Explanation
AN05-024
BACKGROUND: This ordinance is submitted to present to Council the transcript of proceedings and papers relating to Annexation AN05-024 a certain petition for annexation as described in the ordinance which is attached hereto. More than sixty days have elapsed since February 28, 2006, 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 (AN05-024) of Christopher and Marlene Blackburn, et al. for the annexation of certain territory containing 11.2 ± Acres in Jefferson Township.
Body
WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Jefferson Township was duly filed by Christopher and Marlene Blackburn, et al. on January 18, 2006; 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 February 21, 2006; 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 February 28, 2006; 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 Christopher and Marlene Blackburn, 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 January 18, 2006 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 February 21, 2006, 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 Jefferson, Quarter Township 4, Township 1, Range 16, United States Military Lands, being all of the 2.788 acre tract conveyed as Tract I, and the 4.133 acre tract conveyed as Tract II to James A. and Victoria L. Geiger by deed of record in Instrument Number 200502230032593, and all of the 4.263 acre tract conveyed to Christopher and Marlene Blackburn by deed of record in Instrument Number 200006260125744 (all references are to the records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING in the southerly line of "McNeill Farms, Section 3, Part 3", a subdivision of record in Plat 94, Page 36, at a common corner of said 4.263 acre tract and "Willow Oaks Condominium, Fourth Amendment", a condominium of record in Condominium Plat Book 105, Page 91, being an angle point in the existing City of Columbus Corporation Line, as established in Ordinance Number 2165-99, and recorded in Instrument Number 200001110007426;
Thence easterly, a distance of approximately 492 feet, with the northerly lines of said 4.263, 4.133, and 2.788 acre tracts, and partly with said existing City of Columbus Corporation Line (2165-99), to the northeasterly corner of said 2.788 acre tract, being an angle point in the existing City of Columbus Corporation Line, as established in Ordinance Number 934-91, and recorded in Official Record 19392 D09;
Thence southerly, a distance of approximately 741 feet, with an easterly line of said 2.788 acre tract, and said existing City of Columbus Corporation Line (934-91), to the southeasterly corner of said 2.788 acre tract;
Thence westerly, a distance of approximately 164 feet, with the southerly line of said 2.788 acre tract, to a point in the easterly line of said 4.133 acre tract;
Thence southerly, a distance of approximately 355 feet, with said easterly line, to the southeasterly corner of said 4.133 acre tract, being in the northerly right-of-way line of East Broad Street, being the existing City of Columbus Corporation Line, as established in Ordinance Number 1513-00, and recorded in Instrument Number 200011090227756;
Thence southwesterly, a distance of approximately 329 feet, with the southerly lines of said 4.133 and 4.263 acre tracts, said northerly right-of-way line, and said existing City of Columbus Corporation Line (1513-00), to the southwesterly corner of said 4.263 acre tract, being an angle point in said existing City of Columbus Corporation Line (2165-99);
Thence northerly, a distance of approximately 1166 feet, with the westerly line of said 4.263 acre tract, and said existing City of Columbus Corporation Line (2165-99), to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing approximately 11.2 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.