Explanation
APPLICANT: Worthington Office Park, LLC; c/o John P. Kennedy, Atty.; 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Commercial/office/warehouse.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-1) on July 10 , 2003.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested L-M, Limited Manufacturing District is compatible with surrounding development and is consistent with the established zoning pattern of the area. The limitation overlay contains development standards to limit objectionable uses and to screen and buffer the existing residences from the development.
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To rezone 211 OAK STREET (43235), being 2.07± acres located on the south side of Oak Street, 115± feet west of Station Street, From: R, Rural District To: L-M, Limited Manufacturing District. (Z03-013)
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WHEREAS, application #Z03-013 is on file with the Building Services Division of the Department of Development requesting rezoning of 2.07± acres from R, Rural District, to L-M, Limited Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, the Development 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 is compatible with surrounding development and is consistent with the established zoning pattern of the area. The limitation overlay contains development standards to limit objectionable uses and to screen and buffer the existing residences from the development, 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:
211 OAK STREET (43235), being 2.07± acres located on the south side of Oak Street, 115± feet west of Station Street and being more particularly described as follows:
DESCRIPTION OF 2.077 ACRES
LOCATED SOUTH OF OAK STREET,
AND WEST OF STATION STREET
Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, Township of Sharon, and lying in Township 2, Range 18 of the United States Military Lands, being a 2.07 acre tract conveyed to P2K Builders, Inc. by a deed of record in Instrument Number 200204110092658, all records herein of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, said 2.077 acre tract being more particularly described as follows;
BEGINNING, at a point in the southerly right-of-way of Oak Street, also being the northeasterly corner of Lot 80 of "VILLAGE AT WORTHINGTON", Section 1, a subdivision of record in Plat Book 66, Page 4;
Thence South 86° 46' 45" East, a distance of 254.50 feet, along the southerly right-of-way of said Oak Street, to a point being the common corner of said 2.077 acre tract and a Parcel II conveyed to Craig L. Wathen by a deed of record in Instrument Number 199804130087139;
Thence South 02° 38' 06" East, a distance of 171.93 feet, along the line common to said 2.077 acre tract, said Parcel II tract and a 0.287 (Parcel I) conveyed to Craig L. Wathen by a deed of record in Instrument Number 199804130087139, to a point in a common corner of said 2.077 acre tract and said 0.287 acre tract;
Thence South 86° 43' 06" East, a distance of 125.00 feet, along the line common to said 2.077 acre tract and said 0.287 acre tract, to a point being a common corner of said 2.077 acre tract and said 0.287 acre tract, and in the westerly property line of New York Central Lines, LLC, by a deed of record in Instrument Number 200212180325201;
Thence South 02° 51' 06" East, a distance of 108.60 feet, along the line common to said 2.077 acre tract and said New York Central Lines, LLC, to a point in the common corner of said 2.077 acre tract and a 1.58 acre tract conveyed to Robert G. Humeny and Sonja a. Humeny by a deed of record in Official Record 32353, Page B-19;
Thence North 86° 36' 06" West, a distance of 482.00 feet, along the line common to said 2.077 acre tract and said 1.58 acre tract, to a point being in the westerly line of Lot 82 of said "VILLAGE AT WORTHINGTON", and being a common corner of said 2.077 acre tract and said 1.58 acre tract;
Thence North 01° 51' 06" West, a distance of 57.70 feet, along the line common to said 2.077 acre tract and said Lot 82, to a point being the common corner of said 2.077 acre tract, said Lot 82, and Lot 81 of said "VILLAGE AT WORTHINGTON";
Thence South 88° 18' 06" East, a distance of 99.70 feet, along the line common to said 2.077 acre tract and said Lot 81, to a point;
Thence North 02° 19' 06" West, a distance of 218.56 feet, along the line common to said 2.077 acre tract, said Lot 81 and said Lot 80, to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Containing 2.077 acres more or less.
The bearings shown hereon are based on the bearing of North 86° 46' 45" West, for the centerline of Oak Street, as determined by a GPS network of field observations performed in August, 2001.
