Explanation
AN05-001
BACKGROUND: This ordinance is submitted to present to Council the transcript of proceedings and papers relating to Annexation AN05-001 a certain petition for annexation as described in the ordinance and transcript which is attached hereto. More than sixty days have elapsed since March 30, 2005, the date of receipt from the Board of County Commissioners of Delaware 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.
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To accept the application (AN05-001) of Olympus Communities, LTD for the annexation of certain territory containing 14.5 ± Acres in Orange Township.
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WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Orange Township was duly filed by Olympus Communities, LTD on February 17, 2005; and
WHEREAS, the said petition was duly considered by the Board of County Commissioners of Delaware County, Ohio, and the annexation of said hereinafter described territory to the city of Columbus was approved by said Commissioners by order dated March 24, 2005; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Delaware 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 March 30, 2005; 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 Olympus Communities, LTD 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 Delaware County, Ohio February 17, 2005 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 24, 2005, 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 Delaware, Township of Orange, lying in Farm Lot 3, Section 3, and Farm Lots 15 and 22, Section 4, Township 3, Range 18, United States Military Lands, being part of the 13.961 acre tract conveyed to Olympus Communities, Ltd. by deed of record in Official Record 467, Page 449, and part of the 1.090 acre tract conveyed to Olympus Communities, Ltd. by deed of record in Official Record 527, Page 1220 (all references are to the records of the Recorder's Office, Delaware County, Ohio) and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the common corner of said 13.961 acre tract and Lot 191 of "SHUSTER SUBDIVISION", as recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 49, being in the westerly line of Lot 278 of "PRESTWICK COMMONS SECTION 4", as recorded in Plat Cabinet 2, Slides 322-322C and being in the existing City of Columbus Corporation Line, by Ordinance Number 1497-97, as recorded in Plat Cabinet 2, Slide 88;
thence westerly, a distance of approximately 1067 feet, with the southerly line of said 13.961 acre tract, and the northerly lines of said "SHUSTER SUBDIVISION" and the 1 acre tract conveyed to George T. and Margaret Perry by deed of record in Deed Volume 347, Page 145, to the easterly right-of-way line of Old State Road;
thence northerly, a distance of approximately 814 feet, with said easterly right-of-way line, to a point in the line common to said 1.090 acre tract and the 12.928 acre tract conveyed to Olympus Communities, Ltd. by deed of record in Official Record 450, Page 1369, at an angle point in the existing City of Columbus Corporation Line, by Ordinance Number 2203-2003, as recorded in Plat Cabinet 3, Slide 267;
thence, with the line common to said 12.928 and 1.090 acre tracts, and with said existing City of Columbus Corporation Line (Ord. No. 2203-2003), the following courses and distances:
easterly, a distance of approximately 213 feet, to a point;
southerly, a distance of approximately 200 feet, to a point in the northerly line of said 13.961 acre tract;
thence easterly, a distance of approximately 701 feet, with the line common to said 13.961 acre and 12.928 acre tracts, and with said existing City of Columbus Corporation Line (Ord. No. 2203-2003), to a common corner of said 13.961 and 12.928 acre tracts, being in the westerly line of Lot 30 of "PRESTWICK COMMONS SECTION 1", as recorded in Plat Cabinet 2, Slide 138-138B, and being in said existing City of Columbus Corporation Line (Ord. No. 1497-97);
thence southerly, a distance of approximately 595 feet, with the easterly line of said 13.961 acre tract, and the westerly lines of said "PRESTWICK COMMONS SECTION 1", and said "PRESTWICK COMMONS SECTION 4", and with said existing City of Columbus Corporation line (Ord. No. 1497-97), to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Containing approximately 14.5 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.