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REZONING APPLICATION # Z12-046
APPLICANT: New Albany Company LLC; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown & David L. Hodge, Attys.; Smith and Hale; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Adjusting development uses and standards.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on October 11, 2012.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The current zoning on the property added single-unit dwellings as a development option to the previous PUD which only allowed multi-unit development, however the applicants no longer wish to develop single-unit dwellings. Therefore, in effect, the applicants are reverting back to a previously approved PUD. Because the park and open space commitments are actually being expanded from the current zoning, Staff continues to support the land use, now proposed at a density of 10 dwelling units per acre as opposed to the current 8 dwelling units per acre.
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To rezone 5531 THOMPSON ROAD (43230), 63.0± acres located on the north side of Morse, 368± feet east of Preserve Crossing Boulevard, From: PUD-8, Planned Unit Development District, To: L-AR-12 Limited Apartment Residential District and to declare an emergency (Rezoning # Z12-046).
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WHEREAS, application # Z12-046 is on file with the Building Services Division of the Department of Development requesting rezoning of 63.0± acres from PUD-8, Planned Unit Development District, to L-AR-12 Limited Apartment ResidentialDistrict; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval because the park and open space commitments are actually being expanded from the current zoning, the requested zoning will beat a density of 10 dwelling units per acre as opposed to the current 8 dwelling units per acre; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation in the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to pass this ...
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