Explanation
BA20-006
Background:
A 3.9 acre boundary adjustment between the City of Columbus and the City of Reynoldsburg has been proposed. The site includes a portion of the right-of-way associated with Brice Road between I-70 and Livingston Avenue, as well as privately held parcels on the east side of Brice Road. The proposed adjustment moves the City of Columbus corporate boundary slightly westward, placing the entire Brice Road right of way within Reynoldsburg. The private parcels are already surrounded on three sides by Reynoldsburg.
This legislation is being filed in response to the provisions of the Ohio Revised Code - section 709.37 regarding municipal boundary adjustments. The City of Reynoldsburg approved parallel legislation in 2019. Columbus approval will allow the adjustment proposal to be submitted to Franklin County for finalization.
Fiscal Impact:
None
Title
To agree to an adjustment to the City’s boundaries by consenting to transfer approximately 3.9+/- acres from the City of Columbus to the Reynoldsburg.
Body
WHEREAS, a 3.9+/- acre area comprised of a portion of the Brice Road right of way and adjacent parcels located within Columbus has been proposed to be transferred to the City of Reynoldsburg; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of all parties if the boundaries of the two communities reflect the proposed adjustment; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Columbus to transfer the subject area to the City of Reynoldsburg which desires to accept said transfer; and
WHEREAS, the proposed transfer does not involve the transfer of territory inhabited by more than five voters; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the City to agree to a boundary adjustment; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
Section 1. That in accordance with Section 709.37 of the Ohio Revised Code, the City of Columbus hereby agrees to transfer to the City of Reynoldsburg the land described as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in One-Half Lots 40 and 41, Sections 23 and 24, Township 12, Range 21, Refugee Lands, and being all of that 0.155 acre tract conveyed to the City of Reynoldsburg by deed of record in Deed Book 3208, Page 452, that 1.080 acre tract conveyed to 2440 Brice Road, LLC by deed of record in Instrument Number 201009160121046, that 1.254 acre tract conveyed to 2444 Brice, LLC by deed of record in Instrument Number 201502250023224, all of that tract conveyed to Shell Oil Company 99 Year Lease by deed of record in Lease Volume 181, Page 112, part of that 0.230 acre tract conveyed to the City of Columbus by deed of record in Deed Book 2851, Page 5, and that 2.854 acre tract conveyed to The City of Columbus, Ohio by deed of record in Deed Book 2968, Page 603 (all references are to the records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the comer common of said 0.230 and 0.155 acre tracts and that 0.533 acre tract conveyed to Ermo Marketing Company by deed of record in Official Record 13866I05, in the right of way intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of Brice Road and the southerly right-of-way line of Livingston A venue;
Thence westerly, with the line common to said 0.230 and 0.533 acre tracts, a distance of 130± feet to a point;
Thence northerly, across said 0.230 acre tract, a distance of 52± feet to a point in the centerline of said Livingston A venue, on an existing City of Columbus corporation line as established by Ordinance Number 413-60, Case Number COC No. 166 and recorded in Miscellaneous Record 123, Page 228, and an existing City of Reynoldsburg corporation line as established by Ordinance Number 476, Case Number Rey No. 7 and recorded in Miscellaneous Record 98, Page 310;
Thence easterly, with the northerly line of said 0.230 acre tract, the centerline of said Livingston Avenue, said City of Columbus corporation line (Ordinance Number 413-60) and said City of Reynoldsburg corporation line (Ordinance Number 476), a distance of 145± feet to a point;
Thence southerly, across said 0.230 and 2.854 acre tracts, with said City of Columbus corporation line (Ordinance Number 413-60) and that existing City of Reynoldsburg corporation line as established by Case Number Rey No. 11 and recorded in Miscellaneous Record 136, Page 649, a distance of 1935± to a point;
Thence easterly, across said 2.854 acre tract, with the northerly lines of said 1.080 acre tract and Shell Oil Company tract, said City of Reynoldsburg corporation line (Case Number Rey No. 11) and that existing City of Columbus corporation line as established by Ordinance Number 156-69, Case Number COC No. 265 and recorded in Miscellaneous Record 146, Page 613, a distance of 733± to a point;
Thence southerly, with the easterly line of said Shell Oil Company tract, said City of Columbus corporation line (Ordinance Number 156-69) and said City of Reynoldsburg corporation line (Case Number Rey No. 11 ), a distance of 734± feet to a point;
Thence westerly, with the line common to said Shell Oil Company tract and that 9.687 acre tract conveyed to HD Development of Maryland, Inc. by deed of record in Instrument Number 200007200143969, a distance of 19± feet to a point in that existing City of Reynoldsburg corporation line as established by Ordinance Number 20-98 and Case No. Rey No. BC-01-98;
Thence with the line common to said Shell Oil Company tract and said 9.687 acre tract, said City of Reynoldsburg corporation line (Ordinance Number 20-98), the following courses and distances:
Northerly, a distance of 20± feet to a point;
Easterly, a distance of 9± feet to a point; and
Northerly, a distance of 584± feet to a point;
Thence westerly, with the southerly line of said 1.254 acre tract and said City of Reynoldsburg corporation line (Ordinance Number 20-98), a distance of 448± feet to a point;
Thence southerly, with the easterly line of said 1.080 acre tract and said City of Reynoldsburg corporation line (Ordinance Number 20-98), a distance of 55± feet to a point;
Thence easterly, with the southerly line of said 1.080 acre tract, partially with said City of Reynoldsburg corporation line (Ordinance Number 20-98), across said 2.854 acre tract and Brice Road, a distance of 300± to the westerly right-of-way line of Brice Road, the westerly line of said 2. 854 acre tract;
Thence with the westerly right-of-way line of Brice Road and the westerly lines of said 2.854 and 0.155 acre tracts, the following courses and distances:
Northerly, a distance of 288± feet to a point;
Easterly, a distance of 11± feet to a point;
Northerly, a distance of 1640± feet to a point;
Easterly, a distance of 19± feet to a point; and
Northerly, a distance of 146± feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 3.9± acres, more or
This description is for annexation purposes only and is not to be used for transfer.
Total perimeter of annexation area is 7272 feet, of which 4923 feet is contiguous with the City of Reynoldsburg by Ordinance Numbers 20-98 and 476 and Case No. Rey No. 11, giving 67% perimeter contiguity.
Section 2. That the City Clerk shall certify this ordinance to the County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio, for further proceedings in accordance with the law.
Section 3. That the City of Columbus agrees to the transfer of the territory described in Section 1 to Reynoldsburg upon approval of the petition by the Board of Franklin County Commissioners and to take any necessary steps to record such acceptance.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.