SECTION 6.02.1. WARDS AND BOUNDARIES.

   Not later than the thirty-first day of December, 2000, based upon the federal census of the year 2000, and thereafter within sixty (60) days after the proclamation by the Secretary of State of Ohio announcing the population of municipalities in Ohio as determined by each recurring federal census, the Council shall cause the adjustment of the boundaries of the four (4) wards so that following each adjustment, the substantial equality in population of the four (4) wards shall be maintained. City Council may retain such experts as necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section. Each ward shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory bounded by natural boundaries and street lines insofar as the same is practicable to the end that the population of each ward will have representation equal to that of each of the other three (3) wards in the government of the Municipality. The existing ward boundaries shall remain in effect until such time as they are changed pursuant to this Amendment.

FIRST WARD: Beginning in the centerline of Miles Road at the northeast corner of the City; thence southerly along an easterly line of the City to a point at the intersection of the centerline of Richmond Road with the centerline of Columbus Road; thence westerly along the centerline of Columbus Road to its intersection with the westerly line of Original Bedford Township Lot No. 38 and being at the intersection of Columbus Road with the old centerline of Bartlett Road; thence northerly along the old centerline of Bartlett Road also being a westerly line of the City to its intersection with the centerline of Rockside Road; thence easterly along the centerline of Rockside Road to its intersection with the centerline of Interstate Route 271; thence northerly along the centerline of Interstate Route 271 to its intersection with the centerline dividing the two (2) main tracks of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad (formerly the Erie Railroad); thence southeasterly along the centerline dividing the two (2) main tracks of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad to its intersection with the easterly line of Original Bedford Township Lot No. 19, being the old centerline of Richmond Road; thence northerly along the easterly line of Original Bedford Township Lot No. 19 and the centerline of Richmond Road to its intersection with the centerline of Miles Road; thence easterly along the centerline of Miles Road to the place of beginning.

SECOND WARD: Beginning at the northwesterly corner of the City, said corner also being the northwesterly corner of Original Bedford Township Lot No. 7; thence easterly along the northerly line of the City to its intersection with the centerline of Richmond Road, which point is also known as being the northeasterly corner of Original Bedford Township Lot No. 9; thence southerly along the centerline of Richmond Road and its southerly prolongation which is also known as being the easterly lines of Original Bedford Township Lots Nos. 9 and 19 to the intersection of the easterly line of said Original Lot No. 19 also known as being the centerline of Old Richmond Road with the centerline dividing the two (2) main tracks of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad (formerly the Erie Railroad); thence northwesterly along the centerline dividing the two (2) main tracks of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad to its intersection with the centerline of Interstate Route 271; thence southerly along the centerline of Interstate Route 271 to its intersection with the centerline of Rockside Road; thence westerly along the centerline of Rockside Road to its intersection with the centerline of Bartlett Road; thence northerly along the centerline of Bartlett Road which is also a westerly line of the City to the corner of the City therein, which corner is also known as being the southeasterly corner of Original Bedford Township Lot No. 17; thence westerly along the southerly line of Original Lot No. 17 and a southerly line of the City to the southwesterly corner thereof being in the centerline of Northfield Road; thence northerly along the centerline of Northfield Road and its northerly prolongation from an angle point therein and a westerly line of the City to the place of beginning.

THIRD WARD: Beginning in the centerline of Solon Road at its intersection with the easterly line of the City; thence westerly along the centerline of Solon Road to its intersection with the easterly line of Original Bedford Township Lot No. 59; thence northerly along the easterly line of Original Lot No. 59 and Original Bedford Township Lot No. 49 which is also the easterly line of the Bedford Ridge Estates Subdivision No. 2 and the westerly line of the Holiday Hills Subdivision No. 1 to the northeast corner of said Original Lot No. 49; thence westerly along the northerly lines of Original Bedford Township Lots Nos. 49 and 48, to a corner of the City also being the southwesterly corner of land conveyed to the Bear Creek Village, Inc.; thence northerly along a westerly line of the City to a point in the centerline of Columbus Road, said point also being a corner of the City; thence easterly along the centerline of Columbus Road to a corner of the City also known as being a northeasterly corner of the Village of Oakwood; thence southerly along an easterly line of the City to the place of beginning.

FOURTH WARD: Beginning in the centerline of Forbes Road at a southeasterly corner of the City; thence westerly along the centerline of Forbes Road also being a southerly line of the City to a southwesterly corner thereof and also being the southwesterly corner of Original Bedford Township Lot No. 69; thence northerly along a westerly line of the City to a point in the centerline of Solon Road; thence westerly along the centerline of Solon Road to a point therein at a southwesterly corner of the City; thence northerly along a westerly line of the City to a northwesterly corner thereof and being a point in the northerly line of Original Bedford Township Lot No. 48; thence easterly along the northerly line of Original Lot No. 48 and the northerly line of Original Bedford Township Lot No. 49 which is also the northerly line of the Bedford Ridge Estates Subdivision Nos. 2 and 3 to the northeasterly corner of said Original Lot No. 49; thence southerly along the easterly line of the Bedford Ridge Estates Subdivision No. 2 and the easterly lines of Original Bedford Township Lots Nos. 49 and 59 to the intersection of the easterly line of Original Lot No. 59 with the centerline of Solon Road; thence easterly along the centerline of Solon Road to its intersection with the easterly line of the City; thence southerly along the easterly line of the City to the place of beginning. (Enacted Nov. 3, 1970)