Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance is being submitted to authorize the Director of Public Service to file a municipal annexation petition of a 0.4 acre site in Truro Township, Franklin County. The annexation involves right of way south of E. Broad St. in McNaughten Road, surrounded on three sides by the City of Columbus, to the City of Columbus. Additionally, this ordinance provides for the acceptance of the property by the City upon approval of the petition by the Franklin County Commissioners. This ordinance is required by the Ohio Revised Code as enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Upon approval by City Council, a certified copy of this ordinance will be provided to the Franklin County Commissioners in conjunction with an annexation petition.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance has no direct 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.
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To authorize the Director of Public Service to file a municipal petition for the annexation of 0.4 acres within Truro Township as provided in section 709.16 of the Ohio Revised Code and to provide for acceptance of the property by the City of Columbus upon approval of the petition by the Board of Franklin County Commissioners;
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus owns 0.4 acres of right of way in Truro Township south of E. Broad St., in right of way of McNaughten Road; and
WHEREAS, the site is not currently within the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, section 709.16 of the Ohio Revised Code allows for municipalities to file annexation petitions of territory owned by the municipality, a county or the state; and
WHEREAS, the City is able to provide municipal services to this site; and
WHEREAS, authorization by City Council is necessary for submission of a municipal annexation petition to the Board of Franklin County Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of the petition by the City to annex the site, the Board of Franklin County Commissioners must take action within 30 days; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus desires to add the referenced territory described in detail in Section 1 below to its boundaries if the petition is approved by the Board of Franklin County Commissioners; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Service is authorized to file a municipal petition for annexation as outlined in section 709.16 of the Ohio Revised Code for 0.4+/- acres in Truro Township, Franklin
County, located south of E. Broad St., in right of way of McNaughten Road and described more specifically as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, Township of Truro, being in Section 2, Township 12 North, Range 21 West, Refugee Lands, being a part of a 0.243 acre tract of land and a 0.179 acre tract of land in the name of The City of Columbus, as described in Deed Book 3122, Page 612, and also part of a 0.207 acre tract of land in the name of City of Columbus, as described in Deed Book 2754, Page 148, all records are filed with the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio:
Beginning, in the centerline of McNaughten Road at the southeasterly corner of a 0.391 acre tract of land in the name of City of Columbus, Ohio, as described in IN. 200109210218434, also being in the westerly line of said 0.179 acre tract and the southeasterly corner of a City of Columbus corporation line established by Ordinance No. 2162-99, as shown of record in IN 200001180011190;
Thence northerly, with said corporation line, said centerline, the easterly line of said 0.391 acre tract and the easterly line of a 0.220 acre tract of land in the name of City of Columbus as described in IN 200008240170877, the westerly lines of said 0.179 acre tract, said 0.207 acre tract, and said 0.243 acre tract, respectively, a distance of approximately 533 feet, to the southeasterly corner of a 0.652 acre tract of land in the name of the City of Columbus, Ohio, as described in Deed Book 3242, Page 172 being the southwesterly corner of a 0.470 acre tract of land in the name of City of Columbus as described in Deed Book 2830, Page 612, also being an existing City of Columbus corporation line established by Ordinance Number 781-57, as shown of record in Miscellaneous Record 102, Page 613;
Thence easterly, through said road with said corporation line, also being the northerly line of said 0.243
acre tract, a distance of approximately 30 feet to the original easterly right-of-way line of said McNaughten Road;
Thence southerly, with said original easterly right-of-way line through said 0.243 acre tract, said 0.207 acre tract, and said 0.179 acre tract, respectively, also with said corporation line, a distance of approximately 533 feet to a point;
Thence westerly, through said 0.179 acre tract, along the easterly extension of the southerly line of said 0.391 acre tract, a distance of approximately 30 feet to the True Place of Beginning, containing 0.4 acres more or less.
The annexation does not create an unincorporated area to Truro Township completely surrounded by territory proposed for annexation.
Total perimeter of annexation is approximately 1126 feet, of which approximately 1096 feet is contiguous with the City of Columbus resulting in 97% perimeter contiguity.
Section 2. That the City of Columbus will accept the territory described in section 1 upon approval of the petition by the Board of Franklin County Commissioners.
Section 3. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to perform such acts as set forth in O.R.C. 709.06, or as otherwise required by law, in order to ensure the proper recording of the annexation.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.