Explanation
Rezoning Application # Z10-010
APPLICANT: Chick-fil-A; c/o Gary R. Rouse, Agent.; GBC Design, Inc.; 3378 West Market Street; Akron, OH 44333.
PROPOSED USE: Commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on July 8, 2010.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 1.15± acre site is developed with supplemental parking spaces for an adjacent department store and is zoned in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District. The applicant requests the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District to allow the construction of a restaurant with a drive-thru. The current CPD District allows the proposed use, but requires a maximum setback of 40 feet from Sawmill Road which could not be accommodated by this site design. The site is located within the planning area of The Northwest Plan (2007), and the Regional Commercial Overlay. The Plan suggests that new commercial development comply with the Overlay requirements. The CPD text includes new setback requirements, landscaping, exterior building material commitments, and lighting controls. A variance to the Regional Commercial Overlay landscaping requirement to allow the existing three-foot high mounding along the Sawmill Road frontage in lieu of a three-foot high row of shrubbery is included in the request. The proposed CPD, Commercial Planned Development District would allow infill development of an under-utilized parking lot that is essentially compliant with the Regional Commercial Overlay requirements. The request is compatible and consistent with development in the area.
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To rezone 6051 SAWMILL ROAD (43017), being 1.15± acres located on the west side of Sawmill Road, 250± feet north of Krier Drive, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning # Z10-010).
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WHEREAS, application #Z10-010 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services req...
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