Explanation
Rezoning Application Z14-026
APPLICANT: Metro Development, LLC; c/o Deanna R. Cook, Atty.; 52 East Gay Street, P.O. Box 1008; Columbus, OH 43216.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on September 11, 2014.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. Roughly half of the site is comprised of ten separate parcels developed with residential uses in the R, Rural District, and the other half is a 140-unit apartment complex under construction in the L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential District (Ord. No. 2549-2012; Z12-002). The requested L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential District will allow Phase II of the apartment complex for up to an additional 136 units, and will revise the site plan and setback requirements on the current L-ARLD District. The plans and limitation text include maximum number of units (276 total units; 15.81 units/acre), development standards in consideration of adjacent residential development, and preservation of natural features. The site is located within Subarea E1 of The Far North Plan (1994), which will be replaced by the updated Far North Area Plan in October 2014, but currently recommends commercial and light industrial development as the most appropriate land use for this location. Deviation from the Plan’s recommendation is warranted due to subsequent residential zoning and development in the vicinity, as well as the ample commercial and industrial zoning now in place at the Polaris Centers of Commerce nearby to the east. This area has been consistently zoned for commercial uses along the North High Street frontage with residential uses to the east, and this request continues that zoning pattern. Furthermore, residential development provides a greater capacity to preserve natural features on the site than would have been possible with typical commercial development.
Title
To rezone 68 LAZELLE ROAD (43235), being 17.46± acres located ...
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