Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance approves the acceptance of certain territory (AN25-025) 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 October 29, 2025. City Council approved a service ordinance addressing the site on November 3, 2025. Franklin County approved the annexation on December 9, 2025 and the City Clerk received notice on January 8, 2026.
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 (AN25-025) of David and Kristy Clark, Joseph Sofio, Eric Steinmann, and Bradley A. Wilkinson for the annexation of certain territory containing 15.3± acres in Franklin Township. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Franklin Township was filed on behalf of David and Kristy Clark, Joseph Sofio, Eric Steinmann, and Bradley A. Wilkinson on October 29, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the petition was considered and approved by the Franklin County Board of Commissioners at a hearing on December 9, 2025; and
WHEREAS, on January 8, 2026, 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 has become necessary in the usual daily operation 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 David and Kristy Clark, Joseph Sofio, Eric Steinmann, and Bradley A. Wilkinson in a petition filed with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners on October 29, 2025 and subsequently approved by the Board on December 9, 2025 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 Franklin, being a part of Virginia Military Survey No. 875, and being part of a 4.671 acre tract of land conveyed to Joseph Sofio and Kristy Clark (15% Interest), David T. Clark (15% Interest), Eric Steinmann (70% Interest) in Instrument Number 202406250062685 and Instrument Number 202502130014784, part of a 4.000 acre tract of land conveyed to Joseph Sofio and Kristy Clark (15% Interest), David T. Clark (15% Interest), Eric Steinmann (70% Interest) in Instrument Number 202406240061878 and Instrument Number 202502130014785, part of a 5 acre tract of land conveyed to David Clark (13% Interest), Joseph Sofio (49% Interest), Eric Steinmann (38% Interest) in Instrument Number 202501270007852, part of a 1.000 acre tract of land conveyed to BRADLEY A. WILKINSON in Instrument Number 200012200256682, all of a 0.941 acre (by survey) tract of land conveyed to David Thomas Clark and Joseph Sofio (22% Interest) and Eric Steinmann (78% Interest) in Instrument Number 202501100002716 and Instrument Number 2025020600117 45, part of Lot 5 and Lot 6 of NORTH SKIDMORE ADDITION as delineated in Plat Book 15, Page 14, all of Lot 35 of HOLTON'S HAGUE AVENUE SUBDIVISION as delineated in Plat Book 21, Page 2, part of Cherokee Street (40 feet wide) as dedicated in Plat Book 21, Page 2 and vacated in Road Record 25, Page 116 and Road Record 27, Page 135, and part of Kenosha Avenue (40 feet wide) as dedicated in Plat Book 21 , Page 2 and vacated in Road Record 25, Page 116, all records being of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the southerly corner of Lot 11 of said NORTH SKIDMORE ADDITION, the westerly corner of said Lot 5 and said 4.671 acre tract, and on the northeasterly line of a 0.604 acre tract of land conveyed to Michael D. Trettel in Instrument Number 200710260186688;
Thence along the northwesterly line of said Lot 5 and said 4.671 acre tract and in part along the southeasterly lines of Lot 4 and Lots 7-11, inclusive, of said NORTH SKIDMORE ADDITION, North 66°17'02" East, 996.2± feet to a point on the southeasterly line of said Lot 4, also being a northerly corner of said 4.671 acre tract and the northwesterly corner of a 0.329 acre tract of land conveyed to BRADFORD K. THOMPSON and LINDA D. THOMPSON in Official Record 27105, Page I08;
Thence across said Lot 5 and along a northeasterly line of said 4.671 acre tract and the southwesterly line of said 0.329 acre tract, South 23°51 '52" East, 70.0± feet to a northerly corner of said 4.671 acre tract and the southerly corner of said 0.329 acre tract;
Thence continuing across said Lot 5 and along a northwesterly line of said 4.671 acre tract and the southeasterly line of said 0.329 acre tract, North 66°17'02" East, 155.0± feet to a point on the southwesterly right-of-way line of Hague Avenue (variable width) as recorded by highway easement in Deed Book 3388, Page 414;
