Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to submit a boundary conformance petition to Franklin County for the transfer of certain territory from Blendon Township to Montgomery Township per an annexation agreement between the City and Blendon Township.
This ordinance authorizes the submission of a petition to the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio, requesting that the boundary lines of Montgomery Township be changed to make them identical with the corporate limits of the City of Columbus for this annexation. The petition will be filed in accordance with Section 503.07 of the Ohio Revised Code.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Boundary conformance does represent cost to the City.
Emergency designation: An emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to file a boundary conformance petition for City of Columbus owned right-of-way for the preservation of the public peace, property, safety, and welfare.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to petition the Franklin County Board of Commissioners to change the Montgomery Township boundary lines to make them co-extensive with the corporate limits of the City of Columbus for territory in Blendon Township recently accepted by Ordinance No. 0586-2026; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, a petition for the annexation of certain territory in Blendon Township was filed on behalf of City of Columbus DPS on August 12, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the petition was considered and approved by the Franklin County Board of Commissioners at a hearing on November 18, 2025; and
WHEREAS, on November 25, 2025, the City Clerk received from Franklin County a certified copy of the resolution addressing the petition; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus accepted said territory through the passage of Ordinance No. 0586-2026; and
WHEREAS, the annexation agreement between Blendon Township and the City of Columbus requires the City to transfer territory annexed from Blendon Township to the city of Columbus and to conform the boundaries of Montgomery Township to make them identical with the corporate limits of the city; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to file a boundary conformance petition for City of Columbus owned right-of-way to timely comply with the annexation agreement with Blendon Township, for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. 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 Blendon Township, which by the order of the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio, on November 18, 2025 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 and legal description attached to said petition and this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.