight lines through said property, the eight following courses and distances; namely, South 87º 05' 40" West 296.10 feet, South 58º
 
 
09'10" West 25.63 feet, South 87º 05' 40" West 9.48 feet, South 58º 09' 10" West 98.51 feet, South 02º 47' 56" East 5.26 feet, South 58º 09' 10" West 14.00 feet, South 02º 47' 58" East 74.16 feet and South 87º 05' 40" West 175.33 feet to the place of beginning.
 
Containing 8,431.52 square feet or 0.1936 acre of land, more or less.
 
All courses, distances and coordinates in the above description are referred to the true meridian as adopted by the Baltimore Survey Control System.
 
Subject to the following conditions:
 
1.      The plans and specifications for the use of the Perpetual Easements shall be approved in writing by the City, before construction.
 
2.      The City and its employees or agents shall have access to the Perpetual Easement areas at all time when necessary for public purposes.
 
3.      Grantee shall maintain the Perpetual Easements at its sole cost and expense.
 
4.      The City shall be protected, indemnified and saved harmless from all legal action, losses and damages resulting form injury to persons of damage to property caused by the use of the Perpetual Easements by, the Grantee, its assigns and invitees.
 
5.      No structures shall be erected by the Grantee over the Perpetual Easements area except for facilities approved in advance by the City.
 
SECTION 2.  AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That no easement or easements shall be granted under this Ordinance unless the same has been approved by the City Solicitor.
 
SECTION 3.  AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.
 
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