Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z24-013
APPLICANT: Dora Loft Apartments, LLC, c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, First Floor; Columbus, OH 43215, and Donald Plank, Atty.; 411 East Town Street, Second Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on June 13, 2024.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of five undeveloped parcels in the R-3, Residential District. The proposed AR-2, Apartment Residential District will allow multi-unit residential development on the site. The site is located within the planning area of the Near East Area Plan (2005) which does not include a specific land use for this site, but recommends compatibility with surrounding housing types and densities. Additionally, Planning staff finds the conceptual elevations for the proposed apartment building compatible with the Plan's design guidelines, and fully support this proposal. A concurrent Council variance (Ordinance #1939-2024; CV24-036) has also been requested, and includes variances to building and parking setbacks, side yard setbacks, and required parking spaces for an 18-unit apartment building.
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To rezone 1598-1614 GREENWAY AVE. (43203), being 0.41± acres located on the north side of Greenway Avenue, 370± feet east of Taylor Avenue, From: R-3, Residential District, To: AR-2, Apartment Residential District (Rezoning #Z24-013).
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WHEREAS, application #Z24-013 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 0.41± acres from R-3, Residential District, to AR-2, Apartment Residential District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the Near East Area Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said zoning change because the requested AR-2, Apartment Residential District will allow multi-unit residential development that is consistent with the surrounding zoning and development pattern in the neighborhood, and aligns with the City’s objective of including more housing; 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:
1598-1614 GREENWAY AVE. (43203), being 0.41± acres located on the north side of Greenway Avenue, 370± feet east of Taylor Avenue, and being more particularly described as follows:
Being all of Lot Number Eighty (80), Lot Number Eighty-one (81), Lot Number Eighty-two (82), Lot Number Eighty-three (83), and Lot Number Eighty-four (84) in Levi R. and Hugh E. Smith’s Woodland Park Addition, as are numbered, delineated, and recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 132, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Parcel Numbers: 010-050855, 010-024796, 010-050798, 010-023950, and 010-042883
Property Address: 1598-1614 Greenway Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43230
To Rezone From: R-3, Residential District.
To: AR-2, Apartment Residential District.
SECTION 2. That a Height District of thirty-five (35) feet is hereby established on the AR-2, Apartment Residential 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.