Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance approves the acceptance of certain territory (AN25-021) 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 November 10, 2025. Franklin County approved the annexation on January 20, 2026 and the City Clerk received notice on January 30, 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 (AN25-021) of Dublin MHP LLC for the annexation of certain territory containing 4.46± acres in Washington Township. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Washington Township was filed on behalf of Dublin MHP LLC on November 10, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the petition was considered and approved by the Franklin County Board of Commissioners at a hearing on January 20, 2026; and
WHEREAS, on January 30, 2025, 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; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
SECTION 1. That the annexation proposed by Dublin MHP LLC in a petition filed with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners on November 10, 2025 and subsequently approved by the Board on January 20, 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, Township of Washington, and being a part of Virginia Military Survey No. 3453, and all of that 4.455 acre tract described in a deed to Dublin MHP LLC of record in Inst. No. 201808300117990 and part of the right-of-way of Avery Road conveyed to the Franklin County Commissioners by Deed of record in Inst. No. 200504070065050 (all references in this description are to the Records in the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the southeasterly corner of an annexation to the City of Columbus, City Ord. No. 2264-2021, Inst. No. 202201100006346, being a point in the existing annexation line of the City of Columbus, City Ord. No. 0925-2005, Inst. No. 200508180168050, being a point 30.00 feet west of the centerline of Avery Road (width variable) being the northeasterly corner of said 4.455 acre tract and being the northwesterly corner of that 0.545 acre tract (Parcel 25-WD) conveyed to the Franklin County Commissioners of record in Inst. No. 200504070065050;
Thence in a southerly direction, a distance of approximately 763 feet, parallel to and 30.00 feet west of the centerline of Avery Road, and along a westerly line of said 0.545 acre tract and annexation in City Ord. No. 0925-2005, and along the easterly line of said 4.455 acre tract, and the southerly extension of said line, passing a southerly corner of said 4.455 acre tract at approximately 734 feet, to the intersection with the northeasterly right-of-way line of the New York Central Lines, LLC, of record in Inst. No. 200212180325201, being on the southerly line of said 0.545 acre tract and in the existing annexation line of the City of Columbus, City Ord. No. 1533-2002, Inst. No. 200212260331528;
Thence in a northwesterly direction, a distance of approximately 918 feet, along the northeasterly right-of-way line of said New York Central Lines, LLC and a southwesterly line of said 0.545 acre tract, and the existing annexation line in City Ord. No. 1533-2002, passing a southerly corner of said 4.455 acre tract at approximately 21 feet, to the northwesterly corner of said 4.455 acre tract and the southwesterly corner of the original 5.141 acre tract described in a deed to Avery Homes LLC of record in Inst. No. 202408070079591;
Thence in a easterly direction, a distance of approximately 250 feet, along the northerly line of said 4.455 acre tract and the southerly line of said original 5.141 acre tract, to the southwesterly corner of that 1.000 acre tract described in a deed to A&M Solution Provider LLC and Waheed Gul of record in Inst. No. 202103100043815 and a corner of said annexation in City Ord. No. 2264-2021;
Thence continuing in a easterly direction, a distance of approximately 260 feet, along the northerly line of said 4.455 acre tract and the southerly line of said 1.000 acre tract and existing annexation line in City Ord. No. 2264-2021, and along a southerly line of a portion of that Highway Easement conveyed to the Franklin County Commissioners of record in Official Record 2958 Page AO 1, to the Point of Beginning, containing 4.459 acres, more or less to be annexed, being all of said 4.455 acre tract and 0.004 acres in present Avery Road right-of-way:
The total perimeter of the annexation area is 2191 feet, of which 1940 feet are contiguous with the annexation to the City of Columbus by Ordinance Numbers 0925-2005, 1533-2002 and 2264-2021, giving 88.5% contiguity.
This description is based on records in the Franklin County Recorder's Office and was prepared by Mark A. Hazel of Construction Excavating Solutions, LLC in July 2025. It is not valid for transfer of real property, and is not to be utilized in place of a Boundary Survey as defined by the Ohio Administrative Code in Chapter 4733-37.
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 pursuant to the provisions of Section 503.07 of the Ohio Revised Code the Director of the Department of Development be and is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the City of Columbus to present to the Board of Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio, a petition requesting such changes in and extensions of the boundary lines of Montgomery Township as may be necessary so that said township may include therein that portion of Washington Township, which by the order of the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio, on January 30, 2026 was approved for annexation to the city of Columbus, so as to make the boundaries of Montgomery Township co-extensive with the corporate limits of the said city of Columbus in accordance with the maps attached to said petition.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.