Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance revises portions of Columbus Zoning Code Chapter 3389, which regulates uses requiring the issuance of a Special Permit at a public hearing before the Board of Zoning Adjustments prior to the issuance of a certificate of zoning clearance. These uses are afforded this additional level of review due to their potential adverse impact on surrounding land uses. This chapter has remained largely unchanged since first being drafted. These proposed changes update terminology and better align the Columbus Zoning Code with current development trends and along with a companion ordinance will create the regulatory framework needed in order to regulate former prohibited uses as Special Permits.
These changes also will add Impound Lots to the list of uses that require a Special Permit and a license under the existing code provisions for junk and salvage yards. This will create more appropriate regulations for impounds lots as they share many of the same characteristics that impact neighborhoods as junkyards and salvage yards.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To supplement and amend sections of Chapter 3389, "Special Permit Uses," of the Columbus Zoning Code, in order to update and modernize terminology and add uses that require a Special Permits; add Impound Lots to the list of uses that require a Special Permit and a license under Chapter 3392, "Junk and Salvage Yards" of the Columbus Zoning Code.
Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance revises portions of Columbus Zoning Code Chapter 3389, which regulates uses requiring the issuance of a Special Permit at a public hearing before the Board of Zoning Adjustments prior to the issuance of a certificate of zoning clearance; and
WHEREAS, these uses are afforded this additional level of review due to their potential adverse impact on surrounding land uses; and
WHEREAS, this chapter has remained largely unchanged since first being dra...
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