Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV24-139A
Ordinance #0257-2025, passed February 10, 2025 (CV24-139), allowed four new apartment buildings totaling 625 units, 57,660 square feet of existing office space, and an existing parking garage retained from the former office park on two subareas, with reduced development standards in the AR-O, Apartment Residential District on property located at 4600 Lakehurst Court. This ordinance amends Section 1 of Ordinance #0257-2025 to correct the required parking variance necessary for this project. The variance for reduced parking was intended to reflect a total reduction of 233 spaces in Ordinance #0257-2025. No other aspects of Ordinance #0257-2025 are changing.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
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To amend Ordinance #0257-2025, passed February 10, 2025 (CV24-139), for property located at 4600 LAKEHURST CT. (43016), to repeal the Section 1 and replace it with a new Section 1 to include a required parking variance for the proposed mixed-use development (Council Variance #CV24-139A).
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WHEREAS, Ordinance #0257-2025, passed February 10, 2025 (CV24-139), allowed a mixed-use development on two subareas with reduced development standards in the AR-O, Apartment Residential District at 4600 LAKEHURST CT. (43016); and
WHEREAS, Section 1 of Ordinance #0257-2025 correctly included a variance for reduced parking on Subarea 2, but did not include an over-all parking reduction that was depicted on the included site plan and stated in the Applicant’s Statement of Hardship. The required parking is being reduced from 675 to 355 spaces for Subarea 2, and represents a total reduction for both subareas from 1,067 to 834 spaces; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Section 1 of Ordinance #0257-2025 to include the requested required parking reduction; and
WHEREAS, all other provisions contained in Ordinance #0257-2025 are unaffected by this amendment and remain in effect, and are repeated below for clarity and consistency; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the existing Section 1 of Ordinance #0257-2025, passed February 10, 2025 (CV24-139), be hereby repealed and replaced with a new Section 1 reading as follows:
SECTION 1. That a variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.09, Aisle; 3312.21, Landscaping and screening; 3312.25, Maneuvering; 3312.29, Parking space; 3312.49, Required parking; 3333.18, Building lines; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard, of the Columbus City Codes, is hereby granted for the property located at 4600 LAKEHURST CT. (43016), insofar as said sections prohibit a drive aisle that is split between parcels; no parking lot screening along the future parcel line between Subareas 1 and 2; maneuvering across the future parcel line between Subareas 1 and 2; a reduction in the dimensions of a parking space along the proposed parcel line between Subareas 1 and 2, subject to minimum parking space dimensions being met; reduced required parking from 675 to 355 spaces for Subarea 2, and a total reduction for both Subareas from 1,067 to 834 spaces; a reduced building line from 60 feet to 25 feet along the Emerald Parkway frontage, and from 80 feet to 25 feet along the Tuttle Crossing Boulevard frontage; and a reduction in the perimeter yard from 25 feet to zero feet along the future parcel line between Subareas 1 and 2; said property being more particularly described as follows:
4600 LAKEHURST CT. (43016), being 17.2± acres located on the southeast corner of Lakehurst Court and Emerald Parkway, and being more particularly described as follows:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
6.23± ACRE
SUBAREA 1
ZONING BOUNDARY
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, Township of Washington, Virginia Military Survey Numbers 3011 & 2419, and being part of a 17.189 acre tract as conveyed to GALAXY OH LP of record in Instrument Number 202209260136288, all records being of the Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a northerly corner of said 17.189 acre tract, also being a southerly corner of a 13.06 tract as conveyed to HEART OF OHIO CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION of record in Instrument Number 202406030054238, also being a northerly corner of LOT 1 of TUTTLE CROSSING NORTHWEST as conveyed in Plat Book 71, Page 33, also being a southerly corner of LOT 2 of said TUTTLE CROSSING NORTHWEST, and also being a point on the right-of-way line of Lakehurst Court (60 feet wide);
Thence across said 17.189 acre tract for the following four (4) courses:
1) South 47°52’29” East, 275.53 feet to a point;
2) South 39°06’22” West, 338.96 feet to a point;
3) South 63°42’40” West, 31.36 feet to a point;
4) South 83°20’54” West, 350.44 feet to a point on the westerly line of said 17.189 acre tract and also on the easterly right-of-way line of Britton Parkway (80 feet wide);
Thence along said westerly line and said easterly right-of-way line, along a curve to the left having a radius of 1440.00 feet, a delta angle of 15°34’43”, an arc length of 391.54 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of North 31°19’15” West, 390.33 feet to a northwesterly corner of said 17.189 acre tract, also being the intersection of said easterly right-of-way line with the southerly right-of-way line of said Lakehurst Street;
Thence along said southerly right-of-way line and the northerly line of said 17.189 acre tract for the following seven (7) courses:
Thence along said westerly line and said easterly right-of-way line, along a curve to the left having a radius of 1440.00 feet, a delta angle of 15°34’43”, an arc length of 391.54 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of North 31°19’15” West, 390.33 feet to a northwesterly corner of said 17.189 acre tract, also being the intersection of said easterly right-of-way line with the southerly right-of-way line of said Lakehurst Street;
Thence along said southerly right-of-way line and the northerly line of said 17.189 acre tract for the following seven (7) courses:
1) North 06°48’13” East, 39.04 feet to a point;
2) North 48°39’34” East, 11.20 feet to a point of curvature;
3) Along a curve to the right having a radius of 345.00 feet, a delta angle of 34°42’04”, an arc length of 208.95 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of North 66°00’35” East, 205.77 feet to a point;
4) North 83°21’36” East, 293.70 feet to a point of curvature;
5) Along a curve to the right having a radius of 50.00 feet, a delta angle of 36°52’43”, an arc length of 32.18 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of South 78°12’18” East, 31.63 feet to a point of reverse curvature;
6) Along a curve to the left having a radius of 50.00 feet, a delta angle of 36°52’43”, an arc length of 32.18 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of South 78°12’18” East, 31.63 feet to a point of compound curvature;
7) Along a curve to the left having a radius of 50.00 feet, a delta angle of 45°07’19”, an arc length of 39.38 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of North 61°59’28” East, 38.37 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.
