Explanation
Rezoning Application Z05-090
APPLICANT: The Ellis Company, Ltd.; c/o Jeffrey Brown, Attorney; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Self-storage.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on January 11, 2006.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The Northland Plan -Volume I (2001) recommends office and high-density residential uses, while self-storage uses are discouraged in the area. The plan also recommends the use of limited zoning and appropriate development standards. This site is zoned CPD, Commercial Planned Development, approved in 2003, which permits commercial development. A deviation from the use recommended by the plan is acceptable, in this case, taking into account the adjacent rent-a-space and auto repair uses in Blendon Township, and that the limited remaining property frontage makes office development difficult. The requested L-M, Limited Manufacturing District, establishes use restrictions and provides development standards to ensure compatibility with the adjacent residential development. The limitation overlay text also incorporates applicable Northland Development Standards addressing street trees, buffering and lighting controls.
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To rezone 3356 MORSE ROAD (43231), being 4.1± acres located on the north side of Morse Road, 675± feet west of Trindel Way, From: CPD, Commercial Planned District, To: L-M, Limited Manufacturing District and to declare an emergency. (Rezoning # Z05-090)
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WHEREAS, application #Z05-090 is on file with the Building Services Division of the Department of Development requesting rezoning of 4.1± acres from the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District to L-M, Limited Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; 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; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said zoning change because the requested L-M, Limited Manufacturing District, establishes use restrictions and provides development standards to ensure compatibility with the adjacent residential development. The limitation overlay text also incorporates applicable Northland Development Standards addressing street trees, buffering and lighting controls. The Northland Plan -Volume I (2001) recommends office and high-density residential uses, while self-storage uses are discouraged in the area. The plan also recommends the use of limited zoning and appropriate development standards. This site is zoned CPD, Commercial Planned Development, approved in 2003, which permits commercial development. A deviation from the use recommended by the plan is acceptable, in this case, taking into account the adjacent self-storage and auto repair uses in Blendon Township, and that the limited remaining property frontage makes office development difficult, 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:
3356 MORSE ROAD (43231), being 4.1± acres located on the north side of Morse Road, 675± feet west of Trindel Way, and being more particularly described as follows:
Description of 4.117 acres
North of Morse Road
West of Trindel Way
City of Columbus, Ohio
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus and located within Section 3, Township 2, Range 17, United States Military Lands and being the 4.117 acre tract remainder to that 7.633 acre tract described in a deed to PROPERTIES OF TODAY CORP., of record in Official Record 15789 Page A01, said tract more particularly described as follows:
Beginning for Reference at the southeasterly corner of a 1.134 acre tract described in a deed to EBERT & WOLF ENTERPRISES, LLC, of record in Instrument Number 200009270196580, the northeasterly corner of a 0.948 acre tract described in a deed to the CITY OF COLUMBUS of record in Instrument Number 199708070065490, in the easterly line of said 7.633 acre tract, the westerly line of a 3.975 acre tract described in a deed to GEORGE J. EVANS of record in Official Records Volume 007153, Page 103: thence North 04 degrees 56 minutes 30 seconds East along the easterly line of said 7.633 acre tract, the easterly line of said 1.134 acre tract, the westerly line of said 3.975 acre tract, a distance of 260.00 feet to the northeasterly corner of said 1.134 acre tract, being the True Point of Beginning;
thence North 85 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West, along the northerly line of said 1.134 acre tract, a distance of 190.00 feet to an iron pin set;
thence North 04 degrees 56 minutes 30 seconds East along the easterly line of a 1.529 acre tract,
a distance of 40.00 feet to an iron pin set;
thence North 85 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West along the northerly line of said 1.529 acre tract, a distance of 222.00 feet to an iron pin set;
thence South 04 degrees 56 minutes 30 seconds West along the westerly line of said 1.529 acre tract, a distance of 300.00 feet to a point in the northerly line of said 0.948 acre tract;
