Explanation
Rezoning Application Z12-026
APPLICANT: Hamdi Omar Mohamed; 131 Brookhill Drive; Gahanna, OH 43230.
PROPOSED USE: Dental office.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on June 14, 2012.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a single-unit dwelling zoned in the R-1, Residential District. The requested C-2, Commercial District will allow the dwelling to be converted into a dental office. The site is located within Area 16 of The Northland Plan Volume I (2001), which encourages office uses as appropriate transitional uses between residential and commercial development. Based on this consideration, Staff finds the proposed C-2, Commercial District to be compatible with the surrounding development and zoning pattern of the area.
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To rezone 4533 CLEVELAND AVENUE (43231), being 0.13± acres located on the west side of Cleveland Avenue, 85± feet north of Brooklyn Road, From: R-1, Residential District, To: C-2, Commercial District and to declare an emergency (Rezoning # Z12-026).
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WHEREAS, application #Z12-026 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 0.13± acres from R-1, Residential District, to the C-2, 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 requested C-2, Commercial District will allow an existing dwelling to be converted into a dental office, and The Northland Plan Volume I encourages office uses as appropriate transitional uses between residential and commercial development. Based on this consideration, Staff finds the proposed C-2, Commercial District to be compatible with the surrounding development and zoning pattern of the area, 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:
4533 CLEVELAND AVENUE (43231), being 0.13± acres located on the west side of Cleveland Avenue, 85± feet north of Brooklyn Road, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the County of Franklin, in the State of Ohio and in the City of Columbus:
Being Lot Number One Hundred Fort (140) in the Suburban Homesite Co.'s Allotment of 2,175 acres in Lot 4, Subdivision 16, Southeast Quarter, Sharon Township, Franklin County, Ohio, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 17, Pages 8 and 9, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Said property is shown on the Franklin County Auditor's Records as Parcel Number 600-146400.
To Rezone From: R-1, Residential 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.