Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z19-032
APPLICANT: Scene 75 Tuttle, LLC, c/o Jeffrey J. Madison and Christopher Burch, Attys.; 2 Miranova Place, Suite 220; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Revised development standards and an additional use for a regional mall.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on July 11, 2019.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a regional mall and an eating and drinking establishment zoned in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, and stormwater detention/open space in the L-R, Limited Rural District. The applicant requests a new CPD district to remove use prohibitions that are no longer permitted in the C-4, Commercial District; add ancillary bowling alleys and movie theaters to the list of permitted uses; establish subareas based on the parcel ownership within the mall property enabling each subarea to be rezoned independently; redefine signage allowances for anchor tenants; and revise development standards, mainly to reformat into current CPD text outline form and remove superfluous commitments including preconstruction restrictions and items that have since been codified. The requested L-R, Limited Rural District is being retained with this request as it was included as open space and stormwater detention for the existing CPD district. The CPD text proposes C-4, Commercial District uses with restrictions, carries over the existing CPD plans and exhibits, and includes development standards addressing setbacks, traffic and access, landscaping, screening, lighting, and graphics commitments. The L-R text reestablishes this area as exclusively open space and stormwater detention areas for the development within the CPD district. The request will permit appropriate modifications to the existing Tuttle Crossing Mall development in regard to permitted uses and signage allowances while establishing individual subareas that can be rezoned in the future independently f...
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