Canfield annexation proposal not embraced

CANFIELD — A hearing on whether the city will be able to annex 18 acres from the township is likely moot.

Would-be developer Sebastian Rucci, who plans to subdivide the property owned by his father, Victor Rucci, said after the hearing today before county commissioners in township hall that he plans to withdraw his annexation petition. He will resubmit it after addressing a boundary issue, he said.

The acreage, at 6445 state Route 446, is mostly fallow farmland with a residence on it. Just south of the city, it is near the Mill Creek MetroParks experimental farm and the intersection of state Route 466 and U.S. Route 62.

Rucci said he eventually plans to subdivide the property into lots for about 50 single-family homes. He wants to annex the property to the city so it can have sewers and water.

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