Explanation
Rezoning Application Z15-036
APPLICANT: Dennis Koon and Sam Kahwach; c/o David Hodge, Atty.; Smith & Hale, LLC; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215 Underhill Yaross and Hodge LLC; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Office development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on November 12, 2015.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of two lots, each of which is developed with a vacant single-unit dwelling, and will be zoned R, Rural District effective November 25, 2015, as a result of a recent annexation from Plain Township. The proposed L-C-2, Limited Commercial District will permit office development. The site is located within the Preserve District of the Northland Plan - Volume II (2002), which recommends that existing zoning patterns be taken into consideration when decisions are made regarding zoning changes, and that zoning be used to protect residential neighborhoods from intrusion by commercial development. The Plan recognizes office development in the Preserve District as a transition between residential and commercial development and recommends landscaped setbacks, maximum lot coverage, preservation of natural features, landscape buffers adjacent to residential development, and street trees. The limitation text incorporates these recommendations. This site’s location along an arterial street suggests that it is a transitional property and will not interfere with the surrounding residential development. An office commercial zoning district is also consistent with medical office facilities on the south side of Morse Road, and the additional limitations placed upon this property will prevent the development from negatively impacting the adjacent residential development.
Title
To rezone 5130 MORSE ROAD (43230), being 3.35± acres located on the north side of Morse Road, 135± feet east of Underwood Farms Boulevard, From: R, R...
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