Bakies v. City of Perrysburg

{¶ 1} The principal issue presented in this appeal concerns whether a municipality may, through either a written agreement or by ordinance, require extraterritorial water and sewer customers to annex their property to the municipality or face termination of their utility service. Gregory and Karen Bakies and Richard Smith, residents of the Willowbend subdivision in Perrysburg Township, Ohio, appeal from a decision of the Wood County Court of Appeals that affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying their request for an injunction to prevent the city of Perrysburg from terminating their…