Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z19-046
APPLICANT: Buckeye Truck and Trailer Service LLC; c/o Jackson B. Reynolds, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Trucking use and storage.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on January 13, 2022.
SOUTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a single-unit dwelling and garage, is being used for truck storage in the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District, and has an active zoning code violation for initiating this use without zoning clearance. The existing L-M district only permits the sale of boats, trailers, trailer hitches, and equestrian paraphernalia. The applicant is requesting a new L-M, Limited Manufacturing District to permit truck, trailer, and warehouse storage, and to legitimize the truck storage use. The limitation text commits to a site plan and includes development standards addressing site access, buffering, lighting, and graphics provisions. The site is located within the boundaries of the Southwest Area Plan (2009), which recommends “Light Industrial” land uses for this location. Additionally, the Plan includes early adoption of the Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018), which recommend that landscaping, screening, and buffering should be used to soften industrial uses that face public streets, and to minimize or mitigate impacts on adjacent uses. The requested L-M, Limited Manufacturing District is consistent with Southwest Area Plan’s land use recommendation for light industrial uses. Additionally, the site plan includes street trees and landscape screening along Harrisburg Pike, as well as vegetative screening along the northern property line to buffer from adjacent residential uses, consistent with C2P2 Design Guidelines.
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To rezone 2333 HARRISBURG PIKE (43123), being 8.7± acres located on the northwest side of Harrisburg Pike, 750± feet north of Hyde Road, From: L-M, Limited Manufacturing District, To: L-M, Limited Manufacturing District (Rezoning #Z19-046).
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WHEREAS, application #Z19-046 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 8.7± acres from L-M, Limited Manufacturing District, to L-M, Limited Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the Southwest Area Commission recommends disapproval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said zoning change because the requested L-M, Limited Manufacturing District is consistent with the Southwest Area Plan’s land use recommendations for light industrial uses, and also with the landscaping recommendations of the C2P2 Design Guidelines; 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 #0179 -03, passed February 24, 2003, and as subsequently amended, is hereby revised by changing the zoning of the property as follows:
2333 HARRISBURG PIKE (43123), being 8.7± acres located on the northwest side of Harrisburg Pike, and being more particularly described as follows:
The following real estate situated in the County of Franklin in the State of Ohio, and in the City of Columbus and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lot Number One (1), containing six and 02/100 (6.02) acres, of the partition of the lands of P.H. Campbell, deceased, made in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio, in the Case of Louis W. Campbell vs. Inez E. Welch, et al. Complete Record No. 333, page 347, as the said lot No. 1 is numbered and delineated upon the plat of the Commissioner’s Report in said case and recorded in Plat Book No. 10, page 218, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE FOLLOWING TRACT:
Being in the northerly part of 6.02 acre tract as deeded to the grantor herein by deed dated October 11, 1939, and recorded in Deed Book 1119, page 491 of Franklin County Records, being also part of what is known as Lot No. 1 of the partition of lands of P.H. Campbell, deceased, made in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio, in the case of Louis W. Campbell vs. Inez E. Welch et al. Complete Record No. 333, page 347, as the said Lot No. 1 is numbered and delineated upon the plat of the Commissioner’s Report in said case and recorded in Plat Book No. 10, page 218, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin on the east right-of-way line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, said point of beginning being also the northwest corner of aforementioned Lot No. 1 of P.H. Campbell’s partition; thence South 76 degrees 10’ East along the north line of said Lot No. 1 a distance of 508.26 feet to a stake; thence South 13 degrees 48’ West a distance of 94.60 feet to an iron pin, said point being North 76 degrees 12’ West a distance of 194.40 feet from an iron pin on the west right-of-way line of Harrisburg Pike; thence North 76 degrees 12’ West a distance of 545.93 feet to an iron pin on the east right-of-way line of said Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; thence North 35 degrees 39’ East along the east right-of-way line of said Railroad a distance of 101.37 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1.145 acres.
