Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance approves the acceptance of certain territory (AN26-008) by the city of Columbus. The Ohio Revised Code stipulates that to be effective, City acceptance must take place a minimum of 60 days from the receipt by the City Clerk of the approval notice from the county. If City Council does not accept the ordinance within 120 days of its first consideration, the annexation will be considered rejected. This petition was filed with Franklin County on May 14, 2026. City Council approved a service ordinance addressing the site on May 18, 2026. Franklin County approved the annexation on June 23, 2026 and the City Clerk received notice on July 9, 2026.
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.
Title
To accept the application (AN26-008) of Tracy L. Zwayer & Richard L. Zwayer, II, Trustee et al. for the annexation of certain territory containing 279.5± acres in Brown & Norwich Township. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Brown & Norwich Township was filed on behalf of Tracy L. Zwayer & Richard L. Zwayer, II, Trustee et al. on May 14, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the petition was considered and approved by the Franklin County Board of Commissioners at a hearing on June 23, 2026; and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2026, the City Clerk received from Franklin County a certified copy of the resolution addressing the petition; and
WHEREAS, sixty days have now elapsed since receipt of the resolution 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 addressed by the petition; and NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
SECTION 1. That the annexation proposed by Tracy L. Zwayer & Richard L. Zwayer, II, Trustee et al. in a petition filed with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners on May 14, 2026 and subsequently approved by the Board on June 23, 2026 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, Townships of Brown and Norwich, in Virginia Military District Survey Numbers 5273, 6542, 6635, 6637 and 6616, being comprised of part of those 50 acre and 0.44 acre tracts, and all of that 79.88 acre tract conveyed to Richard L. Zwayer II and Tracy L. Zwayer, Trustees by deed of record in Instrument Number 202307060066459, part of those 50 acre and 0.44 acre tracts, and all of that 79.88 acre tract conveyed to Gabrielle Olson, Teresa Murphy, Leesa Napier and Anne Marzlufby deed of record in Instrument Number 202112170229301, part of those 50 acre and 0.44 acre tracts, and all of that 79 .88 acre tract conveyed to Jutta Zwayer by deed of record in Official Record 723E 18, part of those 50 acre and 0.44 acre tracts, all of that 79.88 acre tract, and all of that 30 acre tract conveyed to Elsie C. O'harra by deed of record in Deed Book 1134, Page 85, all of those 65.310 acre and 4.416 acre tracts conveyed to Alton Darby Creek Holding LLC by deed of record in Instrument Number 202411070117702, part of that 1.725 acre tract conveyed as Parcel 1-WD to Franklin County Commissioners by deed of record in Instrument Number 202304190037245, part of that 13.261 acre tract conveyed to Joshua L. Planck and Andrea M. Planck by deed of record in Instrument Number 201603020024901, part of that 30.394 acre tract conveyed to Margaret R. Planck and Eugene A. Planck by deed of record in Instrument Number 200704270073161, part of those 15.750 acre and 32.104 acre tracts conveyed to Janice A. Van Echo and Lois M. Parker, Trustees by deed of record in Instrument Number 200904090050322, and part of that 5.946 acre tract conveyed as Parcel 1-WD to City of Hilliard, Ohio by deed of record in Instrument Number 201108160102262 (all references are to the records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the northeasterly corner of said Franklin County Commissioners tract, the northwesterly corner of the remainder of that 256.246 acre tract conveyed to Pulte Homes of Ohio LLC by deed of record in Instrument Number 202106170106556, in a southerly line of that 33 acre tract conveyed as Tract No. 5 to Anderson Farms, Ltd. by deed of record in Official Record 34171J03, in the easterly right of way line of Alton and Darby Creek Road (width varies), and in the existing City of Columbus corporation Line, as established by Ordinance Number 0063-2019, of record in Instrument Number 201904010036581;
