Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z17-012
APPLICANT: Ronald J. & Ruby L. Passen; c/o Scott Klingensmith, Agent; Klingensmith Construction and Development; 470 Olde Worthington Road; Westerville, OH 43082.
PROPOSED USE: Limited commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on May 10, 2018.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one parcel developed with an automobile sales facility, a monopole telecommunications antenna, and a billboard, and is zoned L-M, Limited Manufacturing District. When Verizon rezoned the site in 2014 (Z14-022) to allow the construction of the monopole telecommunications antenna, commercial use restrictions were inadvertently added to the Limitation Text to permit only the uses that were occurring at that time. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will add automobile sales back into the list of permitted uses for this property in order for the owners to comply with Zoning Code violations. The site is within the boundaries of the Northland I Area Plan (2014), which recommends “Community Mixed Use” development for this location. The development text allows uses permitted in the C-1 and C-2, Commercial districts along with automobile sales and repair. The text also includes provisions for additional landscaping and screening. The CPD Plan depicts structures, setbacks, site access, automobile display areas, parking, and landscaping and screening. Variances for reduced parking setback, to maintain no landscaping within the parking lot, and to permit an existing unimproved surface for automobile display overflow are included in the request. Upon redevelopment of the site, these items would need to comply with those applicable code sections. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District modifies the permitted uses and development standards for an automobile sales facility that needs to be brought into zoning compliance. The proposal includes impro...
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