Explanation
Rezoning Application Z14-001
APPLICANT: Mark Gilbertson, Ashland Inc.; 3499 Blazer Parkway; Lexington, KY 40509; c/o Mark Naylor, Agent; 239 Southland Drive, Suite C; Lexington, KY 40503.
PROPOSED USE: Instant oil change facility.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on March 13, 2014.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a vacant building previously occupied with a retail camera and supply store in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow redevelopment of the site with an instant oil change facility. The site is located within the planning area of the Northwest Plan (2007), which does not have a specific land use recommendation for this area. The CPD plan includes the 3,899 square foot building, with a total of nine parking spaces provided. The CPD text includes commitments to a Site Plan and Exterior Elevations. It also includes standards for landscaping, other CPD requirements and variances to stacking/by-pass lane and parking and circulation. With the proposed development standards, the request is consistent with the zoning and established development patterns of the area.
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To rezone 7616 SAWMILL ROAD (43016), being 0.5± acres located on the east side of Sawmill Road, 160± feet south of Summer Drive, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning # Z14-001).
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WHEREAS, application #Z14-001 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 0.5± acres from CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, to CPD, Commercial Planned Development 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 CPD, Commercial Planned Development District is consistent with the established zoning and development patterns of the area; 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:
7616 SAWMILL ROAD (43016), being 0.5± acres located on the east side of Sawmill Road, 160± feet south of Summer Drive, and being more particularly described as follows:
DESCRIPTION OF 0.515 ACRE OF LAND LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAWMILL ROAD AND SOUTH OF SUMMER DRIVE, IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, STATE OF OHIO
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, located in part of Lot 30 of Flavel Tuller's Survey of Section 1, Township 2, Range 19, United States Military Lands, as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 60, being part of that 0.515 acre tract of land described in the deed to Cushman Cordle, recorded in Instrument No. 199808310220860 (all record references being to those of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio), and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at FCGS monument #7770 located at the intersection of Sawmill Road and Summer Drive, as shown on the 1986 Sawmill Road plans, said monument being North 2°34'55" East, 786.17 feet from from FCGS monument #7771;
thence southerly with said centerline (Construction & Proposed R/W) of Sawmill Road, South 2°34'55" West, 190.05 feet to the intersection of said line with the westwardly extension of the southerly line of that original 0.622 acre tract of land described in the deed to Moo Moo Sawmill, LLC, recorded in Instrument No. 201005210063229, also being the westwardly extension of the northerly line of said 0.515 acre tract;
thence easterly along said westwardly extension, South 87°25'05" East, (passing a 3/4" iron pipe found capped BB&M at the original westerly corner common to said 0.622 & 0.515 acre tracts at 35.58 feet), a dis- tance of 41.50 feet to a rebar set at an angle point in the current easterly right-of-way line of Sawmill Road, being in the southerly line of that 0.052 acre right-of-way tract described in the deed to the City of Col- umbus, recorded in Instrument No. 201007090086142, and being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
thence easterly along said southerly line of the 0.622 acre tract, and said northerly line of the 0.515 acre tract, South 87°25'05" East, 142.93 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found at the southeasterly corner common to aforesaid tracts, said corner being a southwesterly corner of that 0.470 acre tract of land described in the deed to Shalendra K. & Rashmi Porwal, recorded in Instrument No. 200012220258153;
thence southeasterly along the easterly line of said 0.515 acre tract, being the westerly line of said 0.470 acre tract, South 23°24'47" East, 139.14 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found (capped BB&M) at the south- erly corner common to aforesaid tracts, said corner being at an angle point in the northerly line of the "Olde Sawmill On The Lake Condominium," recorded in Condo Book 27, Page 74;
thence westerly along the southerly line of said 0.515 acre tract, being a northerly line of said Condo- minium, said line being parallel with the northerly line of said 0.515 acre tract, North 87°25'05" West, 203.86 feet to a rebar set in said easterly line of Sawmill Road, said rebar being located South 87°25'05" East, 6.13 feet from the southwesterly corner of said 0.515 acre tract;
thence northerly along said easterly line of Sawmill Road, being a line 40.00 feet easterly of, as measured parallel with and perpendicular to, the centerline of existing right-of-way as shown on the 1986 Sawmill Road plans, North 2°33'30" East, 125.07 feet returning to the Point of Beginning, containing 0.4978 of an acre of land, more or less, as surveyed and described in December of 2013, by Carl E. Turner Jr., Profes- sional Surveyor No. 6702.
Subject, however, to all legal rights-of-way, if any, of previous record. Bearings are referenced to GRID NORTH, Ohio State Plane Coordinate System (South Zone), as deter- mined by GPS observations on FCGS monuments 7771 & 7770, yielding a bearing of South 2°34'55" West. Rebar called for as set are 5/8"OD, thirty (30) inches in length, driven flush with the ground, and capped with a yellow plastic plug inscribed 'TERRA SURVEY/TURNER PS6702.
