Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z22-023
APPLICANT: Brad Woltz, 868 Partners, LLC; c/o David Hodge, Atty.; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Warehouse and office.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-1) on June 9, 2022.
FAR SOUTH COLUMBUS AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 6.24± acre site consists of two parcels; the larger 5.83± acre parcel is undeveloped in the L-M-2, Limited Manufacturing District, except for a telecommunications antenna along Williams Road which will be split from the site. The smaller 0.36± acre parcel is developed with a single-unit dwelling in the C-2, Commercial District, which will be removed. The existing L-M-2, Limited Manufacturing District (Z94-044) if used as a warehouse or as a truck or transfer terminal, restricts the location of all loading docks or truck bays to the rear (northern) boundary of the site. The requested L-M-2, Limited Manufacturing District proposes the development of a 52,500± square foot warehouse and office building and a future 14,400± square foot office/warehouse building, and will permit the loading docks or truck bays to be located on the east and west portions of the site. The limitation text commits to a site plan, landscape plan, and building elevations, and establishes appropriate use restrictions and supplemental development standards for building and parking setbacks, access and right-of-way dedication, traffic improvements, and landscaping and buffering. The site is located within the planning area of the South Alum Creek Neighborhood Plan (2004), which recommends office and retail commercial land uses at this location, and includes complete adoption of the Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). The requested L-M-2, Limited Manufacturing District is not considered to be an introduction of an incompatible use, and is generally consistent with the developme...
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