Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z24-023
APPLICANT: Crew SC Training Company, LLC; c/o David Hodge, Atty.; Underhill and Hodge, LLC; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054
PROPOSED USE: Sports stadium and accessory fields.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on October 10, 2024.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 34.32± acre site consists of portions of two parcels developed with a sports stadium and athletic fields zoned in the M, Manufacturing and R-4, Residential districts. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow commercial uses to continue at this location. The rezoning request will fulfill a previous commitment to rezone the site as required in Ordinance #0836-99, and further conditioned in Ordinance #0504-2024. The site is not within the boundaries of a Council adopted land use plan, but is subject to Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). The CPD text commits to a site plan, and includes appropriate uses and supplemental development standards addressing building and parking setbacks, height, access, parking, and landscaping. Modifications to code standards to reduce interior parking lot landscaping, to allow increased height for the existing light poles, and to reduce the number of required parking spaces from 4,001 to 248 spaces are also included. Staff supports the proposal as the rezoning request will conform the existing sports stadium at this location. Staff also acknowledge the proximity of transit access and the presence of adjacent parking lots on State of Ohio fairgrounds property, and therefore support the requested parking reduction. Staff also recognizes the existing landscaping around the sites’ boundaries which is consistent with C2P2 design guidelines.
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To rezone 2121 VELMA AVE. (43211), being 34.32± acres located on the north side of Black and Gold Boulevard, 310± feet west of Velma Avenue , From: M, Manufacturin...
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