Republic file photo The Otter Creek Golf Course clubhouse is shown.
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Columbus has amended its planning jurisdiction based on the recent sale of Otter Creek Golf Course.
The Columbus Plan Commission has approved revisions to its jurisdictional boundaries as a result of the sale.
“The sale of Otter Creek Golf Course to a private entity means that it will automatically be disannexed from the city of Columbus corporate limits,” said city/county planning director Jeff Bergman. “And a side effect to that is that this plan commission will need to redraw the boundary lines of its jurisdiction, because that island of city limits that is Otter Creek is no longer available as a basis upon which to draw those boundaries.”
This means that the commission’s eastern boundary line needs to recede. The jurisdiction will move from approximately half a mile east of State Road 46 to the vicinity of County Road 500 East. Areas that will become part of the county’s jurisdiction include Petersville, Clifty Farms, Highland Ridge and the Meadows at Otter Creek.
Additionally, planning officials have also decided to revise the commission’s north boundary line as well. Certain properties are bisected by the current jurisdiction line, so the commission is pulling back its jurisdiction so that the whole of those properties will be part of the county’s jurisdiction, Bergman told the commission. Heritage Heights, Harvest Meadows, Oakcrest and Colony Parke are among the areas that will be affected by the change.
As stated in the approved resolution, these revisions will either be effective one year from the closing date of the Otter Creek sale or upon the completion of certain steps by the county, whichever comes first.
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