Thence along said southwesterly right-of-way line and across said 4.671 acre tract and said Lot 5, South 23°51 '52" East, 111.5± feet to a point on the southeasterly line of said 4.671 acre tract and said Lot 5 and the northwesterly line of said 4.000 acre tract and said Lot 6;
Thence continuing along said southwesterly right-of-way line and along said southeasterly and northwesterly lines, and also along the common line of said Lot 5 and Lot 6, North 66°17'02" East, 30.0± feet to a point on the southwesterly right-of-way line of said Hague Avenue;
Thence continuing along said southwesterly right-of-way line, and in part across said 4.000 acre tract, said 1.000 acre tract, said 5 acre tract, and said Lot 5 and Lot 6, South 23°51 '52" East, 362.6± feet to a point on the southeasterly line of said 5 acre tract;
Thence in part continuing along said southwesterly right-of-way line, in part along the northwesterly right-of-way line of said Cherokee Street, and along said southeasterly line, South 66°16'34" West, 249.8± feet to the westerly corner of a 0.861 acre tract (by survey) of land conveyed to DAVID M. DRINKHOUSE and BRENDA S. DRINKHOUSE and in Instrument Number 201802230025411 and the northerly corner of said 0.941 acre tract;
Thence along the northeasterly line of said 0.941 acre tract and the southwesterly line of said 0.861 acre tract, and in part across said vacated Cherokee Street, the northeasterly line of said Lot 35 and the southwesterly line of Lot 18 of said HOLTON'S HAGUE AVENUE SUBDIVISION, South 23°51 '24" East, 150.0± feet to the easterly corner of said 0.941 acre tract and said Lot 35, the southerly corner of said 0.861 acre tract and said Lot 18, the northerly corner of Lot 34 of said HOLTON'S HAGUE AVENUE SUBDIVISION, and the westerly corner of Lot 17 of said HOLTON'S HAGUE AVENUE SUBDIVISION;
Thence along the northwesterly line of said Lot 34, the southeasterly lines of said 0.941 acre tract and said Lot 35, and in part across said vacated Kenosha Avenue, South 66°16'34" West, 250.3± feet to a point on the centerline of said vacated Kenosha Avenue, also being southerly corner of said 0.941 acre tract;
Thence along the southwesterly line of said 0.941 acre tract, and in part along said centerline of said vacated Kenosha Avenue and across said vacated Cherokee Street along a curve to the left with a radius of 1145.84 feet, a delta angle of 07°55'19", an arc length of 158.43 feet, and a chord which bears North 42°21 '55" West, 158.31 feet to a point on the northwesterly line of said vacated Cherokee Street and the southeasterly line of said 5 acre tract;
Thence along said southeasterly line and in part along said northwesterly line of said vacated Cherokee Street and the northwesterly lines of Lots 211-215, inclusive, of SCIOTO WOODS SECTION 4 as delineated in Plat Book 73, Page 72, and an existing City of Columbus corporation line as annexed by City of Columbus in Case Number 14-69, Ordinance Number 1155-69 and recorded in Miscellaneous Record 148, Page 229, South 66°16'34" West, 621.5± feet to a point at the southwesterly corner of said 5 acre tract, the southeasterly corner of said 0.604 acre tract, and on the northwesterly line of said Lot 211;
Thence along the northeasterly line of said 0.604 acre tract and in part along the southwesterly lines of said 5 acre tract, said 4.000 acre tract, and said 4.671 acre tract, and the southwesterly line of said NORTH SKIDMORE ADDITION, North 23°47'51" West, 544.2± feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.
The total acreage of the combined boundary described herein contains a net acreage of 15.3± acres, being 4.5± acres out of Parcel Number 140-002384-00, 4.0± acres out of Parcel Number 140-002385-00, 1.0± acres out of Parcel Number 140-002095-00, 4.9± acres out of Parcel Number 140-007435-00, and 0.9± acres out of Parcel Number 140-002703-00. Being 15.3± acres out of Franklin Township.
This description and exhibit are intended for annexation purposes only and is not to be used for transfer of property.
Total perimeter of annexation is 3711 .5± feet, of which 285.5± feet is contiguous with the City of Columbus by Case Number 14-69 (Ordinance Number 1155-69, City of Columbus, Miscellaneous Record 148, Page 229), giving 7.7% border continuity.
This description was prepared by Garrett G. Brown, Ohio Registered Professional Surveyor 8797 and is based on records.
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.