thence North 85 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West along the northerly line of said 0.948 acre tract, a distance of 103.79 feet to a point in the westerly line of said 7.633 acre tract, the easterly line of a 0.396 acre tract described in a deed to JOHN DETRICK of record in Instrument Number 200001190012669;
thence North 05 degrees 30 minutes 13 seconds East along the westerly line of said 7.633 acre tract, the easterly line of said 0.396 acre tract, passing the southeast corner of a 2.257 acre tract described in a deed to JAMES A. SPUREON AND MARGARET SPUREON, of record in Instrument Number 199705190027177, at a distance of 174.40 feet and thence with the easterly line of said 2.257 acre tract, a total distance of 575.15 feet to a point in the southerly line of a 10.979 acre tract described in a deed to PARKRIDGE APARTMENTS, LTD., of record in Deed Book 3201, Page 495;
thence South 85 degrees 12 minutes 06 seconds East along the northerly line of said 7.633 acre tract, the southerly line of said 10.979 acre tract, passing the southwesterly corner of Parkridge Village Section 4, a subdivision of record in Plat Book 62, Page 82-83, at a distance of 136.48 feet and thence with the southerly line of Parkridge Village, a total distance of 510.15 feet to the northeasterly corner of said 7.633 acre tract, in the westerly line of said 3.975 acre tract;
thence South 04 degrees 56 minutes 30 seconds West along the easterly line of said 7.633 acre tract, the westerly line of said 3.975 acre tract, a distance of 316.28 feet to the True Point of Beginning containing 4.117 acres of land, more or less.
This description is based on record information and a field survey performed in December 2002.
Bearings are based on the centerline of Morse Road as shown on the plat Parkridge Village Section 4, a subdivision of record in Plat Book 62, Pages 82 and 83, and shown as North 85 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West.
References described hereon refer to those found in the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Iron pins set consist of a 5/8" rebar, thirty (30) inches in length, with a yellow plastic cap inscribed: "R M Foster S-7729."
To Rezone From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development 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 Development be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to make the said changes on the said original zoning map in the office of the Building Services Division and shall register a copy of the approved L-M, Limited Manufacturing District and Application among the records of the Building Services Division as required by Section 3370.03 of the Columbus City Codes; said text titled, "LIMITATION TEXT," signed by Jeffrey Brown, Attorney for the applicant, and dated April 21, 2006, and the text reading as follows:
LIMITATION TEXT
PROPOSED DISTRICT: L-M, Limited Manufacturing
EXISTING DISTRICT: CPD, Commercial Planned Development
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 3356 Morse Road
OWNER: Properties of Today Corp.
APPLICANT: The Ellis Company, Ltd.
DATE OF TEXT: 4/21/06
APPLICATION NUMBER: Z05 -090
1. INTRODUCTION: The site is located along Morse Road, east of its intersection with Dunbridge Street and west of its intersection with Trindel Way. To the north is single-family residential property zoned R-2 in the City of Columbus. To the east is a commercial garage in Blendon Township. To the south of the site is a commercial garage and a car wash zoned CPD in the City of Columbus as well as single-family and multi-family residential in both the City of Columbus and Mifflin Township south of Morse Road. To the west is commercial development and a single-family residence used as an office in Blendon Township. The proposed text contains appropriate development standards for the subject property.
2. PERMITTED USES: Those uses listed in Sections 3363.02 and 3363.03 of the Columbus City Code, self storage units, and truck rentals.
3. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: Unless otherwise specified in the following text, the Development Standards shall be as specified in Chapter 3363 of Columbus City Code (M, Manufacturing District).
A. Density, Height, Lot and/or Setback commitments.
1. The building setback shall be 80 feet from Morse Road. The parking setback shall be 25 feet from Morse Road.
2. The building setback from the west property line shall be 15 feet; the building and paving setbacks from the north property line shall be 40 feet for self storage and 50 feet for any other use; the building and paving setbacks from the east property line shall be 40 feet beginning at the northwest corner of the site and extending southward for 316+/- feet. Self storage units along the north property setback line shall have access doors only on the south side of those buildings.
