Explanation
REZONING APPLICATION: Z08-067
APPLICANT Friendship Village of Columbus, Ohio, Inc.; c/o Jill Tangeman, Attorney; 52 East Gay Street; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Revise existing retirement village development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on March 12, 2009.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a retirement village and zoned in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District since 1976. The purpose of this rezoning is to amend the CPD text and development plan to remove a 90 bed licensed nursing unit, covered parking areas and three independent living apartment buildings and to construct a new 90 bed licensed nursing unit, new covered parking areas, a 15 bed memory unit and new independent living apartment units. Currently, there are 250 independent living units, 50 assisted living units, 14 memory units and 90 licensed nursing units. With this rezoning, there will be 299 independent living units, 50 assisted living units, 29 memory units and 90 licensed nursing units, for a total of 64 new units overall.The applicant's request to revise the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District to allow for orderly expansion of the retirement village is consistent with the zoning and development patterns of the area.
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To rezone 5800 FOREST HILLS BOULEVARD (43231), being 19.9± acres located at the southwest corner of Forest Hills Boulevard and Ponderosa Drive, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District and to declare an emergency (Z08-067).
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WHEREAS, application #Z08-067 is on file with the Building Services Division of the Department of Development requesting rezoning of 19.9± acres, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
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