Baltimore City Council
File #: 07-0773    Version: 0 Name: Release of Right of Way - for Various Existing Variable Width Rights of Way Granted to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore through the Property of the Baltimore Development Corporation, Formerly Known as Hollander Ridge
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 9/17/2007 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 11/27/2007
Enactment #: 07-590
Title: Release of Right of Way - for Various Existing Variable Width Rights of Way Granted to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore through the Property of the Baltimore Development Corporation, Formerly Known as Hollander Ridge FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore of all of its interests in and to various existing variable width rights of way for Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services granted to the City of Baltimore through the property of the Baltimore Development Corporation, formerly known as Hollander Ridge, the location and course of the various existing variable width rights of way to be released being shown on Plat R.W. 80-36211 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
Indexes: Release, Right-of-Way
Attachments: 1. 07-0773 - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. 07-0773 - 3rd Reader.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

Release of Right of Way - for Various Existing Variable Width Rights of Way Granted to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore through the Property of the Baltimore Development Corporation, Formerly Known as Hollander Ridge

 

FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore of all of its interests in and to various existing variable width rights of way for Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services granted to the City of Baltimore through the property of the Baltimore Development Corporation, formerly known as Hollander Ridge, the location and course of the various existing variable width rights of way to be released being shown on Plat R.W. 80-36211 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date.

Body

BY authority of

Article I - General Provisions

Section 4

  and

Article II - General Powers

Sections 31

Baltimore City Charter

(1996 Edition)

 

                     Recitals

 

By a Subdivision Plat Titled "Amended Plat 1,2,3,4 and 5 Hollander Hills", and recorded among the Land Records of Baltimore City in Plat Book R.H.B. No. 2413, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore retained rights of way for Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services through the property of the Baltimore Development Corporation, formerly known as Hollander Ridge.

 

The rights of way hereinafter described are no longer needed for public use, the public utilities that had previously been therein having been abandoned and/or relocated to another right of way that was granted to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Comptroller of Baltimore City be and is hereby authorized on the behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to execute and deliver to the owner or owners of the land within the right of way hereinafter described, a release and surrender of all of the interest of the City of Baltimore in the right of way described as follows:

 

Beginning for an Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way #1 to be extinguished at the intersection of the northwest side of Pulaski Highway (U.S. Route 40), 150 feet wide, and the northeast side of 62nd Street, varying in width, as shown on a Right of Way Plat to Abandon Existing Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services, numbered R.W.80-36211 dated August 1, 2006 and attached to Developers Agreement No.959 for the property formerly known as Hollander Ridge, having a coordinate value of East 24,099.46 feet and North 4,574.43 feet, and running thence through the property, now or formerly owned by the Baltimore Development Corporation, the two following courses and distances; namely, North 35º 42' 50" West 8.22 feet and South 54º 17' 10" West 20.45 feet to intersect the east side of said 62nd Street; thence binding on the east side of said 62nd Street, the two following courses and distances; namely, North 83º 12' 16" West 6.54 feet and by a tangent arc curving to the right with a radius of 370.00 feet the distance of 10.59 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing North 33º 19' 55" West 10.59 feet; thence by straight lines through said property, the two following courses and distances; namely, North 54º 17' 10" East 24.84 feet and North 35º 42' 50" West 114.09 feet to intersect the east side of said 62nd Street; thence binding on the east side of said 62nd Street, the two following courses and distances; namely, by a tangent arc curving to the right with a radius of 370.00 feet the distance of 14.26 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing North 13º 15' 03" West 14.26 feet and North 12º 08' 50" West 23.89 feet; thence by a straight line through said property, South 35º 42' 50" East 170.95 feet to intersect the northwest side of said Pulaski Highway (U.S. Route 40), and thence binding on the northwest side of said Pulaski Highway (U.S. Route 40), South48º 47' 59" West 15.07 feet to the place of beginning.

 

Containing 2,682.25 square feet or 0.0616 acre of land, more or less.

