Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a pre-annexation agreement with Dominion Homes, Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter "Dominion"). Dominion is the agent and contract purchaser of a 320 acre tract of land (AN04-028) located essentially west of Cosgray Road and north of Hayden Run Road in Brown and Washington Townships. Dominion intends to develop this property for residential and associated uses. The property is contiguous with the City of Columbus. The property is located in what has been called the Hayden Run Corridor for the City of Columbus.
The proposed annexation is located in an area controlled by the "Interim Hayden Run Corridor Plan" and the new Northwest Pay As We Grow financing plan. The pre-annexation agreement commits Dominion to bear its fair share of the facilities, roadways, and community needs that are agreed upon by the City and Dominion. The City and Dominion agree that the Property will be treated the same or substantially similar to those properties north of Hayden Run Road and west of Cosgray Road.
Emergency action is requested so that the annexation be can be accepted as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a pre-annexation agreement with Dominion Homes, Inc. (AN04-028). ; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Dominion filed a request to annex 320 acres in Brown and Washington townships to the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the proposed annexation is located in an area controlled by the "Interim Hayden Run Corridor Plan" and the new Northwest Pay As We Grow financing plan; and
WHEREAS, both the City and Dominion wish to enter into a pre-annexation agreement to insure that the area is developed in accordance with the above; now, therefore and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, in that it is necessary to immediately enter into the agreement so that the annexation can proceed in accordance with time provisions in the State statutes, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized enter into a pre-annexation agreement with Dominion Homes, Inc.
Section 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.