Explanation
AN03-011BACKGROUND: This ordinance is submitted to present to Council the transcript of proceedings and papers relating to Annexation AN03-011 a certain petition for annexation as described in the ordinance and transcript which is attached hereto. More than sixty days have elapsed since May 21, 2003, 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.
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To accept the application (AN03-011) of Dominion Homes, Inc. for the annexation of certain territory containing 2.3 ± Acres in Washington Township.
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WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Washington Township was duly filed by Dominion Homes, Inc. on April 2, 2003; 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 May 6, 2003; 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 May 21, 2003; 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 Dominion Homes, Inc. 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 April 2, 2003 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 May 6, 2003, 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 Washington, located in Virginia Military Survey Number 3453, being that tract of land conveyed to Dominion Homes, Inc. by deed of record in Deed Book 898, Page 543 (all references refer to the records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the northerly right-of-way line of Hayden Run Road with the westerly line of that tract conveyed to Fayez F. Bekheit and Sonia G. Bishara by deed of record in Official Record 26841H08;
thence northwesterly, with said northerly right-of-way line, a distance of approximately 5 feet to a point of curvature of a curve to the left;
thence northwesterly, continuing with said northerly right-of-way line, with the arc of said curve, a distance of approximately 616 feet to a point in the existing City of Columbus Corporation Line as established by Ordinance No. 1523-02 of record in Instrument Number 20021260331528, the southerly line of that tract conveyed to Rings Farm Ltd. by deed of record in Instrument Number 199901050002791;
thence easterly, with said existing City of Columbus Corporation Line, said southerly line, a distance of approximately 852 feet to the northwesterly corner of said Bekheit and Bishara tract;
thence southwesterly, with said westerly line, a distance of approximately 436 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing approximately 2.3 acres of land.
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.