Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance approves the acceptance of certain territory (AN23-016) by the city of Columbus. The Ohio Revised Code stipulates that to be effective, City acceptance must take place a minimum of 60 days from the receipt by the City Clerk of the approval notice from the county. If City Council does not accept the ordinance within 120 days of its first consideration, the annexation will be considered rejected. This petition was filed with Franklin County on July 24, 2023. City Council approved a service ordinance addressing the site on July 31, 2023. Franklin County approved the annexation on September 18, 2023 and the City Clerk received notice on October 9, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Provision of municipal services does represent cost to the City; however, the annexation of land also has the potential to create revenue to the City.
Title
To accept the application (AN23-016) of Francisco Anaya, Anaya Communities, LLC for the annexation of certain territory containing 22.7± acres in Prairie Township.
Body
WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Prairie Township was filed on behalf of Francisco Anaya, Anaya Communities, LLC on July 24, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the petition was considered and approved by the Franklin County Board of Commissioners at a hearing on September 18, 2023; and
WHEREAS, on October 9, 2023, the City Clerk received from Franklin County a certified copy of the resolution addressing the petition; and
WHEREAS, sixty days have now elapsed since receipt of the resolution in accordance with the provisions of the Ohio Revised Code; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the city of Columbus to accept the annexation of the territory addressed by the petition; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the annexation proposed by Francisco Anaya, Anaya Communities, LLC in a petition filed with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners on July 24, 2023 and subsequently approved by the Board on September 18, 2023 is hereby accepted and said territory is hereby annexed to the city of Columbus. Said territory is described as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, Township of Prairie, in Virginia Military Survey No, 1473. being all of the 22.3 acre tract conveyed to Anaya Communities, LLC (Auditor's Parcel No, 240-000192 by Instrument Number 201812140169325), all references being to the Franklin County Recorder's Office, and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the Southwest corner of Great Oak Section 1 (Plat Book 109, Page 50), northwest corner of said 22.3 acre tract, east line of the Shawn S, Schlosser tract, in the line common to Virginia Military Survey Nos, 1473 and 13071, and being an angle point in an existing City of Columbus Corporation Line established by Ordinance Number 2117-00 of record in Instrument Number 200103150052491;
Thence, easterly along the north line of said 22.3 acre tract, south line of said Great Oak Section 1 and existing corporation line, approximately 1,643 feet to the intersection of said line with the original easterly right-of-way line of Galloway Road, (County Road 141) being the westerly line of Lot 113 of Laurel Greene, Section No, 2, (Plat Book 55, Page 74), west line of Parcel No, 116-WD conveyed to the Franklin County Commissioners, and in an existing City of Columbus Corporation Line established by Ordinance Number 1263-71, of record in Miscellaneous Record 154, Page 109;
Thence, southerly, along said original right-of-way line and existing corporation line, approximately 603 feet to a point;
Thence, westerly, across Galloway Road, along the southerly line of said 22.3 acres and the northerly line of the Board of Trustees of Prairie Township tract and an existing City of Columbus Corporation Line established by Ordinance Number 0598-01 of record in Instrument Number 200106110130327, approximately 1,636 feet to the southwest corner of said 22.3 acre tract and an angle point in said corporation line;
Thence, northerly, along the westerly line of said 22.3 acre tract, part of said corporation line, east line of said Board of Trustees of Prairie Township and Schlosser tracts, approximately 603 feet to the place of beginning, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 22, 7 ACRES.
THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION WAS PREPARED BY MATTHEW D. FARLEY, PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR NO. 7566 IN MAY OF 2023 FROM RECORDS OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER, AUDITOR AND RECORDER'S OFFICES FOR ANNEXATION PURPOSES ONLY, AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR FEE SIMPLE TRANSFER.
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to make three copies of this ordinance to each of which shall be attached a copy of the map accompanying the petition for annexation, a copy of the transcript of proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners relating thereto, and a certificate as to the correctness thereof, the City Clerk shall then forthwith deliver one copy to the County Auditor, one copy to the Board of Elections thereof and do such other things as may be required by law.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.