Explanation
REZONING APPLICATION: Z04-076
APPLICANT: F&R Limited Partnership; c/o Gary Gitlitz, Atty.; Chester, Willcox and Saxbe; 65 East State Street, Suite 100; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Automobile sales.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (7-0) on November 11, 2004.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The subject site was developed as a used car sales lot prior to annexation into the City of Columbus in 1997 and the same business was maintained on the site until recently. The applicant's request for the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District for used motor vehicle sales and certain C-4 land-uses is consistent with zoning and development patterns along this section of Morse Road. The site is developed with a large auto showroom and service facility, and associated parking surfaces for customers and vehicle inventory. The CPD site plan depicts the existing building, paved and gravel surfaces on the site. The CPD text includes use restrictions and development standards that, in part, reflect existing development. The CPD text includes development standards that address site access, creation of a ten-foot deep landscaped setback with headlight screening along Morse Road, lighting and graphics restrictions, and variances to address some existing conditions. To the extent possible, the applicant incorporated the Northland Development Standards into this zoning proposal. It was found that several standards such as maximum lot coverage and some landscaping requirements were compromised by the existing development of this site as a used car sales lot. However, the text requires that any redevelopment of the site that includes replacement of the existing building must comply with Chapter 3372 of the Columbus City Code and development standards included in the The Northland Development Standards, as adopted by City Council in 1992.
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To rezone 3000 MORSE ROAD (43231), being 2.07± acres locate...
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