Explanation
AN03-030
BACKGROUND: This ordinance is submitted to present to Council the transcript of proceedings and papers relating to Annexation AN03-030 a certain petition for annexation as described in the ordinance and transcript which is attached hereto. More than sixty days have elapsed since January 12, 2004, 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.
Title
To accept the application (AN03-030) of Bishop James A. Griffin Griffith for the annexation of certain territory containing 48.44 ± Acres in Orange Township.
Body
WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Orange Township was duly filed by Bishop James A. Griffin Griffith on November 20, 2003; 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 December 29, 2003; 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 January 12, 2004; 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 Bishop James A. Griffin Griffith 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 November 20, 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 December 29, 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:
Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Delaware, Township of Orange, lying in Farm Lots 6 and 7, Section 3, Township 3, Range 18, United States Military District, and being part of that 68.813 acre tract conveyed to Clarence G. Issenmann, Bishop of the Diocese of Columbus by deed of record in Deed Book 294, Page 355, of which being changed to James A. Griffin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus, in the Affidavit of Succession of the Roman Bishops of Columbus, of record in Deed Book 380, Page 613 and/or Deed Book 468, Page 197, part of a 48.89 acre tract conveyed to Clarence G. Issenmann, Bishop of the Diocese of Columbus by deed of record in Deed Book 293, Page 486, of which being changed to James A. Griffin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus, in the Affidavit of Succession of the Roman Bishops of Columbus, of record in Deed Book 380, Page 613 and/or Deed Book 468, Page 197, all being of record in the Recorder's Office, Delaware County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING, at a point at the southeast corner of a said 68.813 acre tract and at an angle point of the Existing City of Columbus Corporation Line, Ordinance Number 1527-2003, of record in Plat Cabinet 3, Slide 217, same being in the westerly right-of-way line of the Norfolk & Southern Railroad;
Thence North 87°12'21" West, a distance of 1383.94 feet, along the Existing City of Columbus Corporation Line and the line common to said 68.813 acre tract and said 68.274 acre tract, to a point;
Thence North 02°49'59" East, a distance of 1618.85 feet, crossing said 68.813 acre tract and said 48.89 acre tract, to a point in the line common to said 48.89 acre tract and that original 49.1 acre tract conveyed to Clarence E. Elwell, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus, by deed of record in Deed Book 343, Page 306;
Thence South 87°10'01" East, a distance of 1223.73 feet, along the line common to said 48.89 acre tract and said original 49.1 acre tract, to a point at the common corner of said 48.89 acre tract and said original 49.1 acre tract, and being in the westerly right-of-way line of said Norfolk & Southern Railroad;
Thence South 02°49'20" East, a distance of 1625.83 feet, along the westerly right-of-way line of said Norfolk & Southern Railroad, and the east line of said 68.813 acre tract and said 48.89 acre tract, to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 48.44 acres, more or less, of which 28.94 acres lies within Farm Lot 7 and 19.50 acres lies within Farm Lot 6.
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.