Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z24-031
APPLICANT: V.A.T. Inc.; c/o Jackson Reynolds, III, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Limited manufacturing uses.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-1) on October 10, 2024.
NORTH CENTRAL AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of two undeveloped parcels in the AR-12, Apartment Residential District. The requested L-M, Limited Manufacturing District will allow a bus repair facility and bus parking lot. The site is located within the planning boundaries of the North Central Plan (2002), which recommends “Open Space” land uses at this location. Although the proposal is inconsistent with the Plan’s land use recommendation, Planning Division acknowledges that the proposal is a continuation of an established use to the east, with similar industrial and commercial uses to the east, north, and west, and that this proposal would not represent an encroachment into established residential areas, nor cause substantial alteration to the character of the neighborhood. The submitted site plan is also consistent with the Plan’s design guidelines which includes adequate buffering from residential areas, thus staff supports this proposal. Concurrent Council variance (Ordinance #3054-2024; CV24-092) proposes reduced building and parking setbacks, and to relocate tree islands, as shown on the submitted site plan.
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To rezone 2025 LEONARD AVE. (43219), being 1.37± acres located at the southwest corner of Leonard Avenue and Brentnell Avenue, From: AR-12, Apartment Residential District, To: L-M, Limited Manufacturing District (Rezoning #Z24-031).
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WHEREAS, application #Z24-031 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 1.37± acres from AR-12, Apartment Residential District, to L-M, Limited Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the North Central Area Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said zoning change because the requested L-M, Limited Manufacturing District will not introduce an incompatible use to the area, and includes design characteristics that are consistent with the recommendations of the North Central Plan; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Official Zoning Map of the City of Columbus, as adopted by Ordinance No. 0179 -03, passed February 24, 2003, and as subsequently amended, is hereby revised by changing the zoning of the property as follows:
2025 LEONARD AVE. (43219), being 1.37± acres located at the southwest corner of Leonard Avenue and Brentnell Avenue, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin, State of Ohio, being all of Lots One Hundred Three (103) to One Hundred Fourteen (114), part of Lot One Hundred Fifteen (115), and part of the north south alley located north of the south lines of Lot One Hundred Three ( 103) and Lot One Hundred Sixteen (116) as recorded on the plat of H.H. Parson's Subdivision recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 238 in the Franklin County's Recorder's Office, being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a 3/4 inch diameter Iron Pipe Found (12 Inches Deep) at the north corner of Lot One Hundred Twelve (112) of said H.H. Parson's Subdivision, in the south Right-of-Way line of Leonard Avenue (60 feet Wide) and west Right-of-Way line of Brentnell Avenue (60 feet Wide), said Iron Pipe Found being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence with the west line of Brentnell Avenue, S02°55'27"W 363.77 feet to a Mag Nail Found in the north line of a 16 foot wide alley at the south east corner of Lot One Hundred Three (103);
Thence with the north line of said alley, crossing through the above mentioned north south alley, N86°38'11"W 164.87 feet to a 1/2 inch diameter Iron Pipe Found (Bent, Broken) at the south east corner of Lot One Hundred Sixteen (116);
Thence with the west line of said north south alley, passing the south east corner of Lot One Hundred Fifteen (115) at 40.23 feet, N03"13'13"E 47.08 feet to an Iron Pin Found (CW Design Group LLC);
Thence with a line through said Lot One Hundred Fifteen ( 115) and being 4 feet east of and parallel to the east line of Lot One Hundred Sixteen (116), N31°32'56"W 166.91 feet to a 1 Inch diameter Iron Pipe Found in the south line of Leonard Avenue;
Thence with the south line of Leonard Avenue, N58°27'41"E 314.25 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
Containing 1.378 Acres, more or less.
Subject to all existing rights-of-way and easements of record.
The bearings described herein are based on the Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, NAD83 (2011) Epoch 2010. The south line of Leonard Avenue, having a bearing of N58°27'41"E and monumented as described herein is designated the "basis of bearing" for this survey.
To Rezone From: AR-12, Apartment Residential District,
To: L-M, Limited Manufacturing District.
SECTION 2. That a Height District of thirty-five (35) feet is hereby established on the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District on this property.
SECTION 3. That the Director of the Department of Building and Zoning Services be, and is hereby authorized and directed to make the said change on the said official zoning map and shall register a copy of the approved L-M, Limited Manufacturing District and Application among the records of the Department of Building and Zoning Services as required by Section 3370.03 of the Columbus City Codes; said site plan titled, “PROPOSED SITE PLAN,” dated October 29, 2024, and said text titled, “DEVELOPMENT TEXT,” dated October 9, 2024, both signed by Jackson B. Reynolds, III, Attorney for the Applicant, and the text reading as follows:
DEVELOPMENT TEXT
PROPOSED DISTRICT: L-M, Limited Manufacturing District
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2025 Leonard Avenue
OWNER: Knot Your Bus LLC
APPLICANT: V.A.T. Inc.
DATE OF TEXT: 10/9/24
APPLICATION NUMBER: Z24-031
1. INTRODUCTION: The site is at the corner of Leonard Avenue and Brentnell Avenue. The site is vacant. The applicant is seeking to expand his operations facility by providing additional bus parking and a repair facility on the subject site.
2. PERMITTED USES: Those uses permitted under Sections 3363.01-3363.08 M, Manufacturing District of the Columbus City Code.
3. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: Unless otherwise indicated in the submitted drawings the applicable development standards are contained in Chapter 3363 M, Manufacturing District of the Columbus City Code.
A. Density, Lot, and/or Setback Commitments.
N/A
B. Access, Loading, Parking, and/or Other Traffic Related Commitments.
N/A
C. Buffering, Landscaping, Open Space, and/or Screening Commitments.
1. The frontage along Leonard Avenue shall be landscaped as follows; 1 tree per 30 linear feet. Trees may be grouped or evenly spaced.
2. The western property line shall be landscaped per the submitted site plan.
D. Building Design and/or Interior-Exterior Treatment Commitments.
N/A
E. Dumpsters, Lighting, Outdoor Display Areas, and/or other Environmental Commitments.
N/A
F. Graphics and/or Signage Commitments.
All graphics and signage shall comply with the Graphics Code, Article 15 of the Columbus City Code as it applies to the appropriate M, Manufacturing District.
G. Miscellaneous Commitments.
The applicant has submitted a site plan as part of its zoning application. The site shall be developed in accordance with the submitted site plan. The site may be slightly adjusted to reflect engineering, topographical, or other site data developed at the time of the development and when engineering and architectural drawings are completed. Any slight adjustments to the site plan shall be subject to review and may be approved by the Director of Department of Building and Zoning Services, or a designee, upon submission of the appropriate data regarding proposed adjustment.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.