Explanation
Rezoning Application # Z10-008
APPLICANT: WXZ Retail Group/South High, LLC; c/o Laura MacGregor Comek, Atty.; Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP; 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on June 10, 2010.
FAR SOUTH COLUMBUS AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 11.6± acre site is developed with an automotive parts store and a cell tower in the R-2, Residential District. The cell tower was permitted by Ord. # 1583-91 (CV91-0026), and when the automotive parts store was approved for construction in 2007, the developer had indicated that the site was zoned in the C-4, Commercial District. A lot split application was filed for the property this year, and a map error was discovered and has been corrected to reflect that the entire site is actually zoned in the R-2, Residential District. The applicant requests the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District to secure proper zoning for the site which will ultimately allow the lot split on the property. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District would allow a range of commercial uses while conforming the automotive parts store. The site is located within the planning area of the Scioto Southland Plan (2007), which recommends commercial development for this location in accordance with the Regional Commercial Overlay. The CPD text includes setback, landscaping, screening and exterior building materials provisions. Variances for the cell tower's existing conditions for setback and lack of screening are included in the request. The request is compatible and consistent with development in the area.
Title
To rezone 3201 SOUTH HIGH STREET (43207), being 11.6± acres located on the west side of South High Street, 1,550± feet north of Williams Road, From: R-2, Residential District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned D...
Click here for full text