Explanation
Background: On September 9, 1996 the City entered into an Annexation Agreement ("Agreement") with the Rickenbacker Port Authority ("RPA"), which requires the annexation of certain Port Authority property to the City. The RPA was merged with the Columbus Municipal Airport Authority and the new entity, renamed the Columbus Regional Airport Authority ("CRAA"), assumed the obligations of the RPA under the Annexation Agreement. A First Amendment to the Agreement was executed by the City and the CRAA on December 27, 2007. A Second Amendment to the Agreement was executed by the City and CRAA on February 29, 2008. The Second Amendment requires that "[t]he City shall use its best efforts, subject to the approval of Columbus City Council, to provide that annexed properties shall immediately upon annexation be assigned the City zoning classification most comparable to the zoning applicable to such property immediately prior to annexation." This ordinance amends Section 3310.09 of the Columbus Zoning Code, Title 33 to provide that parcels within the geographic boundary of the territory to be annexed to the City under the terms of the Annexation Agreement and the First and Second Amendments thereto will immediately upon annexation to the City without cost, expense or delay to be assigned the zoning classification most comparable to the zoning applicable to such property immediately prior to annexation.
Fiscal Impact: No funding is required for this legislation. Income tax revenues will be generated within the annexed territory.
Title
To amend Section 3310.09 of the Columbus Zoning Code, Title 33 to provide that parcels within the geographic boundary of the territory to be annexed to the City under the terms of the existing Annexation Agreement between the City of Columbus and the Columbus Regional Airport Authority and the First and Second Amendments thereto will immediately upon annexation to the City be assigned the zoning classification...
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