To Rezone From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District
To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District
SECTION 2. That a Height District of thirty-five (35) feet is hereby established on the CPD, Commercial Planned Development 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 original zoning map and shall register a copy of the approved CPD, Commercial Planned Development District and Application among the records of the Department of Building and Zoning Services as required by Section 3311.12 of the Columbus City Codes; said plans being titled, "Zoning Site Plan," and "Exterior Elevations," and text titled, "CPD TEXT," signed by R. Mark Naylor, Agent for the Applicant, all dated March 31, 2014, and the text reading as follows:
CPD TEXT
DEVELOPMENT TEXT
CPD. COMMERCIAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
0.515 +/- ACRES
EXISTING ZONING: CPD, Commercial Planned Development
PROPOSED ZONING: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 7616 Sawmill Road, Columbus, OH 43016
OWNER: Cordle Cushman; Cord Camera Centers, Inc.; 745 Harrison Dr. Columbus, OH 43204
APPLICANT: Mark Gilbertson; VIOC; 12523 95th Avenue; North Maple Grove, MN 55369
DATE OF TEXT: 03/31/14
APPLICATION NUMBER: Z14-001
INTRODUCTION:
The 0.515 +/- acre site is located on the east side of Sawmill Road just south of Summer Drive and is zoned CPD, Commercial Planned Development. The applicant proposes to develop the site with oil change facility and 9 parking stalls. The existing building on the site will be removed. The new oil change building will have a basement and 3 bays for oil changes. The building will be operated by employees at all times and is not a self-serve function. The site plan titled "Zoning Site Plan" dated March 31, 2014, Exterior Elevations titled "Exterior Elevations", dated March 31, 2014, are submitted as the development plan for the new oil change facility.
1. PERMITTED USES: All contained in C-4 including Auto Maintenance (Oil Change) Facility
2. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: Unless otherwise indicated on the Zoning Site Plan and Exterior Elevations, applicable for development of an auto (oil change) maintenance facility, or in this written text, the applicable development standards shall be those standards contained in Chapter 3356, C-4, Commercial District, of the Columbus City Code. If the property is used for a C-2, Commercial District Use, the applicable development standards shall be those standards contained in Chapter 3353, C-2, Commercial District.
A. Density, Height, Lot and/or Setback commitments.
1. Redevelopment of the site with an auto (oil change) maintenance facility shall be as depicted on the submitted Zoning Site Plan and Exterior Elevations. Development standards of the Zoning Code shall apply to use of the property for uses of the C-4 District.
B. Access, Loading, Parking and/or other Traffic related commitments.
1. Sawmill Road right of way dedication totaling 60 feet from centerline shall be provided in conjunction with the Site Plan Compliance Review submittal.
2. If future safety concerns, future increases in traffic volumes that would require a lengthened northbound left turn lane at the intersection of Sawmill Road & Summer Drive or future increases in site traffic volumes due to a change of use on this site would occur, the left-in turning movement at the site access point to Sawmill Road would need to be prohibited and the site access point to Sawmill Road would need to become a right-in/right-out access point. This determination shall be made at the sole discretion of the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service. Such a limitation may require a physical modification of the existing access point to Sawmill Road. The property owner shall receive no compensation for this limitation.
C. Buffering, Landscaping, Open Space and/or Screening Commitments:
1. Landscaping requirements shall be as depicted on the submitted Zoning Site Plan.
2. Street trees shall be provided in the Sawmill Road right of way at 30 feet on center or at the spacing of the established pattern, but not less than 30 feet on center. Developer will consult with the City Forester to identify appropriate street tree species.
D. Building design and/or Interior-Exterior treatment commitments.
1. Redevelopment of the site with an auto (oil change) maintenance facility shall be as depicted on the submitted Exterior Elevations.
E. Dumpsters, Lighting, Outdoor display areas and/or other environmental commitments.
1. Wiring within a development shall be underground, unless an applicable utility directs or requires wires to be above ground.
F. Graphics and Signage commitments.
1. All graphics and signage shall comply with the Graphics Code, Article 15, Title 33 of the Columbus City Code as it applies to the C-4, Commercial District, in addition to compliance with the Graphics Standards of the Sawmill Road Regional Commercial Overlay. Any variance to the sign requirements shall be submitted to the Columbus Graphics Commission for consideration.
G. Other CPD Requirements.
1. Natural Environment: The site is located at the southeast corner of Sawmill Road and Summer Drive. The natural environment of the site is flat. The Sawmill Road corridor is developed with intense commercial uses.
2. Existing Land Use: The property is developed as a commercial use. The existing building will be razed with redevelopment of the site.
3. Circulation: Access to and from the site will be via a curb cut on Sawmill in the location of an existing curb cut, but rebuilt to remove a "hump" that is caused by grading issues. The new driveway will be widened to 30' (per neighborhood association comments) and with internal circulation as depicted on the Plan.
4. Visual Form of the Environment: The area surrounding the site is zoned and developed with commercial uses.
5. Visibility: Sawmill Road is an arterial right of way. The site will be visible from Sawmill Road.
6. Proposed Development: auto (oil change) maintenance facility.
7. Behavior Patterns: Vehicular access will be from Sawmill Road, as depicted on the Zoning Site Plan. Site development for an auto (oil change) maintenance facility will be as depicted on the submitted Zoning site plan.
8. Emissions: Development will conform to City of Columbus requirements as further controlled by development standards of this development text for light levels, sounds and dust. There will be no objectionable emissions.
H. Modification of Code Standards.
1. Section 3312.11, Stacking/By-pass, to reduce the required number of stacking spaces for 3 oil change bays to a total of 9 as depicted on the site plan.
2. Section 3372.809, Parking and Circulation, to allow parking to be located in front of the building's front building façade.
I. Miscellaneous commitments.
1. Development of the site with an auto (oil change) maintenance facility shall be in accordance with the submitted Zoning Site Plan and Exterior Elevations dated March 31, 2014. The Plans may be slightly adjusted to reflect engineering, topographical, or other site data developed at the time final development and engineering plans are completed. Any slight adjustment to the Plans shall be reviewed and may be approved by the Director of the Department of Building and Zoning Services or his designee upon submission of the appropriate data regarding the proposed adjustment.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.