Thence southerly, with said easterly right-of-way line, said City of Columbus corporation line, the westerly line of the remainder of said 256.246 acre tract, the westerly line of the subdivision entitled "Sugar Farms Section 6", of record in Plat Book 132, Page 329, and the westerly line of the subdivision entitled "Sugar Farms Section 5", of record in Plat Book 132, Page 325, a distance of approximately 1321 feet to a point;
Thence westerly, crossing said Alton and Darby Creek Road and said 1.725 acre tract, and with the northerly line of that 5.010 acre tract conveyed to Vasiliy Shishlo and Nina Shishlo by deed of record in Instrument number 200901300011385, a distance of approximately 615 feet to the northwesterly corner thereof;
Thence southerly, with the westerly line of said 5.010 acre tract, a distance of approximately 364 feet to the southwesterly corner thereof;
Thence easterly, with the southerly line of said 5.010 acre tract, a distance of approximately 622 feet to a point in the westerly right-of-way line of said Alton and Darby Creek Road;
Thence southerly, with said westerly right of way line, a distance of approximately 837 feet to a point in the northerly line of that 0.406 acre tract conveyed as Parcel 13-WD to Franklin County Commissioners by deed of record in Instrument Number 200905070064823;
Thence westerly, with said northerly line, a distance of approximately 19 feet to a northwesterly corner thereof;
Thence southerly, with a westerly line of said 0.406 acre tract, a distance of approximately 338 feet to the northeasterly corner of that 0.730 acre tract conveyed to Thomas Alan Foy by deed of record in Instrument Number 202503180026249, the northwesterly corner of that 0.270 acre tract conveyed to Franklin County Commissioners as Parcel 12-WD by deed of record in Instrument Number 200906290093518;
Thence westerly, with the northerly line of said 0.730 acre tract and the northerly line of those tracts conveyed as Tract 1 and Tract 2 to Ronald D. Daniel by deed of record in Instrument Number 202209020126999, a distance of approximately 745 feet to the northwesterly corner of said Tract 2;
Thence southerly, with the westerly line of said Tract 2, a distance of approximately 153 feet to a point in the northerly right of way line of Walker Road (width varies);
Thence crossing said 32.104 acre, 15.750 acre, 30.394 acre and 13.261 acre tracts and with said northerly right of way line the following courses and distances:
Westerly, a distance of approximately 793 feet to a point;
Westerly, a distance of approximately 140 feet to a point;
Westerly, a distance of approximately 398 feet to a point; and
Westerly, a distance of approximately 843 feet to a point in the easterly line of that 5.010 acre tract conveyed to Bilal Shahid and Melanie Mescher by deed of record in Instrument Number 202309260100085;
Thence northerly, with said easterly line, a distance of approximately 978 feet to a corner thereof, in the common line of said VMS Survey Numbers 5273 and 6616;
Thence westerly, with said common VMS line, with the northerly line of said 5.010 acre tract, the northerly line of that 5.010 acre tract conveyed to Alfred F. Goshorn and Catherine A. Goshorn by deed of record in Instrument Number 201206260091214, and the northerly line of that 12.1645 acre tract conveyed to Emma Lou Brown by deed of record in Instrument Number 201312040200188, a distance of approximately 1694 feet to a point in the easterly line of that 5.244 acre tract conveyed to F. Robert Wall and Marilyn M. Ransom by deed of record in Official Record 13470D11;
Thence northerly, with said easterly line, the easterly line of that 35.740 acre tract conveyed to Richard A. McGrath and Sherrie L. McGrath by deed of record in Instrument Number 200411220267217, and crossing vacated Roberts Road (see Road Record 16, Page 183), a distance of approximately 2241 feet to a point in the southerly right of way line of Roberts Road (width varies);
Thence crossing said 50 acre and 0.44 acre tracts and with said southerly right of way line the following distances:
Easterly, a distance of approximately 153 feet to a point;