Tract 2
The following Real Estate situated in the County of Franklin in the State of Ohio, and in the Townships of Franklin and Jackson and bounded and described as follows:
Being part of Lot Two (2) of the Partition of P.H. Campbell land, as said Lot 2 is shown on the recorded plat thereof, Plat Book 10, page 218, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Beginning at a point in the center of the Columbus and Harrisburg Pike at the northeast corner of said Lot 2, thence South 38 degrees 2’ West 246.44 feet to a point in the center of said road, thence North 70 degrees 11’ West 750 feet to a point in the east right-of-way line of the B & O Railway Co.; thence North 35 degrees 39’ East along said right-of-way line 246.44 feet to a point in the northwest corner of said Lot 2, on the P.H. Campbell Partition and thence South 76 degrees 11’ East 760.2 feet to the point of beginning, containing 3.90 acres, more or less, and being designated at Lot 2 on the plat referred to in the Will of Louis W. Campbell, deceased.
Subject to all conditions, restrictions and easements, if any, contained in prior instruments.
To Rezone From: L-M, Limited Manufacturing 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 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 L-M, Limited Manufacturing District and Application among the records of the Department of Building and Zoning Services as required by Section 3370.03 of the Columbus City Codes; said plan being titled, “PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN - BUCKEYE TRUCK AND TRAILER SERVICE,” and text titled, “LIMITATION TEXT,” both dated January 18, 2022, signed by Jackson B. Reynolds, Attorney for the Applicant, and the text reading as follows:
LIMITATION TEXT
PROPOSED DISTRICT: L-M, Limited Manufacturing
EXISTING DISTRICT: L-M, Limited Manufacturing
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2333 Harrisburg Pike
OWNER/APPLICANT: Buckeye Truck and Trailer Service LLC
DATE OF TEXT: 1/18/2022
APPLICATION NUMBER: Z19-046
INTRODUCTION:
The subject property is located on the west side of Harrisburg Pike across from Blue Rock Boulevard. The property was rezoned to L-M in 2001 to provide for very limited manufacturing activities. The applicant wants to rezone to L-M to provide for truck and trailer storage and warehouse storage on the site.
Adjacent to the south are single family lots and an area zoned M-2. To the north are single family lots located in Franklin Township, to the west is the railroad tracks and to the east is a property zoned L-C-4 and single family lots.
1. PERMITTED USES:
Those uses permitted in C.C. 3363.02 through 3363.08, Warehouse, storage and sales establishment and limited vehicle maintenance activities within the existing barn building (no major repairs or work to be done onsite and storage use within the two (2) new buildings). The existing single family home will continue to be used for residential purposes as a non-conforming use.
2. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: Unless otherwise indicated, the applicable development standards are contained in Chapter 3363 M, Manufacturing District of the Columbus City Code.
A. Density, Height, Lot and/or Setback commitments.
N/A
B. Access, Loading, Parking and/or Traffic related commitments.
All circulation, curb cuts and access points shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Public Service.
C. Buffering, Landscaping, Open Space and/or Screening Commitments.
The buffering, landscaping and screening are as shown on the Plan, “Proposed Landscape Plan - Buckeye Truck and Trailer Service”
D. Building Design and/or Interior-Exterior Treatment Commitments:
N/A
E. Dumpsters, Lighting, Outdoor display areas and/or Other Environmental Commitments.
Any new parking lot lighting shall be no higher than eighteen (18) feet.
F. Graphics and Signage Commitments.
All graphics and signage shall comply with the Graphics Code; Article 15, Title 33 of the Columbus City Code as it applies to the M, Manufacturing District and any variance to those requirements will be submitted to the Columbus Graphics Commission for consideration.
G. Miscellaneous Commitments.
The applicant has submitted a site plan, “Proposed Landscape Plan - Buckeye Truck and Trailer Service,” as part of its zoning application. The site shall be developed in accordance with the submitted site plan. The site plan may be slightly adjusted to reflect engineering, topographical, or other site data developed at the time of the development and when engineering and architectural drawings are completed. Any slight adjustments to the site plan shall be subject to review and approval by the Director of the Department of Building and Zoning Services, or a designee, upon submission of the appropriate data regarding proposed adjustment.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.