Explanation
AN03-014BACKGROUND: This ordinance is submitted to present to Council the transcript of proceedings and papers relating to Annexation AN03-014 a certain petition for annexation as described in the ordinance and transcript which is attached hereto. More than sixty days have elapsed since June 16, 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 (AN03-014) of Willow Brook Christian Communities Inc. for the annexation of certain territory containing 1.71 ± Acres in Sharon Township.
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WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Sharon Township was duly filed by Willow Brook Christian Communities Inc. on April 11, 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 June 10, 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 June 16, 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 Willow Brook Christian Communities 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 11, 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 June 10, 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 Sharon, located in Section 2, Township 2, Range 18, United States Military Lands and being all of that tract as conveyed to Willow Brook Christian Communities, Inc. by deed of record in Official Record 7380B10 (all references refer to the records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of Lazelle Road with the northerly line of said Willow Brook Christian Communities, Inc. at a point in the existing City of Columbus Corporation Line by Ordinance No. 57-87 of record in Official Record 9154105;
thence easterly with said right-of-way line and existing corporation line, a distance of approximately 201 feet to a point;
thence southerly with the easterly line of said Willow Brook Christian Communities, Inc. at an angle point in an existing City of Columbus Corporation Line by Ordinance No. 2144-84 of record in Official Record 5201B13; a distance of approximately 375 feet to a point in the northerly right-of-way line of Lazelle Road East;
thence westerly with said right-of-way line, and existing corporation line, a distance of approximately 200 feet to a point;
thence northerly, continuing with said corporation line, and being the westerly line of said Willow Brook Christian Communities, Inc. a distance of approximately 375 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 1.71 acre 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.