Explanation
Rezoning Application Z07-045
APPLICANT: Wallick Asset Management LLC; c/o Jackson B. Reynolds III, Atty.; Smith & Hale; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Senior Housing development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-1) on January 10, 2008.
NORTH EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval. This rezoning will permit residential developement at a density of approximately 8.2 dwelling units per acre. This application is inconsistent with land use recommendations of the recently updated Northeast Area Plan (2007). The proposal represents a substantial increase in the Plan's proposed density limit of four dwelling units per acre and exceeds the 6.92 dwelling units per acre Staff supported on the site in 2004. Per the Northeast Area Plan (2007); the intersection of Sunbury and McCutcheon Roads is not planned to be neighborhood center so development of new retail uses that seniors could walk to is unlikely. There is one undeveloped property in the vicinity that is zoned for office use, however that would be of limited use to seniors. Furthermore there are no sidewalks in the area and the applicants cannot link this site with the undeveloped office site until sidewalks are installed along other properties that they do not control. Based on these factors and despite the improvements made by the applicant, Staff finds this to be an inappropriate location for senior housing.
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To rezone 3546 SUNBURY ROAD (43219), being 8.3± acres located on the east side of Sunbury Road, 360± feet south of McCutcheon Road. From: R, Rural District To: L-I, Limited Institutional District. (Rezoning # Z07-045).
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WHEREAS, application #Z07-045 is on file with the Building Services Division of the Department of Development requesting rezoning of 8.3± acres from R, Rural District, to L-I, Limited Institutional District; and...
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