Explanation
BACKGROUND:
The City of Columbus, the City of New Albany, and Board of Trustees of Plain Township (the “Parties”) originally entered into an Annexation Agreement (the “Agreement”) (Ord. 2262-2006) on February 26th, 2008. This agreement was established to coordinate land use planning, utility services, and development objectives. The Parties amended the Agreement in 2009 (Ord. 0845-2009), to clarify Agreement Territory and ensure boundary conformance procedures to exclude the Township from any land or lands which were annexed to the City within the City Growth Zone West. The Parties amended the Agreement in 2012 (Ord. 0410-2012) to modify the Rocky Fork-Blacklick Accord process for appointing Accord Panel members such that each party will individually appoint three members. The City of Columbus and the City of New Albany entered into a Water Service Agreement and a Sanitary Sewer Service Agreement on September 30, 2022 (Ord. 1985-2022), which was subsequently amended by Ord. 2885-2024. An additional amendment was passed on July 21st, 2025 (Ord. 1820-2025) to the Annexation Agreement between the Parties to replace the Service Area Boundary Map and the Map of the Agreement Territory.
In 2026, the City of New Albany requested an Amendment to the Agreement to adjust the boundaries to the Franklin County portion of the growth areas. The City of Columbus Department of Development has reviewed the requested list and supports the adjustment for the identified parcels. This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to execute an Amendment to the Annexation Agreement, utilizing Exhibit A (Service Area Boundary Map), Exhibit B (Map of the Agreement Territory), and Exhibit C (Parcel List) to define the updated growth boundaries. A companion piece of legislation, Ord. 1557-2026, seeks to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to modify the existing Water Service Agreement and Sanitary Sewer Agreement to be commensu...
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