Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z22-074
APPLICANT: SkilkenGold Development, LLC; c/o Emily Wheeler; 4270 Morse Road; Columbus, OH 43230.
PROPOSED USE: Fuel sales, convenience store, and eating and drinking establishment.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-2) on December 8, 2022.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval. The site consists of one parcel developed with a former eating and drinking establishment in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District would allow the site to be redeveloped with a fuel sales facility, including an eating and drinking establishment, convenience store with drive-in window service, and minimal outdoor display sales. The development text permits most C-4 and C-5 uses, commits to a site plan, and includes development standards addressing setbacks, site access, landscaping, building design, lighting, and graphics provision. This site is within the planning boundaries of the Far North Area Plan (2014), which recommends “Employment Center” land uses at this location, which supports uses such as office, warehouse, or light industrial. The Planning Division is not supportive of this proposal as it is inconsistent with the Plan's recommendation. Although Planning Division staff notes that the use will provide 35-50 jobs and serve as an amenity to other employment center uses, staff do not support the use as it represents an expansion of existing amenities and is inconsistent with the “Employment Center” goals of optimizing job creation in new developments. Staff would reconsider support if the use were part of a larger proposal that includes office or light industrial as the primary user. Planning Division staff also encourages parking being hidden to the greatest extent possible, consistent with Plan's design guidelines.
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To rezone 161 E. CAMPUS VIEW BLVD. (43235), being 2.01± acres located at the southeast corner of East Campu...
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