 

 

Beginning for an Existing Variable Width Right of Way #3 to be extinguished at a point on the east side of 62nd Street, 60 feet wide, distant northwesterly 880.6 feet, more or less, measured along the east side of said  62nd Street from the northwest side of Pulaski Highway (U.S. Route 40), 150 feet wide, as shown on a Right of Way Plat to Abandon Existing Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services, numbered R.W.80-36211 dated August 1, 2006 and attached to Developers Agreement No. 959 for the property formerly known as Hollander Ridge, having a coordinate value of East 23,864.88 feet and North 5,402.04 feet, and running thence binding on the east side of said 62nd Street, North 12º 08' 50" West 12.60 feet; thence by straight lines through the property, now or formerly owned by the Baltimore Development Corporation, the two following courses and distances; namely, North 60º 02' 02" East 36.59 feet and South 77º 51' 10" West 34.83 feet to intersect the east side of said 62nd Street; thence binding on the east side of said 62nd Street, North 12º 08' 50" West 12.00 feet; thence by straight lines through said property, the six following courses and distances; namely, North 77º 51' 11" East 108.75 feet, North 54º 17' 08" East 78.78 feet, North 77º 35' 49" East 29.22 feet, North 54º 17' 08" East 17.18 feet, South 52º 14' 39" East 8.85 feet and North 77º 35' 49" East 27.36 feet to intersect the west side of Odell Avenue, 60 feet wide; thence binding on the west side of said Odell Avenue, the two following courses and distances; namely, South 00º 51' 55" East 0.11 foot and by a tangent arc curving to the left with a radius of 350.00 feet the distance of 12.09 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing South 01º 51' 19" East 12.09 feet; thence by straight lines through said property, the two following courses and distances; namely South 77º 35' 49" West 15.12 feet and South 52º 14' 39" East 20.09 feet to intersect the west side of said Odell Avenue; thence binding on the west side of said Odell Avenue by a non-tangent arc curving to the left with a radius of 350.00 feet the distance of 16.83 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing South 06º 46' 30" East 16.83 feet, and thence by straight lines through said property, the four following courses and distances; namely, North 52º 14' 39" West 47.42 feet, South 54º 17' 08" West 114.83 feet, South 77º 51' 10" West 74.31 feet and South 60º 02' 02" West 45.11 feet to the place of beginning.

 

Containing 5,889.93 square feet or 0.1352 acre of land, more or less.

 

 

Beginning for an Existing Varying in Width Right of Way #4 to be extinguished at a point on the east side of 62nd Street, 60 feet wide, distant northwesterly 1154.2 feet, more or less, measured along the east side of said 62nd Street from the northwest side of Pulaski Highway (U.S. Route 40), 150 feet wide, as shown on a Right of Way Plat to Abandon Existing Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services, numbered R.W.80-36211 dated August 1, 2006 and attached to Developers Agreement No.959 for the property formerly known as Hollander Ridge, having a coordinate value of East 23,807.30 feet and North 5,669.55 feet, and running thence binding on the east side of said 62nd Street, North 12º 08' 50" West 17.83 feet to intersect the northwest side of a 15.0 foot Right of Way, there situate; thence binding on the northwest side of said 15.0 foot Right of Way, the two following courses and distances; namely, North 45º 07' 13" East 42.78 feet and North 35º 23' 27" East 93.45 feet to intersect the north side of a 12.0 foot Right of Way, there situate; thence binding on the north side of said 12.0 foot Right of Way, North 79º 16' 36" East 122.51 feet to intersect the west side of a 15.0 foot Right of Way, there situate; thence binding on the west, north, northeast, northwest and northeast sides of last said 15.0 foot Right of Way, the five following courses and distances; namely, North 10º 20' 41" East 62.66 feet, South 77º 46' 05" East 51.74 feet, South 54º 47' 20" East 47.16 feet, North 29º 00' 09" East 133.18 feet and South 69º 23' 37" East 14.51 feet to intersect the southeast side of Odell Avenue, 60 feet wide; thence binding on the southeast side of said Odell Avenue, by a non-tangent arc curving to the right with a radius of 250.00 feet the distance of 15.01 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing, South 21º 43' 07" West 15.00 feet to intersect the northeast side of last said 15.0 foot Right of Way; thence binding on the northeast and southeast, southwest sides of last said 15.0 foot Right of Way, the three following courses and distances; namely, North 69º 23' 37" West 1.27 feet, South 29º 00' 09" West 121.87 feet and South 54º 47' 20" East 5.36 feet to intersect the southeast side of said Odell Avenue; thence binding on the southeast side of said Odell Avenue, by a non-tangent arc curving to the left with a radius of 350.00 feet the distance of 15.53 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing, South 20º 10' 03" West 15.53 feet to intersect the southwest side of last said 15.0 foot Right of Way; thence binding on the southwest, south and east sides of last said 15.0 foot Right of Way, the three following courses and distances; namely, North 54º 47' 20" West 68.59 feet, North 77º 46' 05" West 33.19 feet and South 10º 20' 41" West 54.24 feet to intersect the south side of said 12.0 foot Right of Way; thence binding on the south side of said 12.0 foot Right of Way, South 79º 16' 36" West 124.80 feet to intersect the southeast side of said 15.0 Right of Way, mentioned firstly herein, and thence binding on the southeast side of said 15.0 Right of Way, mentioned firstly herein, the two following courses and distances; namely, South 35º 23' 27" West 93.01 feet and South 45º 07' 13" West 53.69 feet to the place of beginning.

