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Rezoning Application: Z13-012
APPLICANT: Metropolitan Holdings LLC; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown & David L. Hodge, Attys.; Smith and Hale; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on May 9, 2013.
FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. Given the AR-1 zoning to the west and also proposed to the east and the office uses located to the north and south of the site, Staff finds this proposal consistent with the development and zoning patterns in the area. Staff believes the warehouse use to the south across Chesapeake Avenue will eventually disappear and finds the proposed use to be compatible with the recommendation of the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan (2009).
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To rezone 1516 CHESAPEAKE AVENUE (43212), being 0.51± acres located on the north side of Chesapeake Avenue, 190± feet east of North Star Avenue, From: R, Rural District, To: AR-1, Apartment Residential District and to declare an emergency (Rezoning # Z13-012).
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WHEREAS, application #Z13-012 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 0.51± acres from R, Rural District, to the AR-1, Apartment Residential District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the Fifth By Northwest Area Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said zoning change because given the AR-1 zoning to the west and also proposed to the east and the office uses located to the north and south of the site, Staff finds this proposal consistent with the development and zoning patterns in the area. Staff believes the warehouse use to the south across Chesapeake Avenue will eventually disappear and finds the proposed use to be compatible with the recommen...
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