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Rezoning Application Z05-038
APPLICANT: Delta Energy Holdings; c/o Juan Jose Perez and Angela Alexander Savino; 8000 Ravines's Edge Court, Suite 300; Columbus, OH 43235.
PROPOSED USE: Parking lot expansion and patio.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-2) on August 11, 2005.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval. The proposed CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, would allow the addition of a patio and the expansion of the parking lot by ten (10) spaces. The Northwest Plan recommends that this wooded site be preserved. The previous zoning allowed limited development on the site for an office building and 24 parking spaces. The proposed parking lot expansion would further encroach on the limited forest preservation area and is inconsistent with the Plan recommendation. The Department of Recreation and Parks staff has expressed that maintaining and improving Columbus as a Green Community means protecting and reversing the loss of tree cover. The city's naturalist suspects the presence of forested wetlands on the site, possibly Category 2 wetlands. On-street parking is permitted, providing a parking option other than increasing the size of the parking lot. The Department of Recreation and Parks has noted that the loss of any more of the tree cover will negatively impact the remaining trees as the site narrows away from the existing parking lot.
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To rezone 2674 FEDERATED BOULEVARD (43235), being 1.86± acres located on the north side of Federated Boulevard, 1,320± feet east of Sawmill Road, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District. (Rezoning # Z05-038)
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WHEREAS, application #Z05-038 is on file with the Building Services Division of the Department of Development requesting rezoning of 1.86± acres from the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District to CPD, Commercial Planned Development District; and
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