 

Containing 8,171.87 square feet or 0.1876 acre of land, more or less.

 

Beginning for an Existing Variable Width Right of Way #7 to be extinguished at a point on the east side of 62nd Street, 60 feet wide, distant northwesterly 2175.9 feet, more or less, measured along the east side of said 62nd Street from the northwest side of Pulaski Highway (U.S. Route 40), 150 feet wide, as shown on a Right of Way Plat to Abandon Existing Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services, numbered R.W.80-36211 dated August 1, 2006 and attached to Developers Agreement No.959 for the property formerly known as Hollander Ridge, having a coordinate value of East 23,592.32 feet and North 6,668.33 feet, and running thence binding on the east side of said 62nd Street, North 12º 08' 50" West 19.87 feet; thence by straight lines through the property, now or formerly owned by the Baltimore Development Corporation, the two following courses and distances; namely, North 36º 51' 55" East 59.64 feet and South 78º 08' 19" West 45.02 feet to intersect the east side of said 62nd Street; thence binding on the east side of said 62nd Street, North 12º 08' 50" West 15.00 feet; thence by straight lines through said property, the four following courses and distances; namely, North 78º 08' 19" East 50.63 feet, North 89º 59' 45" East 240.58 feet, North 02º 18' 35" East 148.62 feet and North 89º 59' 45" East 439.12 feet to intersect the Eastern Boundary Line of Baltimore City; thence binding on the said Eastern Boundary Line of Baltimore City, Due South 15.00 feet; thence by straight lines through said property, the three following courses and distances; namely, South 89º 59' 45" West 265.41 feet, South 75º 26' 04" East 222.62 feet and North 89º 59' 45" East 49.95 feet to intersect the said Eastern Boundary Line of Baltimore City; thence binding on the said Eastern Boundary Line of Baltimore City, Due South 15.00 feet; thence by straight lines through said property, the two following courses and distances; namely, South 89º 59' 45" West 43.40 feet and South 00º 00' 15" East 78.24 feet to intersect the north end of the Cul de Sac for Odell Avenue; thence binding on the north end of said Cul de Sac of Odell Avenue by a non-tangent arc curving to the left with a radius of 70.00 feet the distance of 16.09 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing North 69º 06' 01" West 16.06 feet, and thence by straight lines through said property, six following courses and distances; namely, North 00º 00' 15" West 74.21 feet, North 75º 26' 04" West 227.78 feet, South 89º 59' 45" West 132.54 feet, South 00º 00' 15" East 146.50 feet, South 89º 59' 45" West 264.75 feet and South 36º 51' 55" West 72.44 feet to the place of beginning.

 

Containing 26,275.65 square feet or 0.6032 acre of land, more or less.

 

 

