Explanation
Rezoning Application # Z09-002
APPLICANT: Gowdy Partners III LLC; c/o John P. Kennedy and Laura MacGregor Comek, Attys.; Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP; 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on April 9, 2009.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 5.13± acre site is developed with the City of Columbus police heliport and is zoned in the R-1, Residential District. The applicant requests the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District for office and limited commercial development. The site is located within the planning boundaries of the Harrison West Plan (2005), which supports continuation of the Gowdy field development northward to West Third Avenue as an employment center. The CPD text includes similar use restrictions and development standards addressing landscaping, screening, building materials, lighting controls and setback and parking variances as the CPD District to the south. The proposed CPD plan and text are consistent with the zoning and development patterns of the area, and with the land use recommendations of the Harrison West Plan (2005).
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To rezone 739 WEST THIRD AVENUE (43212), being 5.13± acres located at the southwest corner West Third Avenue and Olentangy River Road, From: R-1, Residential District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning # Z09-002).
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WHEREAS, application #Z09-002 is on file with the Building Services Division of the Department of Development requesting rezoning of 5.13± acres from R-1, Residential District to CPD, Commercial Planned Development District; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Public Health Healthy Places program reviews applications for active living features and recognizes this development has a pedestrian connection from the building to the public sidewalk system for walkers and bus riders; centrally located bike racks for...
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