Explanation
APPLICANT: YOU Properties; c/o Michael J. Young; 4920 East Fifth Avenue; Columbus, Ohio 43219.
PROPOSED USE: Retail development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on April 10, 2003.
NORTHEAST AREA COMMISSION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The proposed L-C-4, Limited Commercial District would permit commercial development consistent with the established development pattern in the area. The limitation text contains development standards consistent with the adjacent Easton Town Center zoning (Z97-083).
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To rezone 3811 MORSE ROAD (431219), being 1.56± acres located at the southeast corner of Morse Road and Morse Crossing, From: C-2, Commercial, To: L-C-4, Limited Commercial District (Z03-001).
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WHEREAS, application #Z03-001 is on file with the Building Services Division of the Department of Development requesting rezoning of 1.56± acres from C-2, Commercial District, to L-C-4, Limited Commercial 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 proposed L-C-4, Limited Commercial District would permit commercial development consistent with the established development pattern in the area. The limitation text contains development standards consistent with the adjacent Easton Town Center zoning (Z97-083), 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:
3811 MORSE ROAD (431219), being 1.56± acres located at the southeast corner of Morse Road and Morse Crossing, and being more particularly described as follows:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
3811 MORSE ROAD - COLUMBUS, OHIO
Situated in the County of Franklin, in the State of Ohio and in the City of Columbus, and bounded and described as follows:
Being a part of Lot No. 1 of an Unrecorded Plat, Section Two (2), Township One (1), Range Seventeen (17), City of Columbus, Franklin County, State of Ohio and being that tract as deeded to Edith G. McCaughey of record in Deed Volume 3461, Page 260, in the Franklin County Recorder's Office and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Morse Road (County Road 17) with the centerline of Sunbury Road (County Road 8); thence South 86 degrees 15' 18" East, along the centerline of Morse Road, a distance of 1378.97 feet to a point; thence South 4 degrees 53' 30' West, a distance of 55.01 feet to an iron pin at the true place of beginning of the tract herein described;
Thence from the true place of beginning, South 86 degrees 15' 18" East, a distance of 185.00 feet to an iron pin;
Thence South 3 degrees 34' 16" West, along the westerly boundary of Willard H. and Nellie M. Anderson (Deed Volume 3403, Page 435), a distance of 340.87 feet to an iron pin;
Thence South 83 degrees 09' 33" West, along the northerly boundary of Richard A. and Kathryn A. Freeman (Deed Volume 2822, Page 671), a distance of 196.93 feet to an iron pin;
Thence North 4 degrees 53' 30" East, along an easterly boundary of Riverside Methodist Hospital (Deed Volume 3435, Page 662), a distance of 377.11 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1.558 acres, more or less.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM; Being a strip of land five feet (5') in width along the entire northerly boundary of the above described real estate, it being the intent of the Grantor to increase the width of the road right-of -way abutting the north boundary line of the described real estate to sixty feet (60').
SUBJECT TO all legal right-of way of previous record.
The above described tract of land was surveyed by Charles J. Destefani, Registered Surveyor No. 5666, Kunze and Associates, Inc., in September, 1975.
To Rezone From: C-2, Commercial District,
To: L-C-4, Limited Commercial District District.
Section 2. That a Height District of Thirty-five (35) feet is hereby established on the L-C-4, Limited Commercial 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-C-4, Limited Commercial 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, "ORIGINAL C-4 ZONING LIMITATION TEXT," signed by Michael Young, the Applicant, dated July 1, 2003, and reading as follows:
ORIGINAL C-4 ZONING LIMITATION TEXT
Proposed District: L-C-4
Property Address: 3811 Morse Road
Owner: Frank A. Stelzer Memorial Limited Partnership
Applicant: YOU Properties, Inc.
