Explanation
REZONING APPLICATION # Z08-043
APPLICANT: The Preserve at Albany Woods LLC; c/o Daniel H. Schoedinger and Jill S. Tangeman, Attys.; 52 East Gay Street; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Single and multi-family residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on January 14, 2010.
NORTH EASTAREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 122.67± acre site was originally rezoned in the PUD-8, Planned Unit Development District as Sub-Area 3E of a 290± acre rezoning in 1997 (Z97-127). In 2003, a portion of the site was zoned to PUD-8, Planned Unit Development District for single-family residential development (Z03-021). The site is currently developed with two multi-family residential developments with 472 and 464 units each, a single-family development that allows 130 units, and a City park which collectively have exceeded the permitted density under the current PUD-8 District. The applicant requests the L-AR-12, Limited Apartment Residential, and PUD-4, and PUD-8, Planned Unit Development Districts. The intent of the rezoning is to allow a 15.29± acre portion of the site, which is undeveloped and currently zoned for single-family dwellings, to be developed with 208 multi-family dwellings, an increase of 100 units over the entire 122.67± acre site, while correcting the density issue to reflect the development that is already in place. The proposal would permit 1,188 single and multi-family dwelling units on 122.67± acres with 20± acres of open space and total gross density of 9.85± units per acre. The site is located within the boundaries of The Northeast Area Plan (2007), which recommends high and low density residential and park uses for the site. Since this rezoning is for an overall increase of 100 units for a total of 1,188 dwelling units on land that was originally zoned for 1,310 dwelling units by Z97-127, Staff believes that the increase is neg...
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