Explanation
AN20-003
BACKGROUND: This ordinance is being submitted to authorize the Director of Public Service to file a municipal annexation petition of a 0.44 acre site in Sharon Township, Franklin County. The annexation involves city-owned right of way on the north side of Schrock Road, west of Cleveland Avenue, and is sought to bring the city-owned right of way into the corporate boundary. Additionally, this ordinance provides for the acceptance of the property by the City upon approval of the petition by the Franklin County Commissioners. This ordinance is required by the Ohio Revised Code as enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Upon approval by City Council, a certified copy of this ordinance will be provided to the Franklin County Commissioners in conjunction with an annexation petition.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance has no direct 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 authorize the Director of Public Service to file a municipal petition for the annexation of 0.44 acres within Sharon Township as provided in section 709.16 of the Ohio Revised Code and to provide for acceptance of the property by the City of Columbus upon approval of the petition by the Board of Franklin County Commissioners.
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus owns 0.44 acres of right of way in Sharon Township on the north side of Schrock Road, west of Cleveland Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the site is not currently within the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, section 709.16 of the Ohio Revised Code allows for municipalities to file annexation petitions of territory owned by the municipality, a county or the state; and
WHEREAS, the City is able to provide municipal services to this site; and
WHEREAS, authorization by City Council is necessary for submission of a municipal annexation petition to the Board of Franklin County Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of the petition by the City to annex the site, the Board of Franklin County Commissioners must take action within 30 days; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to add the referenced territory described in detail in section 1 below to its boundaries if the petition is approved by the Board of Franklin County Commissioners; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Service is authorized to file a municipal petition for annexation as outlined in section 709.16 of the Ohio Revised Code for 0.44+/- acres in Sharon Township, Franklin County, located on Schrock Road west of Cleveland Avenue and described more specifically as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, Township of Sharon, lying in Quarter Township 1, Township 2, Range 18, United States Military Lands, being part of that 68.455 acre tract conveyed to the Board of Park Commissioners of the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District by deed of record in Deed Book 2561, Page 266, and that 1.85 acre tract conveyed to the Board of Park Commissioners of the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District by deed of record in Deed Book 2641, Page 545, (all references are to the records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning, for reference, at a comer common of that 0.426 acre tract conveyed to the City of Westerville by deed of record in Instrument Number 201703310043473 and that 0.206 acre tract conveyed to the City of Columbus by deed of record in Instrument Number 2017033100434 72, being in a westerly line of said 68.455 acre tract and that City of Columbus Corporation line as established by Ordinance Number 907-87 and of record in Official Record 9779D13;
Thence Southwesterly, with the line common to said 68.455 and 0.206 acre tracts, and said City of Columbus Corporation line (Ordinance number 907-87), a distance of approximately 4 feet to the northerly right-of-way line of Schrock Road, being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence Southwesterly, with the easterly line of said 68.455 acre tract, partially with said City of Columbus Corporation line (Ordinance Number 907-87) and the City of Columbus Corporation line as established by Ordinance Number 2711-80 and of record in Official Record 463El5, the westerly line of said 0.206 acre tract and with the westerly line of that 0.363 acre tract conveyed to Franklin County by deed of record in Deed Book 3355, Page 272, a distance of approximately 24 feet to a point in that City of Columbus Corporation line as established by Ordinance Number 1254-66 and of record in Miscellaneous Record 141, Page 4 72;
Thence Southwesterly, across said 68.455 and 1.85 acre tracts, and with said City of Columbus Corporation line (Ordinance Number 1254-66), a distance of approximately 1005 feet to a point;
Thence across said 1.85 and 68.455 acre tracts, with the northerly right-of-way line of Schrock Road, the following courses and distances:
Northwesterly, a distance of approximately 10 feet to a point;
Northeasterly, a distance of approximately 356 feet to a point;
Northeasterly, a distance of approximately 255 feet to a point;
Northeasterly, a distance of approximately 85 feet to a point;
Northeasterly, a distance of approximately 310 feet to a point; and
Northeasterly, a distance of approximately 5 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.44 acres, more or less.
Section 2. That the City of Columbus will accept the territory described in section 1 upon approval of the petition by the Board of Franklin County Commissioners.
Section 3. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to perform such acts as set forth in O.R.C. 709.06, or as otherwise required by law, in order to ensure the proper recording of the annexation.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.