Date Of Text: July 1, 2003
Application Number: Z03-001
The following amendments are made to the standard C-4 Zoning Classification for the subject property:
A. PERMITTED USES:
1. The following uses shall be permitted on this tract: All uses as listed in Chapter 3355 (C-4 Commercial District) of the Columbus City Code, excepting therefrom the following uses:
a. Armory
b. Used Car Lot
c. Adult Book Store, Adult Motion Picture Theater or Adults Only Entertainment Establishment.
d. Poultry killing (not to exclude a poultry shop where killing is not performed on site)
e. Stable
f. Tinsmith
B. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS:
Except as noted herein, the applicable development standards of Chapter 3355, C-4 Commercial District shall apply.
Setbacks
1. The setback from Morse Road shall be 40 feet from the property line for all parking and loading areas and 100 feet from the property line for buildings.
Access Driveways
2. All curb cuts and access points shall be subject to the approval of the Columbus Division of Transportation.
Landscaping And Screening
3. There shall be landscaping along the Morse Road frontage of the tract that shall include eight trees for every one hundred feet of frontage, and one deciduous street tree with a minimum 2 ½ inch caliper for each 30 feet of road frontage. This landscaping shall be placed in a landscaping buffer that lies within the parking setback. The required tree plantings shall consist of deciduous trees, ornamental trees and/or evergreen trees. In addition, the parking area adjacent to Morse Road shall be screened from the Morse Road right-of-way by incorporating into the landscape buffer herein with a minimum 3 foot high continuous planting hedge, fence wall or earth mound or any combination thereof.
4. The existing approximate 65 foot landscape area on the east side of Morse Crossing, under different ownership from this tract, shall serve as the landscape buffer along the west property line of this tract and no further landscape buffer along Morse Crossing is required on this tract. The property owner of this tract agrees to share landscaping maintenance on the approximate 65 foot landscape area with the owner of that landscape area.
5. There shall be a landscape area consisting of low lying evergreen and other bushes within a minimum 3 foot wide bed along the entire south property line. The property owner of this tract agrees to cooperate with and share landscaping maintenance on a possibly wider landscape area that combines the minimum 3 foot wide area referred to herein with any additional landscape area abutting this tract's south property line.
6. In addition to the perimeter landscaping set forth herein, if the surface area of the parking lot (excluding loading, unloading and any storage areas) contains more than 6,000 square feet or 20 or more vehicular parking spaces, there shall be interior landscaping that conforms to the requirements of Chapter 3342 of the Columbus City Code. There shall be a minimum of five landscape islands within the parking area for the interior landscaping specified herein.
7. The landscaping requirements herein may be satisfied or offset by preservation of existing healthy trees and/or bushes that conform to a planned landscape theme.
8. The minimum size for all trees at installation shall be 2" caliper for deciduous, 4 feet to 6 feet high for evergreen and 1" caliper for ornamental trees.
9. All waste and refuse shall be containerized and fully screened from view by a solid wall or fence.
Construction Materials, Façade & Elevations
10. The façade of the building(s), including all sides and elevations, shall be constructed of either brick, stone, stucco and wood, or combinations thereof. Roof lines shall be a combination of pitched and flat designs, compatible with the existing buildings in the Easton development.
C. LIGHTING, OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREAS AND GRAPHICS:
Lighting
a. All external lighting shall be cutoff type fixtures (down-lighting), and shall provide no light spillage to off-site parcels. However, buildings and landscaping may be uplit or downlit provided that landscaping lighting does not spill over into the public right-of-way.
Outdoor Display Areas
a. No materials, supplies, equipment or products shall be stored or permitted to remain on any portion of the parcel outside a permitted structure.
Graphics
a. All signage and graphics shall conform to Article 15 of the Columbus City Code, as it applies to C-4 Commercial District zoning and the Morse Road Planning Overlay and Special Graphics Control Area. Any variance to the sign requirements shall be submitted to the Columbus Graphics Commission.
b. Small entry signs identifying driveway ingress and egress to the tract and small entry features shall be permitted, but the minimum setback for any entry sign or entry feature shall be 5 feet from the right-of-way line of adjoining roadways. In no case shall entry signs or features interfere with maintaining safe clear sight distances at intersections. Depending on the final form of entry signs and features, appropriate variances from the Columbus Zoning Code may be required.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.