B. Access, Loading, Parking and/or other Traffic related commitments.
1. All circulation, curb cuts and access points shall be subject to the approval of the Division of Transportation.
C. Buffering, Landscaping, Open space and/or Screening commitments.
1. A tree row shall be established along Morse Road containing one tree spaced every 30-feet along roadway. Trees shall be planted within the parking setback.
2. Screening from the adjacent public right-of-way shall be provided in the parking setback area along Morse Road. The screening shall consist of a continuous planting hedge, and/or a landscaped earth mound, to a minimum three feet in height and one tree per 40-feet of frontage or fraction thereof. The tree requirement is in addition to the street tree requirement along Morse Road. Trees do not have to be equally spaced but may be grouped. This screening shall not be located within any vision clearance triangle for cars entering or exiting the site.
3. One tree shall be planted for every 10 parking spaces. Trees shall be planted in islands or medians at least five feet wide.
4. The landscape requirements in Item 1 thru 3 may be used to offset the parking lot landscape requirements contained in Chapter 3342 of the Columbus Zoning Code.
5. Mounding shall have a slope of at least 3 to 1 width to height ratio.
6. The developer shall install a row of evergreen trees 20-feet on center on the north side of the northernmost row of self storage buildings on the site and along the east side of the easternmost self storage building for a distance of 100 feet from the northeast corner of the site. If the site is developed with a use other than self storage the developer shall either place a building along the 50 feet north property line setback or in the areas where there is no building, install a six foot high wood fence along with the evergreen buffer mentioned above. The developer shall maintain the existing vegetation within the setback area along the north property line subject to sound forestry practices, to the installation of the required evergreen buffer and to the 30 foot drainage easement.
7. The developer shall install a six foot high wood fence between the northernmost self storage buildings on the site to limit access to the site if there is a gap between those self storage buildings.
8. The developer shall install temporary fencing along the 40 foot building setback in the area where the evergreen trees are being installed prior to construction.
9. All trees and landscaping shall be well maintained. Dead items shall be replaced within six months or the next planting season, whichever occurs first.
10. All trees meet the following minimum sizes at the time of planting: Shade trees 2 ½" caliper; Ornamental trees 1 ½" caliper; Evergreen trees 5 feet in height. Trees caliper is measured six (6) inches from the ground.
D. Building design and/or Interior-Exterior treatment commitments.
1. Any mechanical equipment or utility hardware on the roof of a building shall be screened from view to prevent the equipment from being visible from the property line of the parcel. Ground mounted mechanical or utility equipment shall be fully screened from view from ground level by landscaping or any fence or wall utilizing comparable and compatible materials as the building materials.
E. Dumpsters, Lighting, Outdoor display areas and/or other environmental commitments.
1. Light Standards shall not exceed 20-feet in height except for those light poles which are within 100 feet of residentially zoned property which shall have a maximum height of 18-feet.
2. All lights shall have fully shielded, recessed lamps directed downward to prevent glare and shine above the horizontal plane.
3. For aesthetic compatibility, lights shall be from the same or similar type and color. In parking lots, lighting shall be placed in raised islands or medians to protect both lights and vehicles from
damage.
4. Notwithstanding the above requirements the building may be illuminated by light fixtures, which are attached to the light poles in the parking lot.
5. Wiring within the development shall be underground.
6. Wall pac style lighting on the self storage facility shall be shielded so that the light shines downward.
F. Graphics and Signage commitments.
1. All graphics and signage shall comply with the Graphics Code, Article 15, Title 33 of the Columbus City Code as it applies to the C-4 Commercial District and any variance to the sign requirements shall be submitted to the Columbus Graphics Commission for consideration.
G. Miscellaneous commitments.
1. At the time of development the developer shall install a sidewalk along its Morse Road frontage.
2. Operating hours for the self storage facility and for any trash pick-up shall be limited to 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
3. Any rentalbAll truckscommercial vehicles shall be parked behind the security fence.
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.