Explanation
AN03-045RF
BACKGROUND: This ordinance is submitted to present to Council the transcript of proceedings and papers relating to Annexation AN03-045RF a certain petition for annexation as described in the ordinance and transcript which is attached hereto. More than sixty days have elapsed since April 26, 2004, the date of receipt from the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County.
These are submitted in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code.
FISCAL IMPACT: Provision of municipal services for a proposed annexation area has no fiscal impact. However, provision of the stated services does represent cost to the city. The annexation of land also has the potential to create revenue to the city.
Title
To accept the application (AN03-045RF) of Cynthia J. Irwin, et al. for the annexation of certain territory containing 1.6 ± Acres in Plain Township.
Body
WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Plain Township was duly filed by Cynthia J. Irwin, et al. on February 11, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the said petition was duly considered by the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio, and the annexation of said hereinafter described territory to the city of Columbus was approved by said Commissioners by order dated March 23, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County certified the transcript of the proceedings in connection with the said annexation with the map and petition required in connection therewith to the City Clerk who received the same on April 26, 2004; and
WHEREAS, sixty days from the date of said filing have now elapsed 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 sought to be annexed by the aforesaid petition; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
Section 1. That the proposed annexation as applied for in the petition of Cynthia J. Irwin, et al. being the majority of owner(s) of real estate in the territory sought to be annexed and filed with the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio February 11, 2004 in which said petition prayed for annexation to the city of Columbus, Ohio, of certain territory adjacent thereto as hereinafter described, and which said petition was approved for annexation to the city of Columbus by the Board of County Commissioners by order dated March 23, 2004, be and the same 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 Plain and lying in Section 3, Township 2, Range 16, United States Military Lands, and being that tract as conveyed to Lawrence F. and Cynthia J. Irwin by deed of record in Official Record 18592D08 (all references refer to the records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of Warner Road with the easterly line of said Irwin tract;
thence southerly, with the easterly line of said Irwin tract, a portion of which being in the existing City of Columbus Corporation Line by Ordinance Number 1388-97 and of record in Instrument Number 199710070113511, a distance of approximately 1,372 feet to the southeasterly corner of said Irwin tract;
thence westerly, with the southerly line of said Irwin tract, being said corporation line (Ord. No. 1388-97) a distance of approximately 50 feet to the southwesterly corner of said Irwin tract;
thence northerly, with the westerly line of said Irwin tract, a distance of approximately 1,372 feet to a point in the southerly right-of-way line of said Warner Road;
thence easterly, with the southerly right-of-way line of said Warner Road, a distance of approximately 50 feet to the Point of Beginning, and containing approximately 1.6 acres of land, more or less.
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.