Beginning for an Existing Variable Width Right of Way #9 to be extinguished at a point on the northwest side of 62nd Street, 60 feet wide, as shown on a Right of Way Plat to Abandon Existing Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services,  numbered R.W.80-36211 dated August 1, 2006 and attached to Developers Agreement No.959 for the property formerly known as Hollander Ridge, having a coordinate value of East 23,514.12 feet and North 7,443.86 feet, and running thence binding on the northwest side of said 62nd Street, North 31º 14' 59" East 15.00 feet; thence binding on the northeast side of an Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way, there situate, South 58º 32' 29" East 171.75 feet to intersect the northwest side of an Existing 12.0 foot Right of Way, there situate; thence binding on the northwest and west sides of said Existing 12.0 foot Right of Way, the two following courses and distances; namely, North 28º 05' 33" East 200.23 feet and North 08º 18' 24" East 171.74 feet to intersect the north side of an Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way, there situate; thence binding on the north, northwest and west sides of last said Existing 15.0 Right of Way, the three following courses and distances; namely, South 89º 31' 09" East 96.16 feet, North 42º 02' 43" East 97.64 feet and North 12º 08' 30" East 237.65 feet to intersect the north side of an Existing 12.0 foot Right of Way, there situate; thence binding on the north side of last said Existing 12.0 foot Right of Way, the two following courses and distances; namely, North 88º 46' 37" East 123.78 feet and North 88º 17' 17" East 98.20 feet to intersect the northwest side of an Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way, there situate; thence binding on the northwest side of last said Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way, North 25º 21' 22" East 145.72 feet to intersect the southwest side of an Existing 25.0 foot Right of Way, there situate; thence binding on the southwest side of said Existing 25.0 foot Right of Way, North 27º 09' 44" West 55.54 feet to intersect the southeast side of 62nd Street Cul de Sac; thence binding on the southeast side of said 62nd Street Cul de Sac, by a non-tangent arc curving to the left with a radius of 60.00 feet the distance of 25.48 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing North 54º 12' 51" East 25.29 feet to intersect the northeast side of said Existing 25.0 foot Right of Way; thence binding on the northeast side of said Existing 25.0 foot Right of Way, South 27º 09' 44" East 42.97 feet to intersect the north side of an Existing 22.5 foot Right of Way, there situate; thence binding on the north, east and south sides of said Existing 22.5 foot Right of Way, the three following courses and distances; namely, North 75º 22' 34" East 14.44 feet, South 00º 00' 47" West 23.29 feet and South 75º 22' 34" West 10.78 feet to intersect the southeast side of last said Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way;  thence binding on the southeast, south, east and southeast sides of last said Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way, the four following courses and distances; namely, South 25º 21' 22" West 119.05 feet, South 89º 35' 20" West 2.07 feet, South 00º 00' 58" East 4.35 feet and South 25º 21' 22" West 38.74 feet to intersect the south side of last said Existing 12.0 foot Right of Way; thence binding on the south side of last said Existing 12.0 foot Right of Way, the two following courses and distances; namely, South 88º 17' 17" West 108.97 feet and South 88º 46' 37" West 111.27 feet to intersect the east side of said Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way, mentioned secondly herein; thence binding on the east, southeast and south sides of said Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way, mentioned secondly herein, the three following courses and distances; namely, South 12º 08' 30" West 232.88 feet, South 42º 02' 43" West 108.40 feet and North 89º 31' 09" West 92.85 feet to intersect the east side of said Existing 12.0 foot Right of Way, mentioned firstly herein; thence binding on the east and southeast sides of said Existing 12.0 foot Right of Way, mentioned firstly herein, the two following courses and distances; namely, South 08º 18' 24" West 160.34 feet and South 28º 05' 33" West 218.06 feet to intersect the southwest side of said Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way, mentioned firstly herein, and thence binding on the southwest side of said 15.0 foot Right of Way, mentioned firstly herein, North 58º 32' 29" West 184.59 feet to the place of beginning.

 

Containing 20,332.91 square feet or 0.4668 acre of land, more or less.

 

 

Beginning for an Existing 15.0 foot Right of Way #10 to be extinguished at a point on the north side of 62nd Street Cul de Sac as shown on a Right of Way Plat to Abandon Existing Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services, numbered R.W.80-36211 dated August 1, 2006 and attached to Developers Agreement No.959 for the property formerly known as Hollander Ridge, having a coordinate value of East 24,252.46 feet and North 8,316.40 feet, and running thence binding on the north side of said 62nd Street Cul de Sac by a non-tangent arc curving to the left with a radius of 60.00 feet the distance of 20.83 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing North 81º 58' 45" West 20.73 feet, and thence by straight lines through the property, now or formerly owned by the Baltimore Development Corporation, the three following courses and distances; namely, North 51º 39' 52" East 102.13 feet, South 00º 01' 00" East 19.12 feet and South 51º 39' 52" West 75.97 feet to the place of beginning.

 

Containing 1,323.27 square feet or 0.0304 acre of land, more or less.

 

The use of the rights of way described hereinabove is no longer needed for public purposes.

 

SECTION 2.  AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That no deed may pass under this Ordinance unless the deed 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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