Containing 6.23 acres, more or less.
This description is based on records, written by E.P. Ferris & Associates in May 2024 and is intended to be used for zoning purposes only.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
10.97± ACRE
SUBAREA 2
ZONING BOUNDARY
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, Township of Washington, Virginia Military Survey Number 3011 & 2419, being part of a 17.189 acre tract as conveyed to GALAXY OH LP of record in Instrument Number 202209260136288, all records being of the Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a northerly corner of said 17.189 acre tract, also being a southerly corner of a 13.06 tract as conveyed to HEART OF OHIO CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION of record in Instrument Number 202406030054238, also being a northerly corner of LOT 1 of TUTTLE CROSSING NORTHWEST as conveyed in Plat Book 71, Page 33, also being a southerly corner of LOT 2 of said TUTTLE CROSSING NORTHWEST, and also being a point on the right-of-way line of Lakehurst Court
(60 feet wide);
Thence along the southerly line of said 13.06 acre tract and the northerly line of said 17.189 acre tract, North 78°12’21” East, 539.39 feet to the northeasterly corner of said 17.189 acre tract, also being the southeasterly corner of said 13.06 acre tract, and being on the westerly right-of-way line of Highway I-270 (width varies);
Thence along the easterly line of said 17.189 acre tract and said westerly right-of-way line, the following three (3) courses:
1) South 09°36’29” East, 183.90 feet to a point;
2) South 11°44’39” West, 452.51 feet to a point;
3) South 03°32’56” West, 179.65 feet to the intersection of said westerly right-of-way line with the northerly right-of-way line of Tuttle Crossing Boulevard (width varies), also being the southeasterly corner of said 17.189 acre tract;
Thence along the southerly line of said 17.189 acre tract and the northerly line of said Tuttle Crossing Boulevard for the following four (4) courses:
1) South 75°34’37” West, 385.81 feet to a point;
2) South 77°22’59” West, 150.08 feet to a point;
3) South 10°42’28” East, 25.21 feet to a point;
4) South 79°15’24” West, 158.00 feet to a point;
Thence along the westerly line of said 17.189 acre tract and the easterly right-of-way line of Britton Parkway (80 feet wide) for the following five (5) courses:
1) North 10°42’28” West, 2.81 feet to a point of curvature;
2) Along a curve to the left having a radius of 67.50 feet, a delta angle of 90°00’03”, an arc length of 106.03 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of North 55°42’27” West, 95.46 feet to a point of tangency;
3) South 79°17’32” West, 12.81 feet to a point;
4) Along a curve to the left having a radius of 1440.00 feet, a delta angle of 09°10’06”, an arc length of 230.43 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of North 16°29’08” West, 230.18 feet to a point of compound curvature;
5) Along a curve to the left having a radius of 1440.00 feet, a delta angle of 02°27’43”, an arc length of 61.88 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of North 22°18’02” West, 61.87 feet to a point of non-tangency;
Thence leaving said westerly line and said easterly right-of-way line and across said 17.189 acre tract for the following four (4) courses:
1) North 83°20’54” East, 350.44 feet to a point;
2) North 63°42’40” East, 31.36 feet to a point;
3) North 39°06’22” East, 338.96 feet to a point;
4) North 47°52’29” West, 275.53 feet to a point on the northerly line of said 17.189 acre tract and also the southerly right-of-way line of said Lakehurst Court;
Thence along said northerly line and said southern right-of-way line, along a curve to the left having a radius of 50.00 feet, a delta angle of 51°20’25”, an arc length of 44.80 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of North 13°45’36” East, 43.32 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.
Containing 10.97 acres, more or less.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance is conditioned on and shall remain in effect only for so long as said property is used for those uses allowed in the AR-O, Apartment Residential District or those uses specified in Ordinance #0256-2025 (Z24-057).
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned on the applicant obtaining all applicable permits and a Certificate of Occupancy for the proposed use.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.