Explanation
Rezoning Application Z06-082
APPLICANT: City of Columbus; c/o Todd Schram, Architect; 6077 Frantz Road, #201; Dublin, OH 43017.
PROPOSED USE: Parking lot.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on February 8, 2007.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 0.22± acre site is developed with a self-service car wash in the C-4, Commercial District. The applicant is requesting a rezoning to the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District to maintain the permitted C-4 uses, with a variance to allow an eight (8) foot tall fence for a parking lot. The site is proposed to be used for a parking lot for the proposed joint City of Columbus/Ohio State Neighborhood Policing Center to be built 140± feet to the east of this site. The CPD district was selected because it allows the parking lot to be specified for use by the policing center and also permits commercial uses for possible future redevelopment of the site. The parking lot is proposed to be used for employees of the Policing Center, which does not satisfy all parking required on its site. The site is located within the boundaries of the University Area Commission, University Impact District, Urban Commercial Overlay, and the Weinland Park Neighborhood Plan (2006). The University Area Commission and the University Area Review Board voted to recommend approval of this proposal. The plan acknowledges the proposed policing center and notes that every effort should be made to make it compatible with the plan recommendation. The parking lot will provide parking for the proposed policing center, which will add civic space and an additional public safety presence to the neighborhood. The proposed use is compatible with the development in the area.
Title
To rezone 1566 SUMMIT STREET (43201), being 0.22± acres located at the northeast corner of Summit Street and East Eleventh Avenue From: C-4, Commercial District...
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