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Commissioners consider annexation of 43 acres to Canfield
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Attorney Al Schrader explains the map of annexation - the orange line is the Ohio Turnpike
CANFIELD — The lawyer for Canfield Township property owners who want their land and part of the Ohio Turnpike annexed to the City of Canfield said annexing the 43 acres to the city will benefit area residents, but township officials strongly disagreed.
The debate occurred at a 2 1/2-hour hearing on the annexation proposal, which was conducted Tuesday at Canfield Township Hall by the Mahoning County commissioners, who will decide the matter at a later date.
Joseph G. and Claudia L. Sabat want their 36 acres, together with seven acres of the Ohio Turnpike annexed into the City of Canfield.
The land at issue is at 5006 S. Canfield-Niles Road (state Route 46). It is on the west side of that road, just north of Herbert Road. The land is zoned agricultural and used for that purpose.
“It’s my clients’ desire to be within the City of Canfield in order to receive City of Canfield services,” said Atty. David A. Kovass, the lawyer for the Sabats. “The general good of the territory and the general good of the surrounding one-half mile are going to benefit,” from the annexation, Kovass added.
If the city annexes the acreage, those living on and near it will benefit from city sanitary sewer service, he said. Sewer service is an important issue because the county health department has found nearly all of the local surface water appears to be significantly contaminated by sewage that is now inadequately treated by residential septic systems, Kovass said.
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