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Rezoning Application: Z22-061
APPLICANT: Columbus Yellow Cab Co.; c/o Jackson B. Reynolds, III, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215
PROPOSED USE: Automobile rental & charging station.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on June 12, 2023.
MILO-GROGAN AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 0.08± acre site consists of one undeveloped parcel zoned in the AR-3, Apartment Residential District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow an automobile rental and charging station. The site is within the planning area of the Milo-Grogan Neighborhood Plan (2007) which recommends “Light Industrial” land uses for this location, and includes adoption of the Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). The site is also within the Milo-Grogan Urban Commercial Overlay (UCO) and the I-670 Graphics Control Overlay. The CPD text commits to a site plan, and includes appropriate use restrictions and supplemental development standards addressing parking, traffic access, landscaping, and lighting controls. Modifications to code standards to reduce the number of parking spaces from six to two spaces, to allow stacked parking, and to reduce the UCO landscaping width and setback requirements are also included in the request. The UCO modifications are supported and are offset by additional landscaping in the form of street trees along both the Cleveland Avenue and Essex Avenue frontages, while the parking reduction aligns with both the Plan’s and C2P2’s design guidelines.
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To rezone 1171 CLEVELAND AVE. (43201), being 0.08± acres located on the west side of Cleveland Avenue at the intersection with Essex Avenue, From: AR-3, Apartment Residential District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning #Z22-061).
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WHEREAS, application #Z22-061 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 0.08± acres from AR-3, Apartment Residential District, to CPD, Commercial Planned Development District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the Milo-Grogan Area Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said zoning change because the requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District is consistent with the land use recommendation of the Milo-Grogan Neighborhood Plan for “Light Industrial” land uses. UCO modifications are supported and are offset by additional landscaping in the form of street trees along both the Cleveland Avenue and Essex Avenue frontages, and the reduction in parking is consistent with both the Plan’s and C2P2’s 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:
1171 CLEVELAND AVE. (43201), being 0.08± acres located on the west side of Cleveland Avenue at the intersection with Essex Avenue, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, and being part of Lots Numbers Fourteen (14) and Fifteen (15) of SAMUEL DOYLE'S LOCKWIN ADDITION, as is numbered, delineated, and recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 3, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, which is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin in Lot Number Fourteen (14) at the intersection of Essex and Cleveland Avenues:
Thence in a northeasterly direction along the west line of Cleveland Avenue, a distance of 95.90 feet to an iron pin on a line parallel with the north line of Lots Numbers Fourteen (14) and Fifteen (15);
Thence northwesterly on a line parallel with the north line of Lots Numbers Fourteen (14) and Fifteen (15), a distance of 75.30 feet to an iron pin in the east line of Essex Avenue;
Thence south along the east line of Essex Avenue, a distance of 121.90 feet to the Place of Beginning.
Address: 1171 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201
Parcel No.: 010-044566
To Rezone From: AR-3, Apartment Residential District,
To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District.
SECTION 2. That a Height District of sixty (60) feet is hereby established on the CPD, Commercial Planned Development 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 CPD, Commercial Planned Development District and Application among the records of the Department of Building and Zoning Services as required by Section 3311.12 of the Columbus City Codes; said site plan being titled, " SITE PLAN,” and said text being titled, "CPD TEXT," both dated June 8, 2023, and signed by Jackson B. Reynolds, III, Attorney for the Applicant, and the text reading as follows:
CPD TEXT
PROPOSED DISTRICT: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1171 Cleveland Avenue
OWNER: Kaufman 4 Share LLC
APPLICANT: Columbus Yellow Cab
DATE OF TEXT: 6/8/23
APPLICATION NUMBER: Z22-061
1. INTRODUCTION: The site is located at the west side of Cleveland Avenue and is currently vacant. The site is zoned AR-3. The applicant wants to redevelop with a new recharge mobility park. The proposed operation will provide for the rental of electric vehicles from the buildings to be located along Cleveland Avenue. There will be two (2) outside electric chargers that will be available to the public.
2. PERMITTED USES: The only permitted uses are those contained in Section 3356.03, C-4, Commercial District of the Columbus City Code.
3. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: Unless otherwise indicated in the submitted written text, the applicable development standards shall be those contained in Chapter 3356, C-4, Commercial District of the Columbus City Code and the Urban Commercial Overlay as found in Chapter 3372.
A. Density, Height, Lot Coverage, and Setback Requirements:
The building height for the site is 60 feet.
B. Parking Standards, Access, and Traffic:
1. All circulation, curbcuts and access points shall be subject to the review and approval of the City’s Department of Public Service Division of Traffic Management.
2. There will be two parking spaces on site with access to electric chargers.
3. Approval for an easement for the proposed building encroachment into the public right-of-way as shown on the site plan would need to be obtained from the Department of Public Service and from City Council via separate action from this ordinance prior to approval of the proposed building by the Department of Building and Zoning Services.
C. Buffering, Landscaping, Open Space and Screening Commitments:
Landscaping for the site shall be installed per the development plan.
D. Building Design and/or Interior-Exterior Treatment Commitments:
N/A
E. Dumpsters, Lighting, Outdoor Display Areas and/or Other Environmental Commitments:
All external outdoor lighting fixtures to be used shall be from the same or similar manufacturers type and color to ensure aesthetic compatibility.
F. Graphics and Signage Requirements:
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 of the Columbus City Code, and any variance to those requirements will be submitted to the Columbus Graphics Commission for consideration.
G. Miscellaneous Commitments:
1. Modifications to Code Standards:
(a) CCC 3312.49(c) - to reduce the number of parking spaces from 6 to 2 (a reduction of 4 spaces).
(b) CCC 3312.29 - to allow a stacked space behind one access door.
(c) CCC 3372.607(A)(2) - to reduce the width of the landscape area to two (2) feet (a 2 foot reduction) along the Essex Avenue.
(d) CCC 3372.604(B) - to reduce the parking setback from 5’ to 2’ (a 3’ reduction) along Essex Avenue.
2. The Subject 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 development or when engineering plans are completed. Any slight adjustment to the plan shall be reviewed and may be approved by the Director of Building and Zoning Services or his designee upon submission of the appropriate data regarding the proposed adjustment.
3. CPD Criteria:
A. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: The site is vacant.
B. EXISTING LAND USES: To the north and west are M-Manufacturing zoned properties; to the east and south commercial zoned properties.
C. TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION: Access shall be from Essex Avenue.
D. VISUAL FORM OF THE ENVIRONMENT: See the development text and elevations.
E. VIEW AND VISIBILITY: In the development of the subject property and in the location of the buildings and access points, consideration will be given to the visibility and safety of the motorist and pedestrian.
F. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: Recharge Mobility Park.
G. EMISSIONS: No adverse effects from emissions shall result from the proposed development.
H. BEHAVIOR PATTERNS: The proposed development should not change the behavior patterns other than to attract customers from the proximate area. Existing development has established behavior patterns in the area.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.