To Rezone From: R, Rural 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 Development be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to make the said changes on the said original zoning map in the office of the Building Services Division and shall register a copy of the approved L-M, Limited Manufacturing District and Application among the records of the Building Services Division as required by Section 3370.03 of the Columbus City Codes; said text being titled "LIMITATION TEXT"signed by Laura MacGregor Comek, Attorney for the Applicant, dated July 10, 2003, and reading as follows:
LIMITATION TEXT
LM, LIMITED MANUFACTURING
2.07+ ACRES
PROPOSED DISTRICT: LM, Limited Manufacturing
EXISTING DISTRICT: R, Rural (formerly split-zoned RI, Restricted Industrial and R4, Residential)
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 211 South Oak Street, Columbus, Ohio
OWNER/APPLICANT: Worthington Office Park, LLC, c/o Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP, John P. Kennedy, Esq., Michael T. Shannon, Esq., 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200, Columbus, Ohio 43215
DATE OF TEXT: July 10, 2003
APPLICATION NUMBER: Z03-013
INTRODUCTION:
This re-zoning involves an odd-shaped parcel (the "Site"), located along South Oak Street on Columbus's far north side. The Site was recently approved for annexation by the Franklin County Commissioners on or about February 18, 2003. While in the County, the Site was split-zoned Restricted Industrial and R4, Residential. The Applicant is seeking a comparable zoning pursuant to Columbus City Code §3310.09. The intended development is for small, neighborhood scale "flex space" (i.e., small commercial offices and warehouses).
Directly to the east of the Site is a tract zoned within Sharon Township zoned LI, Limited Industrial, which is currently developed with an industrial building and machine shop use. Also to the immediate east is a 100' wide Conrail railroad track. To the immediate south is property in Franklin County zoned R1, Restricted Industrial, and R4, Residential. Immediately north of the Site is industrial property with the same "flex space" (small office and warehouse) uses. The Site is surrounded bounded to the south and west and partial south by properties zoned or used as residential.
By virtue of the 100' railroad to the east, the existing manufacturing uses to the north and east, and the significant screening and buffering (trees, fencing, etc.) being proposed, the Applicant considers this rezoning an appropriate use and zoning classification for this location. Moreover, the annexation and requested comparable zoning will establish uniformity for zoning and Code enforcement within this commercial/manufacturing district.
1. PERMITTED USES:
The following uses for this LM district, as permitted by C.C.C. §3363.01, et seq., shall be permitted:
a). The following C1, Commercial District uses - dry-cleaning depot; florist shop; magazine and newspaper sales; office uses and office support services as set forth in C.C.C. §3351.
b). The following C2, Commercial District uses - office uses and office support services, as set forth in C.C.C. §3353; art studio; photography studio.
c). The following C3, Commercial District uses - office uses and office support services for uses set forth in C.C.C. §3355; appliance sales and service; dancing school; dry goods or notions store; furniture sales; wallpaper store (which may include home interiors such as custom blinds); hardware store.
d). The following C4, Commercial District uses - office uses and office support services for uses set forth in C.C.C. §3356; book bindery; custom shop; plumbing shop.
e). Uses set forth in §3363.02(a); (b), excluding fuel or paint, unless utilized in the course of another permitted use as stated herein; and (d), except for outdoor storage.
f). The following uses set forth in §3363.04 with respect to the manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembly, packaging or treatment of goods, materials and products: cosmetics and toiletries; ice; including dry ice; ink (mixing only); laboratories, including analytical, commercial analytical, research and experimental; perfumes and perfumed soap (compounding, packaging, or assembly only); pharmaceutical products (compounding processing, packaging, or assembly only); soap; washing or cleaning; powder or soda (compounding only); pottery and pottery/ packaging or assembly; porcelain products.
g). The following uses set forth in §3363.05 with respect to the manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembly, packaging or treatment of goods, materials and products: trailer, motorcycle and bicycle (assembly only); heating; ventilating; cooling and refrigeration supplies and appliances; metal products (fabrication); plumbing supplies; silverware and plated ware; sheet metal products; vitreous enameled products; wagon shop; welding.
h). Uses set forth in §3363.06.
i). Uses set forth in §3363.07 with respect to the manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembly, packaging or treatment of goods, materials and products: bakery products wholesale (manufacturing permitted); candy wholesale (manufacturing permitted); coffee; tea and spices (processing and packaging); condensed and evaporated milk (processing and canning); flour; feed and grain (packaging, blending and storing only); food and vegetable processing (canning, preserving, drying and freezing).
j). The following uses set forth in §3363.08 with respect to the manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembly, packaging or treatment of goods, materials and products: monument shop; plastic products; printing; publishing or engraving (other than as permitted in commercial districts); research and development laboratories; computer laboratories and offices in connection with such laboratories, or other uses of similar character which are not obnoxious or offensive as otherwise defined in the Columbus City Code.
k). Outdoor storage, per C.C.C. §3363.41, shall not be permitted.
2. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS:
A. Density, Height, Lot and/or Setback Commitments.
1. There shall be a minimum 10' parking setback along the west and south property lines.
2. There shall be a minimum 25' building setback along the west and south property lines.
B. Access, Loading, Parking, and/or Other Traffic Related Commitments.
1. All circulation, curb cuts and access points shall be subject to the approval of the City of Columbus Transportation Division.
2. No overhead bay doors or loading docks shall be oriented toward Oak Street or the residential properties to the west, except that if multiple structures are built, the building located along the eastern Site boundary may have overhead doors oriented to the west.
3. The Applicant agrees, pursuant to the Station Street Roadway Plans submitted to and approved by the City of Columbus Transportation Division, to improve surrounding roads/alleys as follows:
a. Widen Station Street along property frontage, to a minimum twenty (20) feet;
b. Widen Oak Street from Station Street to the West Alley, to a minimum twenty (20) feet; and
c. Construct a full-depth alley/roadway, to a minimum eighteen (18) feet width, from Oak Street through to Park Road.
4. The Applicant Agrees to install the following stop signs:
a. Northbound on alley, at intersection of West Alley and Park Road; and
b. Southbound on alley, at intersection of West Alley and Oak Street.
C. Buffering, Landscaping, Open Space and/or Screening Commitments.
1. A double row of evergreen trees, staggered 15' on center, shall be installed within the 10' setback, along the west and south property lines, outside the board-on-board fence.
2. A minimum 3' high mound shall be constructed along the west and south property boundaries.
3. A 6' board-on-board wood fence shall be installed along the mounded west and south property lines.
4. Minimum size of all trees at installation shall be 2½" caliper for deciduous, 5' in height for evergreen, and 1½" caliper for ornamental. Caliper is measured 6" from the ground.
5. The landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy state. Any dead material shall be removed and replaced with like materials within six months or the next available planting season, whichever occurs first. The size of the new material shall equal the size of the original material when it was installed. Landscaping materials shall be set forth on the site plan.
6. The Applicant may keep and maintain existing trees, where possible, along the property lines. Existing trees that are maintained (whether evergreen or deciduous), shall count on a one-for-one basis with other requirements set forth herein.
D. Building Design and/or Interior-Exterior Treatment Commitments.
1. All building exteriors shall be constructed of wood, brick, real or synthetic stone, real or synthetic stucco, glass, vinyl siding, wood shingles, textured or coated metal, concrete, marble, textured concrete, textured or coated manufactured metals any combination thereof. Split-faced concrete block shall not be permitted except for foundation work/construction.
2. All buildings shall have pitched roofs at a minimum 3:12 ratio.
E. Lighting, Outdoor Display Areas, and/or other Environmental Commitments.
1. All outdoor lighting, with the exception of security lighting, shall be cut-off down style fixtures, designated in place to prevent off-site glare where abutting properties are zoned or used residentially. There may be accent lighting (up lighting) on landscaping and in front of structures or ground signs, provided these fixtures are screened to prevent off-site glare.
2. All external outdoor lighting fixtures shall be from the same or similar manufacturer type/style to promote compatibility.
3. Light poles shall not exceed 28 feet in height, except that lights located within 100 feet of a residentially zoned or used property shall not exceed 14 feet in height.
F. Graphics and/or Signage Commitments.
All graphics and signage shall comply with the Graphics Code, Article 15, Title 33, of the Columbus City Code, and any variance from those requirements will be submitted to the City of Columbus Graphics Commission for consideration.
G. Miscellaneous Commitments.
1. Not applicable. The applicant shall be responsible for costs associated with the further drilling of existing wells on adjacent properties if adverse effect to the water table is caused by this development.
Not applicable. Outdoor storage, per C.C.C. §3363.41, shall not be permitted.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.