Easterly, a distance of approximately 119 feet to a point;
Easterly, a distance of approximately 119 feet to a point;
Easterly, a distance of approximately 119 feet to a point;
Easterly, a distance of approximately 119 feet to a point; and
Easterly, a distance of approximately 171 feet to a point;
Thence northerly, crossing said Roberts Road and with the westerly line of that 5.946 acre tract conveyed as Parcel 1-WD to The City of Hilliard, Ohio by deed of record in Instrument Number 201108160102262, a distance of approximately 58 feet to a southwesterly corner of the subdivision entitled "Alton Place Section 1, Phase 1", of record in Plat Book 132, Page 165, in the existing City of Hilliard corporation line, as established by Ordinance Number 09-02, of record in Instrument Number 200903160036425;
Thence easterly, with the southerly line of said subdivision, said City of Hillard corporation line, and the northerly line of said 5.946 acre tract, a distance of approximately 1317 feet to a point;
Thence southerly, partly crossing said Roberts Road and partly with the westerly line of that 2.022 acre tract conveyed to Eric Woodruff and Christine M. Woodruff by deed of record in Instrument Number 201612130171707, a distance of approximately 133 feet to a point;
Thence with the westerly line of said 2.022 acre tract the following distances:
Southerly, a distance of approximately 125 feet to a point;
Southerly, a distance of approximately 116 feet to a point;
Southerly, a distance of approximately 93 feet to a point; and
Southerly, a distance of approximately 51 feet to a northwesterly corner of that tract conveyed as Tract 2 to Timothy A. Woodruff, Trustee by deed of record in Instrument Number 202410090105704;
Thence with the westerly line of said Tract 2 the following distances:
Southerly, a distance of approximately 118 feet to a point;
Southerly, a distance of approximately 121 feet to a point; and
Southerly, a distance of approximately 120 feet to a point;
Thence easterly, with the southerly line of said Tract 2, the southerly line of that tract conveyed as Tract 1 to Timothy A. Woodruff, Trustee by deed of record in Instrument Number 202410090105704, and the southerly line of that 5.000 acre tract conveyed to Betty A. Blau and Thomas R. Ferguson by deed of record in Instrument Number 199804280100555, a distance of approximately 605 feet to the southwesterly corner of that 3.783 acre tract conveyed to Beverly A. Crumley AKA Beverly Crumley by deed of record in Instrument Number 201909260126023;
Thence easterly, with the southerly line of said 3.783 acre tract and the southerly line of that 2.192 acre tract conveyed to Joshua K. Crumley and Alison Crumley by deed of record in Instrument Number 200108280199205, a distance of approximately 316 feet to the southwesterly corner of that 3.59 acre tract conveyed to Ralph V. Watts Jr. and Karen E. Watts by deed of record in Instrument number 199911160286287;
Thence easterly, with the southerly line of said 3.59 acre tract, a distance of approximately 473 feet to the northwesterly corner of that 3.505 acre tract conveyed to John V. Palmer and Donna J. Palmer by deed of record in Instrument Number 199809180237761;
Thence southerly, with the westerly line of said 3.505 acre tract, a distance of approximately 546 feet to a corner thereof;
Thence easterly, with the southerly line of said 3.505 acre tract and crossing said Alton and Darby Creek Road, a distance of approximately 288 feet to a point in the centerline of said Alton and Darby Creek Road;
Thence southerly, with said centerline, a distance of approximately 77 feet to the southwesterly corner of said 33 acre tract;
Thence easterly, with the southerly line of said 33 acre tract, a distance of approximately 31 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING containing 279.5 acres of land, more or less, of which 4.8 acres are within Norwich Township and 274.7 acres are within Brown Township.
Total perimeter of annexation area is approximately 17,489 feet, of which approximately 1,321 feet is contiguous with the City of Columbus, giving approximately 7.6% perimeter contiguity.
This description is for annexation purposes only and is not to be used for transfer.
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.