Explanation
Rezoning Application Z12-019
APPLICANT: Kevin G. Smith; c/o Michael T. Shannon, Atty.; Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP; 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Office.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on June 14, 2012.
FAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with an insurance office building that became designated in the R, Rural District upon annexation in 2004. The requested C-2, Commercial District will conform the existing office use. The site is located within the planning area of the Broad-Blacklick Plan (2011), which recommends office uses for this location. The request is compatiblewith the zoning and development patterns in the area, and with the land use recommendations of the Broad-Blacklick Plan.
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To rezone 415 NORTH REYNOLDSBURG-NEW ALBANY ROAD (43004), being 0.65± acres located on the west side of North Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road, 44± feet south of Stone Shadow Drive, From:R, Rural District, To: C-2, Commercial District and to declare an emergency (Rezoning # Z12-019).
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WHEREAS, application #Z12-019 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 0.65± acres from R, Rural District, to the C-2, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the Far East Area Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said zoning change because the requested C-2, Commercial District, which will conform an existing office use, is compatiblewith the zoning and development patterns in the area, and with the land use recommendations of the Broad-Blacklick Plan; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation in the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to pass this ordinance to begin construction as soon as possible for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety; 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:
415 NORTH REYNOLDSBURG-NEW ALBANY ROAD (43004), being 0.65± acres located on the west side of North Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road, 44± feet south of Stone Shadow Drive, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, part of Lot Number Thirty (30), Section Four (4), Township One (1), Range Sixteen (16), United States Military Lands and being 0.653 acres of land as conveyed to Kevin G. Smith and Virginia L. Smith as recorded in Instrument Number 200012060246748 (all references refer to records in the Franklin County Recorder's Office) and more fully described as follows:
Beginning for reference at an existing 1" solid iron pin at the centerline intersection of Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road and Stone Shadow Drive as shown on Stonehill Section 1, Part 1 as recorded in Plat Book 103, Page 10;
Thence South 41° 53' 09" West a distance of 60.01 feet, along the centerline of said Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road, to a point being the Point of Beginning;
Thence South 41° 53' 09" West a distance of 209.28 feet, along the centerline of said Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road, to a point at northeasterly property corner of (now or formerly) Frank Denune 5.085 acre tract as recorded in Instrument Number 199812310337508;
Thence North 86° 04' 32" West a distance of 107.93 feet, along a northerly line of said 5.085 acre tract, to a point;
Thence North 3° 55' 28" East a distance of 165.00 feet, along an easterly line of said 5.085 acre tract, to an existing reinforcing bar on the southerly line of said Stonehill Section 1, Part 1;
Thence south 86° 04' 32" East a distance of 236.67 feet, along a southerly line of said Stonehill Section 1, Part 1, to the Point of Beginning containing 0.653 acres more or less according to previous deeds and subdivision plats of record and NOT from an actual field survey.
Bearings are based upon the southerly line of Stonehill Section 1, Part 1 as recorded in Plat Book 103, Page 10 as South 86° 04' 32" East and all other bearings based upon this meridian.
To Rezone From: R, Rural District,
To: C-2, Commercial District
SECTION 2. That a Height District of thirty-five (35) feet is hereby established on the C-2, Commercial 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 changes on the said original zoning map in the office of the Department of Building and Zoning Services.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or 10 days after its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.