Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Council-adopted 2009 Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan recommends commercial overlays on the area's key commercial corridors. In 2010 the Urban Commercial Overlay (UCO) was established for West Fifth Avenue and intersections of Northwest Boulevard with Third Avenue, Chambers Road and King Avenue. Also in 2010, the Community Commercial Overlay (CCO) was put in place along Olentangy River Road. In 2014 the Fifth by Northwest Area Commission requested that the city consider applying the UCO to additional portions of West Third Avenue. This legislation is in response to that request. The proposal would extend the UCO designation on West Third Avenue from Doten Avenue to Edgehill Road. The UCO works in conjunction with existing zoning districts to improve the character of commercial corridors, facilitate streetscape continuity, and encourage pedestrian-friendly development.
The Planning Division worked cooperatively with the Fifth by Northwest Area Commission in developing the proposal. The process included staff meetings with the commission, three rounds of property owner mailings, a public open house and a project website. The area commission voted to support this proposal on August 5, 2014. The Columbus Development Commission recommended the proposal to City Council on September 11, 2014.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To adopt the Urban Commercial Overlay as provided for in Chapter 3372 of the Columbus City Code for portions of the Fifth by Northwest Planning Area and to amend the Columbus City Code by enactment of Section 3372.698.
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council adopted the Fifth by Northwest Plan in 2009 (Ord. 0225-2009), which recommends establishing commercial overlays on major commercial corridors; and
WHEREAS, the Urban and Community Commercial Overlay designations were subsequently established along portions of the Fifth Avenue, Northwest Boulevard and Olentangy River Road (Ord.0216-2010); and
WHEREAS, in 2014 the Fifth by Northwest Area Commission requested that the city consider applying the UCO to additional portions of West Third Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the designation process included substantial community involvement through mailings to affected property owners, a public open house, and web site postings; and
WHEREAS, the provisions contained in the overlays will apply to all properties described below and as identified on the attached map (Exhibit A); and
WHEREAS, the Fifth by Northwest Area Commission endorsed the overlay proposal on August 5, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Development Commission recommended the proposal to City Council on September 11, 2014; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Columbus City Codes are hereby supplemented by the enactment of a new Section 3372.698 to read as follows:
3372.698 West Third Avenue - Fifth by Northwest Urban Commercial Overlay.
There is hereby created in the city an urban commercial overlay to be known as the West Third Avenue - Fifth by Northwest Urban Commercial Overlay. The provisions of this overlay shall apply to all properties indicated on Exhibit A, "West Third Avenue-Fifth by Northwest Urban Commercial Overlay," further defined as the following areas and parcels:
1) All parcels fronting the north side of West Third Avenue from a point ± 172 feet west of the centerline of Doten Avenue extending east to the western edge of Edgehill Road.
2) All parcels fronting the south side of Third Avenue from a point ± 413 feet west of the centerline of Virginia Avenue extending to the western edge of Edgehill Road.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period provided by law.